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Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport This weekend a new champion was born and many more fans were won over as the inaugural season of Formula-E reached its culmination in a thrilling double bill in Battersea Park, London.  The London Economic’s Noy Shani was there to report. I have to admit - I am not a typical motorsport fan.  Watching cars go round, over and over again, was never my thing, but the buzz that was created around the...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport I very nearly missed it.  Tucked down towards the bottom of the Guardian’s football page a couple of weeks ago was the announcement that the Moroccan playmaker Adel Taarabt had left QPR on a free transfer to join Benfica.  Despite knowing his departure was inevitable, the news made me, and many other Rs fans I’m sure, feel rather sad. Looking at the stats over the previous few seasons, it is not...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport The London Economic’s Noy Shani was in Old Trafford on Tuesday to watch the international T20 between England and New Zealand, witnessing the hosts see the tourists off in style with a smashing comeback. It was a more than worthwhile evening at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.  An evening that re-established England as a cricket power to be reckoned with and concluded a highly entertaining series with the touring New Zealanders. Having won the...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter For nigh on two decades, golf’s major championships have been dominated by familiar names adorning the leaderboard: the likes of Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Jim Furyk have all regularly been fighting for the biggest prizes in golf.  But does 21 year-old Jordan Spieth’s victory at the US Open on Sunday herald a new era in golfing history? My earliest memory...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Mark Warburton has been appointed manager of troubled Scottish Championship club Glasgow Rangers.  The ex-Brentford boss has signed a three-year contract at Ibrox and will be targeting immediate promotion to Rangers’ rightful place in the Scottish Premier League.  But why has Warburton agreed to take on the challenge of managing a club that, behind-the-scenes at least, is subject to constant controversy and boardroom disputes?  It is a poisoned...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport Steve McClaren was appointed the new Newcastle United head coach on Wednesday.  The London Economic’s Noy Shani checked out what the digital world thinks about Mike Ashley’s move and reflects on whether McClaren is the answer Newcastle fans have been waiting for all along. So is Steve McClaren’s appointment at Newcastle united good or bad for the Toon Army and owner Mike Ashley?  The former England manager signed a three year deal...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Much has been written about England’s approach to one-day cricket.  Since reaching the World Cup final in 1992 they have consistently failed to achieve anything of note in the limited overs format, save for a couple of Champions Trophy final appearances on home soil.  After the debacle at the World Cup it was clear something had to change.  Having installed Trevor Bayliss as coach (a slightly left-field choice...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport Match-fixing awareness is on the increase and a multitude of organisations are now involved in tackling the problem.  The London Economic’s Noy Shani was at a special match-fixing seminar at Birkbeck, University of London and came back optimistic. New-found optimism was at its peak.  Just ten minutes before the panellists and guests took their seats at the basement level of the Birkbeck University lecture hall, the formerly ‘immortal’ Sepp Blatter had shocked...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport And then there were two: the NBA finals will see Cleveland Cavaliers from the Eastern Conference face the Golden State Warriors of the Western Conference. This is where legacies can be made and destiny’s fulfilled.  Can the ‘King’, LeBron James, the best player in the NBA, bring biggest gift of them all back to his spiritual home in Cleveland?  The man attempting to stop LeBron is Golden State’s Stephen Curry, this year’s...