Sport in 2025: A rallying cry to London, Mayor Khan and Londoners Sport Business For at least the past five years it has felt as if London was disappearing off the global sporting stage. The capital may boast the Home of Cricket, 17 professional football clubs and five stadiums with a capacity of over 50,000 but huge sporting events have sought refuge in the likes of Saudi Arabia, the [...]
Mayor Khan: London will be capital for women’s sport in 2025 Sport London will be the “undisputed global capital for women’s sport” next year, the city’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has said. The Women’s Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham on September 27 will round off an exciting series of events in the city. England go into that tournament hoping to topple world champions New Zealand, and will [...]
London Pulse lead way as Netball Super League gets relaunch ballin' The Netball Super League has completed its tender process as eight teams get set to relaunch the top flight division, it has been announced this morning. The league will reduce in size from 10 to eight teams with two new sides joining the netball league – this means Surrey Storm, Severn Stars, Team Bath and [...]
Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk helps boost profits at Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom March 11, 2024 Anthony Joshua's first heavyweight boxing bout against Oleksandr Usyk helped fill the coffers of Eddie Hearn's Matchroom group, new documents have revealed.
Netball Q&A: London Pulse GK Hali Adio on the 2024 season February 17, 2024 Tomorrow a new edition of the Netball Super League will commence in Nottingham with all 10 teams involved across five matches. Last season London Pulse topped the table for the first time before losing to Loughborough Lightning in their first final. But Pulse are determined to go one step further and take English netball’s biggest [...]
If football is pricing you out, try a new sport. You’ll love what’s out there February 15, 2024 CityAM columnist Ed Warner issues a rallying call to those who cannot afford to go to the football. There are incredible sporting experiences out there for just a few quid, so get Goggling and take in a new sport. Fancy watching your favourite Premier League team at an away match? Think again. You’ll likely [...]
Netball Super League to go professional in bid to become world’s top competition October 10, 2023 England Netball plans to professionalise the Netball Super League as part of a wider commercial revamp of the competition.
Sporting rivalry between England and Australia unmatchable August 16, 2023 They’re two countries with shared values and an entwined history, and that’s why any fixture, in any sport, between Australia and England just matters. Earlier this summer we saw how the Ashes, with its peaks and troughs, captured both nations – even prompting some banter between Rishi Sunak and Anthony Albanese – as both the [...]
England lose to superior Australia in Netball World Cup final August 6, 2023 England’s first ever appearance in a Netball World Cup final ended in defeat as the Roses were beaten 45-61 by Australia in South Africa. World No1 side Australia were heavy favourites heading to the match having appeared in every World Cup final ever. But England had dramatically beaten their final opponents in the group stages [...]
Netball World Cup: England in semi-finals but that’s nothing new August 5, 2023 A World Cup semi-final for any England time is usually celebrated like a once in a lifetime event, but not in Netball. England may be into the last four of the Netball World Cup but it’s a position they’ve found themselves in for each and every edition of the tournament. But a win on Saturday [...]