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Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport We’re now only a few months away from the new NFL  season.  During the summer break most of the talk in the NFL has been around the backlash of 'Deflategate'.  As a reminder, this was where the New England Patriots were accused of tampering with the footballs in their AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts.  The Patriots won the game 45-7, but after an investigation, the NFL came down on the...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter, TLE Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter Britain’s Chris Froome is currently leading the world’s most prestigious and gruelling cycling race – the Tour de France.  This three-week long epic around France (and Holland) requires immense stamina, skill and determination to complete, let alone win against the world’s best cyclists.  As holder of the yellow jersey, Froome should be revelling in his status as ostensibly the world’s best cyclist.  However, as has been all too...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport Match-fixing awareness is on the increase and a multitude of organisations are now involved in tackling the problem.  The London Economic’s Noy Shani was at a special match-fixing seminar at Birkbeck, University of London and came back optimistic. New-found optimism was at its peak.  Just ten minutes before the panellists and guests took their seats at the basement level of the Birkbeck University lecture hall, the formerly ‘immortal’ Sepp Blatter had shocked...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport And then there were two: the NBA finals will see Cleveland Cavaliers from the Eastern Conference face the Golden State Warriors of the Western Conference. This is where legacies can be made and destiny’s fulfilled.  Can the ‘King’, LeBron James, the best player in the NBA, bring biggest gift of them all back to his spiritual home in Cleveland?  The man attempting to stop LeBron is Golden State’s Stephen Curry, this year’s...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport So then there were four.  We have reached the Conference Final stages of the NBA season, which will see Houston Rockets play Golden State Warriors in the West.  Then, in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Atlanta Hawks. To start in the West, Houston Rockets turned around a 3-1 deficit against the LA Clippers to win the series 4-3 in dramatic style.  The Clippers are known as 'Lob City' for their...

By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The NFL Draft occurred a few weeks ago and as the dust settles, here’s a little glance at who went where and who is going to do well going professional. Jameis Winston was the number one pick which was expected in the NFL world.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn't pass up on the chance to grab the much talked about QB.  Known as 'Famous Jameis' he’s fully set and ready for life in the NFL....

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport Round Two is underway in the NBA Playoffs.  From my first round picks I got 6 from 8 on the predictions correct so let’s see how I get on in the second round. In the East, Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls took early leads in their games against Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers respectively.  When it’s all said and done though I can see Cleveland Cavaliers progressing, even without Kevin Love who...

Sport News 24/7 By Milly Cooper  @MillyCooper  @TLE_Sport One of the final events of the 2014/15 British Alpine snow sporting calendar was the Delancey British Alpine Children’s Championships, an annual race that brings together young athletes from all over the UK as well as international entrants, in order to compete for the top prizes in their age groups.  This year’s event, which took place in the popular French resort of Tignes, saw each junior compete in Slalom, Giant Slalom and...

By Andrew Wake, Media and Online Editor at Hatton Boxing  Six years of haggling, pettiness and what some would even describe as lunacy will come to end under the bright lights of Las Vegas this Saturday night as boxing greats and long-time rivals Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao finally lock horns. It's a match-up that has been on the wish list of fight aficionados since 2009, but for such a long time it seemed unlikely to happen. Disputes over...