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Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports columnist Richard de Winter talk British success at the Australian Open, discuss England's ongoing one-day series in India, preview the semi-finals at The Masters snooker and take a peek at the upcoming RBS 6 Nations.

Sport News 24/7 A football coach whose girls' team hasn't lost a match for three seasons on the trot is calling for more girls to take up the sport - because the boys' teams are too afraid to play them. Stuart Henley's nine and ten-year-old players have scored 110 goals in seven matches and have conceded just four - setting a new season record. But Stuart and his under-10s team are "gutted" that boys' teams sometimes refuse to play against...

Sport News 24/7 Most Sunday league footballers have come up against a team who have brought in a 'ringer' - but this is ridiculous ... Amateurs invited to play at Cuitat Esportiva FC, Barcelona's training ground, were stunned when they were joined by mysterious midfielder 'Roberto Da Silva' - who was actually football legend Rivaldo. The former Brazil and Barca playmaker was disguised with prosthetic make-up, a wig and a beard for the competition winners' game set up by Betfair....

British racing jockeys, trainers, officials and fans alike were saddened and surprised to hear news of Kempton Park’s closure. The historic south-west London course is set to be bulldozed and sold to developers in order to find an investment programme for racecourses elsewhere. The closure is part of a Jockey Club (JC) plan which aims to spend a staggering £500 million on British racing across the next decade. With the closure of the much-loved Kempton Park brings great change. The...

Royal Ascot is an annual thoroughbred racing event which takes place in June in the racecourse with the same name. It is regarded as the most popular race meeting in the UK as it attracts over 300,000 spectators each year, more so than other in horse racing. The meeting, which is attended by the Queen, dates back to 1711 when Queen Anne founded the racecourse in Berkshire. The first ever race which took place there was in August of that year...

Higher standards in football refereeing have brought about an unexpected change – the end of the home advantage, according to new research. Football in the UK has changed beyond recognition in the last few decades, with referees at all levels of the game in the UK now unlikely to be moved by the impassioned cries of the home fans and, critically, to be extremely fit, putting them at the centre of the action rather than 10-40 metres away, as they...

Sport News 24/7 The loan system in football is the sporting equivalent of a one night stand: an oft fleeting embrace that fills a void for a moment in time, before dissipating into nothing but a memory. Every now and again, however, it can lead to something special. Talking about Pontus Jansson in such terms is wholly apt for Leeds United fans right now. The towering Swede, on loan from Italian club, Torino has engendered an excitement amongst the Elland...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter is joined by Richard de Winter as they evaluate each team's Premier League performance so far, and reveal their predicted title winners and relegation candidates.

As much as I always look forward to Christmas Day festivities, I can't deny that I always reserve an ounce of excitement for the Boxing Day fixtures. If we take it as a given that, given the way football is financed, we are unlikely to ever see a full complement of fixtures on any one day, Boxing Day is about as close as we get to seeing every team across the country in action. There are eighty-four top flight teams in...