Month: June 2017
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Who will be crowned champion at this year’s Eastbourne International?
The East Sussex coastal town of Eastbourne plays host to a star-studded cast, as many of the world’s top players, continue their preparations with Wimbledon just over a week away. Eight of the world’s top ten women are in town, which includes British number one, Johanna Konta. The twenty-six-year old is based in Eastbourne, and […]
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Knight’s England Can Win the World Cup
It will be painfully drawn out, and towards the end of the group stage dreadfully dead-rubber-tastic, but don’t let the OTT format of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup put you off. The planet’s greatest one-day exponents have gathered in England for a jamboree of big hitting, and I’m expecting fireworks between now and late […]
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Bazu City Circuit requires maximum concentration and no margin for error
The 6km Baku City circuit in Azerbaijan, used for the first time last year when it was known as the European Grand Prix, is the location for round eight of the F1 season. The tight street sections are not dissimilar to Monaco but, unlike that famous venue, Baku also features flat-out straights like Monza.
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British Lions Momentum May Be Moribund
Momentum is a word that is often talked about in sport but is poorly understood. It’s something that is considered a cornerstone of physics but when it comes to a team or individual athletes, it can be interpreted very differently by the media and fans. The current British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand […]