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Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport Test cricket is all that really matters.  ODIs are just a Disneyfied version of the real thing, designed for people who want things now, people who measure excitement in terms of boundaries and cartwheeling stumps, people who don’t appreciate the beauty of a game that can last for five days without anyone winning. That, at least, is what I’ve been telling myself over the last few weeks as England’s ODI team...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport A club record points tally in the Premier League; European qualification; victories against Chelsea and Arsenal and an unprecedented home and away double over Manchester United.  2013/14 was something of an annus mirabilis for Everton FC.  So why have they not reproduced that form in the current campaign? On paper nothing much has changed.  The squad is largely the same from last season.  Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry...

</a ></a >Sport News</a > 24/7 By Will Magee  @W_F_Magee  @TLE_Sport The London Economic continues its focus on non-league football with a visit to Dulwich Hamlet where Will Magee found the club ethos to be diametrically opposite to that of the Premier League. Over the last month, the Premier League’s reputation has surely reached a new low.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s been deteriorating for much longer than that; soaring prices, despotic owners, leveraged buyouts, text message scandals and dire behaviour on...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport Brought to light by a series of astonishingly bad decisions in recent weeks, it is hard to refute the fact that the standard of refereeing in the Premier League is dropping.  From sending off the wrong player to Manuel Figueroa not receiving a card for leaving an utterly horrific gash in Stephen Ireland’s leg, it is about time the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) realised things need to change.  Whether it...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport As Bangladesh seamer Rubel Hossain castled James Anderson, it put the final nail in England’s World Cup coffin.  One win in five matches.  They were completely thrashed against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, comprehensively outplayed against Bangladesh and their solitary victory, against the might of Scotland, wasn’t exactly convincing.  To put this in context, this is English cricket’s lowest point since they were officially the worst cricket...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor & Richard de Winter @davidjdewinter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport The boys review/preview the latest round of Six Nations matches, ask why English clubs continue to struggle in Europe, question Manchester City's recent form and debate the bat vs ball conundrum at the Cricket World Cup. https://soundcloud.com/the-london-economic/tle-sports-podcast-050315

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport A return to the Western Conference this week.  Let’s look at the stars of the NBA and who could be leading their team to the play-offs and the big prize of a NBA Championship. At the start of the year many would have expected the Oklahoma City Thunder to be comfortably in the play-offs given the players at their disposal.  With the likes of Russell Westbrook, along with last year's MVP Kevin...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City on Sunday extended their unbeaten record in the Premier League to 11 games.  Yet just three months ago after a 3-1 defeat at Crystal Palace there were more than a few whispers that manager Brendan Rodgers could be heading for the sack.  So how has Rodgers turned a team of chronic underperformers into the league’s form side? First and foremost, the answer...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport As part of The London Economic diversity in sport series, Noy Shani takes a look at how one man's dream and dedication is making a difference to others in the West Midlands. Birmingham City Council could not ignore the talent of one man who changed his own life and set a target to help as many people as possible through the sport of kickboxing. Alex Vorfi, 28, will feature as a kickboxing coach as part of the council’s...