The 2016 Ryder Cup, unfortunately, saw the European team unable to match their feat from four years ago when they accomplished the seemingly impossible task of overturning a four point deficit going into the final […]
Arnold Palmer: a true golfing legend
The word legend, especially in a sporting context, seems to be branded about all the time in social media and newspapers alike. Many times this term is of course justified, other times however it is […]
Taylor Powers to glory in Cardiff
Sixteen times World Champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor recaptured the magic of the height of his illustrious career to land the spoils last weekend in the inaugural PDC Champions League of Darts. Taking place at […]
Sport Membership Prices Slashed for all Students
Leeds University, or University of the year 2017 as some may boast, has already proved its dominance in the field of higher education. With its three entrepreneurial awards and 90% student satisfaction rates, could it […]
Drivers ready to sweat it out in Malaysia
The Formula One teams visit the Sepang circuit in Kuala Lumpur for the sixteenth race of the 2016 season. The battle for the driver’s championship is finely poised between the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg […]
County Championship reaches thrilling conclusion
The final day. 3 teams. One winner. Last week saw the culmination of this season’s County Championship Cricket tournament. After 15 games three sides still remained in contention for the title with just one fixture […]
Big Sam, big talk, big trouble
The most successful permanent England manager (statistically) of all time has been forced out of his job, and no-one is surprised. A situation which would have seemed ridiculous just 36 hours ago now seems to […]
Varsity "all to play for" – Women’s Rugby Captain
Ahead of the new season Leeds University Women’s Rugby Captain Fran Robbs de la Hoyde spoke to The Gryphon, giving insight on her side’s preseason preparations and looking back on the twists and turns of the last […]
Varsity, BUCS and beyond – Uni Sport Competitions Explained
Sports teams representing University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University will battle it out for supremacy in the twelfth edition of Leeds Varsity, which will take place on the 4th and 5th October, culminating in […]
Leeds – the Place to Be for Live Sport
Leeds is undoubtedly one of the best cities in the country for watching great live sport. Here, The Gryphon takes a brief look at four of Leeds’ most successful sporting teams. The most successful county cricket side […]
10 things we learnt from the Premier League: September 10-12
This weekend saw Premier League football return after the international break, and was full of intrigue, with the first meeting between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho in English football living up to the pre-match hype, […]
The End of the ‘Big Four’?
Last Sunday, on a mild New York evening exactly fifteen years on from the horrors of the 9/11 attacks, the eyes of the city, and of the world of tennis, turned on one match; a […]