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Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter It wasn’t supposed to end like that.  On Saturday morning most experts suggested that a combination of superior forward play, home advantage and sheer desperation would see England defeat Australia.  The Guardian asked 6 of its columnists, including Eddie Butler and Graham Henry, for their prediction.  Every single one, rather embarrassingly, picked England to win, a ratio that looked questionable at the time, and bizarre with hindsight. There will be consequences, I am...

By Joe Peat It’s one of those times of year when I eagerly await the postman. It’s not my birthday and it certainly isn't Christmas, but the week the Virgin London Marathon ballot magazines are sent out. The six month wait is finally over and my hopes to run arguably the most iconic marathon in the World are at their peak. Unfortunately, once again, I am disappointed. This shouldn't come as a surprise. This year 247,069 people applied for the...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport This Sunday Wembley Stadium hosts the first of the 2015 International Series NFL games as the Miami Dolphins take on the New York Jets.  This is an AFC East divisional battle which will see the two Ryans, Tannehill (Dolphins QB) and Fitzpatrick (Jets QB) go head to head. View image | gettyimages.com Miami are 1-2 and come into the game off the back of a defeat to the Buffalo Bills 41-14.  The...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter World Cups.  They’re meant to be festivals of sport, celebrating all that is good about top-level competition.  Sometimes they’re dreadfully disappointing (Italia 90 was rubbish as a spectacle) and sometimes they exceed everyone’s wildest dreams (RWC 2003, if just for the New Zealand v Wales match). So how is England 2015 faring? Pretty good.  On the whole, the rugby has been entertaining, with some compelling fixtures (England v...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Super League entered a new era this season with the new slogan Every Minute Matters, and the final weekend of the normal season didn't disappoint, providing what was the most dramatic finish to a regular season for several years.  Entering the final round of fixtures, it was possible for any one of four teams to clinch the league leaders' shield.  Following defeat to Warrington on Thursday night, Saint Helens were no longer...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter Chelsea striker Diego Costa was back in the news at the weekend (surprise, surprise) after altercations with Arsenal defenders Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny during the two teams' clash at Stamford Bridge, which saw the former sent off.  Chelsea eventually won the match 2-0 but the victory came at a price as the Spain forward has retrospectively been banned for three matches by the Football Association for his part...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter The Rugby World Cup begins in earnest on Friday.  Look out for the following five players who could light up the tournament. Israel Folau – Full Back (Australia) View image | gettyimages.com The most dangerous attacking full-back in the game, Folau is arguably union’s most successful Rugby League convert in his position since Jason Robinson.  Devastating on the counter-attack, Folau is the star of a fearsome Australian backline...

Sport News 24/7 By Abeer Sharma  @abizzle1991  @TLE_Sport The recent serialisation of Steven Gerrard’s new autobiography has brought back memories of that unforgettable Spring in 2014 for Liverpool FC, where the bewitching pace and skill of the Raheem Sterling-Luis Suarez-Daniel Sturridge triumvirate brought the club within a fateful Gerrard slip of a first league title since 1990. View image | gettyimages.com Fast-forward to today and after a mildly promising start, Liverpool have suffered two painful league defeats on the spin....

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor   @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter  #MadeOfMore Ex Springbok Ashwin Willemse turned his back on gang life with the support of his rugby team. Hear his incredible story. With the eyes of the world turning to England for seven weeks of sporting history, Guinness is celebrating the festival of rugby by released a short documentary as part of their Made of More series portraying ex-Springbok wing, Ashwin Willemse’s inspirational journey from impoverished teenage gang member...