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For a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) world champion, Harry Hardwick is quite the unassuming figure. He looks like your everyday guy from Middlesbrough who enjoys the simple things in life such as video games. I recently went to Middlesbrough Fight Academy (MFA) to speak to Hardwick who is the current Cage Warriors featherweight world champion, […]
Newcastle Falcons’ search for a Gallagher Premiership win this season continued after a 42-10 loss to the visiting Leicester Tigers at Kingston Park last Saturday. Callum Chick captained the Falcons on his 150th appearance for the club and scored the team’s only try, with a pick-and-go in the second half, as the away side […]
This weekend’s North East derby between Sunderland AFC Women and Newcastle United Women is expected to break the attendance record for a Women’s Championship match. Sunderland revealed that 12,000 tickets were sold for the fixture at the Stadium of Light on October 13 – and the club is now aiming to sell 20,000. 12,000 […]
Black Cats boss Regis Le Bris plans to use this week’s international break as a ‘pause for thought’ to tune his players more closely into his game strategies. A break in the weekly league action can be a problem for high-flying teams like Sunderland, because it can disrupt their flow – as fans saw […]
Wearside MMA fighter Mick Parkin is starting to make a name in the world’s biggest promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship. Sunderland fighter Mick Parkin is on the cusp of breaking into the top 15 heavyweights in the world’s biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The North East has had lots of success […]
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe says his under-performing star players may face the bench if they continue failing to play to their potential. Howe faces some difficult decisions after a shaky start to the Premier League season, and key players – such as Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Anthony Gordon and the injured Alexander Isak – turning in […]
Sunderland returned to the summit of the Championship last night, with a 2-0 victory over Derby County. Jobe Bellingham broke the deadlock in the 40th minute, with summer signing Wilson Isidor doubling the Black Cats lead 10 minutes into the second half. That makes it two goals in two games for the French striker but, […]
Goals from Jobe Bellingham and Wilson Isidor against Derby County yesterday have placed Sunderland on top of the Championship league table. After the 1-2 loss against Watford on Saturday, Sunderland were third, but yesterday’s 2-0 win put them closer to the Premier League. The Black Cats are on a dream start under new head coach […]