Footballers Who Beat Cancer: “Surround Yourself With The People You Love”
Cancer is sadly a fairly commonplace disease nowadays and unfortunately one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
Though cancer is not so common in athletes compared to non-athletes, there were a number of incidents...
Performance Enhancing Drugs and Doping in Sport
Doping is the use of one or more illegal substances or techniques to improve athletic performance and hence gain an advantage in a sporting competition.
Examples of illegal substances include anabolic steroids and ephedrine. Blood...
Liverpool vs Everton: The Merseyside Derby
Today, the 55th Premier League Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton is taking place at Anfield. Liverpool, as the home side, are at the top of the table with an eight point difference from...
Most in-form goalkeepers in the top European leagues
Statistically, goalkeepers are the players with the fewest touches on the ball. This is one of the reasons they are often underrated. The latter can be supported by the fact that since 1956, when...
Liverpool vs Manchester United: The North West Derby
Ahead of Sunday’s game between Liverpool and Manchester United, we take a look at the North West derby, including the nature of the rivalry, as well as the overall results throughout history.
Liverpool - Manchester...
Scottish Football: The Old Firm Derby
On Saturday, the 16th of November, Cyprus and Scotland face each other in their efforts to secure Euro 2020 qualification. The result of this game will be very important for determining who finishes in...
UEFA Champions League: Success, Shocks and Surprises
The best teams in Europe, which are also the best in the world in most cases, compete every year in UEFA's top tier competition: the Champions League.
For the current season, the group stage phase...
Spotlight: Derby d’Italia
The Derby D’Italia is a term coined by the famous Italian sports journalist and novelist Giovanni Luigi Brera in 1967 used to describe matches between two of the most successful Italian clubs, Juventus and...
UFC releases McGregor vs Cerrone trailer
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has released its official trailer for the upcoming UFC 246 headline fight between Conor McGregor and Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone.
The UFC accompany the video trailer with the following description:
"He’s back!...
Video: 13-year-old Michael Carrick BBC interview
The BBC regularly releases old clips from their vast archives. The below clip is from a Saturday morning children's magazine show called 'Live & Kicking'. The show ran from 1993 to 2001.
In the excerpt...