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The Stadium of Light ahead of a Wear-Tyne Derby. From back-bedroom banter to global Netflix exposure – and standing up for the truth regardless of the consequences – the Wise Men Say podcast has documented over a decade of Sunderland AFC’s highs and lows. Joe Burton reports… Long before football podcasting became a slick, […]
Nordi Mukiele spoke to Sky Sports after Sunderland’s lacklustre 2-0 away defeat against Bournemouth. Mukiele, Sunderland defender, said: “I have to be honest with you, we are not good, we are not good enough. We struggle everywhere, we do not score enough and we concede so much”. The disappointing start to the season comes off […]
With Sunderland now sat bottom of the Premier League table after seven games pressure has begun to mount on Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris. In a week where Sunderland narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat to second division Portuguese side Torreense, the Black Cats also suffered a disappointing defeat to struggling Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. […]
A North East sporting academy is swapping County Durham for the global stage, to represent England in a world cup football competition – twice over. Park View AFC’s academy men’s and women’s sides are playing in the World Schools Football World Cup in China, which started this week, run by the International School Sport Federation […]
Football is without doubt the sport which reigns supreme in the North East of England. So why is American football – certainly the lesser-known ‘football’ in the region – attracting international students here, to both play and study? Freddie Cowey reports. For Canada-born Sunderland University (SU) students Mohamed Ghanem and Kevin Hanna, the chance […]
Newcastle RedBulls announced the postponement of the NewZealand Hurricanes player Fehi Fineanganofo contract to 2027. Fineanganofo will continue to play for the Hurricanes for the 2026/27 season and is chasing the opportunity to play for the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup 2027. The club originally announced his signing in January for a two […]
On Friday, October 9, Gateshead FC, known to fans as the Heed, announced that US-based investors Flacks Group had agreed a deal to buy the club. This is exciting news for Heed fans, as the club currently sit bottom of the table with few valuable assets. After a terrible start to the campaign with just […]
A group of international pharmacy students at Sunderland University are celebrating the anniversary of a social group they created to help those away from home. The Pill Pushers, as they are known as, celebrated their second anniversary on the same weekend as World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2026. The Group, started by Zane Osman, Steve […]
Durham Cricket have confirmed head coach Ryan Campbell is set to move into the club’s vacant director of cricket and high performance role. The 54-year-old former Australia wicketkeeper was appointed in 2022, and has overseen four seasons of relative success in Chester-le-Street following a turbulent spell under previous boss James Franklin. Campbell’s change of responsibilities […]
The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone at Whickham FC. The club’s budget for the season was deemed unsustainable, and players and staff were asked to take a pay cut. In response, the senior first-team players chose to leave for other clubs, while joint managers David Palmer and Dan Craggs resigned. The club […]
