Cricket is set to have a Moneyball-esque ODI series next year with a computer picking teams for a North vs South of England tournament in Abu Dhabi. Two teams will be picked using the Professional Cricketers' Association's Most Valued Player ratings formula, which is akin to the sophisticated sabermetric approach postulated by Michael Lewis ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor On Monday night MPs voted by 294 votes to 276 to reject a plan for Britain to accept 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian child refugees have ended up in mainland Europe without a parent or guardian. The amendment had been proposed by Labour’s Lord Dubs, who himself arrived ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The House of Lords was not able to halt a £30-a-week cut to disability benefits forced through by the Government. Charities warned the cut to (ESA) Employment & Support Allowance would make it more difficult for disabled people to find work and many already struggle to ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport Imagine, if you will, that you are an ageing footballer. You have had a fine career at the top of your profession, but your legs have gone, and you can’t really cut it at the highest level any more. However, you ...
By Dr Robin Andrews @squigglyvolcano A new non-partisan study reveals that, in the United States, Republicans and Democrats show very distinct neurological activity when presented with risk and opportunity. Full disclosure: I am utterly convinced that the modern-day Republican politician is almost certainly a divisive, hateful, fearful individual. The fact ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter Hands up who saw that coming. Anyone who says they predicted the Edgbaston whitewash is either clairvoyant, an incurable optimist, or a liar. This Ashes series is predictable in its unpredictability; the teams are consistent in their inconsistency; cue many other paradoxes. What will ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter I have many pet theories about sport, all of which are revolutionary, incredibly well-reasoned and, of course, absolutely correct. One of them is on the relative importance of sporting events, which could be summarised as i=lu, where i=interest, l=length of time ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport Well, what a busy couple of days it has been at the ECB headquarters. I say busy but given the soap opera-esque goings-on at the ECB for the past two years it just seems like another day at ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport With a 10 point lead in the Premier League, Chelsea are cruising to a first Premier League crown since 2010. Add to that a League Cup triumph in March and it has been, on paper at least, a ...