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Prisoner of the Caucasus – will this tale have a happy ending?
Alan Moore discusses the correlation between the Boston bombings and football in the Chechen region.
The Author
Alan Moore
Alan Moore is a Russian-based sports consultant working in tennis and football. A graduate of UCD, he also studied in NUI Maynooth where he set up the NUIM Boxing club and organised the first official women's amateur boxing match in Ireland in October 1998. Having played football semi-professionally in a number of countries and boxed Internationally, he moved full-time into sports management/consultancy in 2003. In 2009-10 assisted with the Russian FA Presidential campaign of Sergei Kuzmin, has worked with clubs in Russia (and elsewhere) and managed a number of up and coming Russian tennis players. He continues to manage professional tennis players and consult on sports projects in Russia and the CIS. In 2012 he released a book (Danger, Kids! 1) for a Russian children's charity available for download via Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R9NXYC
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Stranger than fantasy – football in Russia goes mental
Alan Moore tells of the the politics surrounding the move uprooting of a developing Russian football club.
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A long cold winter and the cull of the young
Alan Moore looks at the poor state of player development in Russia.
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More than life or death – cheating is cheating
Alan Kelly believes that there needs to be an attitude shift at the highest level when it comes to dishonesty in sport.
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The fear of the known – drugs and matchfixing in football
Alan Moore discusses two subjects which are still very much taboo in the football world.
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A month in the country – Obelix’s arrival means money to survive
Alan Moore looks at one of the sides currently struggling to maintain their top flight status in Russia.
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What is to be done? – A novel question on racism
Alan Kelly discusses racism in a region all too regularly in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
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Back to square one – Spartak Moscow
Alan Moore reports on a change of personnel at one of Russia’s biggest clubs.
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Dynam(o)-ite times in Moscow – fans or supporters?
Alan Moore reports on some crazy antics by unhappy Dynamo Moscow supporters.
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Russian clubs feel the pinch
Alan Moore reports on some of the Russian clubs struggling financially at the moment.
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