Sport

In sports today, the issue of racism is still apparent. Recently, 19-year-old Juventus player Kean, took a stand agaisnt racism when celebrating his goal. He stood with open arms facing the opposition crowd, who were making racist chants towards him. After the game, Kean uploaded a photo of himself after scoring the goal to Instagram, […]

It’s no lie that there is a large lack of excitement when it comes to women’s football, especially when compared to the football fever that struck the nation during the men’s World Cup in 2018. It’s hard to forget the ecstatic feeling of watching England’s finest do their best with a number of chants echoing […]

Racism is growing rapidly in football, with a 15% increase of reported incidents from 2016 to 2018. It is an issue affecting not just the players of the game, but also the many fans of it too. The main cause of the rise in racism is the high profile football federations like the FA, UEFA […]

Sadly, it has been proven that girls are giving up football when they hit puberty – 75% more than boys do. As you can guess, this is a very upsetting issue for people who want to play and support girl’s football, and it needs to be sorted out straight away. Even though we lost out […]

Laura Muir is a 25-year-old Scot who likes to run, and she’s a force of nature. Muir specialises in long-distance disciplines as the 2018 European Champion in 1500m and the 2017 European indoor champion winning both the 1500m and 3000m races. On Saturday she broke the 31-year-old British record for a women’s indoor mile to […]

Andy Murray, Scottish sporting legend, has been playing tennis since he was just three years old, and now, at thirty-one, his career on the court may be drawing to a close. Back in 2018, Murray withdrew from two tournaments – the Brisbane International and the Australian Open – due to a hip injury, before announcing […]

Toxic masculinity: The movie stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and it’s bloody fantastic. Creed 2 is a sequel to both 2016’s amazing Creed and also to 1985’s Rocky IV. It features the return of the latter film’s antagonist Ivan Drago, who killed Adonis Creed’s father Apollo, with his monstrous son Viktor. […]

Premier League Roundup – Week 6 Game week six of the Premier League season didn’t throw up many surprises but did start to separate the best from the rest. Liverpool continued their fine form with victory over a Southampton side whose main concern quickly became damage limitation. The Reds are the only team to have […]

Leisure Centre’s are easily overlooked and some of them are drastically underused. That’s a real shame because Leisure Centres are unique in offering such breadth of health and fitness activities all under one roof within easy reach of so many people. A catch-all of the exercise world. A typical leisure centre serves so many purposes, […]

International breaks often come at unwelcome times, just as the season was beginning to take shape and teams were starting to show their potential (or lack of) for the season ahead. Week 5 has left Manuel Pellegrini as the most relieved man in sports as West Ham ended their abominable run with a 3-1 victory […]

Three games into the 2018/19 Premier League season and gaps are starting to open up on the points table. Only Watford, Liverpool and Chelsea have pieced together a perfect start whilst West Ham United are the only team yet to record a point. Hammers fans may well be feeling a familiar pang of dread for […]

Arsenal and Chelsea – old foes, both under new stewardship – met at Stamford Bridge on Saturday in a turbulent affair with five goals scored split 3-2 to Sarri’s men. Both sides showed potency going forward but saw their defensive shortcomings laid bare. Chelsea got off lightly on a number of occasions courtesy of wasted […]

A Quick Roundup of Transfer Records In football, the buck normally stops on the pitch. It is on-field performances that determine a clubs fortunes, decide upon relegations and promotions and, crucially, award valuable prize money. With each position in the table garnering around £2 million more than the next lowest, every point really is worth […]

Premier League Roundup – Week One Ladies and Gentlemen….   The Premier League is back! The 2018/19 season opened on Friday evening as Jose Mourinho overcame his transfer window blues with a 2-1 triumph over Leicester. It took all of three minutes for the first penalty to be awarded, confidently buried by World Cup winner […]

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ll know the World Cup is in full swing at the moment and it’s making a lot of people happy. It’s also making a lot of people (really, we mean ‘men’/boys) quite bitter. Exhibit A: Girls jumping on the ‘it’s coming home’ bandwagon when last week they thought rashford […]

The FIFA World Cup 2018 has officially begun. The first match, between host country Russia and Saudi Arabia, prompted a tweet which got us thinking. Its #WorldCup kickoff day! Russia v Saudi Arabia! Which human rights abusing regime are you supporting? — Sam Forster (@MrSamueelll) June 14, 2018 It got us thinking about the lack […]

Visiting the gym for the first time can be an intimidating experience. Not only do you have to get comfortable swimming in sweat, you also have to manage any embarrassment that comes with working out in front of strangers. Read on for my tips on navigating your first gym session. Remember that you’re not out […]

2018’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was pretty awe-inspiring. From masked figures descending precarious slopes to teams pushing a carriage down an icy runway, to then climb in and rush down at break-neck speed, it’s difficult to humanise the athletes involved. However, in the familiarity of our old school (High Spen Primary), which still retains the […]

This week we saw the quarterfinals of the champions league. This involves the last eight world-class European teams giving it their all to see the sides progress to the semi-finals. The first game was between two premier league giants Liverpool and Manchester City. With city games from already winning the league and the side winning […]

This past year the line between boxing and UFC has become increasingly blurred. This is as a result of the biggest fight ever in combat sports history Mayweather vs McGregor – Mayweather undefeated in all of the fight inside the ring. He was challenged by the UFC Lightweight and former Featherweight champion. The fighter had no […]

