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Watching the London Broncos play at Griffin Park has always been a fun day out. You can pitch up during the summer months, buy your ticket at the gate and then relax in the stands with a nice cold can of VB as you observe …

February is soon to turn into March and those First Division clubs that are hungry for another season of disappointment in the Premiership are readying themselves for a final push for promotion. For London’s representatives in this division, the automatic route appears to be well …

Last night the Gunners froze in the chill of the Olympic Stadium, and now it is time to see how Mourinho’s Chelsea handle the heat of the Camp Nou. Londonist has been looking forward to this one for aaaaages. We just hope it lives up …

Roll up, roll up, the circus is back in town. Yes, the Champions League has returned, but now the cream of Europe number only sixteen . With the phoney war of the group stages having been completed, combat can resume with the more traditional methods …

On Saturday morning, Londonist awoke from a sound sleep with a self-satisfied smile plastered all over one’s face. It was the fifth round of the FA Cup, and surely the five London teams involved were about to march proudly into the quarter-finals? “Ha!” we proclaimed …

After England’s sorry capitulation to France in the Six Nations on Sunday, many in the rugby union community are coming round to the idea that the defection of Great Britain captain Andy Farrell from League to Union would be no bad thing. So, assuming that …

England’s national football team are rubbish. Do we care? Do we heck! It’s back to our domestic leagues and cup this weekend, which means we can quickly forget about fancy Dutch ideas of positional flexibility, ball possession, tactical awareness etc and instead we can concentrate …

Mido. Sounds like a continental supermarket chain. Or maybe Sweden’s entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. But no, Mido is neither of things. In fact, Mido is Spurs’ new Egyptian striker (The Sun headline writers must be rubbing their hands with glee…), a player …

In case you hadn’t noticed, Islington’s finest are involved in a rather big game this evening, a game with just a little bit of history . Popular opinion has it that Arsenal and Man U are fighting over second place at Highbury tonight, but try …

The third round of the FA Cup, in particular Exeter City’s draw at Old Trafford, inspired the media romantics to come out in force this week. The Grecians’ plucky display had the back pages purring on the subject of magic, wonderment and underdogs sticking it …