John Mastrini

Myriad predictions and observations from tennis pundits in the past eighteen months have proved to be grossly inaccurate or, at best, short-sighted. Whether it be regarding Federer entering his twilight years, or the ability of the aptly-titled ‘Big Four’ to hold off the challenge of the rest of the field,...

London’s O2 Arena is once again the site for the elite eight players of men’s tennis to conjure up an end-of-season extravaganza of breath-taking ball striking and intense emotion. After a brutally long and challenging year, the world’s top eight will attempt to muster together one last effort and...

A post-lecture pint down the Students’ Union is usually a low-key affair. Conversation about the weekend’s football flows as fantasy managers pore over team selection and decide which player gets the armband for the week. This time, though, the buzz around Mooch was different. Nottingham’s real boss was in...

With the news that 30% of sports pay men more prize money than women, Matt analyses whether calls for equal prize money in sport are justified… Helen Grant, UK Minister for Sport, has stated that the governing bodies for sports in the UK need to fight for equal prize money...

I’ll make you a deal this week – we don’t have to talk about Peyton Manning. Not that the newly-crowned all-time touchdown leader didn’t have another strong week – throwing for just under 300 yards completing 25 of 35 attempted passes, but this time Peyton isn’t the star. Even if...

That’s another week in the books for the National Football League, except for the Monday night match-up when Houston travel to the banks of the three rivers to face Ben Roethlisberger’s Pittsburgh Steelers, of course. That game will get a mention later, but first we’re going to take a...

Sport is in the genetic make-up of all humans. Since our prehistoric origins where speed and strength were paramount, there has been a drive for self-development to both self-satisfy and also to inspire and impress others. Even at university, a hive of high-level intellectual and academic activity, there is...