Local ice hockey outfit Coventry Blaze wrapped up their preparations for the new Elite League season with a 3-2 win over Guildford Flames on Sunday, in no small part thanks to the goalkeeping heroics of netminder Dershahn Stewart. The Blaze’s recently-acquired Canadian was preferred in net to usual first choice...
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Local side Leamington have made a strong start to the new Enterprise National League North campaign, with Tuesday night’s 2-1 win at home over bottom side Southport propelling them into tenth place in the table. Goals from Ant Lynn and Ewan Williams saw the Brakes overturn a 1-0 deficit to...
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Frank Lampard’s Coventry City continued their unbeaten start to the new campaign with an enthralling 5-3 win away at Derby County on Saturday afternoon. Goals from Bobby Thomas, Haji Wright, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ephron Mason-Clark, and Victor Torp ensured that the Sky Blues left Pride Park with all three points, building...
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This summer’s pantomime villain Mohammed Siraj produced another remarkable display with the ball as India pulled off an unlikely comeback on Day Five at The Oval to win the fifth Test. The right-armed fast bowler took the wickets of Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, and Gus Atkinson in the short-lived fifth...
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The England women’s national team secured their second consecutive European Championships title on Sunday evening by defeating world champions Spain 3-1 on penalties. The final was the third occasion this summer that the Lionesses were forced into deciding affairs in extra time or later, after Alessia Russo had cancelled out...
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America is home to a vast array of different sports and leagues for the nation’s fanbases to enjoy, even if much of the rest of the world couldn’t be less bothered if they tried. Even still, this time of year is often considered as a barren spell for American sports...
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Local side Leamington FC are upping their preparations for the new Enterprise National League North campaign. Friday night’s 3-2 loss to a Coventry City XI marked a fourth consecutive home pre-season defeat against a Football League opposition for the Brakes, but such results are not to say that their performances...
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It’s fair to say that the newly-revised FIFA Club World Cup has attracted a fair deal of attention in the media this summer, and not all of it has been good. From the bizarre ways in which clubs like Inter Miami ‘qualified’ for the tournament, the half-empty stadiums, and the...
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Window seat or aisle seat? This is a question that has long been debated among seasoned travellers. However, despite all the historic back and forth between window-wanters and aisle-advocates, only one conclusion has ever been agreed upon: nobody wants the middle seat. Of course, in an ideal world, we travellers...
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Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais have been relegated to France’s second tier after authorities determined the club had not resolved their long-standing financial woes. The French giants were handed a provisional relegation back in November having amassed massive debts of £200 million, but were confident of avoiding expulsion during the...
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Association football only ranks third among Ireland’s most-watched spectator sports, something quite uncommon in Europe and even the rest of the world. But, given the competition with the nation’s native pastimes like hurling and Gaelic football, this isn’t much of a surprise. Nevertheless, Ireland’s national association football competition is only...
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The University of Warwick has recently announced that it will be funding a new film project aimed at improving palliative and bereavement support for LGBTQIA+ communities. As part of the project, LGBTQIA+ individuals living with a terminal diagnosis in the Midlands are being invited to share their stories on camera....
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Just two weeks after lifting the Europa League, Australian coach Ange Postecoglou was relieved of his duties as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. A 1-0 win over English rivals Manchester United in Bilbao saw Spurs clinch their first major trophy since 2008, but this feat was not enough for Postecoglou to...
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