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The latest updates on local, national and international sport from Durham students.  To pitch your own article, email sport@palatinate.org.uk.

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Can football finally overcome its problem with homophobia?

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 sub.editors 1 Comment Joe Cogan

Blackpool fan Joe Cogan discusses professional footballer Jake Daniels’ recent momentous decision to come out as gay.

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Neil Warnock – A Marmite Figure of English (and Welsh) Football

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Oliver Jervis

“Somehow, some way, he would always manage to get the job done”

Oliver Jervis looks back on the long and illustrious career of Neil Warnock.

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Durham Women FC shift to full-time training model

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments George Simms

“Full-time training is viewed by the club as the natural next step on the road to professionalism”.
George Simms reports on the latest development at Durham Women FC.

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Umran Malik or Arshdeep Singh: Who should India take to the T20 World Cup?

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Sanjay Suri

Sanjay Suri breaks down one of the big questions facing Indian cricket ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.

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Trevs retain Women’s Football Floodlit Cup alongside South Owlesses

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Joe harston

Joe Harston reports on South/Trevs’ Women’s Football Floodlit Cup Final win over Butler.

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The myth of an ‘African style’: how prejudice still lines football discourse

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Luke Power

“We must leave our expectations at the door, lest we miss out on appreciating the unexpected”: Luke Power discusses the dangers of lazy stereotyping in football discourse in the wake of England’s friendly win over Ivory Coast.

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Collingwood deny Trevs double to take home Men’s Football Floodlit Cup

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Joe harston

Joe Harston reports on a Men’s Football Floodlit Cup victory for Collingwood.

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Sport in a time of war: the predicament of Russian athletes

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Anna Noble

Anna Noble assesses the sanctions posed on Russian and Belarusian athletes by sporting organisations.

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What do we do about football’s money addiction?

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Pawlowski

“Sport should be a recluse from the strains of geopolitics, not a vector for the dissemination of the ideals of one group or another”: Ben Pawlowski discusses football’s ownership problem in the wake of the Chelsea-Newcastle clash.

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We race as one – without the women

March 26, 2022March 26, 2022 sub.editors 1 Comment Duru Akin

“Christian Horner claimed that young girls’ growing interest in the sport is due to ‘good-looking’ drivers”: Duru Akin discusses how women are viewed in F1.

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