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 […]
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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 […]
It’s an 8 pointer – the battle to become the Premier League’s most sustainable club
Print Sport Editor Joel Edwards takes a look at the environmental schemes of each Premier League club and how they would finish in a sustainable league table.
City Set for Promotion Fight
Print Sport Editor Nick Powell looks at the news that Exeter City will face Colchester United for a place in the League Two play-off final For the third time in four seasons, here we are. After agonisingly missing out on the League Two play-offs last season, Exeter return to the fight for a prize that […]
Can Sport survive the financial burden of Coronavirus?
Can Sport survive the financial burden of Coronavirus? COVID-19 has had a profound effect on Sport. Print Sport Editor Nick Powell analyses the financial implications of seasons being cut short on the World of Sport. In late February, as Ireland postponed their Six Nations fixture with Italy, few could have imagined the long list of […]
Punditry: It’s (Not) A Man’s World
The much-needed inclusion of female pundits in the sports broadcasting scene hasn’t come without controversy. Print lifestyle editor Anna Romanovska looks at this state of sexism in sporting world. My timing of writing this article is rather amusing. I have just overheard a conversation between two men and a woman discussing how women are treated […]
Things You Might Have Missed – Round 5
Ed Alexander casts his eyes over some of the more obscure sporting stories of the last fortnight
Things You Might Have Missed – Round 4
Online sports editor Ed Alexander casts an eye over some of the more obscure stories from the last week of sport
Black History Month – Tackling Racism in Football
After England’s most recent international was marred by yet more racist chanting, Print Screen Editor Jonathan Chern reflects on the cause and the complacent combat of football, sport and society’s entrenched issue.