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The Premier League is getting into full swing and many are already pegging the two Manchester clubs as the teams to beat this year. Both teams spent massive loads of cash during the summer to bring in a host of top-tier players, in addition to some of the best managers that money can buy. They're hoping these investments will pay off with a Premier League title, but things may not be so simple if history is any indication. The two...

Team GB's 366 athletes will wear illuminated shoes in the closing ceremony on Sunday night. With 56 medals so far and a fighting chance of coming in second place in the medals table, the Brits have certainly lit up the Games so far. Using Rio’s reputation for being the home of the carnival as its inspiration, Accrington-based Simon Jersey has created the sports stars’ Closing Ceremony outfits to help them draw their most successful ever away Games to a close. Athletes will be...

Former Aston Villa player Dalian Atkinson has been named as the 48-year-old man who died in Telford after being tasered by police. Officers from West Mercia Police were called to a scene at around 1:30am this morning after calls from people concerned about the safety of Atkinson. A Taser was used and Atkinson, who subsequently received medical attention, and was pronounced dead at approximately 3am. He apparently died around 90 minutes after receiving medical treatment. Atkinson is probably most often remembered for his magnificent solo...

Lucky spectators saw plenty of drama at the fifth round of the Red Bull Air Race Championship at Ascot this weekend. The breathtaking aerial track race sees daredevil pilots flying 20 meters or so off the ground through a winding course made up of inflated pylon gates. They are travelling at 200 miles per hour and pulling 10g of force through the turns. The stunning Ascot course has the pilots skimming the top of trees and weaving past the Ascot grandstand...

A Charlton Athletic fan has told reporters the club is been run like North Korea after he was told he will only receive his season ticket if he agrees to sign a social media 'Agreed Behavioural Contract' (ABC). The fan, who has held a season ticket for 13 years, was sent a letter by the club's new agency liaison and duty safety officer telling him that his season ticket would only be released if he agreed to stop bad mouthing the club on social networks....

Fisher FC, formally Fisher Athletic, returned back to their home in Bermondsey this weekend after seven years of ground-sharing in Dulwich. Following a High Court ruling in 2009, in which the club were wound-up, it was decided that the supporter’s trust would take charge of club and it would be renamed and relocated. Their 5,300-capacity Surrey Docks Stadium in Rotherhithe, in the London Borough of Southwark, was left redundant, slowly decaying into a workman’s yard with the only remaining stand supporting a raft of waste...

The first Olympic athletic wear made entirely from condom material has been created by designer Pauline Van Dongen as an alternative to latex. The revolutionary material benefits from biomimicry, which works with your skin to temperature adjust for the ultimate performance weapon. Streamlined and close fitting, the new suit lets athletes feel everything to allow for ultimate precision and performance. The concept outfit for future Olympic athletes is leaps ahead of its time, with the rubber-like material creating vents in the upper...

It’s hard not to feel patriotic as the hysteria around the Olympics continues to grow. If you aren’t watching it, then you’re reading about it and if you’re lucky enough to have scored a ticket to Rio itself, then quite frankly I’m jealous. Since the opening ceremony on Friday 5th August, we’ve been glued to our screens watching the athletes that have flown 5767 miles to take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Taking to our armchairs, we’ve become a...

Sport News 24/7 Aston Villa were thrashed by League 2's Luton Town in the EFL Cup last night following promises by Dr Tony Xia that the club would be the biggest in Europe in five years. Talking to fans on Twitter in a  #AskTheChairman forum he said the club could be up there with the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona in a few years, with the "highest number of fans all over the world". But his optimism may have been...