Sweden qualified for the 2018 World Cup by defeating Italy 1-0 on aggregate in their playoff. It is Sweden's first World Cup qualification since 2006. Meanwhile, Italy failed to qualify for the first time since 1958. Denmark thrashed Ireland 5-1 in their playoff, with Christian Eriksen scoring a hat-trick. Leyton Ladies lost a close volleyball match to Barnet despite Jasmine's strong performance. Brazil won the men's volleyball gold medal at the Olympics, defeating Italy 3-0 at home to achieve their goal after losing in two previous finals."

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3. Now everyone wants to look
like an athlete we see on our TV.
Sports athletes like Usain Bolt,
Louis Smith, and Jessica Ennis. But
people can’t resist the temptations
by fast foods restaurant like Nan-
dos, KFC and also sweets and fizzy
drinks.
1. Don’t skip breakfast. I know
everybody has here this before
but it’s true. Breakfast is the most
important meal of the day. If you’re
not a heavy eater don’t worry you
can have a glass of orange juice
than either have toast or a boiled
egg.
2. Stay hydrated. It’s very easy to
over eat when dehydrated.When
your training through the week
don’t just drink water when you
do a work out. Have a bottle water
throughout the day to keep your
body hydrated.
3. Cut out the junk food. The best
athletes fuel their body with the
best food. Fast, fried food is bad
for your health as well as alcoholic
drinks. Start eating food like fruits
and vegetables, meats like lean beef,
chicken breast and lame. Nuts,
Seeds and Peanuts, fish and grains.
4. Eat iron-rich foods.This is espe-
cially for the women because most
women are lacking iron. Foods like
dark leafy green foods, red meat,
and oatmeal can help with iron
deficiency.Also taking iron supple-
ment can help boost your levels.
5. Make a plan. Plan out what you
eat for the day. Prepare your meals
for the week beginning on a Sun-
day. So this way you’ll have your
meals ready and you can spend
time during the week on more
important things.
6. Don’t restrict yourself.What
most people think about getting
slim is to cut down on calories.Try
again.This is a common mistake
that so many people make.
It’s true.To lose weight you want
less calories coming in than going
out but badly limiting your calories
can backfire.Your body will have a
hard time to hold onto every calo-
rie because you’re eating schedule
is so spare. Be sure to eat on a
regular schedule.
7. Don’t count out carbs. If you are
a long distances or any endurance
event, then carbs are the fuel that
you need for peak performance.
The night is the best time to re-
plenish your carb intake instead of
the day or before a run.
The best way to get a correct
amount of carbs without overload-
ing is to replace a small protein or
vegetable at dinner with some sort
of carb-rich food.
8. Eat to recover.What you eat
after a workout is just as impor-
tant as what you eat before. Here’s
a great source of both protein and
carbs is chocolate milk. Drinking
chocolate milk after a workout
will help reduce muscle soreness
and fatigue. It will also help with
recovery speed. If you can’t con-
sume chocolate milk right after a
workout, be sure to do it within 20
minutes after you work out.
Other options are Protein shakes,
low fate cheese or a small sand-
wich with an egg or lean meat.
9. Eat right. Eating right for an
athlete means eating whole foods.
Athletes have a balance diet loaded
with fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole
grains. Protein and more.
Next time you go to a supermar-
ket or your local shop try stocking
up on these ingredient and try to
cut down on the anything artificial
and keep working out regularly
then soon you will have a body like
an athlete.
Wild Berry Shake
INGREDIENTS
2 scoops whey protein
8 raspberries
4 strawberries
15 blueberries
2 cups nonfat milk
1 handful ice
Almond Blast Shake
INGREDIENTS
2 scoops vanilla whey protein
1-1/2 cups skim milk
1/2 cup dry oatmeal
1/2 cup raisins
12 slivered almonds
1 tbsp peanut butter
Top tips for eating like
an Athlete
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4. CONTENTS
SWEDEN GRASP A
1-0 WIN OVER ITALY
DENMARKTHUMP
IRELAND 5-1
LEYTON LOSETO
BARNET
BRILLIANT BRAZIL
WIN GOLD
BELLEW AND HAYE
POST-PONED
CHRISTMAS 5-A-SIDE
TOURNAMENT
FORMER CZECH RE-
PUBLIC STAR DIES
VINCE SCORES 83
AGAINST AUSTRALIA
LEWIS’ EARNINGS
REVEALED
LEWIS WINS
FOURTH GP
IS WWE A REAL
SPORT?
