Nathan Leamon interview: England’s analyst on how statistics are shaping modern cricket September 17, 2018 Cricket is a game of numbers. While all sport uses them to record the score and to quantify performance – goals scored, points kicked, finishing time – cricket is the most innately linked. From the first Test match between England and Australia in 1877 runs, wickets, overs, extras, maidens and more have been meticulously documented. [...]
Charity chief completes seven marathons across seven continents to raise £36,000 September 17, 2018 A City charity chief executive has completed a personal ambition to run seven marathons across seven continents, raising almost £36,000 for charity in the process. John Craven, who heads social mobility charity Upreach, finished his epic undertaking last week with a run through Chile’s Patagonia region. He overcame “relentless and unforgiving” 40–45mph headwinds to finish [...]
Charity chief completes seven marathons across seven continents to raise £36,000 September 17, 2018 A City charity chief executive has completed a personal ambition to run seven marathons across seven continents, raising almost £36,000 for charity in the process. John Craven, who heads social mobility charity Upreach, finished his epic undertaking last week with a run through Chile’s Patagonia region. He overcame “relentless and unforgiving” 40–45mph headwinds to finish [...]
Ellie Norman interview: Formula One’s director of marketing and communications talks attracting new fans, eSports and grid girls September 16, 2018 Formula One is in good health. Helped by the enduring storyline of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel’s rivalry, dramatic recent races and all the usual combinations of technical intrigue, the sport is doing well on the track. With six races left in the 2018 calendar there are 40 points separating the brash Brit and his [...]
Ellie Norman interview: Formula One’s director of marketing and communications talks attracting new fans, eSports and grid girls September 16, 2018 Formula One is in good health. Helped by the enduring storyline of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel’s rivalry, dramatic recent races and all the usual combinations of technical intrigue, the sport is doing well on the track. With six races left in the 2018 calendar there are 40 points separating the brash Brit and his [...]
Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson: Is the $9m match good for golf or a tacky sideshow? September 16, 2018 Over the next few weeks the attention of golf fans will be increasingly drawn to a genteel corner of France nestled by the Palace of Versailles, where Europe and the United States will resume hostilities in the finest traditions of the Ryder Cup. Once that’s over, however, an altogether gaudier spectacle will be competing for [...]
Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson: Is the $9m match good for golf or a tacky sideshow? September 16, 2018 Over the next few weeks the attention of golf fans will be increasingly drawn to a genteel corner of France nestled by the Palace of Versailles, where Europe and the United States will resume hostilities in the finest traditions of the Ryder Cup. Once that’s over, however, an altogether gaudier spectacle will be competing for [...]
My Sporting Life: Landor’s chief creative officer Peter Knapp on West Ham, archery and the Olympics September 16, 2018 Peter Knapp, chief creative officer at global branding and design agency Landor talks West Ham, lower league football, archery and the Olympics. What is your sporting passion? My passion, my obsession and therefore my depression, is West Ham United. From a very early age, despite all of my family supporting Tottenham, fate decided that I’d be [...]
My Sporting Life: Landor’s chief creative officer Peter Knapp on West Ham, archery and the Olympics September 16, 2018 Peter Knapp, chief creative officer at global branding and design agency Landor talks West Ham, lower league football, archery and the Olympics. What is your sporting passion? My passion, my obsession and therefore my depression, is West Ham United. From a very early age, despite all of my family supporting Tottenham, fate decided that I’d be [...]
The City and Wall Street go head-to-head in Carnegie Cup September 14, 2018 OK, Yankees, it’s on! The Carnegie Links 18-hole Championship is set to host the ultimate golfing face-off between the best of the City and the best of Wall Street. In a Ryder Cup-style format, the most respected golfers from financial institutions from both financial centres will go head-to-head in celebration of the links Andrew Carnegie [...]