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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...

By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport This year is set to be a year of key sporting events.  The Cricket World Cup is lurking around the corner, England is hosting the prestigious Rugby World Cup in September and London will host the ninth and final round of the FIA Formula E 2014/2015 series on June 27th. The proposed location for the race, Battersea Park, has already managed to upset many people despite accruing a lot of supporters at the same time....

Sport News 24/7 By David Thomson  Normally at this time of year with Christmas and New Year being over the pantomime season is starting to wrap up. The biggest pantomime this season is happening in Scotland – no it is not Cinderella that stars John Barrowman and the Krankies at the Scottish Exibihition Centre in Glasgow - it is happening at Ibrox Stadium, the home of Glasgow Rangers. This pantomime is going to be a classic. You have the current...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport I predicted four out of four results from a very entertaining NFL Play-off weekend.  However there's only one place to start my review. The catch that wasn’t a catch and the drama and suspense that follows the Cowboys was there for all to see at Lambeau Field as Dallas lost out to a harsh ruling.  They believe they were robbed, but where they? The play in question was on 4th and 2, a...

Sports Editor David de Winter and regular columnist Richard de Winter take a look at the Ballon d'Or result, the transfer window, England's chances at the Cricket World Cup and the first Tennis Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. https://soundcloud.com/the-london-economic/tle-sports-podcast-130115

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Several clubs who were mainstays in the top flight at the end of the 20th Century have had a millennium to forget, and few have had a worse time than Sheffield Wednesday.  League Cup champions in 1991, and defeated League and FA Cup finalists in 1993, the Owls entered the 90's with real reasons to believe the club could challenge for top honours on a consistent basis.  But this hope fell away...