Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Author: Richard Choksey American Football Leeds Celtics 6-12 Hull Sharks The Leeds Celtics hosted the Hull Sharks on Sunday in a fierce battle to claim supremacy of the North East. Hull’s explosive passing attack posed the most dangerous threat the Celtic defence has faced this year, while the Celtic offence looked to build on [...]
Griffins Slyther-in For the Win
Quidditch Leicester Lovegoods v Leeds Griffins Six weeks after forming, the Leeds Griffins Quidditch Team literally snatched victory from Leicester in their debut match on Saturday November 17, winning all three of the games in a ‘best of three’ situation. The Leicester Lovegoods who formed earlier this year are one of the best teams [...]
Indian spin too much for England
England were at the receiving end of another trial by spin on the subcontinent as their aspirations of claiming a prized series victory in India were dealt a powerful blow after a loss in the first test at Ahmedabad. England’s selection policy will fall under heavy scrutiny for picking three seamers on a graveyard for [...]
Dirty Leeds, Filthy Rich!
LS Sport’s Kyle Hulme, an avid Leeds United fan through thick but mainly thin, takes us through his account of the Leeds United takeover. On the 23rd of May this year, a rumour of a possible takeover was posted on the leading Leeds United message board WACCOE. At first I was dismissive; I’ve [...]
Champions League Review – Week 5
Arsenal became the second British team to qualify for the knockout stages of the Uefa Champions League, defeating current Ligue 1 champions Montpellier 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night in a largely one-sided affair. The home team made the brighter start. A Mikel Arteta cross in the eleventh minute found the [...]
Checkmate as Czech Republic claim maiden Davis Cup title in dramatic fashion
LS Sport’s tennis correspondent Alistair Fatemi reviews the Davis Cup Final between Spain and Czech Republic It was pandemonium in Prague last weekend when the Czech Republic (captained by Jaroslav Navrátil) downed defending-champions Spain (captained by Àlex Corretja) in a pulsating final of the 100th edition of the Davis Cup that went right down [...]
Premier League Round Up
Here’s David Ahluwalia‘s take on another exciting weekend in the Premiership that saw a thrilling North London derby, Luis Suarez showing both the good and ugly sides of his game, and defeats for Manchester United and Chelsea away from home saw Manchester City rise to the top of the table for the first time this [...]
Touch Rugby Tournament Raises Over £200 for Movember
On Monday night over 160 students took part in a Touch Rugby tournament organised by the university rugby club to raise money for Movember, the men’s health charity. Upon arrival at Weetwood players were split into the region they hail from; teams from the North, the Midlands and the South subsequently battled it out with [...]
The Magnificent 7
On a cloudy, bitterly cold afternoon at Weetwood this Wednesday, Leeds Men’s Football 2nd XI turned in an excellent display to comprehensively defeat York St Johns 7-2, with Mike Stockdale and Chris Jackson both scoring hat-tricks. They completely dominated the game, and scored a mixture of scintillating individual goals, and well-worked team efforts. [...]