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5. S
weden beat Italy 1-0 (agg.) to reach
the 2018 World Cup in Russia.This
is a phenomenal achievement for
the Swedes, Few thought it would be
possible, but they proved them wrong
and qualified.
This is the first time in which Sweden
have qualified since 2006, and without
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden has qualified
into the most coveted tournament in
sports history and It happened after
two intense, agitated games, that saw
Sweden eke out a 1-0 aggregate win
against Italy with an excellent goal from
the substitute Jakob Johansson a defen-
sive midfielder for AEK Athens. He is a
box-to-box midfielder, with his stand-out
features being his exceptional physique,
excellent passing, build-up play and mark-
ing. He got Sweden the win and the fans
where over the moon.
Sweden was a clear underdog in the
play-off match however they did not
let that get to them and instead they
pulled up their socks and managed to es-
cape with a win despite the fact that Italy
completely dominated the game, Sweden
managed to pull out a win to qualify for
2 December 2017
the other hand is left begrudging an
apathetic performance that means it will
miss out on its first World Cup since
1958.
There was booing during Sweden’s
national anthem and booing in the har-
ried last-second chaos inside their own
goal area. Sweden withstood the pressure
with a compact defensive game and a
cohesive team effort and evidentially
Sweden beat Italy at their own game. Af-
ter the final whistle the Sweden exhausted
players were over the moon and cheered
together for their huge achievement.
and booing in the harried last-second
chaos inside their own goal area. Sweden
withstood the pressure with a compact
defensive game and a cohesive team
effort and evidentially Sweden beat Italy
at their own game.
After the final whistle the Sweden
exhausted players were over the moon
and cheered together for their huge
acievement.
the World Cup.
Sweden where in a tough qualifying
group with France and the Netherlands
both in their group however Sweden
headed into its play-off match against
Italy and clawed out an away victory to
allow them to qualify along with France.
It has been 60 years since Italy have
failed to qualify for the World Cup and
it’s the second ever time not qualifying
in their whole history, they must be
devastated, broken hearted and outraged
with their teams performance and how
they lack scoring goals despite the large
amount of chances that they create.
Because of Sweden qualifying for the
World cup they have won £8 million
each as Fifa rewards this to all World
Cup entrants.There could be more
money in the pot if Sweden advance
even further in the tournament next
summer.
Media in Sweden, talks about the
advancement to Russia 2018 as one
of Sweden’s biggest moments. Italy on
“An excellent goal from the substi-
tute Jakob Johansson”
Sweden grasp a 1-0 win against Italy
By Thadeus O’Connor
Sweden qualify for World Cup whilst Italy
bomb out for the first time since 1958
Jakob Johansson celebrating his goal with the rest of his team mates
PG 4
FOOTBALL

6. December 2017 1
Super player
Christian Erik-
sen grabs a hat-
trick.
The Republic of Ireland have failed
to reach the 2018 World Cup as
Denmark smashed them 5-1 on the 14th
November 2017 in Dublin at the Aviva
Stadium, Irelands own territory.
In
addi-
tion
to
this
it
was
su-
per
play-
er
Christian Eriksen’s
hat-trick that gave Denmark an emphat-
ic victory in the play-off to reach Russia
2018.After the game hat-trick scorer
Eriksen was buzzing with so much joy
and he said to the media:
“It’s an
incredible feeling.We’ve been fighting
for so long to get to the World Cup.
We are very much looking forward to
it. It’s not often I score any
hat-trick so of course it is
incredible.”
After a goalless first leg in Denmark, Ire-
land made the perfect start by scoring a
fantastic goal just after five minutes.The
goal scorer came from defender Shane
Duffy with an incredible leap into the air
as he nodded in his second international
goal to take the lead and make it 1-0.
This goal came from a set piece which
was taken from the halfway line and the
visitors Denmark failed to clear it with
Denmark thump Ireland 5-1.
some inept defending and poor marking.
Ireland could have gone further ahead
in the lead but striker daryl murphy
smashed the ball into the side netting
with a poor shot. Soon after this winger
James
McClean drove the ball wide following a
slick team move from The Boys in Green.
