Sports Poets Society

6 Nov 2026 - Rheinische Post - Mönchengladbach and Korschenbroich VON SEBASTIAN KALENBERG Borussia Mönchengladbach kämpft mit Coach Alexander Blessin am Freitagabend beim Hamburger SV um den Anschluss an die Konkurrenz. Der Verein muss aber abseits der sportlichen Situation noch andere Baustellen abarbeiten. Jürgen Klopp beruft einen Kader aus erfahrenen DFB- Größen und jungen Talenten wie Kölns Said El Mala oder Neuling Wael Mohya von Borussia Mönchengladbach. Der Bundestrainer findet damit eine gute Mischung für das übergeordnete Ziel: eine erfolgreiche EM 2028. F OTO: CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/DPA Setzt beim DFB auch weiter auf das Kölner Talent: Jürgen Klopp (l.) und Said El Mala. DÜSSELDORF Der Frust der Fans vor den letzten Nominierungen war oft groß: Statt den kompletten DFB-Kader vom Bundestrainer präsentiert zu bekommen, sickerten die Namen bereits in den Tagen zuvor durch und wurden so vorab von Medien und Journalisten veröffentlicht. Diesmal war das anders: Bis auf das Comeback vo...

Henrik Jacobs/ privat HSV-Profi Terem Moffi (M.) mit seinem Papa Leonard und seiner Mama Margaret in Porto. Der HSV-Stürmer hat eine besondere Geschichte hinter sich. Vater Leonard spricht über wichtige Momente der Kindheit – und über Kaltz. 6 Nov 2026 - Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg) Hamburg. Es war in der Mitte der Transferperiode, irgendwann im Juli, als Leonard Moffi vom Hsvinteresse an seinem Sohn Terem erfuhr. Der Bundesligist aus Hamburg wollte den Stürmer von OGC Nizza verpflichten. „Ich habe sofort zu Terem gesagt: Lass uns das machen. Es war wie eine Fügung“, sagte Moffi senior am Donnerstag im Gespräch mit dem Abendblatt. Der 64-Jährige verfolgte den HSV schon in Nigeria, seit Kevin Keegan ab 1977 im Volkspark spielte. Moffis Lieblingsspieler wurde aber eine andere HSV-Legende, vor allem durch die WM 1982: Manfred Kaltz. „Ich habe seine Läufe und seine Flanken geliebt. Dazu noch Horst Hrubesch. Und Felix Magath. Sein Tor gegen Juventus Turin 1983 im Finale der Landesmeister ...

Steve Powell/Allsport/ Getty Images - Three’s a charm:  Keegan celebrates the third goal 3-1 British (Home) Championship matchin 1979. The outstanding achievements of a remarkable player and manager, for club and country, far outweighed his occasional failures. Just ask the supporters at Newcastle, Liverpool and Hamburg Dismissiveness went so far, it obscured a life of achievement few great sports people could have any hope of emulating 26 Jul 2026 - THE OBSERVER / Sport Paul Hayward Whenever a star has to die for us to fully appreciate how special they were, the problem is us, not them. With Kevin Keegan, some landmark disappointments in a 40-year career of playing and managing fell away to allow the real story of his character and accomplishments its rightful glow. In great sporting lives the departed dwelt in a binary world of good, bad, won, lost, veneration, scorn. It’s odd to think now, after Keegan was waved off last week with so much respect and warmth, that there were poin...

Image source, BBC SportImage caption,  Kevin Keegan is arguably the most  beloved figure in Newcastle United's history for his deeds as player and manager https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c20z4d87vp3o By  Phil McNulty Chief football writer Published 20 July 2026 Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75 , was one of football's most charismatic and influential figures in a career of many chapters that took him from superstar player to elite manager. While some may remember him best for his ill-fated reign as England manager, he will rightly be much more celebrated as a world-class player at Liverpool and Hamburg, captaining England, and shining latterly at Southampton and Newcastle United , before becoming arguably the most beloved figure in the Tyneside club's history. Keegan revived Newcastle 's fortunes as a player before carrying the Geordie nation with him on a thrilling ride as manager, first by taking the club back into the top flight, then delivering a magni...

HULTON ARCHIVE/PA/REUTERS/GETTY IMAGES " There was no legal way of stopping him! " 21 Jul 2026 - Daily Mail By GRAEME SOUNESS Keegan’s rival and great friend IF you wanted an example of a man who became a superstar but never changed as a man, Kevin Keegan would be top of that list. For everything he achieved in the game — the trophies, two Ballons d’or — his greatest quality was the humility he carried with him through every waking moment. He treated every person he met in the same way: with utmost respect. To say he was an absolute gentleman seems an understatement. He was a class act. This was a genuine superstar. If only you could bottle the attitude he had and sell it to the players today. I was in a restaurant not so long ago when I witnessed a young player, a so-called star, refuse to do a selfie with a fan. That was the absolute polar opposite to Kevin. Kevin Keegan was a genuinely humble man who recognised he had got lucky in life, but boy did he make the most out of ...

GETTY IMAGES - On top: enjoying promotion with Manchester City  in 2002 and with England boss Ron Greenwood in 1977 21 Jul 2026 - Daily Mail by Jeff Powell MBE WHEN Kevin Keegan was on the foothills of his international career in 1972, Sir Alf Ramsey called him into an enlarged England squad. To say he was not best pleased when this country’s only World Cup-winning manager designated him to the Under-23s match on the night before the senior game is something of an understatement. Keegan packed his bags in anger and had to be stopped from storming out of the hotel with warnings he could be jeopardising his England future. In common with most Fleet Street football reporters, I denounced his prima donna tantrum. A year or three of strained relations with the press ensued. Once, upon the conclusion of a football awards dinner in London, I took a few of my guests on to the members’ club Morton’s for late-night drinks, the great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster among us. We were merrily...

GETTY IMAGES 21 Jul 2026 - Daily Mail by Oliver Holt Chief Sports Writer KEVIN KEEGAN, a kid from mining stock in South Yorkshire, a kid who started out at Scunthorpe United and went on to conquer Europe, was one of the greatest players English football has ever produced, but it was the unquenchable passion that burned within him that won him such a prominent place in the hearts of the public. Mighty Mouse , he was called as a player and it suited him. He was the little man who would never give up. He was the small guy who punched way above his weight. He was the lad who never bowed to anyone. He may have been slight of stature but he had the biggest heart that ever beat in the chest of an English footballer. Sometimes, it feels as if time has dimmed the memory of quite what an outstanding footballer Keegan was and how he became a pioneer and a pathfinder, the first Englishman to play in a European Cup final with both English and foreign clubs, in his case Liverpool and Hamburg. Someti...

TRINITY MIRROR/ ALAMY Keegan on the pitch for Newcastle United against Cambridge United in 1984 One of football’s greats who played for Liverpool,  Newcastle and England, later managing the national side "I was the mongrel who made it to Crufts,  and that was fine by me" Richard Williams 21 Jul 2026 - THE GUARDIAN / Journal The apotheosis of Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75 of cancer, came in the minutes after his final appearance as a professional footballer, while wearing the black and white stripes of Newcastle United, the club of his heart. On 17 May 1984, at the end of a friendly against Liverpool, with whom he had achieved his early fame, a helicopter landed on the pitch at St James’ Park and carried him away, still in his full kit, borne aloft by the cheering of 36,000 home fans, many of them moved to tears by his departure. Such displays of emotion were seldom far away during a playing career that took the son of a Yorkshire coalminer from an apprenticeship at Scunt...