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Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The NBA season is hotting up.  The rush for the playoff places is getting intense.  Here’s the lowdown on a couple of the Western conference’s top players.  The West is known as the stronger conference of the NBA, and for me there's one Warrior and one Rocket who at the minute are leading their teams on the road to glory. The first, known for his trademark beard, is James Harden, without doubt...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor and Richard de Winter @davidjdewinter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport David and Richard discuss Tim Sherwood's appointment as Aston Villa's boss, Manchester United's current form, the Six Nations so far and England's woes at the Cricket World Cup down under. https://soundcloud.com/the-london-economic/tle-podcast-190215

Sport News 24/7 By Chris Brown  @VivaBrownie  @TLE_Sport When Aston Villa announced they had hired ‘one of English football’s most highly sought after managers’ the footballing nation was bemused with speculation. ‘Mourinho?  Can’t be, why would he leave Chelsea to go to Aston?  Maybe he’s a secret Black Sabbath fan.  No, no, doesn’t sound right.  Pulis has only just gone to the Baggies.  Ahh, it must be Big Sam.  He’s had enough of being hounded by the ever indignant West...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport Serie A has proved a graveyard for the once mighty in recent years.  Both Inter and AC Milan now find themselves struggling mid-table in 10th and 11th positions respectively, having once been at the pinnacle of Italian football, competing for domestic and European titles on a regular basis.  No doubt the reason for this lies with their owners’ poor management of finances, and buying players that their clubs could not afford.  While...

Sport News 24/7 By Ellie Caddick  @caddicksport  @TLE_Sport Ireland v England is already being billed as the Six Nations decider despite taking place in only the third round of the competition.  The assumption that the result of this game will be pivotal to the championship may seem premature; however, as the top two in the standings, one of Ireland and England will be bidding farewell to a potential Grand Slam for another year. England enter this encounter having beaten the...

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...