• Team GB heroes parade across UK while legend Ennis-Hill retires

    After an overwhelmingly successful Olympics and Paralympic games in Brazil this summer, Team GB’s athletes celebrated in with victory parades in Manchester and London. In Manchester, 150,000 people braved the wet weather to line the route wearing gold hats and waving the union jack. 400 athletes gathered at the...
  • Kyle Edmund: Britain’s next tennis success story?

    When it comes to the British men’s game, there is no question that Andy Murray rules the roost. Recently though, concerns have surfaced with regards to finding the successor to Britain’s tennis throne. Promising 21-year-old Briton & world No. 40, Kyle Edmund, gave a valiant performance at the ATP...
  • Ballon D’or or Ballon snore?

    As usual, France Football have announced their thirty candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or (full list below). Of course, the usual suspects are on the list. Favourites include Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann. However, this year’s nominations have thrown up a few surprises both in...
  • Eddie Jones suffers injury-hit squad ahead of autumn internationals

    England Rugby head coach Eddie Jones is having selection headaches going into the autumn internationals in November, with eleven of his squad players out with long term injuries. England face Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Fiji next month and will be wanting to redeem themselves, along with other northern...
  • Stokes Shines as England Survive Major Shock

    Ben Stokes’ stellar all round performance proved pivotal with England eventually overcoming a highly spirited Bangladesh side in Chittagong this week, in the first of two Test matches. Arguably his best all round performance in an England shirt saw Stokes take six wickets in the match, including the two...
  • University of Nottingham storm up to first place in the BUCS rankings

    The University of Nottingham have made a flying start to the 2016/2017 season in the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) rankings with the university occupying first position on just the second week of competitive action. The green and gold have accumulated a whopping total of 1785 points so...
  • Engage initiative increasing participation across the University of Nottingham

    University of Nottingham’s new ‘Engage’ initiative, supported by Sport England, has been launched this year in order to increase opportunities and levels of participation in Inter-Mural sporting activities for students across the university. Over twenty sports are being used for both taster and social sessions, meaning that there is...