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By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It comes to something when the most fun you had at an away game is being stuck on the Hammersmith & City line for an hour, and missing the first twenty minutes of the match. As ever the lads met in the Railway Tavern in Liverpool Street, doesn’t seem to matter if we are playing Chelsea that’s where we meet. Pretty much six quid for a pint of Kronenbourg…canny. Some of the lads had “worked”...

By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter The widespread problem of footballers’ diving has been blamed on the influx of foreign players for years but now a study from the University of Portsmouth has found they are seen to be the worst culprits. Football referee expert Dr Tom Webb interviewed nearly 40 refereeing professionals from England, Spain and Italy and found that the growing trend of player deception is directly linked to the large number of foreign players in...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport The Rugby World Cup starts next weekend and I am very much looking forward to it.  The chance to see the best rugby players in the world battle it out for supremacy in one’s own backyard is not to be missed (as fate would have it I failed in all six of the ballots I entered for match tickets).  Nevertheless, I shall be an enthusiastic armchair fan, revelling...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The NFL season kicks off next week.  Here’s a preview of what (probably) to expect in the coming months. AFC East: New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins View image | gettyimages.com With all the drama surrounding Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, it would be a real sporting fairytale for them to go all the way back to the Super Bowl.  It's too early for such a...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Remember the date – the 29th August 2015.  It may go down in Rugby League history for many reasons.  When the final whistle blew at Wembley, confirming Leeds' 50-0 victory over Hull KR, they not only completed the largest ever victory in the Challenge Cup final, but they also took the first step on the road to joining the pantheon of the greatest English club sides in any sport, let alone Rugby...

Sport News 24/7 By Jim Mackney  @JimMackney  @TLE_Sport At the starting line of a long summer there is a prevailing feeling of excitement.  It has always been this way.  Whether you're a child anticipating the school hiatus or a 40 something city slogger envisaging weekends in pub gardens and the week break away from your desk.  It is a palpable feeling. However, if you're a football fan and your beloved is a club outside of the Top Four, then it...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport We’re now only a few months away from the new NFL  season.  During the summer break most of the talk in the NFL has been around the backlash of 'Deflategate'.  As a reminder, this was where the New England Patriots were accused of tampering with the footballs in their AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.  The Patriots won the game 45-7, but after an investigation, the NFL came down on the...

By Joanne Danehl, intercultural and language training expert, Crown World Mobility Football clubs to spend big on foreign talent on transfer deadline day: but could turning a blind eye to Culture Shock affect their investment? The Premier League is one of the most culturally diverse competitions in sport and clubs are set to spend huge sums on foreign talent as transfer deadline day approaches on September 1. So why is football still turning a blind eye to the effects of...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr  @TLE_Sport It feels like it is all over before it even started.  This topsy-turvy Ashes series has been the shortest ever Ashes series, and was completed in just 18 days of cricket.  At times the series more closely resembled two drunks attempting to run the 110 metres hurdles than a thoroughbred horserace, but England did enough to secure a decisive lead in the 4th test at Trent Bridge. As ever in the relentless...