THE Chancellor’s Autumn Statement may have revealed future hardship for students and recent graduates, but for sport throughout Britain, it’s a different story. UK Sport, the UK’s largest sports charity which distributes public money to elite […]
Women’s Hockey Hammered at Home
LEEDS Women’s 1sts were outclassed by a strong Birmingham side who put eight past them on a bitter cold evening at Weetwood. The Gryphons went into the match knowing that they were facing one of […]
Minnows Make It To European Championship
EARLIER this week, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden and Ukraine completed the final qualification round-up to secure places in European finals which are to take place in France next summer. Hungary’s 1-0 win was in part down to […]
Tributes Paid to Rugby Union Legend Jonah Lomu
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for former New Zealand rugby union star and global icon Jonah Lomu, who died this week at the age of 40. Lomu scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand […]
Global Rugby Union Giant Johan Lomu passes away
FORMER New-Zealand rugby union player and global sporting icon Jonah Lomu has died at the age of 40. Lomu scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002 before being diagnosed with […]
A Time to Unite Through Football
IT was a decision that, in light of Friday’s terrorism attacks in Paris, a national footballing governing body had to get right. And it did. After careful deliberation between the British government and the French […]
Should Jose Mourinho be fired?
NO – Fiona Tomas If Mourinho is to become the latest victim of the ‘come and go’ managerial culture that English football has so tediously become a slave to, it would be, as they say in […]
Gryphons Still Set for Promotion
Volleyball team still yet to lose a single set this season Outstanding performances from Anu Vall and Wen Fu LEEDS’ volleyball women kept up their winning record at the start of the season with a comfortable […]
Sheffield Sink Sibanda’s Ship
A GB Olympian who played in the London 2012 games was one of several Sheffield players who thwarted Leeds men’s volleyball team 3-1 in the Gryphon Sports Centre on Wednesday evening. The Gryphons were facing […]
Stage Set for Final Showdown
AFTER 47 matches, 18 teams and 13 stadiums, there awaits one last battle. And it will see two sets of soldiers from the same corner of the world march out tomorrow night at Twickenham for […]
Gryphons Finish Game All-Swear
LEEDS women hockey firsts had to settle for a draw against a spirited Nottingham side this week where it finished two apiece, in what was a rather heated encounter at Sports Park Weetwood. The Gryphons were […]
‘Uni Girls Can’ inspires biggest female road cycle ride
LEEDS University Union Cycling club saw the biggest number of female riders on their first road bike outing of the year on Wednesday afternoon last week. It comes after the ongoing launch of ‘Uni Girls Can’, […]