WHILE other Premier League clubs were snapping up new players (or a new manager in Manchester City’s case), Aston Villa had a very quiet transfer window with no new faces appearing at Villa Park. However, a […]
Broncos Win Super Bowl 50
IN what is often referred to as the greatest show on Earth, Super Bowl 50 saw the Denver Broncos emerge victorious against the Carolina Panthers 24-10. The Panthers came into the game as favourites, having […]
Doping: Should Records Be Reset?
Ever since athletics was first rocked by its ongoing and highly volatile doping scandal at the end of 2015, a massive amount of soul searching has taken place by the key figures throughout the sport. […]
Gryphons Devastated on Derby Day
Leeds women’s 2nd team and their Beckett counterparts, the red brick side was disappointed to be on the receiving end of a 3-0 defeat that left them scratching their heads and licking their wounds. The […]
Poor Weather Dampens Sunny Season
It has been a positive season for men’s Rugby Union, with something on offer for each of the four teams at this late stage in the season. The wet weather of late has led to […]
Leeds Athletics team made of Steel
THE Leeds University Athletics team was one of many Northern universities to compete in the Steel Cup Competition on Wednesday. Other competitors such as Leeds Beckett, Sheffield Hallam and Loughborough promised a day of tough rivalry […]
Sheffield Prove Too Tough For Gryphons
Watching a BUCS Table Tennis fixture is like watching no other sport you have ever attended. At Leeds, in the late-afternoon light of the Cromer Terrace Fitness Suite three games take place simultaneously over the […]
LGBT History Month: Role Models Matter
SPORT has a special way of bringing people together. The Christmas Truce of 1914 is a powerful and moving image – uniting two entirely different (and seemingly irreconcilable) groups together in the most serious and high-pressured […]
A Tale of Two Halves
Bradford 28-12 Leeds AFTER a short coach trip west to Bradford, the Celtics arrived to find a team who had beaten them earlier in the year and a semi-waterlogged field to play on. What ensued can […]
My own (sort of) love letter to Leicester
AS we enter the second month of 2016, the days are getting longer, the weather should apparently be getting warmer and the end of the Premier League is looming closer. Football fans are eagerly waiting […]
Match Report – Leeds Celtics v York Centurions
IT had rained heavily the previous day, and from the onset it was going to be a game won in the trenches. With an earlier kick-off time than usual, starting at 12pm, the Celtics were raring […]
A first-class performance: Leeds Korfball club make history
Leeds Korfball club qualify for first-tier of the nationals for the first time ever in the club’s history Each of the team’s ten players made the score sheet on the day The team storm to […]