When we meet Hugh at Weetwood this Tuesday, he is organising a training session for the Women’s Rugby team. “We’re all one club now”, he tells us proudly. Gumbs see this as his major achievement […]
Quick out of the blocks at Manchester Relays
The Manchester Relays have proved a happy hunting ground for Cross Country over the years with the memories of a near victory in 2009 still present in most of the teams memory. This year was […]
Leeds Taste the Joy of Six
With so much of the pre-match build up to Saturday’s Super League Grand Final concentrating on Ryan Hall’s upset stomach, it was fitting that the Leeds Rhinos’ winger would score the try that put the […]
Jocelyn pushes through Payne barrier in Berlin
The 39th BMW Berlin Marathon took place on Sunday September 30 and I was lucky enough to get a place in this iconic race. Iconic for the fact that it’s a flat, world-record course, for […]
The Man Booker Prize Special: The shortlist review and comment from those in the know: Claire Armitstead and Chris Mullin
Narcopolis throws you straight onto the dream-like Shuklaji street and into the dark, hazy, opium dens of Old Bombay. ‘These are night-time tales that vanish in sunlight like vampire-dust.’ Trouble with the police in New […]
Are initiations good for team bonding and morale or are they bullying and unnecessary?
YES: Since becoming a student stories and rumours of sports initiations have been at the centre of Union policy and campus banter. The most notorious of these are of course the rugby initiations with leaked […]
‘Los Pumas’ Ready to Pounce
New Zealand highlighted their status as the world’s best rugby playing nation as they dominated the inaugural Rugby Championship. In a new format that saw Argentina brought in order to extend the competition from the […]
It's high time Sport confronted its biggest taboo
Some individuals are truly bred for the cause, to be different, chosen champions that are placed on this planet to be extraordinary. Some of those very same people that are born destined to be immortalized […]
No excuses for the younger generation
After a busy couple of weeks for England, fans could be forgiven for forgetting about the upcoming World Cup Qualifying fixtures against San Marino and Poland. Following John Terry’s international retirement, Rio Ferdinand seemed destined […]
Schumacher on final straight as F1 prepares for new era
On November 25 2012 in Sukuza, Japan, Michael Schumacher will rip off his racing gloves, turn off the engine of his Mercedes and walked away (maybe via the podium), into retirement. The world of Formula […]
Orlando Cruz comes out fighting
This week Puerto Rican Boxer Orlando Cruz has officially announced his homosexuality to the world. LS looks into why homosexuality is still such an issue in many sports. Last week boxer Orlando Cruz finally came […]
The Hammer of The Scots?
The term ‘must win’ is overused in the world of football, but for Wales and Scotland it’s perfectly appropriate. Both home nations are still looking for their first win in Group A of the 2014 […]