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By Andrew Wake, Media and Online Editor at Hatton Boxing  Six years of haggling, pettiness and what some would even describe as lunacy will come to end under the bright lights of Las Vegas this Saturday night as boxing greats and long-time rivals Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao finally lock horns. It's a match-up that has been on the wish list of fight aficionados since 2009, but for such a long time it seemed unlikely to happen. Disputes over...

Sport News 24/7 By Alex Dinsdale  @Dinsadelic  @TLE_Sport After a hard-fought win in the Amex stadium, a large group of the 3,000 or so fans who had made the trip down to Brighton found themselves on Brighton beach, waiting tentatively on the rest of the Championship results. With Bournemouth not playing until Monday, Slavisa Jokanovic’s team knew that anything other than a Norwich win, and either Middlesborough or Bournemouth losing would send them up. But on a magical day, Boro,...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport In the summer of 1999, I never thought I would write the following sentence.  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink could be a great success as the manager of Leeds United.  I am prepared for the abuse that this may bring, but I genuinely believe it to be the truth.  A man, whose name was tarnished by the acrimonious circumstances surrounding his departure, has been heavily linked with a move to Elland Road to take...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport With a 10 point lead in the Premier League, Chelsea are cruising to a first Premier League crown since 2010.  Add to that a League Cup triumph in March and it has been, on paper at least, a very satisfying year for the West London club.  At the PFA awards on Sunday, Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was (rightly in my opinion) named PFA Player of the Year and...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport With England’s failure to win the first Test in Antigua last week, the debate over Kevin Pietersen’s return to the international fold has taken on even greater significance.  Never one to shirk the limelight, Pietersen announced in March that he was eschewing his IPL contract with the Sunrisers Hyderbad in favour of playing a full county season with Surrey in an attempt to force his way back into...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport We have finally reached the NBA playoff s.  Here’s the lowdown on the first round match-ups and who I think will get to the NBA finals.  Remember, it's the best out of seven each series and the higher ranked team have home court advantage. Eastern Conference First Round (1) Atlanta Hawks vs. (8) Brooklyn Nets The Atlanta Hawks ending up as the number one seed from the east was quite surprising.  I...

Sport News 24/7 By Simon White  @SimonWhite14  @TLE_Sport If anyone had predicted the Premier League table to read Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City in April at the start of this season, they would have been ridiculed.  And rightly so.  While Arsenal and United can be proud of their recent form and winning runs, it is only down to a catastrophic loss of form for City that the two clubs boast their positions. Billed as the only potential challengers to...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport The scene was set, and the script was written.  On his 35th birthday, Steven Gerrard would lift the FA Cup as captain of his boyhood club, before riding off into the sunset for one last payday in the MLS with LA Galaxy.  It was to provide a fitting end to the career of one of the defining figures in English football.  But as the ball looped into the arms of Steven Gerrard...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport As National Supporter Ownership Week comes to a close, Dulwich Hamlet FC and Hadley Property Group have announced exciting plans for a new stadium and for the south London club to be majority-owned by the supporters.  The Hamlet, currently fourth in the Ryman Isthmian Premier League, hope that this initiative will enable the club to flourish in the coming years with the supporters trust retaining casting voting rights. ...