The popularity of sports betting exploded in New Jersey in the last few years, putting the Garden State on the country’s gambling map, alongside Nevada. This wasn’t an easy feat, though. The State sued the National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA), resulting in a historic decision by the Supreme Court when it overturned the Professional and … Read more
Storm Ciara has done its best to destroy the countries sporting schedule as game after game throughout the UK in a variety of sports have been cancelled or postponed in its wake. In the Premier League Manchester City will now have to find a spare date to play out their fixture against West Ham after … Read more
Eddie Hearn the promoter of World Heavy Weight champion Anthony Joshua has hinted his next title defence is likely to be at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium sometime this year. The 30 year old british fighter regained his IBF, WBA and WBO titles in December beating Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia and is expected to … Read more
The sporting world was rocked yesterday evening (Sunday) as the news that US Basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people who lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Calabasas California. Bryant 41 and Gianna 13 were travelling privately when the helicopter burst into flames and crashed with no survivors. … Read more
England allrounder Ben Stokes as offered an official apology for what he described as an “unprofessional reaction” after his altercation with a member of the public during the recent Fourth test against South Africa. The recently crowned ICC player of the year was heard using expletives towards the person in question as he made his … Read more
The latest prediction for the Great Britian team at this years Olympics see’s them dropping four places to finish 6th overall on the final medal table. This has come after the analysis company Gracenote used performances since Rio 2016 to predict that Team GB will finish with 42 medals in Tokyo which is considerably short … Read more
Both British number ones Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund crashed out of the Australian Open, losing their first round matches in Melbourne to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur and Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic respectively. 12th seed Konta who was playing only her second match in five months due to a knee injury crashed out 6-4,6-2 to the world … Read more
Former World Number one Andrew Murray has refused to but a time scale on his latest setback after missing the Australian open yet again due to a pelvic injury. With the middle of February pencilled in as the earliest he will be back on the court the Scot told reporters that is “Bone Bruising” is … Read more
England’s all rounder Ben Stokes has offically been named as the World player of the year by the International Cricket Council yesterday after a season which saw him also named man of the match in the World Cup Final. After helping England to that dramatic victory over New Zealand in July, he also helped himself … Read more
Two time, London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang has been provisionally suspended and charged with ‘Whereabout failures’ and tampering’ by the Athletics Integrity unit (AIU). The 37 year old who is currently ranked the sixth fastest runner in history with his personal best of two hours, three minutes and 13 seconds was a bronze medal winner … Read more