It is the most important position on the pitch, yet goalkeepers often feel overlooked in their grassroots training sessions – learning how to train a goalkeeper not only pushes them but also pushes your team to the next level. Due to time constraints, with only an hour a week, lack of coaches and knowledge of […]
Padel is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United Kingdom, and Frankie Langan has been leading the charge, both on and off the court. Born in Barking in 1993, Frankie moved with his family to Spain at the age of seven. Originally focused on tennis, he fell in love with padel as the sport […]
Scoring in all of England’s top four divisions, playing abroad and winning titles – Adam Le Fondre has done it all, and now he is enjoying life in non-league football. Le Fondre shot to prominence at Stockport County, where he came through the club’s youth system. He scored on his professional debut coming off the […]
Playing at the Crucible is the ultimate goal for Sanderson Lam, who unfortunately missed out on this year’s World Snooker Championship. Lam harboured hopes of making his debut in snooker’s biggest tournament this year before he was knocked out in the qualifying stages, losing 10-5 to Ryan Day. Despite the setback, ‘The Panda’ has enjoyed […]
Sunderland teenager Jack Howarth has been making waves on the darts circuit and is rubbing shoulders with some of the sport’s greats. Luke Humphries, Martin Adams, and Raymond van Barneveld are just some of the world champions Jack has shared the oche. Growing up in Washington, Tyne and Wear, Jack was a relative latecomer to […]
This year’s Non-League Day saw a rise of 11.92% in total attendance figures for matches played between Steps 1-4 in England. 149,060 spectators attended a game across England’s top four non-league steps on Saturday 22 March – designated as Non-League Day. That correlates to a near 12% increase on last season’s Non-League Day. The highest-attended […]
A game best remembered by many as a key part of their PE lessons, rounders can continue to scratch that competitive and social itch long into adulthood – as Sammy-Jo Austin will tell you. Sammy-Jo, like most, was first introduced to rounders at school. Though she enjoyed playing the game it wasn’t something she pursued […]
Luke Robinson, better known by his online alias Omega Luke, has been entertaining the masses inside the ring as a wrestler and playing Football Manager on YouTube. If you are one of the many who enjoy following your favourite streamer’s Football Manager saves, the chances are that you will have come across the Omega Luke […]
Jessica Edgar-Harris is proud of her northern roots and considers herself to be something of an ambassador of rowing in the north. Attending a state school in Durham, rowing would not have been many kids’ activity of choice. It likely would not have been for Jessica, only for her friends joining the school’s rowing club. […]
James Breese has been cricket-mad since the age of six, playing for Aberystwyth and Cardiff Cricket Club, as well as representing Wales at the Over-40s World Cup last year. Growing up in mid-Wales, James says “in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing else to do”. The keen batsman, and occasional leg-spin, has found a passion […]
