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Sports Editor David de Winter and Football Contributor Richard de Winter review the Australian Open and the Transfer Window, preview the upcoming Six Nations and Cricket World Cup and discuss Harry Redknapp's resignation from Queens Park Rangers. https://soundcloud.com/the-london-economic/tle-podcast-030215

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Continuing TLE’s recent focus on non-league football, Sports Editor David de Winter and Deputy Editor Joe Mellor went to Dulwich Hamlet FC to see a club very much on the up. A freezing late January Saturday afternoon – I could have chosen a better time to make my first foray into live Ryman Isthmian Premier League football.  Or could I?  The club in question were Dulwich Hamlet FC,...

Sport News 24/7 By Matthew Biggin  @MatthewBiggin  @TLE_Sport So despite saying they’d sign no players in the January window Manchester City have made probably the biggest signing of the transfer window.  Manuel Pellegrini paid Swansea City £28 million for coveted striker Wilfried Bony to strengthen his forward line, and I for one think it’s a shame. I should make it clear that I rate Bony highly.  I think he’d do a great job up top for any side.  He’s been...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Friday night sees the start of the 2015 Six Nations tournament in Cardiff with a potential hum-dinger of a match between Wales and England.  That will set the tone for what will hopefully be five weeks of intense, brutal, physical but also entertaining rugby.  It is the most open tournament that I can remember and every team is in with a shout of winning the title (yes, even...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @TLE_Sport  @NoyShani The London Economic continues its countdown for the cricket World cup which will kick off in just two weeks time in Australia and New Zealand. Noy Shani spoke to Darren Talbot, Development Officer and Lions team manager for the England Cricket Association for the Deaf (ECAD), about the challenges England will be facing down under and his own challenges in promoting deaf cricket at home. Darren Talbot, 43, started playing cricket at...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @TLE_Sport  @Sean_FootyMad So here we are.  It’s finally Super Bowl week.  On Sunday evening the defending champions Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots.  Russell Wilson v Tom Brady; Pete Carroll v Bill Belichick; an elite defence against a high class offence.  Who will be crowned champions? The New England Patriots  have been surrounded in controversy this past week.  Deflate-gate has been generating all manner of column inches and has almost overshadowed this marquee...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter Non-league football: a world away from the glitz and glamour of the Barclays Premier League.  Ramshackle stadiums in which you can only stand (for me, a plus), pitches that look like agricultural fields, facilities that are, putting it politely, limited, food of questionable quality, and football that is definitely for the purist.  What’s not to love? I attended my first match at my local team, Woking FC when...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport Well what a sensational NFL Championship weekend; so many talking points and unforgettable moments.  We now know as the dust settles on Sunday’s action that it will be the defending champions Seattle Seahawks v the New England Patriots in Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX. Firstly, the NFC championship game which had one of the craziest finishes in NFL history.  I picked a Green Bay win and for three quarters of the match...

Sport News 24/7 Ryan Sidebottom's passion for cricket never disappeared after his retirement from the international scene.  In an interview to Noy Shani, he speaks about his new coaching endeavours and England's chances in the upcoming Cricket World Cup. I caught former England cricketer Ryan Sidebottom, for a phone chat shortly after he finished a training session at his own cricket academy.  As we spoke, I couldn’t stay indifferent to the excitement in his voice; it felt like I was...