With the Tour de France’s Grand Depart in Yorkshire this summer, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the first women’s Tour of Britain, cyclist Lizzie Armitstead is preparing for a massive year. The 2012 Olympic […]
Sport | Jenny Jones secures first ever GB medal on snow in slopestyle
“Britain just dominated the slopestyle”. Of course, this is not strictly true. Any rational observer would see that Norway’s silver in the men’s, Finland’s in the women’s, and a gold medal in each for the […]
Sport | Hockey – Gryphons grab late draw
Leeds Gryphons managed to salvage a late point at Weetwood on Wednesday in what was a tense and nervy affair. Leeds went into the game against Newcastle knowing that a win would all but secure […]
Sport | Sochi Winter Olympics Preview
This year in Sochi at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Team GB have the chance to become the most successful Winter Olympics ever, targetting 3-7 medals this year. The last time Britain managed to win 3 […]
Sport | Netball round-up
Leeds 2s v Lets Met 2s After a good warm up everyone felt prepared and fired up for the fight against Met which Leeds Uni 2s were determined to win. Pressuring them from the start […]
Sport |Tough test for Gryphons
Men’s Rugby Union Leeds Uni 1sts 7-40 Loughborough It was a disappointing end to an otherwise good match for Leeds on Wednesday. The home side were the first to score and everything looked even in […]
Sport | An Underdog Story – Nick Buckland's journey to Sochi
Each week, LS Sport bring you the most inspiring sporting achievements which you may not have heard about, in our new ‘An Underdog Story’ blog. In a week which has seen Great Britain qualify for […]
Sport | Superbowl XLVIII – Seattle ride Broncos to Championship victory
A hugely dominant Seattle Seahawks thrashed the Denver Broncos to secure their first ever Championship win at Super Bowl XLVIII. On paper, the game had a fascinating match up as Peyton Manning and his record-breaking […]
Sport | 'Promotion on the cards' for Gryphons
Leeds Men’s Hockey take on Newcastle tomorrow at 4pm in the LS Match of the Day at Weetwood. LS’s Jack Fairs caught up with Gryphons forward Alfie Jones ahead of the big game to discuss […]
Sport | Great Britain make history in Davis Cup first round
Great Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1986 with a brilliant win over the USA. Andy Murray got the ball rolling with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Donald Young, before James Ward pulled […]
Sport | Late defeat breaks English hearts
England suffered a heartbreaking defeat in their debut Six Nations match against France on Saturday. They came back from an appalling 16-3 first-half deficit to be leading the match right up until the final two […]
Sport | BUCS – Netball round-up
Leeds Uni 1s v LeedsMet 1s: Leeds Uni used their warm up well, to prepare themselves for the tough match to come, going onto court to face their long term rivals as a determined front. […]