It was very unprofessional from here on
out from Ireland’s point of view as they
are 1-0 up at home, so they should be
looking on to win the match as expected
by the fans, but this was not the case at
all, not one slightest bit. Denmark got
a stroke of luck as they got a great cross
into the box to Danes who struck the ball
with great precision at the goal and luck-
ily got a slight deflection off of Ireland’s
defender Cyrus Christie causing the ball
to smack into his own goal. Cyrus was
ashamed for letting his teammates down
and allowing Denmark to equalise, and
he looked like he had lost his confidence
throughout the game along with the rest
of Ireland’s
are 1-0 up at home, so they should be
looking on to win the match as expected
by the fans, but this was not the case
at all, not one slightest bit. Denmark
got a stroke of luck as they got a great
cross into the box to Danes who struck
the ball with great precision at the goal
and luckily got a slight deflection off of
Ireland’s defender Cyrus Christie causing
the
ball to
smack
into
his
own
goal.
Cyrus
was
ashamed for letting his teammates down
and allowing Denmark to equalise, and
he looked like he had lost his confidence
throughout the game along with the
rest of Ireland’s defence by the way that
Denmark tore them apart.
Denmark got another break and looked
extremely dangerous on the counter
Denmark show their dominance in their
match against Ireland showing no mercy
PG 5
FOOTBALL

7. L
eyton ladies were defeated at home
in a high intensity, entertaining
match against the mighty Barnet on
the 16th December 2017.
The game did not start well for
Leyton as they conceded easy points
right from the beginning making a lot of
unforced errors as they were unsettled
quickly.
LSC did gradually start picking up
points and smoothly got back into the
game levelling it at 10-10 before switch-
ing sides. Although LSC now had all
the momentum, they found themselves
in the same situation as before as they
started to give away a lot of points really
early in the second half before getting
back into the groove picking up points
again.
Ultimately Barnet’s quick start to
the game helped them pick up the win
which during the course of the game
was deserved. Leyton Ladies really need
to improve on starting the game quickly
if they want to compete at the top level
because they have the talent but need
to start quicker because that’s cost
them a few wins this season.
After the game, a disappointed
Jessica, 18, who studies Physical
education had this to say,“I feel that
we did well but ultimately what cost us
was our individual errors that lead to
their points, which is very disappointing.
But hey, in the future moving forward we
can improve upon this and ensure we
are mentally and physically prepared, and
then we will be ready to start building
consecutive wins.”
After the match although it was dis-
appointing it was all smiles for the team
photo as they look to the future and not
the past.
LSC have a few tough games next
at home and away and will be training
hard so that they don’t make the same
mistakes again.
Match Rating- Leah 1 - 6.7 Number
7 – 6.5 Number 8 – 6.9 Chantelle 10 –
6.6 Jessica 17- 6.8
Erika 19- 6.6 Geogina31 7.0 Num-
ber 32- 7.2
Leyton Lose To Barnet 17-24
Above: Leyton Ladies celebrating points scored against Barnet which gave
them a glimpse of hope; right: team photo.
Leyton Ladies lost a tight fought game of volleyball at home
to Barnet. Jojo Kabo saw the game
Jasmine, 32, stood out from the rest
of the Leyton Ladies squad as she per-
formed extremely well scoring the most
points for her team.
After the game she said,“I try my
hardest every game and I give my all to
the team and I try to ensure my team
has the best chances of winning.”
Amy Turle, team coach, was diss-
apointed at the end of the match but
praised the effort of the girls as they
fought to the very end. She said,“Overall
it was dissapointed the girls lost but I
can’t fault the effort as they tried there
hardest till the very end.They gave it
there all but they just came up against a
better skilled and physical team that had
hungrier players than us which ultimately
helped them pick up points here and
now to win the game.We just have to
bounce back from this defeat and look
foward to our next games.”
VOLLEYBALL
PG 6

8. Brilliant Brazil Wins Gold
Brazil beat Italy 3-0 at home in the final to win olymic gold
medal after being defeated twice in the final previously.
Above: Team photo of the Brazillian team that triumphed over italy and as you
can see there are all smiles.
B
razil finally overcame the odds,
having lost two previousVolleyball
World Cup finals, to achieve their
goal of being World Champions.
