Here's the problem I have. This weekend we have two massive FA Cup semifinals with full houses at Wembley. We've also got a couple of relegation battles and Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.
Yet the Daily Mail splashes on their back page with "England terror threat." Some group in Algeria have apparently threatened to attack the opening game against the USA in Rustenburg on June 11.
Great. Give the loonies plenty of publicity, have another go at the World Cup in darkest Africa, feed the insecurities of your readers.
And forget the real sport. Tiger Woods chasing English leaders Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood at the Masters in Augusta, arrest at Essex Cricket Club over alleged match-fixing. Oh, and The Sun led with John Terry saying the Champions League failure will help England's World Cup crusade. Now that's not a bad tale for a Saturday morning.
But no, pick out the rotten, the hysterical. Terror threat? They loonies make gestures like that all the time. The real story in South Africa yesterday, the one which will really impact on the World Cup—in a positive way—is that there was NO trouble in Ventersdorp yes...
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