America’s Fastest Growing Sport Arrives In The City of London July 10, 2024 | City Talk The game that has swept the US and quickly become the country’s fastest growing sport, has touched down in the City of London – Pickleball. Originally created in 1965 as a children’s playground game in America, and now the fastest-growing sport in the United States for the past 3 years, Pickleball brings together the best [...]
Inclusive Cricket Takes Over the City July 10, 2024 | City Talk This summer, the City of London is set to witness a unique sporting event as Culture Mile BID in partnership with Central London Alliance CIC and the Lord’s Taverners, brings free Table Cricket sessions to the Square Mile. Running from 9th to 11th and 16th to 18th of July, in Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden, with [...]
Wimbledon Wednesday order of play after Sinner dumped out July 9, 2024 World No1 and top seed Jannik Sinner crashed out of Wimbledon on Tuesday, beaten in five sets by Daniil Medvedev. The two Europeans traded sets early on before Sinner needed medical treatment for an apparent illness. The duo again traded the third and fourth sets but Medvedev, fifth seed, claimed the decider and a 6-7 [...]
Kane: Past experience can take England to successive Euros finals July 9, 2024 England captain Harry Kane has insisted that past semi-final experience can help the Three Lions reach a second successive Euros final. England take on the Netherlands on Wednesday in Dortmund with a place in Sunday’s final on the line. But Kane, who has been a key cog throughout Gareth Southgate’s tenure, says their 2018 World [...]
Run to Euro 2024 semi-finals triggers 1,300 per cent increase in England shirt sales July 9, 2024 The penalty shoot-out victory over the Swiss coincided with a 1,341 per cent uptick in sales.
Jimmy Anderson in numbers: Lord’s wickets, scalps per country and how batters were dismissed July 9, 2024 This week, after a match at Lord’s against the West Indies, England pacer James Anderson will retire from Test cricket. He holds the record for the most international wickets for a seamer and will step away from the international game over two decades after he made his debut against Zimbabwe at the Home of cricket [...]
Arise Sir Jimmy? Sir Andrew Strauss backs Anderson for knighthood July 9, 2024 Lord’s is a stadium synonymous with memories and emotions; it is the Home of Cricket and a place of pilgrimage for fans, players and bystanders alike, including Sir Andrew Strauss. But this week in north London there’s a double dosage of feeling ahead of England’s Test match against the West Indies. For we will see [...]
Rugby league to swap Leigh for Las Vegas as part of four-game showcase July 9, 2024 England’s women are also set to play Australia in the US city the same day.
Have England been lucky at Euro 2024? Examining the cases for and against July 9, 2024 That any successful team needs the rub of the green is one of the game’s most hackneyed cliches but, like many of them, does contain a kernel of truth.
New Zealand make change for second Test with England after blunder almost cost them July 9, 2024 Damian McKenzie allowed the 60 seconds permitted to take a penalty to run down as he was lining up a kick.