To win the win the Olympic gold
medal at home and ruleing out any
shock victory in there yard.They won
the game by 3-0 comfortably and made
ammends to there loss against russia 4
years earlier and all you could see on
the faces of the briazillian was joy and
relief. They have waited not 4 years but
8 years as they lost in two finals back
to back and they finally achieved goal.
The captain said at the end of the game,
“ This is the proudest moment for me to
be a brazillian, winning the gold medal is
an execeptional thing to do and we just
done it. I won this medal not only for
myself but for my country, my family and
most importantly, my team.We have jjust
become the best in the world and that in
itself is a massive achievemement. Now
its time to celebrate,
The Brazillian coach was over the moon
and was full of joy and had this to say,
“ This is what i have been dreaming of
ever since I became coach and
i now say we finally became
coach of the national team.
To win the world champi-
onships it meas you are the
best in the world and that
what we are now. I can tell you we have
worked extremely hard to get to this,
training hard every day, putting extra
hours into playing volleyball and being
extra discipline.This is only the start of
our dominance and i can assure you we
will try our hardest to make a legacy for
this team dominating and dominating in
the next few years. In the match Brazil
came out of the blocks quickly earning
the first few points.Wants they got into
there strive there was no stopping them,
they dominated each half and at times
you would not even believe it was a final.
You coulld tell from the first minute
they were out for revenge after there
dissapointing previous two finals where
they were defeated and they were never
going to make it 3 in arow. Brazil did
not get off to the greatest of starts in
the competiton as they were defeated
“CHAMPIONS,
CHAMPIONS, OLE,
OLE, OLE, OLE”
in there first game but ever since then
they turned it around rolling over any
and every team that came across them.
They are full of talents and incredible to
watch and they are no doubt a threat for
the future of mens volleyball. If they fail
to keep there squad together it is going
to be extremely hard for them to hold
on to the world championships as the
others will be looking to bounce back at
the next event.
VOLLEYBALL
PG 7

9. Tony Bellew and David Haye Post-
poned.
In the first fight between the pair Bellew
wiped the floor with Haye and made him
look like a fool in front of his own fans.
Haye won the first couple of rounds but
from then on it was all Bellew. Haye was
wobbling and the fight should have been
stopped because it was clear he couldn’t
carry on and then finally the white towel
was thrown in and Bellew was declared
the winner. Bellew was the better boxer
and out boxed Haye in every aspect of
the fight from round 1 to round 12.
David Haye and Bellew arranged for a
rematch at the same venue at the O2 are-
na where Haye hoped to get his revenge
for being made a fool of in front of his
fans in his own back yard. However the
fight is now postponed due to a serious
injury which Haye has suffered. He picked
up a serious blow during a training clash
which he took part in he had injured his
bicep.This forced him to pull out of the
showdown. It was then revealed all over
social media that Haye had sustained
an injury while training which is costing
him his chance of revenge against Bellew.
Everyone was deflated as they were all
looking forward for the rematch, as the
former world heavyweight champion had
to pull out of his rematch with Bellew.
The fight was scheduled for the 17th
December and is now being touted for
a rescheduled date in March or May of
next year as Haye vowed to return to the
ring. But there is no guarantee that the re-
match will happen.Haye has a long history
with fight
withdrawals. He pulled out of two
scheduled dates to fight Tyson Fury
several years ago.
David Haye posted a video on social
media which showed him working out de-
spite having his arm in a sling, and he also
provided an update on his fitness.
“I am sure you are already aware that my
much-
anticipated rematch with Tony Bellew has
been
postponed,” said Haye.
4 December 2017
Tyson Fury is coming back.
Both former heavyweight world champi-
on Fury and his cousin, Hughie Fury, were
charged on the 24th of June 2016 with
the “presence of a prohibited substance”
following drugs tests.Tyson Fury is now
29 and has not fought since November
2015 when he outpointed Wladimir
Klitschko for the WBA, IBF and WBO
belts.
He has resumed training and plans to
make a return in spring 2018.Tyosn Fury
wants to fight Anthony Joshua with him
being number one on his hit list, however
it is quite clear that he will need a couple
of fights before he is ready for the fight
with Anthony Joshua Even though Fury’s
team may disagree this is the cold truth.
