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Football: Paul Hart Appointed Crystal Palace Manager

In a strange (and entirely unsexy) wife-swap, Crystal Palace have announced that Paul Hart — sacked as QPR boss a few weeks ago — will be taking over as manager of the club, following Neil Warnock’s departure yesterday to the aforementioned Queens Park side. While …

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Roller Derby Preview: Fistful Of Rollers @ Excel

By Mike King More roller derby history in the making is coming your way this month as the London Rollergirls’ all star London Brawling team take on the Texas Hustlers in the first US v UK roller derby bout ever. The Hustlers are the original …

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QPR Appoint Fifth Manager Of Season

Queens Park Rangers last night announced the appointment of their fifth manager this season, and the 11th since the club’s takeover in 2006 by Flavio Briatore, et al. They didn’t need to travel far to find the new gaffer — it’s Neil Warnock, recently seen …

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Uncivil War: London Rockin Rollers Go Intra-League

Rockin’ Roller history was made at York Hall on Saturday with the dames’ first in house battle pitting two of their new home teams against each other. More used to playing as one stripy legged team in striking red and black the Rockin’ Rollers have …

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Rockin’ Rollers First Intra-League Bout: Uncivil War

By Suke There are finally so many red hot roller dames in the Rockin’ Rollers that they’ve had to create their own intra-league to give them all an opportunity to bolt round that track and exercise their jamming, dodging, blocking and falling over. This Saturday …

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2012 Olympic Pool Filled With Water For First Time

Look, see, on this here webcam. The Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park has its first pool. The dive tank is the smallest in the complex and the first to be completed. The current inundation is to test the structure before work progresses on the …

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Man Stabbed To Death After Football Match

A police investigation is underway after the body of a man was found near Selhurst Park stadium yesterday evening. The victim, in his thirties or forties, was discovered in White Horse Lane with multiple stab wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The body …

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Where To Play Darts In London…Mapped And Annotated

An estimated 10,000 people will file into the O2 tonight for the opening of the darts Premier League. It’s said to be Britain’s biggest indoor sporting event. Clearly a game in rude health, then. But darts is suffering at grassroots level, thanks to a gradual …

You can expect us to be horizontal at the top of the vertical too. Photo by Mike King.

Vertical Rush Training Update #2: Thigh High

You can expect us to be horizontal at the top of the vertical too. Photo from last year by Mike King. Vertical Rush is three and half weeks away and plucky Team Londonist’s training has reached another level entirely. Here’s a sneaky peak inside two …

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First 3D Football Match To Be Broadcast… But Where?

2.30pm update: A website called, appropriately enough, Sky 3D, has posted what it purports is the list of pubs that will be showing the game. Note: purports is the key word here, people — we’ve got no real idea if the list is legit or …

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Crystal Palace Enter Administration

You can hear the cries from Croydon across the city (and maybe the gloats and cheers from Charlton to Millwall to Brighton): Crystal Palace have gone into administration, according to administrators P&A Partnership. Fans can’t say they haven’t been warned. The signs have been there …