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Middleweight MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 winner Eddie “Truck” Gordon was one of the memorable mixed martial artists on Fox TV's The Ultimate Fighter series. TLE caught up with him for an exclusive interview as he publishes his no holds barred memoir Forever Truckin and prepares to enter the ring again next Spring. As we found out, Eddie Gordon pulls no punches... @KonnichiwaJack interviews @TruckMMA_UFC for @LondonEconomic TLE: How did you get into fighting? Eddie Gordon: I got into this sport...

It’s no news that Formula One racing is loud, fast and full of glamour and excitement! It can get even more exciting if you’ve placed a bet on the race. Whether you indulge in Formula One betting for increasing the sport’s fun quotient, or to make some serious money, we have the entire low-down for you on the F1 bets. While at one level F1 is considered the simplest of all sports, as it’s just about cars driving in circles...

The SFA have appointed a new manager who will take Scotland to an international tournament -- of the computer game Football Manager. Findlay Mair, 25, claims he will be the first manager to represent the Scotland men's team at an international tournament since 1998. He will pit his gaming skills against participants from 15 other European countries at the management simulation competition this weekend. Findlay scored the top job as part of an online competition ran by the SFA and...

A mystery Liverpool fan has gone to great lengths to declare his love for his favourite team - by carving their initials into a hillside with letters measuring 100 metres long. The intricate etchings - spelling out LFC - were spotted on the north side of Titterstone Clee Hill in a field on the Shropshire Hills on Tuesday (7/11). Images taken from the Ordnance Survey's flying unit captured the massive 328ft letters -each the same length as the famous Anfield...

A campaign to save Dulwich Hamlet has been launched after the development firm that has been bankrolling them in recent seasons withdrew their support. The Hamlet have become one of non-league's most prolific clubs in recent seasons with their left-wing ultra fanbase pulling attendances that far exceed other clubs in the league. But it will be "forced to close in the near future" after they found themselves in the middle of a complicated dispute between Meadow Residential and Southwark Council. Meadow...

Do you own a late model family saloon? Almost every aspect of it, from the body’s material, to shape, style, safety features, engine design and management system, first saw the light of day on a race track. More often than not on an F1 race car, but what is it that makes a formula one car so well designed for the race track? Aerodynamics is what: The short answer is because it’s designed to race. Just as your family saloon...

Two crooked businessmen who pocketed football fan's money by stripping a professional club of its gate receipts during an elaborate scam have been jailed. Stephen Murrall, 49, and Peter Harris, 47, were trying to convince the Football League that they were 'fit and proper persons' to take over struggling Hartlepool United. But a court heard how £42,453 in gate receipts from two home games went into the pair's company but quickly disappeared. When the league made enquiries the entrepreneurs did...

I’ll be honest, I don’t know that much about Ice Hockey. In fact, what I do know, comes from the Mighty Duck films and watching players fight each other on YouTube. But recently, Ice Hockey has tweaked my interest and it’s all because of one team, The Nottingham Panthers. Britain loves an underdog. Whether it be Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards throwing himself off a ski jump, Leicester City winning the Premier League at odds of 5000-1 or those Jamaican Bobsledders,...

We’re set for a hugely entertaining Super Sunday this weekend – as four of the top five are up against each other. Flying Man City host Arsenal, while an out of form Chelsea face the return of Mourinho to Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, Spurs take on Crystal Palace following on from their incredible Champions League triumph over Real Madrid, while there is a must win game for Everton – after being knocked out of the Europa League, they face a Watford...