An
Anthony Joshua vs.Tyson Fury fight
would be huge to all boxing fans and if
Fury can get a couple of wins before tak-
ing him on a will gather a large audience.A
recent poll indicated that the fight some
fans want to see when Tyson Fury returns
to the ring is Fury vs. Shannon Briggs.
Briggs is a 45-year-old who has twice
been suspended for positive tests and
since losing toVitali Klitschko in 2010 has
not fought anyone. In-addition to all of
this Tyson Fury has called out Tony Bellew
after it was announced that Bellew’s fight
with David Haye would be postponed.
He did this In a video on Instagram, Fury
asserted “I’ll be ready, willing and waiting
to fight Tony Bellew May 5th, O2 Arena
London.” Fury continued “If you want to
fight a real man, the best heavyweight in
the world; the heavyweight that beat
everyone else, the heavyweight that has
never lost a fight, the real heavyweight
champion of the world, I am ready and
waiting.
On an episode of Soccer AM on the
25th of November Bellew admitted that
he wanted to fight Fury.Tyson Fury re-
plied to Bellew on Twitter saying “I’m here
bellend @TonyBellew I’m waiting on and
outcome of the Ukad situation then I’m
ready to move! To batter you!”
Anthony Joushua wants to be the
best.
There are three undefeated world
heavyweight champions,Anthony
Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Joseph
Parker and there is a clear demand
from boxing fans to see an undisput-
ed
champion, it ought to be a simple
process to create a frenzy of huge
fights in 2018.
And now World heavyweight cham-
pion Anthony Joushua has travelled
to Dubai in order to take his training
to the next level as he looks to unify
the heavyweight division in 2018.
Just like other famous athletes and
sportsmanship’s Joshua has followed
in the footsteps ofTiger Woods,
Rory McIlroy and Roger Federer,
showcasing his skills on top of the
Burj Al Arab in Dubai, where there is
a very hot climate and high altitude
so it tests your fitness levels, Joshua
worked out in the world’s highest
boxing ring sparing and getting
stronger and posting it on his social
media pages for the world to see.
Anthony Joshua has been called out
by fellow world champions Deon-
tay Wilder and Joseph Parker after
beating CarlosTakam at the Prin-
cipality Stadium in Cardiff, which
is why he is putting in the intense
training to triumph in 2018 and
show the world that he is the best
heavyweight boxer.
It is looking like Anthony Joshua will be
taking on Joseph Parker as Negotiations
for the world title fight with Parker could
be nearing completion, with the British
champion’s promoter Eddie Hearn hoping
to agree a deal within the next two weeks
for the bout to take place in March or
April.
Hearn is edging closer to a deal for
Joshua to put his WBA ‘super’ and IBF
belts at stake against WBO champion
Joseph Parker, in one of the most signif-
icant heavyweight fights in recent years.
Joshua issued a “let me at him” message
as promoter Eddie Hearn closes to within
“single digits” of agreeing a unification
clash with Parker.
However Joshua has revealed that he
sees Tyson Fury as his most dangerous
heavyweight foe.
Tony Bellew and David Haye postponed.
PG 8

10. Tyson
fury
Anthony
Joushua
Tony
Bellew
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12. T
he former wimbledon champion
Jana Novotna has died at the age of
49 after battling with cancer. It was
said to be that Novotna had been battling
cancer for some time now. Novotna had
passed away on the 19 of november by
her friends and family who had been next
to her bedside.
This is a very heartbreaking situation
as she was regarded as one of the nicest
women tennis players around who had
a warm heart for everyone.The Czech
Republic international faced many losses
in life after losing in the 1993 and 1997
wimbledon finals.
However, she went on to win the
grand slam in 1998 after defeating Nath-
alie Tauziat which was a impressive win
the former champion.The following year
Jana retired after the tour in 1999. She
had an amazing career in tennis and was
known for her emotional feelings towards
the sport. Novotna had a good overall
career and achieved a lot in terms in titles
and capturing the hearts of fans for her
amazing dedication, and work.
