China’s YiLing Song won the Overall title at the IFSC Speed World Cup but Aries Susanti Rahayu is being dubbed Spider Woman after climbing a 15m wall in under seven seconds making her the first female to do so in the sport’s history. But who cares about climbing? Well Spider Woman along with Climbing’s Olympic … Continue reading Spider Woman, Climbing and a Few Days Drinking in Cambridge
Eliud Kipchoge is the first ever person to run the length of a marathon in under two hours; 1:59:40 to be exact. That is the same as running 100m every 17.08 seconds 422 times in a row! Some have compared this feat to Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Honestly I don’t think the risk … Continue reading Eliud Kipchoge Makes Sporting History
On Sunday we bid goodbye to the host nations of the 2019 Rugby World Cup when South Africa defeated Japan 26-3 in the Quarter Finals. Japan made history this World Cup, warming the hearts of all rugby fans across the world (except maybe the Scottish). Two upset victories against Ireland and Scotland in addition to … Continue reading The 2019 Rugby World Cup Bids Farewell to its Hosts
Everton have lost five and scored six in their opening 8 games this season. Their only wins have been at Goodison Park meaning the early kick-off against West Ham this Saturday is a good opportunity to hoist themselves out of the relegation zone and up the league. After Spending over £100 M in the summer … Continue reading Premier League Mid-October Review
Porto? Nope. Benfica? Try again. The other one? Not them either. It is none other than FC Famalicão… I hadn’t heard of them either. This is their first season in the Portuguese Primeria Liga in a quarter of a century after gaining promotion last season. Undefeated this season they sit one point above Porto and … Continue reading The Current Leaders of the Portuguese League are…?
The increasing problems with VAR (not this blog) are becoming more apparent. Spurs were denied a 2-0 lead by VAR against Leicester due to a marginal offside call. Within minutes of the decision Leicester scored 2 goals, winning the game 2-1. Tottenham are currently sitting 7th with two losses this season and winless away from … Continue reading VAR Heaps the Pressure on Spurs
According to BT sports Bale is the most decorated British footballer of his generation. According to Wales he’s the most decorated WELSH footballer of his generation. I can tell you he’s neither. There is a point to be made about British media labelling individuals as British when it’s positive news, or as Welsh/Scottish/NI for negative … Continue reading Gareth Bale – “The Most Decorated British footballer of his generation”
Spanish? Three team league German? Bayern and the rest English? Yeah, OK! Italian? 1st Juventus, 2nd Napoli, 3rd? PSG? That’s it right? Now I can probably guess what you’re thinking. Anyone can beat anyone in England and Spain has the most quality! The Italian league is generally quite boring, but not as bad … Continue reading The most boring European league is…?
Gambling is for fools and people who are bad at math… now let me tell you about my gambling experiences. I couldn’t help placing an accumulator on every Premier League game this weekend, but thanks to Watford’s abysmal defence and VAR at the King Power I missed out on £2,651.99… F*ck VAR. We’ve all had … Continue reading A Racetrack is a Place Where Windows Clean People
"And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulitas 17 times in a row". — Vitas Gerulitas . For the first post on my new sports blog I've included my all time favourite sports quote from former tennis player Vitas Gerulitas. After ending a losing streak to Jimmy Connors of 16 … Continue reading Welcome to VAR – Very Average Reading
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