• NTU running out of bragging rights as UoN seal memorable win at the Motorpoint

    A bumper crowd gathered at the Motorpoint Arena on Friday evening to witness a momentous edition of Nottingham Varsity Ice Hockey for the University of Nottingham. The Green and Gold were looking to earn further bragging rights in the series by avenging last year’s defeat to Nottingham Trent. The...
  • Removing threat and ambition: why ring-fencing the Aviva Premiership is shortsighted

    The Aviva Premiership finds itself at a crossroads. The subject of ring fencing is back on the agenda at Premiership Rugby once again. Allowing promotion and relegation only every five seasons could turn the best league in the world into a comfortable members club and plunge it towards mediocrity....
  • Where is the next generation in tennis?

    Roger Federer’s iron grip on men’s tennis continued in Melbourne with a remarkable 20th grand slam title for the Swiss. Grand Slam titles are intensely difficult to win, having to win seven 5-set matches in a fortnight is no mean feat. Federer seems to make it look effortlessly easy....
  • Autumn Internationals review- England stutter whilst Scotland star in the Autumn internationals

    As mist descended on south west London on Saturday evening, Eddie Jones and his coaching staff would have sipped their post series beer with a tinge of disappointment. Despite three comfortable victories on the scoreboard, England’s displays at Twickenham this autumn were largely error strewn, having only truly broken off the rust...
  • Tennis is too tough for its stars

    The ATP’s flagship event rolls into London this November with the preview shows and column inches dominated not by the attendees, but by the absentees. Injuries are par for the course in tennis and in sport, but the ever swelling injury list for the event must be of the...