Reece Goodall

Opinion: the NBA is in a crisis of its own making

Sport is making a comeback after Covid, but not every sport is welcome. In America, people have started turning their backs on basketball – the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) ratings are declining steeply, and there’s one major reason. The sport has become very political – the fans aren’t keen, and...
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Posted Oct. 13, 2020

Lewis Hamilton secures historic victory at Eifel Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won as F1 returned to the Nürburgring, and his 91st career victory saw him equal the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher. It extends his championship lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas to 69 points, and puts him ever closer to another Schumacher record – his seventh world championship...
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Posted Oct. 12, 2020

Lewis Hamilton opposes the construction of new Rio track

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has opposed the proposed construction of a new circuit in Rio de Janeiro due to the environmental impact of the project. F1 is planning to add a race new circuit in Rio to the calendar in the near future, likely to replace the existing Brazilian Grand...
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Posted Oct. 10, 2020

The reaction to Trump’s Covid diagnosis has been disturbing

You can’t have missed the news – President Donald Trump has contracted Covid-19. The reaction was initially one of shock across the world but, if you follow your news online, it became increasingly ghoulish. Mocking turned into thousands of wishes that the president would die, in one of the internet’s...
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Posted Oct. 6, 2020

Reaction: Serena Williams withdraws from French Open due to injury

Three-time French Open champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the tournament because of an Achilles injury. She was due to play in the second round against Bulgarian veteran Tsvetana Pironkova, but Williams has now been forced to pull out after failing to recover sufficiently from an Achilles problem sustained at...
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Posted Oct. 5, 2020