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Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport For as long as I can remember I have been in love with cricket, even growing up watching the under-performing England teams of the 90's. There is something magical about the ebb and flow of a test match, or the drama of a close finish in a limited overs game where every ball counts.  But watching the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, I have found myself becoming disillusioned by...

Sport News 24/7 By Ellie Caddick  @caddicksport  @TLE_Sport Saturday will see Wales cross the channel to take on France in their 3rd Six Nations match at the Stade de France. In the last ten years tournaments, Wales have won four championships, three of which have been grand slams, and France have won three championships, including one grand slam. Their successes aren't restricted to Europe.  The two teams faced each other as semi-finalists in the 2011 World Cup, a game that...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Stop press.  Hold the phone.  Take a seat because this news is going to knock you off your feet.  Sitting comfortably?  Ready?  Wait for it…So get this – in a post-match interview after the Chelsea v Burnley match, Jose Mourinho actually had a pop at a referee!  I know right?  I literally had to watch the clip with my own eyes 5 or 6 times before I could...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport A shadow looms over Old Trafford.  The greatest manager in the history of the club, perhaps even the world, has become an unrealistic yardstick for any manager who dares take the job.  While David Moyes has already found this out, Louis Van Gaal is now in the hot seat but why are United facing a barrage of criticism when they are sitting in a Champions League spot? United’s results up until the...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport A 28-year-old Table Tennis player has won third place in his first national para competition earlier this month.Sweden-born Martin Polash bagged the bronze medal in the Open Table Tennis Championship, part of the BATTAD Grand Prix series in the Waterside Table Tennis Centre in Southampton.Professional salesman Polash, who is classified as grade 7 in terms of his disability, as set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), was born with diminished movement...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The NBA season is hotting up.  The rush for the playoff places is getting intense.  Here’s the lowdown on a couple of the Western conference’s top players.  The West is known as the stronger conference of the NBA, and for me there's one Warrior and one Rocket who at the minute are leading their teams on the road to glory. The first, known for his trademark beard, is James Harden, without doubt...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor and Richard de Winter @davidjdewinter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport David and Richard discuss Tim Sherwood's appointment as Aston Villa's boss, Manchester United's current form, the Six Nations so far and England's woes at the Cricket World Cup down under. https://soundcloud.com/the-london-economic/tle-podcast-190215

Sport News 24/7 By Chris Brown  @VivaBrownie  @TLE_Sport When Aston Villa announced they had hired ‘one of English football’s most highly sought after managers’ the footballing nation was bemused with speculation. ‘Mourinho?  Can’t be, why would he leave Chelsea to go to Aston?  Maybe he’s a secret Black Sabbath fan.  No, no, doesn’t sound right.  Pulis has only just gone to the Baggies.  Ahh, it must be Big Sam.  He’s had enough of being hounded by the ever indignant West...