A cancer patient who is a Nottingham Forest fan has started his embark on a 140-mile walk to raise vital funds for charity. Liam Bradley and colleague, Mike Goodchild are walking from Ipswich to Nottingham to arrive in time for Saturday’s Premier League fixture between Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town. Mesothelioma UK, the national asbestos-related…
A flurry of off-season signings, mixed with a plethora of ‘old heads’ has seen the new-look Nottingham Hoods take a little time to bed themselves into the 2024/25 campaign. Under the erstwhile guidance of Serbian Head Coach, Vladan Dragosavac, himself new to the Nottingham brand, the Hoods find themselves heading into a home clash with…
Midlands-based total body workout specialist, Versaclimber UK, is to make its functional fitness debut in Newark as it partners with Midlands Fitness Games (MFG) for its much-anticipated event in October. Created in 2019 by structural engineer, Jack Simmons, and gym owner, Myles Brownhill, the event is a fitness fanatics’ answer to functional fitness in the Midlands and the…
Changes afoot in Nottingham ahead of the new Basketball season with National Basketball League Division One outfit, Nottingham Hoods, welcoming on-board both a new co-owner, and a new head coach as the excitement continues to build. A narrow defeat at the weekend, as the Hoods welcomed a USA Select to the Wildcats Arena, was certainly…
Next year (2025) will see Netball’s Super League celebrate its 20th Anniversary, and Nottingham Forest have entered the party, led by England national team legend, Chelsea Pitman, and her all-star cast. The league replaced what was the AENA Super Cup back in 2005 with eight teams vying for the title, which was won by the…
Back-to-back undefeated regular seasons for the first time in franchise history, and a third unbeaten campaign overall, the Nottingham Caesars are heading back to the Northern Championship game for the second successive season. Falling, agonisingly, to the Newcastle Vikings, in 2023, Head Coach Vanden Warner and his impressive band of merry men have ensured that…
Cycling to John O’Groats whilst some of the drama of the Euros unfolds! Off the train at Wigan station on Monday morning, July 8th, (where the three of us finished last year’s cycle ride from Land’s End) and it’s out of town along the canal towpath. A watery start is set to be a theme…
Sam Perkins, from East Leake, Nottinghamshire, has been named as a finalist in this year’s Outstanding Commitment category for the GoCardless JustGiving Awards, after raising more than £250,000 for charity. In 2019, at age 37, Sam was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) which led to him losing the ability to eat, speak, and breathe,…
Boxing fans will head to Birmingham next month as Frank Warren’s Magnificent 7 returns to the Resorts World Arena on Saturday July 20th. This action-packed night promises to be one of the most exciting events of the year, featuring some of the sport’s most talented fighters in highly anticipated matchups. Nottingham born boxer Ezra Taylor…
Beeston Ladies are set for a third consecutive cup final. The University Boulevard based hockey team is poised to make sporting history as they prepare for their third consecutive appearance in the national cup final. The women’s first team, representing Beeston Hockey Club, is aiming to become the first-ever squad to secure three consecutive national cup…
Coming agonisingly close to promotion last time around, Nottingham’s American Football roster, the Nottingham Caesars, are more than ready to go again, and the aim is the same, take the final step into the promised land. An undefeated regular season in 2023 would see the Caesars (10-0; 11-1 overall) win their sixth, divisional title, before…
There’ll be a new-look to the Nottingham Outlaws when they take to the field in late-April, ahead of the new Rugby League season. Having spent the past eight seasons toiling through the mire of the Yorkshire League, the Outlaws have, at the start of this year, announced that the 2024 season will see them return…
Both snooker and darts have lit up the start of the sporting year with record wins for Ronnie O’Sullivan and an emerging talent in 16-year-old Luke Littler with both superstars of their genres gripping the nation in recent finals. Both sports actually have long connection back to the city of Nottingham with the Heart of…
Peter Shilton, Stuart Broad, Mary Earps, as well as Becky and Ellie Downie, were amongst the plethora of names announce this weekend in the King’s End of Year Honours List. Of the five, legendary ex-Nottingham Forest and England goalkeeper, Peter ‘Shilts’ Shilton, was previously awarded that of the MBE (1986) and OBE (1991), now he’s…
Sitting joint-fourth (fifth) in the National Basketball League Division One, level with both Newcastle University and Loughborough Riders on a dozen points, it’s been a mixed opening half to the season for the Nottingham Hoods basketball team. The season actually began, back in early October, with back-to-back success at their Wildcats Arena, defeating first Derby…
It seems we’ve forgotten our roots at Nottingham Sport, in truth we’re struggling for journalists as nobody wants to work for free… And that’s why some of our local sides, unfortunately like Nottingham Wildcats, have been ‘pushed to the side’ when it comes to coverage. As Editor, I feel for those ‘full time’ media outlets…
Mary Alexandra Earps and Stuart Christopher Broad afforded Nottingham a 1-2 finish at this weeks’ 70th BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, with Earps, goalkeeper for Manchester United and England, taking home the main accolade. Earps, 30, is the second successive Lioness to claim the prestigious SPOTY, following on from England team-mate, Arsenal’s Beth…
North Notts born jockey, Hayley Turner, two months shy of her 41 birthday, has become the first British, female jockey, to reach the milestone of 1000 wins on the flat; another first in what has been a long and distinguished career on horseback. Born within shouting distance of Nottingham Racecourse, in the early eighties, Ms….
Undefeated in five outings, and with a 53 second stoppage win on her debut, Emma Dolan, now residing in the Newark area of Nottinghamshire is, heading to Friday’s local dust-up with Nicola Hopewell, as the Commonwealth super flyweight champion. Represented by Carl Greaves Promotions, Dolan, 5-0(1), moved to Nottinghamshire, from her native Norfolk, she’s a…
Beeston Ladies 1s hosted Clifton Robinsons in a hard-fought game at Nottingham Hockey Centre on Saturday 30th September. The sides have now met 8 times in three season across league and cup competitions. Clifton started the better of the two sides scoring in the 8th minute with a well worked move that resulted in the ball falling…
