With the England squad having landed in Australia and preparations underway, the build-up to this winter’s Ashes series can well and truly begin. With the warm-up games already underway, some random 14-year-old Australian will rip through England’s batting order to destroy any optimism before the series has even begun. In fact, if any optimism did […]
Breathless 10 minutes condemn Exeter City to defeat
A head of the visit of Luton Town to St James Park on Tuesday night, Exeter City appeared to have steadied the ship with regards to their league form. Strong away performances at Carlisle and then Wycombe rebuilt some confidence among the Grecians as they sat second in League 2 – some feared a 3-0 […]
Rooting for Joe
When Alastair Cook announced he was stepping down from the England captaincy after a painful winter in India, it seemed only a matter of time before his vice-captain Joe Root would be appointed as his successor. Brief mentions were given to Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes, but inevitably England’s best batsmen was revealed as the […]
He’s Scot Skills: How Andy Murray Became Number 1
In early October, and on his way to victory in Shanghai, Andy Murray dismissed the possibility of replacing Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings before the year was out. “I’d have to win pretty much every match between now and the end of the year, and Novak would have to win hardly any. […]
The race to the World Championship
As the F1 machine rolled into Malaysia this weekend, both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg knew that any slip up could prove fatal with the Driver’s Championship so finely poised with six races to go. It was the German driver who found himself in pole position, by just eight points, but the momentum changes already seen […]