Sport

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...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob Mchugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport There are few teams in world cricket that go through the rollercoaster ride of highs and lows which England have experienced in the recent past, and this year’s tour to South Africa was no different.  A series which began with a morale boosting victory for England’s test team, ended in a farcical batting display in the T20 series, which saw England surrender a good position and with it ensure that the series...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Way back in August, in this very publication, I rather rashly predicted that Leicester City were certainties for relegation and that Spurs would finish outside the top four, in either 5th or 6th place.  Well, as these two clubs currently occupy the top two spots in the Premier League table, this particular ‘expert’ is wiping plenty of egg off his face.  But how have Tottenham been transformed from...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport Imagine, if you will, that you are an ageing footballer.  You have had a fine career at the top of your profession, but your legs have gone, and you can’t really cut it at the highest level any more. However, you have got used to a certain amount of luxury, and would like one final lucrative contract to fund this lifestyle.  You don’t worry; instead you remember Park Ji-Sung, Jose Bosingwa,...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport It’s the last stop of the NFL season on Sunday – Super Bowl 50 – as the Carolina Panthers go toe to toe with the Denver Broncos.  I talked about storybook endings before and Peyton Manning has a chance to carry out such an ending in the Levi’s Stadium and go out on a high.  I didn't think he would get past Tom Brady in the Championship game and he proved me...