The feature coverage of sports stories relating to Great London.
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has decided to not hand Russian professional tennis player, Maria Sharapova, a wildcard entry to the French Open to ‘protect’ the sport’s standards. Sharapova, who’s 30, was ranked too […]
35-year-old US soldier, Chelsea Manning, who is responsible for leaking classified government materials to WikiLeaks, has been released from a Kansas Military prison today. Manning was convicted of espionage and 20 charges in […]
Labour officially launch manifesto Labour have launched their manifesto, becoming the first major political party to do so before the general election. The party describe it as a ‘radical and responsible’ plan […]
Tories pledge to cap prices The Conservative Party has pledged to cap energy prices should they win the General Election. Prime Minister Theresa May hopes the move could save approximately 17 million […]
Brexit Secretary David Davis says that the UK will not pay the claimed €100 billion bill that the Financial Times has reported the EU will be demanding. While no figure has been […]
Premier League Champions Leicester City have held talks with former England manager Roy Hodgson, with a view to finding a long-term successor to Claudio Ranieri. The club’s Thai owners are also thought to […]
Wayne Rooney has offers to go to China but will not be leaving Manchester United before the Chinese Transfer Window Rooney’s advisers have been approached by several Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs […]
Fifty three year old coach Tony Mowbray has agreed to a eighteen month contract at Ewood Park and replaces Owen Coyle, who was sacked on Tuesday. Blackburn Rovers are pleased to announce […]
Piegate: Wayne Shaw resigns Wayne Shaw, the reserve goalkeeper for National League side Sutton United, has resigned. The news comes amid speculation that he may have broken FA regulations on betting. A […]
Japan is celebrating its first home-grown sumo champion in almost two decades. Kisenosato, who is 30, won the first tournament of the year and was promoted to the top-most yokozuna rank as […]
Australia’s No 1 tennis player, Nick Kyrgios, has been knocked out of his home grand slam after losing to Italy’s 89th-ranked Andreas Seppi. The 21 year old Australian was given two warnings […]
Chelsea striker Diego Costa is reportedly back in training following a dispute with manager Antonio Conte over a potential move to China. There is a general acceptance around the club that Costa […]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has given his full support to Millwall’s campaign to stay at the club’s home in Lewisham. The news comes after they were given a lifeline in their battle […]
For Brighton & Hove, Friday the 13th certainly lived up to its reputation as four of their key players were injured and Sheffield Wednesday won the 1st leg play-off 2-0. The pre-match […]
Today, Leicester City fans got the chance to glimpse the Premier League trophy and celebrate the Foxes’ unbelievable win with the team who made it happen. An open-top bus carried the players […]
Last day of English Premier League – crucial for north London fans Today was the last day of England’s Premier League 2015/16. Many of the usually nail-biting conclusions to the season had […]
Championship play-off semi-finals – Sheffield Wednesday v Brighton & Hove Albion Could Brighton & Hove Albion be destined to stay in the Championship? They have not played in the top flight since 1982-83 and […]
Goodbyes are never easy. West Ham bid a fond farewell to their home of 112 years, the Boleyn Ground. Sports Editor Al Riddell was at the Boleyn Ground last night, speaking to […]
The glitz and glamour of the TV Baftas honoured our screens last night. The biggest event in TV was held at The Royal Festival Hall, in London. With Hollywood’s hottest imports, daring […]
Novak Djokovic has beaten defending champion Andy Murray in the final of the Madrid Open. Despite putting up a brilliant fight, Djokovic showed second seed Andy Murray why he’s the world number […]
Manchester City 2 – 2 Arsenal Agüero (8′minutes), De Bruyne (51′minutes) – Giroud (10′minutes), Sánchez (68′minutes) Today was a great day for Manchester United, without the Red Devils having to kick a ball. Man City drew […]
Brighton & Hove Albion made the long trip north to face Middlesbrough in a win or bust race for automatic promotion to the English Premier League. Several thousand Seagulls’ fans followed their team […]
Michael Jung and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW have made two sizeable annotations to the history books today, by becoming only the second pair ever to win the Rolex Grand Slam and achieving the […]
In keeping with tradition, Cross Country Day at Badminton Horse Trials delivered no shortage of drama. This year’s course produced plenty of heart-stopping moments, especially at the Vicarage Vee fence. Frontrunner Michael […]
