A Guernsey runner is hoping to complete 40 marathons in 40 days to raise £1million for charities including Wooden Spoon, in autumn 2011. Stuart Hardie will begin his challenge on September 20 at John O’Groats in Scotland and will run 1000 miles through the Scottish, English and Welsh countryside before finishing the challenge at Land’s End in Cornwall on October 29.
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The race is on to raise £1 million
Record crowds turned out for the penultimate leg of the HSBC IRB Sevens World Series in London, with Twickenham bathed in sunshine for a fantastic weekend of top quality rugby action. The first day of the event brought in a crowd of 54,357, a record in the 12 year history of the series
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South Africa win the London Sevens as NZ are crowned series champions
Let’s take a quick look at the results from the weekend’s matches, the table standings and the draw for the next rounds in these three great competitions.
As the curtains sweep aside the dust of yet another eventful English Premier League season, along with it go the familiar faces of the now relegated. Blackpool Some things are just not meant to be. The Tangerines have undoubtedly been one of the most entertaining sides of the 2010-2011 season, scoring 55 goals, equal to 5th placed Tottenham
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The Hard Goodbye
We’ve put together our Heineken Cup team of the season, and it’s difficult to look past Leinster and Northampton for the majority of positions. Saints and Leinster have boasted fearsome front rows, and a combined unit of Soane Tonga’uhia , Richardt Strauss and Mike Ross would be frightening. Strauss has been exceptional at hooker this season, with the best lineout stats in the competition, and making a nuisance of himself around the park.
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Heineken Cup Team of the Year
Bulls and Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez injured his right knee ligament in Saturday’s Super Rugby clash with the Sharks and will be out of action for 4 – 6 weeks. The Bulls confirmed that Du Preez suffered a grade two medial ligament tear in the defending champions’ victory over the Sharks on Saturday, ruling him out for the remaining regular season games in the southern hemisphere provincial championship
The finals are drawing near, which means that fantasy crunch time is fast approaching. Each week is becoming more and more valuable
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G&GR Fantasy League Update – Round 14
It’s been called one of the greatest European cup finals we’ve seen, and it probably wasn’t far off as Leinster came back from the dead to pull off an inspired Heineken Cup tournament win over Northampton Saints in Cardiff on Saturday. Down 22-6 after a first half onslaught, Leinster came back to win the match 33-22 in sensational fashion
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Leinster fight back to win a classic Heineken Cup Final in Cardiff
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Gagger, Mr Timms, Scott “Austin” Allen take a look as some of the interesting stats (Gagger’s favourite palindrome) from the weekend and show regular Richard “Woody” Graham joins us for another of his Round Ups.
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Podcast 21 – Boys Light Up
