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So, the dates for Euro 2016 have been set, qualification has been complete, and we are all ready for a great tournament. However, a lot can change between now and 10th June when the tournament commecnces. Ahead of the draw on 10th December, let’s consider some of the biggest storylines heading into the Euros and […]
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Anybody lucky enough to have a BT Sport subscription will have heard one of these gems from Chester’s answer to Chekhov. For fairly inordinate amounts of money, ex-professionals (and taking nothing away from Owen, very successful ones) week in week out spout the same inane facts and rehashed analysis, to a public that seems to […]
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In 2011, Chelsea signed Fernando Torres for a mind-boggling £50 million on deadline day of the January transfer window. He was signed for the fact he was a proven Premier League striker, but this ignored his recent run of poor form, which was to continue for the entirety of his spell at the club. Similarly, […]
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Today, about 220 miles away, in Ghent, Andy Murray will step out onto the clay Belgian court and hopefully get Britain’s 2015 Davis Cup victory party started. On paper, Britain are the favourites, not least because of the world number 2, with many predicting a 3-1 victory (i.e. Murray wins, someone else loses, Murray wins […]
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This Saturday, 28th November, the Oxford ice rink will host one of the biggest sporting events of the term: the exciting clash between the Oxford Blues ice hockey team and their London rivals, the London Dragons- a team comprised of players from all the London universities. Although not as historic or well-known as some of […]
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The Oxford Lancers – the university’s American football team – have been on a fantastic winning streak over the last year. Unbeaten since November 2014 they had claimed four wins out of four coming into this match against their Oxford rivals. The signs were there for a close affair as both teams had comprehensively won […]
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Jurgen Klopp is a star. And I am not going to lie, Jurgen Klopp’s first press conference was an incredible event to follow. However, this was not necessarily in terms of what he had to say, but definitely in the way it was covered. Klopp’s answers were rational, well thought out and quite predictable. Yet […]
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Football is the world’s most popular sport. Yet, it is certainly not perfect. In order to stay fresh and continue to grow, football needs to be constantly revamping itself. Every year, we expect talented young players to break through the ranks and become stars, big money transfers to shake up domestic leagues, and underdog teams […]
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Tomorrow afternoon, at 3 O’clock, Jamie Vardy will walk out into St James’ Park and attempt to make history by matching Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in 10 straight Premier League matches. Moreover, against a Newcastle side that have looked defensively unreliable all season (though they have kept two clean sheets on the spin […]
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Stuart Lancaster’s four year tenure has come to an end. Many people have expressed their views on a reign that begun with so much optimism, but ultimately culminated in a pool-stage elimination from a home World Cup and the Sam Burgess fiasco, leaving a cloud of doom and despair over England rugby. If we are […]
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86 days ago, Lord Coe was elected as the President of the IAAF. He came in calling for reform and revolution, seeing the doping scandal as “a declaration of war on my sport”, indicating that one in three athletes would be tested for doping and drug usage. With two weeks left before the magical 100 […]
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Football fans revel in the ‘beautiful game’ moniker, as if it alone confers some sort of superiority over other sports. Indeed, the reasons for the game’s popularity are manifest: nothing in the world has to power to unite, divide, encourage and inspire like football does. Hundreds of thousands of weekends hang in the balance based […]
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The Women’s Blues have had mixed success so far this season in the BUCS Midlands league, where they are looking to defend their title. They endured a frustrating 1 – 0 loss to Nottingham Trent on the opening day of the season but have bounced back impressively since then with a spectacular 6 – 0 […]
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Professional sports are often considered a world apart, leisure activities that allow us to take our minds off of the real world for a few hours and instead focus on the game in front of us. But sports do not operate in a vacuum; they are affected by global events just like everything else. A […]
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It took Sam Burgess nine years from his debut for Bradford Bulls to his crowning as Rugby League’s International Player of the year award in 2014, the highest individual accolade in the sport. In 12 months, 21 appearances for Bath and 5 for England, Slammin’ Sam (as his adoring fans in Sydney christened him) was […]
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Considering the primacy that the Premier League takes in English football, it can be easy to forget that 72 other teams operate on the greasy pole that is the Football League. However, to find the true spirit of English football, one must look past Sky Sports, fantasy football and five quid hot chocolates, and go […]
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Lewis Hamilton has won the 2015 Formula One World Championship which, of course, makes him the greatest Formula One driver that the world has ever seen. Did you not quite follow that train of logic? Let me explain. If we take Ayrton Senna as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, it’ll make […]
Continue ReadingWhat is the first word that comes to mind when you think about FIFA, world football’s governing body? For me, the answer is undoubtedly corruption. In recent years, innumerable scandals, rigged elections, and mass allegations of bribery and extortion have tarnished FIFA’s reputation and made it the laughing stock of the sports world. No true […]
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New Zealand received the fairy tale ending for some of their truly legendary stars of the game, as they became the first country to defend their World Cup title in 28 years of the competition’s history and the most successful team in the tournament’s history. However, the victory on Saturday marked the end of an […]
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