This week’s European football, the action all started with giants PSG and Real Madrid. The game ended 1-2 with Madrid continuing to the next round. Cristiano Ronaldo scored first in the match. The forward had been struggling in the Spanish league compared to last season but has still managed to score in every game in […]

This weekend’s Premier League action started Leicester city against Stoke. The game ended 1-1 with the away side scoring first through Shaqiri. Leicester scored in the 70th minute with Jack Butland scoring an own goal to end the game even. Bournemouth versus Newcastle ended 2-2. The away side was up by two in the first […]

In the midst of the action over in Pyeongchang, a community of athletes prepare themselves for a competition much closer to home this weekend.  It’s almost time for the Women’s British Classic Power lifting Championship in Manchester. Celebrating strength training [arguably] in its purest form, the competition attracts female athletes from around the country in […]

This weekend we had some more action from the FA Cup as we head into the fifth round of the coveted trophy. Leicester City beat championship side Sheffield United 1-0 with a goal from Jamie Vardy in the 66th minute at the King Power Stadium. Chelsea had a dominant performance against Hull City beating the […]

This weekend the Premier League started with the North London derby. The game ended withSpurss managing to grab the win with a goal from Harry Kane in the 49th minute. Kane still stands the Premier League top goalscorer with 23 goals so far this season. Everton managed to come out on top over Crystal Palace. […]

British tennis player Andy Murray has had hip surgery in Melbourne and says he hopes to be back on the court in time for summer. The former world number one hasn’t played a competitive match since he was knocked out last year in July, during Wimbledon. The ongoing hip problem forced the Scotsman to pull […]

Recently, I contrasted various pros and cons of choosing skiing or snowboarding as your chosen method of gracefully descending the wintery slopes. While attempting to include mainly the practicalities of both options, I failed to mention the more social aspect of choosing one in particular. That being: if you choose a single bit of wood […]

But like, actually awarded. Not just a pat on the back. Yes, 2016’s hot topic American football star Colin Kaepernick has been awarded the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. He won by using his position to promote change, given that he sat during the US national anthem last year to protest over the ongoing […]

This week, I was messaged by a friend. He messaged to tell me that, this week at his work’s Christmas do, it came out that one of the women working in the office for Rickerbys had previously found success as world number five in women’s darts. This called to mind an experience when watching the […]

This week the Premier League started with West Ham against Leicester on Friday night. The game finished 1-1 with Albrighton opening the scoring followed Kouyate scoring for the hammers to gain David Moyes his first point in charge of the club. Crystal Palace played Stoke city with the game ending 2-1 to the home side […]

There’s a popular idea circulated by fitness blogs, magazines and supplement manufacturers that the real hard work begins once your workout is finished. At this moment, the mythical 30-minute ‘window’ opens, during which an individual must endeavour to consume as much protein as humanly possible. Such people seem to genuinely believe that such a failure […]

Perhaps you want to make friends, perhaps you want to command respect, perhaps you just don’t want to end up as the punch-line on some 15-year-old’s group chat. Whatever your desire, those of us fruitlessly grasping for self-improvement in the strip-lit temples of vanity we call gymnasiums must always be on the look out for […]

It has been confirmed that English and German players will wear poppies on black armbands for Friday’s friendly at Wembley. The tribute will be in remembrance of members of the armed forces, so says the Football Association and the German Football Association. The FA chief executive Martin Glenn said it would be a ‘show of […]

This week’s action in the premier league started with Stoke against Leicester the game finished 2-2 with Leicester scorers included summer sighing Vincent Iborra getting a goal followed by Riyad Mahrez. The scorers for Stoke were Shaqiri and former England international Peter Crouch from the bench to secure the point. Next, we have Huddersfield against […]

Patrice Evra, a player for Marseille, was given a one-match suspension after kicking a fan in the face during his teams’ Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes. Footage shows the 36-year-old former Manchester United player aiming a kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during a warm-up. Evra was named as a […]

After a rough start earlier in the year, Lewis Hamilton has been crowned the 2017 champion for Formula One. This will be the driver’s fourth title, despite finishing ninth, the lead he had on the other drivers was enough to secure him a place on the podium. https://twitter.com/F1/status/924745692832083968 Max Verstappen, the other would-be champion, took […]

This Saturday Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF, IBO and WBA heavyweight title against Carlos Takam in Cardiff. This is Joshua’s first fight since beating now retired former heavyweight world champion Vladimir Klitschko in April. He will fight the Cameroonian- French boxer aged 36 who has won 36 out of 39 with 27 knockouts. This […]

Once again. Mike Ashley is selling Newcastle United and people are overwhelmed with joy it would seem. Since Ashley’s reign began ten-years ago, the team has been relegated twice from the Premier League. The club said in a statement: ‘Newcastle United requires a clear direction and a path to a bright and successful future’ The […]

After a year off the pitch, Tottenham player Danny Rose is back in training but has forfeited the respect of the fans after an interview back in August. He spoke to The Sun and put the club on blast for its transfer record and wage structure. He suggested that he may have to leave Spurs […]

To cut costs, the International Olympics Committee plans to decrease the size of athlete’s villages at the next Olympic games. Paris will host the 2024 games after several countries withdrew their bids to host, due to budget concerns. The IOC has written to 28 countries asking for ideas on how savings could be quickly introduced […]