The Return of Rafa
With the first grand slam of the year on the horizon, tennis fans are turning their eyes down under, where players will be looking to start their season in style.…
Melting Alps: How Climate Change Discourages Skiing
Icy patches, muddy slopes and reduced snow coverage – the tolls climate change has taken on the Alps worsen skiing experience. The white mountains still await the sun’s radiant touch…
The End of Tournament Football?
Modern football fans have grown up seeing competitions such as the Champions League and the World Cup with the same format time and time again, and I can quite confidently…
Society Spotlight: Pole Society
As a sport, pole fitness is much like its participants – resilient, self-assured, and thick-skinned. The journey this activity has endured has aptly been filled with twists, turns, and bumps;…
Formula 1: Anything But Boring
In a season of 22 races, you’d expect Formula 1 to have multiple Grand Prix victors – well, not in 2023. Max Verstappen, this season’s drivers’ champion, has won 17…
Emma Wilson Talks Going for Gold
To the untrained eye, windsurfing is a rather peculiar watch. Athletes wrestle with their eight-metre sail, harnessing the wind to reach speeds upwards of 40 miles per hour. Races are…
Americans fed up with over-advertising in the wake of Super Bowl LVII
Words by Bec Nicol In Britain, American football has never been taken seriously, it has always been dismissed as the lesser sibling of rugby, and nowhere near as exciting as…
The Swimmer of Auschwitz
Words by Bec Nicol Alfred Nakache’s story is one that leaves you with your jaw dropped and a tear in your eye as you learn what one human can experience…
Will the Seagulls flock to new heights in 2023?
Words by Bec Nicol 2022 saw fantastic gains for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C, starting the Premier League with a victory over Manchester United. Following this, Brighton saw several other…
The Meaning of ‘Sport’ in the Holocaust
Words by Bec Nicol Whether or not sports existed in concentration camps is not a thought that crosses one’s mind when reflecting on the Holocaust, however, it did, and the…
British Tennis Players Head Down Under
Words by Bec Nicole It’s that time of the year again for tennis fans, as the 2023 Australian Open gets underway with the main draw scheduled to start on the…
Brighton Running Guide
An all-ability guide for the most beautiful running trails around Brighton.
Sussex’s Sporting Alumni
There is an incredible impact that the students of Sussex University have on the wider world during their time here and after they leave.
Times Are Changing at Brighton
After a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in his first home game as Brighton manager, Roberto De Zerbi faces a challenging start to his career by the coast, but what did…
Montpelier Villa: Brighton’s Other Football Team
The tension was reverberating through the air at the home ground of Whyteleafe WFC in South London before kick-off in the 2nd round of the FA cup against Brighton based…
“It’s Something I Want All The Time” – The Rise of Edouard Mendy
The story of possibly the most unlikely word class keeper Words by Joe Roberts Edouard Mendy is touted as the best goalkeeper in the world, at least according to FIFA…
The Icy Blast That Warmed Our Hearts; GB Women’s Curling at the Winter Olympics 2022
Words by Ava Steed In an otherwise near fruitless year yet again for Great Britain at a Winter Olympics, thank goodness for our Women’s Curling Team who scooped the gold…
A Layman’s Guide to F1
Before you say anything, no it’s not just cars going round and round in a circle. Words by Charlie Batten F1 is one of those sports that you either get…
Francis Ngannou; A Bodyslam to the UFC?
Francis Ngannou retains his title and sets up a fascinating showdown with the organisation Words by Will Vo With rumblings of a boxing match with Tyson Fury on the horizon…
Tackling Stigmas in Football
Navigating LGBTQ+ issues in a sport reluctant to change Words by Lorcan Barnett In October of 2021, Josh Cavallo became the first openly gay professional footballer playing in a top…