GIVEN that the last time I went to a Test Match I saw one wicket fall all day, I hoped I might see a few batsmen out at Headingley last Friday. On top of watching Jonny Bairstow achieve an emotional 140 we saw 15 wickets tumble during the day as England were bowled out and […]
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WHAT do you get if you put multi gold medal winning decathlete Daley Thompson, rugby league great Kevin Sinfield, World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore and pioneering Victorian mountaineer Edward Whymper into a hot air balloon together? Well, a great charity night out for one, and secondly a fiercely competitive debate as the advocates of
SO there I was at a rugby club beer festival talking high finance, high fashion and in high spirits. I’m really warming to the idea of business development opportunities at beer festivals, but I think I need to go to a few more before I’m completely sure. Historic Leeds rugby club Leodiensian RUFC held their
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LEICESTER City’s unlikely Premier League success has highlighted that sporting glory is not just confined to football in that East Midlands city. Leicester Tigers have been a force at the top of rugby union for many years, the city’s basketball team have won the English division and local boy Mark Selby was crowned World Snooker
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