On Saturday 17 May, Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace stunned Manchester City 1-0 to claim the 2024/25 Emirates FA Cup title – the first major honour in the club’s 120-year professional history. Fittingly, it was South London boy Eberechi Eze who fired home from a Daniel Muñoz cross early in the...
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The University of Warwick has committed to participating in Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ movement for the sixth year in a row. The initiative, started by the nature protection charity in 2019, urges gardeners to allow areas of grass to grow throughout the month. In doing so, wildflowers are more likely...
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This week, USL Championship side Tampa Bay Rowdies hosted cross-state rivals Orlando City for a long-awaited edition of the I-4 Derby in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32. Named after the highway that separates the two Central Florida cities, the rivalry gained quite the reputation among the...
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Weary from a long day’s travel to and from Carrow Road, our 20:02 Chiltern service from London Marylebone rolled into Leamington Spa on time, and for the final time this season. It had been a fruitful day’s work. Norwich had ran riot against an already-relegated Cardiff City side, we hadn’t...
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In early 1946, baseball prospect Jackie Robinson arrived in Florida for his maiden spring training with the Montreal Royals – the minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers whom he had signed a contract with the year before. In a state where racially-based segregation was still very much enforced, Robinson’s...
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Last week, 14-year-old Indian cricket starlet Vaibhav Suryavanshi made history by becoming the youngest-ever player to score a century in men’s T20s. Suryavanshi led the chase as his Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit, Rajasthan Royals, made light work of the 209 runs posted earlier by the Gujarat Titans in Jaipur....
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Sunday April 27 saw Liverpool clinch the Premier League title with four games to spare, after cruising to a 5-1 victory against Ange Postecoglou’s sorry Spurs. On a day where even a point would have seen them crowned champions, it was the visitors who came out of the blocks the...
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On Easter Monday, both Leeds United and Burnley secured their return to the Premier League with two games to spare in the current Sky Bet Championship campaign. The two sides mathematically confirmed promotion on Monday evening after Burnley defeated fellow automatic promotion hopefuls Sheffield United 2-1 at Turf Moor, in...
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At the end of March, McDonald’s released a series of exclusive adult Minecraft Happy Meals, a Minecraft themed McFlurry and a Kids Happy Meal featuring toys from A Minecraft movie. This collaboration not only targets film enthusiasts but gamers as well. Although McDonald’s is no stranger to partnering with film...
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Joshua Keeble tells the tale of trials and tribulations faced by Def Leppard for their album 'Hysteria', which started recording 40 years ago.
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Joshua Keeble highlights six notable soloists who emerged following their time in a range of bands.
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How far would you go… to watch second-rate football at great financial expense? Quite far, actually. The trend of “passion tourism” is only on the rise. Last year, Mastercard’s annual travel trends report found that, “memorable events are driving travel trends, whether it is for concerts or sporting events”. Indeed,...
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Last week, darts prodigy Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler extended his lead at the top of the BetMGM Premier League table to eight points, cruising past Stephen Bunting, Rob Cross, and world number one Luke Humphries in Newcastle en route to securing a fourth nightly win on Night Eight. In front...
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