Nich Moore August 16, 2014 00:04:30
Before there was a Premier League the English played 650 years of football so we take a quick look at some of the signposts that lead to the football competitions we know and love today. England, it is said, is the home of football. Although let’s be honest, given England’s performance in the last World […]
Nich Moore August 16, 2014 00:03:11
We take a look at the FA Premier League to see where it came from and where it might be going in the future. From its origins in the boardrooms of some of the most famous football clubs in the world to its current world wide audience and massive media attention, the FA Premier League […]
Nich Moore August 5, 2014 14:39:27
Gary Lineker, best known striker in English football history, talks about his views on sponsorship in sport, particularly by alcohol and gambling interests. Sport and politics have never been very comfortable bed-fellows. Politicians often looking completely out of place at sporting events, and demonstrating a complete lack of populous understanding when asked about it. This […]
Nich Moore August 4, 2014 13:47:15
Vladimir Putin signs law allowing gambling in both the former Olympic host city of Sochi and the newly annexed peninsula of Crimea. Although online poker sites in Russia continue to operate in what has become a rather unexplored grey area of the law concerning games of skill, the more traditional forms of gambling are much […]
Nich Moore August 4, 2014 13:46:43
Russia’s business elite are beginning to worry that the hardline policies of Mr. Putin’s government in regards of the Ukraine are damaging business prospects. The tense economic stand off developing between east and west over the situation in the Ukraine is having far reaching repercussions for both parties and their interests. Whilst the potential for […]
Nich Moore August 4, 2014 13:45:20
As east and west square off against each other over the Ukraine we take a look at how we arrived at this pivotal position in relations with Russia As soon as a western leaning government was set up in Ukraine the writing was on the wall for Crimea and its warm water ports. Russia wasn’t […]
Nich Moore August 4, 2014 13:44:56
Since before Peter the Great Russians have enjoyed gambling and despite periods of prohibition it is a tradition now being closely followed by a leadership willing to roll the dice one more time. Vladimir Putin, a now 61 year old former KGB Colonel, has never been adverse to the odd spot of gambling. Riding around […]
Nich Moore July 23, 2014 21:25:08
Our shrinking world is eroding some of the great boxing traditions that used to mark out one boxer from another, but Britain retains hers, and here’s why Boxing culture around the world differs less and less these days. The mass media, and indeed internet, slowly shrinking the planet to when we’ll all be able to […]
Nich Moore July 23, 2014 21:05:30
History contains many a good boxer or two, but only some can be called great and here are seven of them The history of boxing is littered with true sporting greats who have risen to prominence through sheer hard work and skill, dedication and perseverance. Even if you are not yourself a huge fan of […]
Nich Moore July 23, 2014 20:53:17
With a chance to face Klitschko for his WBO title both Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora are looking to win but they’re going about it in two different ways Already shaping up to be a hoopla that happens to have a fight at the center rather than a fight with some hoopla surrounding it, the […]
