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Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter, Martin Lamb & Lauren Johnson @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @martinlamb  @History_Lauren The London Economic's Richard de Winter is joined by cricket nut Martin Lamb and cycling aficionado Lauren Johnson as they discuss England's recent defeat to Pakistan at Lords and Chris Froome's progress as the Tour de France reaches its denoument.

This month we've had to bare witness to some pretty murky goings on; a political merry-go-round, public backstabbing, public frontstabbing, smear campaigns, etc, etc.  Isn't it refreshing to see someone truly standing up for their principles and acting with a degree of integrity. Sports radio presenter Colin Murray yesterday announced that he will be leaving talkSPORT and abandoning his hugely popular sports show following the news that the station has been bought-out by News Corp, who also own The Sun newspaper....

Sport News 24/7 Disillusioned Leeds United fans may have to wait for big transfer news this summer; the club has to settle costly tribunals first! The Championship club have been ordered to pay former academy welfare officer Lucy Ward £290,000 following her employment tribunal victory against the club. Ward was judged to have been unfairly dismissed after arguing that the club's owner Massimo Cellino sacked her because she was the partner of former manager Neil Redfearn. Leeds claimed Ward lost her job, having...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Columnist Richard de Winter review Euro 2016, analyse Andy Murray's fabulous victory in the Wimbledon Final, discuss the opening week of the Tour de France and preview both England's Test Series against Pakistan and the Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon.

Brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta have sold the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for $4 billion after buying it for $2m in 2001. Talent agency WME-IMG confirmed its purchase of the mixed martial arts promotional company, which calls itself the fastest-growing sports organisation in the world. The UFC produces more than 40 live events each year and sells out some of the most prestigious arenas around the world. Shows are broadcast in more than 156 countries and territories, to more than 1.1 billion households worldwide in...

Private jet charter company Magnus Aviation has been inundated by enquiries from stranded Wales fans looking to make the Euro2016 semi-final. Over 200 flights to, from and over France have been cancelled due to the latest air traffic control strike there, meaning some Welsh fans planning to go to tonight’s Euro semi-final match may not make it. As a result of this, Magnus Aviation, a UK-based private jet charter business, says it’s seeing a growing number of enquiries from fans...

UNILAD is set to become the first broadcaster to use Facebook Live to stream a football match with coverage from the Homeless World Cup. The social platform will live stream the games from Glasgow which will open up the tournament to a potential 1.5 billion video viewers. It also marks a momentous occasion in sport. Liam Bagnall from UNILAD said: “Facebook Live has been a hot topic for the past year and what better way to use the new technology than to bring great sporting...

Uruguaran Pablo Cuevas threatened to urinate on court during a doubles match with Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin. Umpire Aurelie Tourte refused Cuevas a toilet break which resulted in him threatening to wee into a ball can. He and his doubles partner Marcel Granollers then held a sit-down protest after receiving warnings for said violation and hitting a ball out of court. "You have to take bad calls on the chin at some point," said Britain's Marray. "I went to the bathroom twice during the...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Calamitous.  Shambloic.  A disgraceful result that will impact on generations to come.  Far too much play on the right wing and not enough on the left.  But, enough about my thoughts on the EU referendum.  England’s footballers rather predictably missed the opportunity to give the public something to cheer about after the most tumultuous political week in my lifetime, by bowing out of Euro 2016 with a pathetic...