Alexander Smith takes a look at the career of Lewis Hamilton, as he closes in on a record-equalling 7th World Title.
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Time to Put Italy Out of Their Six Nations Misery
Everyone’s second favourite team in the Six Nations have truly reached the end of the road. Between 2000 and 2015, Italy won 12 games and drew one of their 90 Six Nations fixtures. Not a good record at all, but in the same period Scotland only managed 19 wins and two draws. Italy had finished […]
A VAR-sical Start
Rhys Wallis looks at the chaotic start to the football season, that has left many questioning the laws of the game Since its inception into the Premier League, VAR has never strayed away from the headlines: after every match, it would seem, one of Alan Shearer, Gary Neville, Chris Sutton or Jamie Cartagher seem to […]
Serena at 39, The End?
Rose Booth looks at whether an all-time great has reached the end of her time in the game. On 26th September, Serena Williams turned 39. Just fifteen days previously, she was playing for a place in what would have been her 11th US Open final. She is an icon: the definition of the Greatest of […]
Nadal masterclass shows what we’ll miss
James Anderson, grey skies, the new ball. Jonny Wilkinson, the pocket, the drop goal. Usain Bolt, the Olympics, the 100m track. Simone Biles, major competition, the floor. In certain sporting situations, you know the outcome, yet whether it’s Jimmy ripping through a World Class top order, Jonny slotting a beautifully struck three points off his […]
French Open 2020 Review
Senthur Shanmugarasa reviews the action from this year’s French Open Championship at Roland Garros. A semblance of tennis normality resumed in Paris last Sunday as Rafael Nadal cemented his position as the greatest clay court player in history, capturing his 13th French Open Title. The Spaniard beat Novak Djokovic over 3 sets, with victory putting […]
The European Formula? F1 2020 Finally Set to Get Underway
With little under three weeks until Formula 1 finally returns to our screens from Austria, Online Sport Editor Harry Scott-Munro looks at how the season ahead may look in the current Covid-19 climate.
Serve and Volley: Grand Slams Behind Closed Doors
Print Sport Editor Nick Powell takes a look at the growing debate over whether to hold the remaining tennis Grand Slams of 2020 as Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Dan Evans and Judy Murray were among the many top tennis names to give their opinion on the potential return to play. ‘Selfish’, ‘extreme’, ‘doesn’t […]
Free School Meals to Continue over Summer After Rashford Campaign
Marcus Rashford’s campaign to allow low income families in England to claim free school meal vouchers during the holidays has prompted a government U-turn. Whilst the government does not usually provide free school meals during the holidays, it had provided vouchers for the Easter holidays and half-term, but not during the Summer. After raising around […]
Which Approach is Best? Four different ways Leagues could have coped with the Coronavirus Pandemic
Nick Powell, Print Sport Editor, looks at four different approaches major football leagues have taken to their Winter seasons being halted by government Coronavirus measures. In the space of a week in mid-March, 30 European Nations halted their Football leagues with postponements ranging from up to early April to indefinite ones. Of course, no tournaments […]