Meeting Fran Alonso: An insight into Equality FC
What do Wayne Rooney, Romelu Lukaku and the Lewes FC Women’s team have in common? They’ve all been coached by Fran Alonso. The 42 year-old has swapped life in the…
Meeting Matt Jackson: Brighton’s YouTube football sensation
The University of Sussex hosted a YouTube Panel Discussion on 26 February and one of the speakers for the event was footballing YouTube Creator Matt Jackson. As a Brighton-based YouTube…
A First Timer’s Account of a Football Match
With my dad and older brother both being very interested in sports, I grew up surrounded by them playing football on our lane and watching sports on the television. Despite…
Nike cash in on Kaepernick campaign
In 1988 Nike premiered their, now infamous, “Just Do It” campaign, showing 80-year-old Walt Stack jogging across the Golden Gate Bridge. 30 years and a lot of controversy later, Nike…
France in Fine Fettle
Prior to the start of the quadrennial tournament this summer, football fans across the world grew sceptical over Russia’s credentials and ability to host the most prestigious tournament in world…
Sussex Women’s Rugby on brink of invincible season
Sussex Women’s Rugby 1st team are on the brink of an unbeaten, title-winning season in the South Eastern 2A division, following a remarkable eight wins from eight as they head…
Sussex Cup to replace varsity
This April the University of Sussex Students’ Union will be hosting the first Sussex Cup. The Cup has been organised to replace the annual varsity games that were canceled in…
The Ashes: Test 2, Day 1
Will Hainsworth on the first day of the second Ashes test… Afternoon Session The first ever day/night ashes test got underway this morning: England won the toss and chose to…
First Ashes test: the review
Our cricket writer Will Hainsworth with an extensive review of the first Ashes test… Day One The 2017/18 Ashes is underway and we were greeted not with the tumultuous and…
Southgate must bring back excitement to England in the lead up to Russia
With qualification secured for next summer’s World Cup Finals in Russia, how will England fare after such a disappointing tournament last time out? Harry Kane’s last minute winner against Slovenia…
High hopes for Sussex’s student sport clubs after last year’s success
Finishing only five points short of a top 40 place, Sussex ended the 2016-17 year in their highest ever position in the BUCS league table, sitting 41st and well clear…
No Varsity events for 2018
Varsity sports events will not go ahead in 2018, following violence that broke out this past year. The news comes after concerns about the future of the contest following clashes…
Springing forward to a summer of sport
Alas fair readers, as this is the last printed edition of The Badger I thought it would be apt to look ahead to the summer of sport whilst we are…
2017: Football so far…
We are barely four months into 2017 but already so much has happened in the world of football. In this piece we look back at four of 2017’s biggest footballing…
A modern day football rivalry
Derby days are what make football special. The bragging rights that accompany your team’s victory in the North vs. South, or the East vs. West, are what football fans around…
Trump, Mexico and Muirfield: A busy month for golf
It has been quite a busy month in the exciting (yes, exciting) world of golf. Former world number one and current world number three Rory McIlroy hit the golf course…
England’s elite dominate the FA Cup
The quarter finals of the FA Cup came around this weekend with all the misty-eyed ex-football player pundits cooing over the ‘magic of the cup’ audiences could ever want. The…
Sussex vs. Brighton Varsity 2017 Live-Blog
It’s an overcast, windy and damp day here in Brighton but that has done nothing to dampen (sorry) the spirits of the Brighton and Sussex players and fans alike. Atmosphere…
NFL Combine sees new stars emerge
It is that time of the American Football calendar once again when the new crop of college footballers flex their muscles in front of General Mangers and coaches alike in…
Wayne Rooney: Should he stay or should he go?
At 31 years of age, Wayne Rooney is certainly nearing the end of what has been a glistening Premier League career. The Manchester United and England captain had offers from…