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A squad of former SAS troops and US ex-special forces are set to go head to head in the ring for charity. The elite boxing bout - dubbed the Remembrance Rumble - will raise vital charity cash for a host of noble military causes. The event is the brainchild of former D squadron fighter Big Phil Campion, 48, who took part in Operation Barrass, the SAS raid in Sierra Leone in 2000 to liberate Brit soldiers held by brutal militia...

</a ></a >Sport News</a > 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter Brothers Richard & David de Winter present a cricket special this week as they discuss the Ben Stokes Affair, England's Ashes squad and their chances this winter down-under. Also featuring a round-up of the 2017 County season as well as some terrible cricket-related puns.

We’ve all been there. Well, most of us have anyway. Out on the razz with work looming the next morning. Facing work with zero hours sleep, and praying the day will end without a meltdown of Fukushima sized proportions. Last Thursday it was Sergio Aguero’s turn to feel the guilt of a late night session gone long, after the taxi he was travelling in crashed into a lamppost, breaking his rib. But it was Sergio’s day off and his manager,...

Growing up as a sports fan in the 90’s, there were 3 things you could always rely on…Man Utd winning the Premier League, the England football team winning nothing and Australia winning the Ashes. So in 2005, when Michael Vaughan led England to a first Ashes win since 1987, it gave us early millennials a reason to believe in English cricket. After an up and down few years, I was feeling optimistic about the chances of a third Ashes win...

Video footage leaked by The Sun of Ben Stokes throwing punches outside a Bristol nightclub has allowed the public to determine Ben Stoke's fate, a leading cricket analyst has claimed. Writing in a post on The Cricket Blog Miles Reucroft points out that the England international has been found guilty by his employees already due to the public outcry, and not by a judge and jury in their role as moral arbiters. The ECB included Stokes in the Ashes squad and allowed him to retain...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here. We grabbed a few places back in Week 6, moving from 2,467,160th 2,352,723rd. Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Captain Kane repaid another show of faith in his abilities with a couple of goals to...

Golf has beaten off competition from cricket, snooker and BRIDGE to be crowned the world's most BORING game. The snoozeworthy sport was invented in Scotland in 1497 and has been putting spectators to sleep ever since. However, it hasn't stopped it becoming one of the world's most popular games, with the US Open offering a prize of over $2 million to the winner. And there are 118 countries in the International Golf Federation, making it one of the most globally...

The transfer business conducted by Everton this summer gave fans and pundits alike were betting that The Toffees could go on to better their 7th placed league finish of last season. Ronald Koeman and Everton showed flexed their financial muscle spending over £140 million on new recruits in an attempt to make up ground on those expected to finish above them. It’s not been a good start to the campaign though and already it seems Koeman is under pressure. Everton...

British golf is currently enjoying something of a significant resurgence amongst up and coming golfers.  2017 has not been a bad year at all for the sport and the successes of professional players such as Rory McIlroy have inspired an ever-growing pool of home-grown talent, young cool players who are certainly worth keeping an eye on as they take to the greens and ruffle a few feathers amongst both the amateur and pro ranks. Tommy Fleetwood The 26-year-old who hails...