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Sporting conversations with Hal Wood - UoM first team football captain

Only a select few get the opportunity to captain their university’s first team in their chosen sport, with the odds being especially low in a uni such as ours with over 40,000 students.

Yet, this is exactly what Hal Wood, captain and central midfielder for the Men’s University of Manchester football firsts, has managed to achieve.

After playing for the University for three straight years, I caught up with Hal to grasp the ins and outs of what it means to represent the University in a particula
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Matthijs de Ligt: Why the Dutch Colossus Should Not Have Joined Juventus

Matthijs de Ligt moved from his boyhood club Ajax to European giants Juventus in what was one of the summer's biggest transfers. The teenager was snapped up for a fee that could rise to over £75m off the back of a rather extraordinary season in the Dutch capital.

Yet, his decision to join the Serie A champions could be the worst mistake he will make in his whole career.

For a moment, De Ligt had the world at his feet and the opportunity to become an all-time great.

An opportunity he may just
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Black History Month: Exploring Manchester's influential black athletes

The arrival of Black History Month brings the inevitable coverage of the most famous black sportsmen and sportswomen in history from around the world – but there is also a rich history of Black representation in Mancunian sports, too.

Manchester has a rich football history producing England’s most successful club in Manchester United. However, it is perhaps the unheard-of names such as Arthur Wharton that are vital in both footballing and black history. Wharton earned the title of the world’s f
Silver Linings •

Professional Women's Golf to Finally Arrive in Saudi Arabia

Women’s professional golf tournaments are set to hit Saudi Arabia for the first time next month.

The ground-breaking events will take place at the Royal Greens Golf Club and in the form of the Saudi Ladies International, 12-15 November, and the Saudi Ladies Team International, 17-19 November.

Speaking via the BBC, Alexandra Armas, the Ladies European Tour chief executive, commented: “We are extremely excited to be part of history in bringing the first professional women’s golf event to Saudi A
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Héctor Bellerín Joins the Forest ‘Green Revolution’

Arsenal defender Héctor Bellerín has joined the sustainable revolution occurring at League Two side Forest Green Rovers, becoming the club’s second largest shareholder.

Under the guidance of chairman Dale Vince, the Gloucestershire side made waves in the mainstream media when they became fully vegan in 2015, followed by then emerging as the world’s first carbon-neutral sports club in 2017.

The Gunners’ right-back has evidently been wooed by the green initiative of his new partners, speaking of
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Quantuma MDs appointed as Derby County FC administrators | News

A trio of managing directors at business advisory firm Quantuma have been appointed as joint administrators of Derby County Football Club.

The Sky Bet Championship side is one of 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888, and is currently managed by Wayne Rooney.

However, the “significant impact” of Covid-19 has resulted in the club appointing Andrew Hosking, Carl Jackson, and Andrew Andronikou as it enters administration.

Following the announcement, Derby have been docked 12 points i
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Sport in a decade of sustainability

As we enter the 2020s, one topic seems set to dominate the discourse of the ensuing decade. Paradigms on climate change came to the forefront of conversations all over the world in 2019, with climate strikes led by Extinction Rebellion and moving speeches made by teenage activist Greta Thunberg just two of the countless aspects of action taken against climate change.

Yet, the way the new year has erupted in a blaze of catastrophic fires stretching across the surface of Australia, causing devast
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Young English footballers' international options

With Gareth Southgate’s men reaching the semi-finals in Russia over the summer, and drawing The Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League semi-finals, anticipation for the future of the English football could not be higher.

On top of this, it seems like the next set of English youngsters could propel the national side to even greater achievements, with latter stages of major tournaments being reached at all levels of the English set up.

However, the international feats of many of these players is