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Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport With five defeats in a row and only two victories since the turn of the year, it comes as no surprise that the Newcastle United Supporters Trust is backing a boycott of Sunday’s fixture against Tottenham Hotspur.  The recent performances from the team have been insipid, impotent and seemingly devoid of any fight or passion.  One goal in 5 matches tells its own story.  But who is to...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Despite all of the problems of the winter, it was a huge relief to see England back in white shirts playing test cricket again.  The series against the West Indies offers the whole team the opportunity to start a new chapter and leave behind the litany of problems they faced in a winter of discontent. To a certain extent, England had a strong start to their prolonged run of test cricket by...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The end of the regular NBA season is fast approaching and with the teams fighting for the final playoff spots there's one award that is equally as tight - 'Rookie of the Year'.  It's hard being a young star in the game but for me there are three players that have stood out this season: In third place is the Philadelphia 76ers centre Nerlens Noel.  Known for his hi-top fade hairstyle he's...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Early April.  The sweet smell of Spring is in the air.  Flowers are blooming, the weather gets warmer and the evenings get longer.  The perfect time therefore to park yourself in front of the TV for four days solid and watch wall-to-wall coverage of golf’s first major of the year – The Masters. Since announcing his comeback last week from his self-imposed exile, four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods...

Not many women can claim they raised five children while at the same time running a successful sportswear manufacturing operation in one of the world’s most challenging environments for almost 30 years. Sara Hanna is one of those. She shares her story with The London Economic’s Noy Shani in an exclusive interview. Sara Hanna has long been a fitness fan. It all started in 1982 while living in Cairo. She attended exercise classes where the women were much older than...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Tomorrow sees the conclusion of the mammoth six week-long Cricket World Cup with a 'local derby' final between Antipodean rivals Australia and New Zealand.  The tournament has been an absolute festival of runs, punctuated by a seemingly endless supply of superlative individual innings: two double hundreds, the fastest 150 in history, a batsman scoring four centuries in a row - the list is endless.  So can New Zealand...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The stars are coming together in the East as the NBA play-offs are fast approaching.  The question is: can anyone derail Lebron's Cavaliers train? 'The King' looks set to take his new team to the NBA Eastern Finals unless there's a big upset along the way.  As I have mentioned before Lebron James is the best player and biggest name in the NBA and this season he returned to his home team...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport On Saturday morning, when I was formulating the idea for this article in my head, I had everything planned out.  I was going to bemoan the fact that in this day and age of professional rugby, defences almost invariably come out on top.  I was going to complain that very few players have the intuition (or talent) to take a potentially match-changing risk.  Then I was going to...

Sport News 24/7 By Matthew Biggin  @MatthewBiggin  @TLE_Sport There seems to be a storm brewing on Wearside as Sunderland have endured a torrid month.  First star player Adam Johnson was arrested on suspicion of sex with a minor.  This was compounded by further abject results on the pitch.  It all came to a head with the recent 4-0 home defeat to fellow strugglers Aston Villa, a result that would ultimately cost Gus Poyet his job. So what are the issues...