London’s Winter Sports – Sports Gazette

With temperatures back home in London currently peaking at 30C, common sense would suggest that now is not a time for Winter Sports in the capital. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Whilst the success of Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas in the Skeleton, and the continual strength of the Curling team, you can find all manner of Winter disciplines practiced all year round in London. Joe Leavey visited the Streatham Ice Rink, and the Hyde Park Rollerskiing club, discovering a fervour, f

Why don’t we play Baseball in the UK? An afternoon with the Bracknell Inferno – Sports Gazette

With Major League Baseball Spring Training just around the corner, it isn’t long before America’s Game returns to our screens for the summer months. Whilst the sport’s history means that it is completely synonymous with the States in a way that American Football and Basketball perhaps aren’t, Baseball has somewhat faded from the UK’s sporting consciousness after an 11-year stint on Channel Five, culminating in 2008. Today it enjoys significantly less interest when compared to its American count

Tiger Woods makes Masters comeback

Tiger Woods has Jack Nicklaus well and truly back in his sights. After an 11-year wait, the three-time Champion Golfer turned 14 into 15 with Masters victory on Sunday. And suddenly the Golden Bear’s Major record, that for so long was considered out of bounds, is back in play. On the same course where Woods won his first Major as a sprightly 21-year-old back in 1997, Woods battled Champion Golfer of the Year Francesco Molinari in the final group on Sunday to win his fifth green jacket. In a

Preview: Reading v West Ham United

Since it was first propagated by a certain Sir Alex Ferguson, one of football’s best-known tropes dictates that it’s one thing to spring a successful season, but a different prospect entirely in maintaining it in the long-term. It’s a theory that Reading and England midfielder Jade Moore certainly espouses, as the Royals battle to live up to their billing after an imperious showing last year that saw them finish fourth in the FA Women's Super League standings. With Kelly Chambers side returnin

The rapid rise of reece dunn

He may be a relative newcomer to the GB Para swimming set-up, but Reece Dunn has already been making waves. A pair of gold medals – both sealed in record-breaking time – at the recent World Para Swimming World Series finale in Berlin capped off his first international meet in spectacular style. And the timing could not be better for the S14 swimmer, with the World Para Swimming Championships just around the corner in London, and next year’s Tokyo Paralympics looming large. It’s unsurprising,

Yarnold calls time on record breaking career

Lizzy Yarnold, Britain's greatest Winter Olympian, has flung herself down an icy track for the final time. After a career packed with drama, comebacks and – most importantly – two Olympic skeleton gold medals, Yarnold is finally ready to embrace the quiet life. The 29-year-old become the first Brit to defend a Winter Olympic gold when she topped the podium in PyeongChang in February, four years after she had stood on the same perch in Sochi. An

Exclusive Interview: Rhyno Smith chats Cheetahs' explosive start

After four tries in two games, a pair of man-of-the-match displays and 160 minutes of thrilling all-action rugby, Rhyno Smith is the talk of the Guinness PRO14. We caught up with the electric full-back to discuss the Toyota Cheetahs’ amazing start to the season and more. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week, where we sit down exclusively with Rhyno to find out more about his background, upbringing and rugby journey. Rhyno Smith is a match-winner in the purest form of the term. The Toyota Cheetahs

Six Nations Captains: Italy

The 35-year-old is widely regarded as one of the greatest No.8s of the modern era, and has long been the heartbeat of the Azzuri. With an exciting young generation of Italian talent emerging, along with a selection of ever-improving senior figures, Italy have been tipped by many for their strongest showing at Rugby’s Greatest Championship this year, and none will be more desperate to live up to the billing than Parisse. Entering his 18th year of international rugby, Parisse has exceeded the st