Defending champion Andy Murray has reached the final of the Madrid Open after beating home favourite Rafa Nadal. He’s beaten the Spaniard in this stage of the competition for the second successive year. The […]
Leicester City 3 – 1 Everton Vardy (5′minutes, 65′minutes pen), King (33′minutes) – Mirallas (88′) Leicester City will dominate the back pages tomorrow morning but not entirely for today’s exploits on the field. They […]
No, it wasn’t a dream, Leicester City have won the Premier League. Bookmakers have paid out thousands of pounds, grown men have been reduced to tears and the landscape of English football […]
England’s world number one Mark Selby has beaten China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 to win his second World Championship in three years. Ding kept in touch with the 2014 winner but could never […]
The Jacksonville Jaguars, who hold a two-game-a-season residency here at London’s Wembley Stadium, had a particularly strong NFL draft last Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. They signed Myles Jack and Jalen Ramsey in the […]
In what is being described as the greatest Cinderella story in sporting history, Leicester City have won the Premier League for the first time in their 132 year history. Leicester started the […]
Nico Rosberg finished first in the Russian Grand Prix, making it seven consecutive wins for the German. Lewis Hamilton recovered well to come in second, despite qualifying 10th for the race. Today […]
It would have been the ultimate football fairytale, but Leicester City missed the opportunity to secure their first Premier League title win this afternoon. The Blues drew one-all with 13 time Premier […]
Leicester City are hoping to make it a fairytale finish to their season today with a victory over Manchester United. A win away at Old Trafford this afternoon would make Leicester the […]
Hillsborough The Home Secretary Theresa May says there will be ‘no holding back’ in pursuing prosecutions after unlawful killing conclusion at the Hillsborough inquest 96 people died, and 766 were injured at the […]
Anthony Joshua is the new heavyweight champion of the world after a second round win against American boxer Charles Martin. The referee called the fight to a halt after two right hooks […]
There was no shortage of drama and emotion at a wet and muddy Aintree today, as Rule The World emerged the winner of this year’s Grand National. The nine year […]
Over 70 doctors and academics have called for schools to ban tackling in rugby matches due to the risks it poses to children’s health. In an open letter to ministers they argue […]
This weekend will be one of the most exciting on the rugby calendar. This year’s Six Nations Championship gets under way. It’s the women who get proceedings going on Friday night. They’ve […]
Tomáš Berdych and Roger Federer were the first to play in today’s Australian Open Quarter-Finals. Prior to the match, Federer had played a routine and efficient four matches in the tournament, only dropping one […]
The annual Australian Open tennis competition kicked off yesterday in Melbourne, and there has been no shortage of action in the opening round of the tournament. Fernando Verdasco put in an explosive […]
Liverpool’s Fara Williams scored her third World Cup penalty to secure victory for England in their defeat of European champions Germany in the match for third place. The 1-0 scoreline mean the […]
The England women’s team earned the respect of world football in Canada by matching the holders Japan throughout the match and going down to a very late goal after hitting the woodwork […]
LFB Crews have been called to a small fire in a plant room at Wimbledon tennis club, SW19 this evening. Around 3,000 people were evacuated as a precaution and has been described […]
One of the Met’s most experienced search dogs and five eight-week-old puppies have starred alongside Wimbledon Champion and WWF global ambassador Andy Murray in a social media campaign highlighting the fight against […]
England’s women’s team have beaten the World Cup hosts Canada 2-1 in Vancouver to reach the semi-finals for the first time. They held on after Jodie Taylor and Lucy Bronze scored two […]
Police have been alerted to a man flying a drone over All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon from a nearby golf course this morning. The incident took place at around 8.37 am. […]
35 year old Sir Bradley Wiggins has broken the UCI Hour Record in East London tonight by cycling 33.88 miles in an hour. That’s 54.526 km in an hour for those more […]
New Zealand won the second test match with England by 199 runs. The test series is now drawn at 1-1. The traditional English rain did not pour down intensively enough to rescue […]
Arsenal showed skill, control and clinical striker power at Wembley to win the club’s 12th FA Cup final with a 4 nil score-line. Theo Walcott put the Gunners in the lead. Chilean […]
England followed a vastly improved day of batting with an equally very good day of bowling and have won the first test against New Zealand at Lords. On the last day Alastair […]
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