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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...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Who would be a Leeds United fan following a season like this?  Last season saw Leeds go through three full time managers, serious relegation concerns, followed by an upturn in form which then fizzled out in turmoil at the end of the season.  Tax evasion on yachts and Land Rovers, rumoured takeovers by Red Bull and Genting which never materialised, followed by Steve Thompson’s sacking and Neil Redfearn’s mistreatment have defined what...

Sport News 24/7 By Joe Heywood  @Joe_Heywood  @TLE_Sport If you look back to the end of the 2013-14 season, you would be forgiven for thinking Southampton were in disarray. Mauricio Pochettino had just left the south coast in favour of north London and Southampton was facing an exodus of its star players: Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Rickie Lambert, Calum Chambers and Luke Shaw all made big-money moves to rival Premier League clubs, after establishing key roles in the club’s eighth-place...

Sport News 24/7 By Max Bluer  @maxbluer  @TLE_Sport Football will resume across Argentina this weekend.  Reason to rejoice for the millions across the vast South American country who watch, listen to and above all discuss the beautiful game every weekend.  Argentina is a nation of football-philosophers; bars and cafes the fora for heated debate and rhetorical flourish that is rarely seen elsewhere. These most knowledgeable and impassioned of football fans will have been delighted, then, by the resumption of professional...

By Jack Peat, TLE Editor What a difference a week makes. In the run up to the first test match against New Zealand at Lord's the public vibe was almost unanimously negative. After a hugely disappointing World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, cricket fans in England could be forgiven for feeling a tad anxious about the arrival of the 2015 host nations on home soil. Andrew Strauss, seen as a conservative appointment as Director of Cricket, was facing heavy...