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Have the wheels come off Brighton’s promotion challenge?

The wheels haven’t come off Brighton’s season just yet but it was still a miserable week for the Seagulls as they suffered two defeats in a row for the second…

Canaries Crumple As Seagulls Sizzle

Brighton and Hove Albion 5 Norwich City 0 Glenn Houlihan at The Amex A dazzling hat-trick from Glenn Murray alongside goals from Antony Knockaert and Lewis Dunk battered a weary…

Murray double sees Brighton ease past Barnsley

Dan Bennett at The Amex Glenn Murray starred in Saturday’s game against Barnsley, scoring twice in both halves of the game, to secure a third successive championship victory. Having been…

Bees Punish Slack Seagulls

A brace from Scott Hogan secured Brentford all three points at The Amex as the visitors leapfrogged Albion to march up the table. An even opening lacked any clear-cut chances,…

Brighton and Hove Albion: preview

Brighton Hove and Albion look set to match and potentially eclipse last season’s rollercoaster battle for promotion. However, with the arrival of Newcastle, Norwich and Aston Villa, three massive clubs…

Winning sports at Sussex

Sussex had a tremendous year in sport last year with achievements across the board. Our American Football team the Sussex Saxons, had their best season yet winning 6 of their…

Albion vs Brentford Preview

Albion welcome Brentford to Amex this Saturday afternoon, and already the pressure is on for Chris Hughton’s team to live up to their promotion credentials. Five points behind surprise runaway…

Agony at The Amex as Brighton crash out of playoffs

Brighton Hove & Albion 1 – 1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday win 3-1 on aggregate As 24,000 blue and white flags swung across The Amex it seemed even the sun…

Connecting Clubs’ Charity Tournament Triumphs

Close your eyes and picture the perfect cricketing weather. Open them: you’re at Falmer Sports Centre. Connecting Club’s charity tournament was rightfully blessed with a gorgeous day for cricket, and…

Brighton Batter Hapless Fulham

Friday night, under the lights: the scene was set for Brighton to entrench their promotion credentials and collect another vital three points, against a Fulham side packed with quality but…

Major League Baseball’s 2016 season opens in style

America’s Major League Baseball opened the 2016 season with an explosive week of high-scoring games across the American and National Leagues. West Coast sides raced ahead early on in the…

Albion vs Reading Preview

Albion host Reading this coming Tuesday in another vital Championship fixture, with victory potentiality lifting The Seagulls into the coveted automatic promotion places. Reading come into the game on the…

Brighton Outclass Stale Bees

Photo: Paul Hazlewood Brighton 3 – Brentford 0 Brighton welcomed Brentford to the Amex midway through their run of three consecutive home games, after securing a vital three points last…

Brighton edge Huddersfield at the Amex

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – Huddersfield 1 Brighton welcomed Huddersfield to the Amex in conditions worthy of a Victorian novel, an unbroken grey cloud blanketing the stadium; and the…

Sussex University vs Royal Holloway

After a challenging and disappointing cup match against University of Birmingham 1st XV on 25th November, Sussex Women’s Rugby 1st XV played another difficult match against Royal Holloway University of…

Woman’s Basketball beat UEL

Woman’s basketball was led to a resounding 78-34 victory, by their captain, as Sussex beat the University of East London on Wednesday. Stellina Nikolopoulou, the captain, scored 25 points as…

England fans: Must try harder

Morrow’s Muse By the time The Badger has been printed and circulated around campus, Brighton, the UK and indeed the world, Ireland and England will have squared off in what…

Qatar 2022 is the tool needed to prise Blatter away from FIFA

Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA, will on the 29th May, see whether his shaky 17-year tenure as President will finally come to an end. Shrouded in corruption and election…

The return of rainbow laces

On Wednesday 25th February Sussex sports teams will wear rainbow laces in support of anti-homophobia charity, Stonewall When I was 17 I played against the world’s first gay and open…

Sussex Trampolining gives 2015 a jump start

Following our very successful competition in Bristol last November, the Sussex Trampoliners are off to Cambridge the weekend of the 7th February to hopefully win some more gold medals! This…