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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...

Sport News 24/7 By Alex Dinsdale  @dinsadelic  @TLE_Sport Vicarage Road has been a busy place this summer.  New players, a new manager and even hundreds more new seats have all arrived in a flurry of activity to prepare Watford for their first season in the Premier League in eight years, and only their third of all time.  With the long awaited Elton John Stand finally completed after what seems like decades and the club restored to the top flight, there...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Rewind just six months and English cricket was in a very different state to the victorious euphoria it currently finds itself in.  England had just suffered a disastrous World Cup, topped off by a humiliating defeat to Bangladesh in their final group match and they were being led by an uber-intense coach, in his second spell, with a ropey record at international level.  All sounds a far cry...

By Sharon Jones, Senior Tutor at Bolton Sixth Form College and Club Poet at Bacup Borough Fc.  Sharon runs a Football Poetry Workshops in schools, libraries, community centres, and you can find me @BBFCClubPoet and www.barbfc.co.uk Arsenal The Professor Resplendent in FA Cup glory Yet Gunners salivate for the source Of Premier Silverware To crown new princes of the park Create new artists Bergkamp Henry and Brady The Wright Wright Wright stuff of dreams Where football paves its pathway From the summits of...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport Crystal Palace: A club perennially facing the drop until the ever reliable Tony Pulis turned them into a solid unit, Alan Pardew promises to take his old club on to the next level.  A manager who has shown how astute he is in the transfer market by adding Yoann Cabaye, bringing in young talent in the form of Jordan Mutch and providing a home for old favourites like Wilfried Zaha, the ex-Newcastle...