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Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport OK, let’s be honest, the 2016 Six Nations hasn’t been the most enthralling edition of the famous old tournament in recent memory.  In fact, it’s been downright dull, demonstrating the huge gulf in class between the northern and southern hemispheres (embarrassingly apparent at the Rugby World Cup) that shows no sign of changing anytime soon.  However, we’re reaching the climax of tournament with a few tasty showdowns at...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Since its inception in 1996, the English Super League has been dominated by a cartel of four clubs who remain the only winners of the trophy.  Leeds Rhinos, St. Helens, Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls have won every single Super League title between them, but this could be the year that changes this statistic. Excluding Bradford, who are currently competing for promotion back into Super League following years of financial turmoil, the...

Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat - Editor @TLE_Sport  @LondonEconomic Dulwich Hamlet FC is hosting an Assyrian team at Champion Hill tomorrow night to raise money for refugees. The Isthmian League side have arranged a match against FC Assyria, a team comprising largely of footballers from Syria and Iraq, to raise funds for the Southwark Refugee Forum and the British Red Cross Syria appeal. The club has also been using social media to raise awareness of the refugee crisis. Several tweets...

Sat at the summit of the Isthmian Premier League, three points clear of second place and comfortably cushioned by the play-off places, it is safe to say fortunes have turned for Hampton and Richmond Borough. After consecutive mid-table finishes (12th, 13th respectively) Borough confirmed the appointment of Alan Dawson following a turbulent start to the 2014/ 15 season. Gateshead-born, he joined the club from local rivals Kingstonian where he was held in high esteem. This 'Ode to Dawson' from a...

Sport News 24/7 Marcus Rashford exploded onto the scene last night with a surprise brace against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League. Rushford was a last minute replacement for Anthony Martial who withdrew in the warm-up with a hamstring injury. He duly rewarded Louis Van Gaal for his confidence with two goals, which helped Manchester United secure a 5-1 victory and a safe passage into the next round. Rashford with a dream debut goal in front of the @ManUtd faithful. Game on at...

The London Economic has teamed up with Matchbook.com to offer ten lucky fans the chance to watch Brentford FC in action. As proud main sponsor of Brentford FC, betting exchange Matchbook has ten pairs of tickets to give away to The Bees’ Championship league fixture against Charlton on Saturday 5th March. Sitting thirteen places higher than Charlton in the Championship, Brentford FC will be looking to take the full three points from the fixture, but struggling Charlton won’t neccesarily be...

Sport News 24/7 By Billy Stephens  @BillyLaughs  @TLE_Sport Manchester City have one foot in the Champions League quarter finals after a strong 1-3 first leg victory away to a lacklustre Dynamo Kiev, as Pellegrini shows which side his bread is buttered. Pellegrini's men turned up looking ready for business – actually they turned up looking ready for Rave Night but that's just their away kit. Nonetheless, the starting eleven was strong with all the stars returning after being rested in...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Geographically, Townsville, Queensland – home of the newly crowned World Club Champions the North Queensland Cowboys – is 9,515 miles away from Leeds, West Yorkshire – home of the heavily defeated Leeds Rhinos.  If it were possible to quantify the gulf in class between Australian club rugby league and their English counterparts as a distance, it may stand somewhere near 9,515 miles. Over the course of a three games; one in Saint...

By Mathew Shaw The sport of boxing is known as the ‘noble art’ and has long seduced some of modern time’s greatest writers and philosophical thinkers - Ernest Hemingway, TS Eliot and Norman Mailer, to name but a few. The sport’s ethos and pathos seemingly providing the perfect metaphors for life – overcoming adversity, fulfilling one’s potential and rising to the top. It seems fitting then that on the creaking boards of an old church hall in Leytonstone the charity...