Category: sport
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Premier League Team Preview – 5/20: Can Wolves avoid a scrap at the bottom?
In recent years, turmoil has been the name of the game surrounding Wolverhampton Wanderers. Since Nuno Espirito Santo left the club following the 2020/21 season, Wolves have been following a downward trajectory. Despite a 10th placed finish under Bruno Lage in 2021/22, the Portuguese boss was unable to keep a…
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Premier League Team Preview – 3/20: Can Leeds United hang with the big boys?
After 2 seasons away, Premier League football is returning to Elland Road, as Leeds United find themselves in the top tier once again, after tasting relegation in 2022/23. After a playoff final loss against Southampton in 23/24, the Lilywhites improved and finished top of the Championship, level on points with…
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Premier League Team Previews – 2/20: Do Burnley have what it takes?
After only one season away, Burnley find themselves back in the Premier League, with Scott Parker’s men bouncing back at the first opportunity. Vincent Kompany’s side faced relegation from the Premier League in 2023/24 an with much uncertainty over the future of the club, Scott Parker took over and, led…
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Premier League Team Previews – 1/20: Can Sunderland avoid the drop?
After a tumultuous 8 years away, that included back to back relegations, play-off heartbreak in the third tier and a rather eventful Netflix series, Sunderland have returned to the top flight. It was a long and painful eight years away from the big time, but now the Black Cats have…
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How to Ruin an NBA Finals Team
9 months ago, the Dallas Mavericks were on top of the world. Fresh off of a 5 game thriller over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Dallas Mavericks had finally managed to return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011. Led by rising superstar Luka Doncic and the mercurial…
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The Detroit Pistons are finally on the Rise.
In terms of NBA Surprises for the 2024-25 Season, there are a handful to choose from. The downfall of the Philadelphia 76ers could be one, as, at the time of writing, the Sixers are sat with a 20-38 record, with only the Wizards, Raptors and Hornets holding worse records in…
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Karl-Anthony Towns is Finally Getting his Flowers
One of the biggest offseason moves of 2024 happened only one week out of training camp, an unusual time for such a big acquisition to occur. On the morning of the 28th September (BST), the New York Knicks finally acquired their most coveted player. Karl-Anthony Towns, four time all star,…
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Franz Wagner: Germany’s Next All-Star
The Orlando Magic have undergone one of the fastest rebuilds in the NBA over the last few years, and currently, sit at 12-7, holding 3rd in the Eastern Conference, behind only the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers, with only one loss on their resume, and the reigning NBA Champion and powerhouse Boston…
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have a Problem.
with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, with wins against the new look Sacramento Kings and the Toronto Raptors, whilst losing to the JJ Redick led Los Angeles Lakers and their WCF enemy, the Dallas Mavericks. On paper, this doesn’t seem too bad. Both the Mavericks and the…
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Franco Colapinto: Williams’ Argentine Problem
Williams began the 2024 Formula 1 season with the same lineup as the previous year, with the British-Thai Alexander Albon and the American Logan Sargeant making up the Williams driver lineup for the second consecutive season. This appeared to be the plan all along; despite the fact that Albon was…
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