The 2024-25 season will be spoken of in Burnley for generations—though the reasons might spark heated debate at every pub and pie shop from Turf Moor to Towneley Park. On the surface, Burnley’s journey looked like a parade of milestones, setting records that redefined defensive dominance in the English Football League. Yet for much of the footballing public, it was the most uninspiring, “boring” promotion in modern memory.

The announcement of the new British & Irish Lions team has created a stir in rugby circles due to its blend of surprising picks along with several well-known players missing from the squad, which has sparked much debate among fans and experts. The upcoming tour creates pressure for head coach Andy Farrell, who has made daring choices that will strongly influence the team's future results.

A while ago, a blog was written explaining why boxing is becoming a farce. Now it's time for a return to the subject and sadly the situation is becoming even worse than before. Boxing isn't just in danger of becoming a farce, it's getting to the stage where it's becoming unecessarily dangerous.

What do you do when you're 58-years-old and had an illustrious boxing career? You either sit back and enjoy all the money you earned, become a commentator/pundit, train the future stars of tomorrow or just hold talks telling everyone how great you are.

Boxing can be one of the most exciting sports to watch. However, it is the way in which the sport is run that is danger of making it a farce. Why are there so many champions and how on earth do they work out their rankings?

Name me the WBA World Heavyweight Champion. I bet you quickly shouted 'Anthony Joshua.' Actually, you'd be wrong because Joshua is the WBA Super Champion. Ok he's good but is he super?

The Premier League title is only days away from being won by Liverpool. Let's turn our attention to the other end of the table. After the weekend fixtures, the bottom three places are filled by Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Norwich City. Supporters of these clubs get ready for Championship football next season as they are the trio heading for relegation.

It is probably fair, and actually more likely an understatement, that the Premier League VAR experiment this season has not gone to plan. Managers, players and fans of the game all wanted it to come into play after a trial last season and after seeing it used in other competitions. However, there have been serious issues, and I think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people, if not all, want something to change next season.

With Tom Brady as their quarterback and Bill Belichick as their head coach, the New England Patriots have gone through a hugely successful spell that has seen them contest a total of nine Super Bowls, winning six of them.

That ties the Patriots for the most Super Bowl wins of any franchise with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who also have six wins. After successfully making the 2020 NFL playoffs, can the Brady-Belichick era give the Patriots another Super Bowl ring, and make them the most-winning Super Bowl franchise of all time?

You certainly wouldn't put it past them.

The beginning of December sees the new Amazon Premier League coverage launch, with 20 games being covered on their Amazon Prime service. This brings football into the live streaming sector for the very first time, and possibly hints at where the Premier League wants to go in the future. However, with the multitude of other deals already in place, is this new TV deal one step too far, both for fans of the game and players?

The UK flat season for 2019 has come to an end, and while the national hunt season will certainly keep us going over the winter period, there is reason to look forward to what 2020 will bring when the flat returns.

As ever, the main talking points all revolve around the five classics that will take place;

• The 1000 & 2000 Guineas
• The Derby
• The Oaks
• and lastly The St Leger.

As we head into the first Grand Slam of 2019, it seems that top level tennis is stuck in something of a time loop. In fact it appears that the top of the game was been caught in the same cycle for as long as anyone cares to remember. Ahead of the Australian Open this year the favourites to lift the men’s trophy in Melbourne are Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.