International I Hate Sports Club

And as for women drivers...

Andrey Arshavin isn't short of an opinion or two, whether it be on football, politics or women drivers! The striker, who came close to standing in local elections back home in Russia, could be forgiven for being wary of all drivers after surviving being knocked down as a child. The driver of that car was a man, but that hasn't stopped Arshavin from telling the Russian press: 'If I had it in my power to introduce a ban on women driving cars and to withdraw all their licences I would do it without thinking twice.' So far, long-term girlfriend Yulia has kept mum on the subject but, with the suspicion his comments may have been lost in translation, MARTIN SAMUEL offered Arshavin the opportunity to put the record straight. This is what he had to sayâ?¦
'I would never give driving lessons to women. We need to build new roads for them. Why? Because you never know what to expect from a woman on the road. If you see a car behaving weirdly, swerving and doing strange things, before you see the driver you know it is a woman. It is always a woman.'