With two being the prevailing theme this weekend, we took a deeper dive into what's making teams around the league see double.Below is how our staff voted to rank the 12 teams after this weekend's home series. Each participating staff member ranked the CDL teams from No. 1 ...
Nearby, the Training pitches provide ample space for soccer or rugby practice. If you're a cricket fan, make sure to visit Kempton Cricket Ground, where you can catch an exciting match and cheer on the local teams. For a touch of history and culture, head to Sunbury Park Walled Garden,...
Rugby and cricket were both invented in England, but for popularity, nothing beats football (under no circumstances call it soccer when you are here), even it's been more than half a century since England were world champions. London is home to many storied professional football teams, but f...
VOA's Sonny Young, of Sonny Side of Sports, highlights video of South Sudan-born basketball star Luol Deng talking about playing for host Britain at London 2012 Olympics. Stuart Pearce talks about leaving David Beckham off Britain's Olympic football team. And, Sonny Side of Sports salute for...
so kudos to them for having the strength to go out and do that. I think it allows other countries to follow suit. You see other teams start to say “hey, they’re fighting for that, why can’t we?”. They have really made that a public thing and it takes courage to stand up ...
Olympic teams are largely limited to players under 23 years of age, eliminating some of the biggest names in the sport.7 We hope to generate another 10% of ticket revenue from football. Third, there are all the other sports, where supply historically exceeds demand and where we have to wor...
Spend even five-minutes in London and you’ll quickly realize just how obsessed with football (AKA soccer) locals really are. Because in the UK: Football is more than just a pastime, it’s a way of life. And while I personally don’t give a fig about the sport, and am really only...
I play for the school soccer team—I’m one of the best players—and the school organized a visit to Scotland for the soccer team. The plan was to play three matches against schools in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the two biggest cities in Scotland. I was really looking forward to that trip!
opened up fire. It was a bunch of boys playing soccer. And in the digital videos you see everybody standing around, they pull the bodies together. This is last summer. They pull the bodies together. You see the body parts, the legs and boots of the Americans pulling bodies together. Yo...
map of London c. 1900Map of London (c.1900) from the 10th edition ofEncyclopædia Britannica. The metropolis, then the heart of a vast empire, sprawled outward from the communications artery of the River Thames. Grueling labor at its docks generated wages for immigrants living in Stepney,...