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The past couple of weeks have seen the William Hill World Darts Championship take place at London’s Alexandra Palace. The Championships have a prize pot of £1.25 million, which places it among the most lucrative events on the British sporting calendar, above the likes of the Grand National, Rugby’s Aviva Premiership and Cricket’s LV […]
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14.20 – 10 minutes until kick off Welcome to the Oxford vs. Cambridge Varsity match liveblog! Stay with us throughout the afternoon as we keep you up to to date as the Blues attempt to make it 5 wins in a row against the Tabs. Teams coming up…
Continue ReadingAs one of the most famous university societies in the world, the Oxford Union Society is one of the most valuable assets the University has; the opportunity to listen to world-class speakers and debates exposes people to conflicts of opinion, new ideas and controversial topics. It’s hardly surprising that Oxford consequently produces so many […]
Continue Reading‘If they’re good enough, they’re old enough’ was the motto of former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby. An idiom which led him to great success in conquering both England and Europe with his famous ‘Busby Babes’ and has remained a precedent at Old Trafford for the forty or so years after his departure […]
Continue ReadingAfter another ‘riveting’ transfer saga the Red Devils have finally got their Angel. No doubt Di Maria is a great player; the Argentine was the Man of the Match in last year’s Champions’ League Final and, according to Diego Simeone, Real Madrid’s best player. However, for most the reported fee of £59.7 is baffling. […]
Continue ReadingEngland once again have a seam attack to be feared Although still not the finished article, England’s bowling regained some of its old vigour and force under the masterly stewardship of James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Anderson, now just three wickets away from Ian Botham’s record of 383 test wickets, was back to his magical […]
Continue ReadingThe news that the Glazers have ruled out selling Manchester United for at least another five years does not bode well for the most successful club of the Premier League era. Player after player snubs Ed Woodward’s advances. £16m Marcos Rojo and untried Luke Shaw are unenviably tasked with filling the boots of […]
Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year again. Transfer silly season is in full flow, the usual managerial suspects have struck up the media circus for another term of mud flinging, the foreign tours the fans and players have pretended to care about have come to an end and it’s almost here. The 2014/15 Premier League […]
Continue ReadingWhat the Emirates Stadium means to Arsenal fans has been something of a enigma since the move from Highbury in 2006. Before the club left the famous old ground the fans were told that the new ground was a necessity, that to compete with the very best teams in Europe the club needed a […]
Continue ReadingLast summer, within a few days of each other, some of the biggest names in athletics tested positive for banned drugs. They included Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, respectively the joint-second and third fastest men ever, and double 200m Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown. The news came as a big shock to the world of […]
Continue Reading354 days. The amount of time the English cricket team went without winning a test match. A painful period which saw them being completely blown away by Ashes rivals Australia in the winter, followed by a home series defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka at the start of this summer. The beginning of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Commonwealth Games have often been overlooked as a major sporting competition due to two interconnected factors: in the first instance, at least when compared to other sporting events, the Commonwealth is an unusual geographical field from which to allow athletes to compete. Whilst competition between England and neighbouring Wales, Scotland and Northern Island […]
Continue ReadingEngland dominate the team gymnastics As the crowds gathered inside the brand new SSE Hydro arena to see the days gymnastics, there were high hopes surrounding both the male and female English teams – but few could have predicted the extent of their domination. The men took to the floor first and the […]
Continue ReadingThough the ire and frustration on the average football terrace might persuade you otherwise, modern football fans are actually a remarkably patient and loyal bunch. Which makes the latest fan developments coming out of Southampton FC all the more remarkable. Shortly after the sale of young right back Calum Chambers to Arsenal for £11 […]
Continue ReadingWinners Chelsea By far the most successful club in July. Jose Mourinho has had to pay a premium for some of his new arrivals but has supplemented his already strong squad with genuine quality. The signing of Douglas Costa from Atletico Madrid was a huge coup that means, with the return of […]
Continue ReadingThe curtain has fallen on Steven Gerrard’s career as England captain, but nobody appears ready to take centre stage in his place. That’s how it appears from outside St George’s Park as Roy Hodgson decides who will be next to wear the armband – post-Golden Generation, natural leaders in the England squad are few and […]
Continue ReadingDavid Luiz When both Piers Morgan and FIFA name you as their current Player of the Tournament then you really are in trouble. Sure enough, the words of the vocal Arsenal fan combined with the seal of approval from football’s most transparent (in every sense) organisation inspired Luiz to go from eye-popping and fist-pumping leader […]
Continue ReadingSo that’s it. We’ve had 4 weeks of football, 171 goals, the holders unceremoniously dumped out in the group stage, England exiting without a win, the hosts capturing the imagination, the USA finally embracing the beautiful game, the big stars performing, new stars being made, underdogs barking, favourites falling, Brazil defeated, Messi thwarted and in […]
Continue ReadingWithin the build-up to the 2014 Tour de France, the most prominent news story – at least in British terms – was Team Sky’s omission of Bradley Wiggins from their nine-strong squad in favour of Chris Froome. Such a choice by Sky’s General Manager Dave Brailsford was glamorised further by the purportedly ongoing “feud” between […]
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