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Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The NBA starts to get very serious at this time of year, their marquee fixture 'All-Star Weekend' is where best players from the Eastern Conference go against the best of the Western Conference in an exhibition game.  Mix that up with a celebrity game, a slam dunk & three point contest and it's all a bit of fun. The seriousness does kick in now and in the coming weeks I will review...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport It’s been quite an eventful couple of weeks for us QPR fans.  First of there was the underwhelming transfer-deadline day, which promised little and delivered even less, then our opinion-splitter of a manager resigned on the flimsiest of excuses; we’ve been linked, and swiftly unlinked, to a several potential new managers, before appointing from within, and finally, at the 12th time of asking, we’ve managed to come back from an away...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport England kick-off their World Cup campaign against familiar foe Australia on Saturday morning but if they are to have any chance of success in the competition they must dispense with Eoin Morgan.  He may have only recently assumed the captaincy from Alastair Cook but no player, no matter what their reputation or standing, should be undroppable as Morgan seemingly is. His recent form has been nothing short of...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup is almost upon us.  The London Economic and Noy Shani focus on one particular host city for whom the upcoming tournament will be extra special. I visited the Christchurch during Christmas and New Year and the excitement for the World Cup is palpable.  The new Hagley Oval hosted its first Test Match on Boxing Day when New Zealand took on Sri Lanka. It means a lot...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Yaya Touré may have won the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday night but his club, Manchester City, will be cursing their luck that their star player made it that far.  It means that in the five matches Touré has missed (he will in all likelihood miss tomorrow’s match at Stoke City too), City have gained three points from a possible 12 in the league...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport From ‘that’ picture in an Arsenal shirt, to ‘one of our own’, Tottenham’s Harry Kane is really making a name for himself during his breakthrough season.  With 22 goals to his name already this term, it is small wonder that Tottenham appear to be going places having replaced a misfiring Roberto Soldado and ever-unreliable Emmanuel Adebayor.  Whilst the boy wonder has a huge role in Spurs’ season so far, many other factors...

Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat - Editor @jacknpeat  @TLE_Sport  @LondonEconomic Continuing TLE's focus on non-league football, editor Jack Peat travelled to see Hampton & Richmond Borough take on Isthmian League high-flyers Dulwich Hamlet.  A cold winter’s afternoon welcomed Dulwich Hamlet to Hampton & Richmond Borough FC, south London’s pink and blue transporting their army of left-wing ultras to the quiet suburban Beveree Stadium on the banks of the river Thames. Hampton is a small hamlet that lies a short distance from the...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes and became a four time Super Bowl winner as the New England Patriots came through two weeks of controversy to beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.  It was a fantastic game that was littered with drama throughout but for me, the 4th quarter demonstrated why the Super Bowl is such a great sporting occasion. At 24-14 going into the 4th it looked like a repeat of last...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @TLE_Sport They say it's lonely at the top, but clubs at the bottom of the Premier League will attest to being a world away from anyone else.  Both Hull City and Queens Park Rangers have fallen upon hard times this season, sitting 18th and 19th in the table respectively.  Despite their similarities in the table however, their future outlooks differ enormously.  From Hull we see green shoots of recovery and attacking promise which can...