Sport

The Evolution of Football: Can We Learn From Rugby?

avatar By , published on 5 November 2012 09:00 am
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Over the past year, the two most talked about controversies in English football have been the racism allegations held over Luis Suarez and John Terry. As the stories developed, they …

The Sporting Spirit: The problem of drugs cheats in sport

avatar By , published on 19 August 2012 11:39 am
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As the Olympic Games came to an end, the London 2012 legacy began to take shape. However one thing which these games have failed to achieve is the breaking of …

London 2012: The Alternative Headlines (According to Social Media)

avatar By , published on 15 August 2012 07:00 am
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Now that the Olympic flame has been extinguished and athletes from around the world bid farewell to London, we starry-eyed enthusiasts are left with a multitude of memories to make …

What I Have Learnt from the Olympics

avatar By , published on 12 August 2012 11:00 pm
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As the Olympic flame is extinguished in Stratford and the greatest show on earth comes to an end many will start thinking what it was all about. Why did we …

My Olympics

avatar By , published on 2 August 2012 01:30 am
Great Britain's Johannah Leedham, left, vies with Russia's Nadezhda Grishaeva

Waking up at 5 o’clock on a Saturday morning may not be the most exciting start to a weekend, but of course last weekend was no normal weekend.  It marked …

Call Me Maybe – after I swim the 800 metre freestyle

avatar By , published on 29 July 2012 11:31 pm
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YouTube is rife with Olympians this week as the USA Olympic swimmers have become the latest to parody the inherently catchy ‘Call Me Maybe’, and team GB’s divers have choreographed a …

Olympic Fever

avatar By , published on 13 July 2012 08:00 am
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  Let’s go back 7 years to the top secret diary of a young girl… “Wednesday 5th July 2005 LONDON GOT IT!! London won the bid! We are hosting the …

A Gentleman’s Game

avatar By , published on 11 July 2012 09:00 am
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Having always been a football loyalist from a ‘working class’ background, for years tennis often appeared to me as a sport for snobs. Wimbledon distinctly came across as a quasi …

“Slice, drop shot, volley, lob, winner!” Why I Prefer Women’s Tennis

avatar By , published on 6 July 2012 09:46 pm

Siobhan Woodhouse has written passionately about why she prefers to watch men’s tennis. I have to hand it to her, she makes a number of convincing points. This is indeed …

Give me Roger, Rafa and Novak Any day: Why I Prefer Men’s Tennis

avatar By , published on 6 July 2012 09:46 pm

I’ve never been a fan of sport but the idea of watching a five hour game of tennis is heaven to me and was exactly why, on a cold Sunday …