After 14 years in the sport Jana
Novotna managed to secure 100 titles
which is incredible when you think about
the time that she managed to accomplish
that in. She secured 24 titles in singles and
76 in doubles.“Jana was an inspiration
both on and off court to anyone who had
the opportunity to know her,” said WTA
chief executive Steve Simon.“Her star
will always shine brightly in the history
of the WTA. Our condolences and our
thoughts are with Jana’s family.” Everyone
who knew her had only good things to
say about her rather than bad as she was
sweet, kind and helpful. Novotna was well
known for her style of play during her
tennis days. Her serving and volley game
was always on points and won her many
titles just by themselves. She would just
finish off her opponent by the use of her
serve. Opponents of her would’ve had to
have good energy and stamina in order
to challenge the Czech Republic interna-
tional. Furthermore, she achieved a career
high singles ranking of two.
In addition to her only singles Grand
Slam win at Wimbledon, she claimed 12
Grand Slam doubles titles and four in
mixed doubles. In 2005, she was induct-
ed into the Tennis Hall of fame for her
outstanding work on the tennis court
throughout the years which couldn’t have
gone unrecognisable. Jana Novotna was
a really emotional person and reacted
badly to losses which she took hard upon
herself.After the 1993 final she got really
emotional and couldn’t handle her feelings
towards the result. However, she gave an
interview that best described her feelings
during that exact moment. Here she is
speaking about her 1993 final;“The next
day, even though I was sad and disap-
pointed, I opened the newspaper and my
Former Czech Republic
Tennis Star Dies Aged 49
picture with the Duchess of Kent was on
the front pages,” she said.
“For a moment, it felt like I was the
winner and that was a great feeling. I still
have the newspapers, they’re beautiful
pictures and I think it showed the human
side of professional tennis, which most of
the people came to remember instead of
me losing.”
She added:“It wouldn’t sound great to
say the 1993 final was the one I was
most proud of because I lost the match
when I was ahead.
“But it meant so much for me and maybe
it made me a better player, a better per-
son and maybe that match helped me to
accomplish a lot more in my career.
“If I could do it again I would - all of it
- except I would win Wimbledon three
times this time around.” of course theses
words describe her how she was feeling
at the time and only she knows it so
credits to her for speaking out about it.
By Onder Aslan
Jana celebrates with the trophy after her win.
Tennis
PG 11

13. ASHES: ENGLAND’S VINCE
MAKES 83 AGAINST AUSTRALIA
CRICKET
YOUNGSTER VINCE HAS PRODUCED AN UNFORGETTABLE DEBUT FOR ENGLAND. MAKING 83
RUNS FOR THE LIONS AGAINST THE AUSSIES
A
sunny, hot and intense after-
noon for the first ashes test in
Brisbane.Two teams England
and Australia both started the first
day of ashes with an exciting game.
Both teams prepared and excited for
the match, a chance to get into the
vibe of the ashes.
Young debutant JamesVince has been
heavily involved in his first ashes test match,
scoring 83 against the Australians. Making a
name for himself in the England team.Vince
added 125 for the second wicket with Mark
Stoneman.
Vince was run out by Nathan Lyon’s
superb direct hit, in between Pat Cummins
bowling Stoneman for 53 and trapping Cap-
tain Joe Root Lbw for 15. England closed
on 196-4, with Moeen Ali and Dawid Malan
putting their name on the scoresheet.A
decent result for the Ashes cup holders.
“Australians know who we are now”-
Vince
The tourists battled after winning the
toss and losing Alastair Cook in the third
over. Perhaps determined not to recon-
struct that 5-0 defeat to Australia a few
years ago.
On a slow pitch,Vince and Stoneman-
both who were playing their first ashes
test match- were kept in check by a home
attack that rarely offered anything loose.
If the surface doesn’t harden up in the
next few days,Australia could get the best
batting condition.
Australia’s proud record at the Gabba-
they are unbeaten since 1988- and an often
hostile crowd has led to the 42,000-capacity
ground being nicknamed ‘the Gabbatoir’
However, England did not have to
deal with Brisbane at is most raucous on
Thursday.
There was a massive roar when Cook
was dismissed, but not until late in the day
did the home fans have a real reason to get
behind their team.
England’s Lyon was not only excellent
with the ball but in the field he produced
the most decisive moment of the day.
Vince averaged only 19 runs when he
played 7 tests in 2016, so was something
of a surprise selection when called for this
tour to fill England’s #3 position.
While Cook and Root- the two most
established members of England’s batting
line up- managed 17 runs between them,
Vince and Stoneman showed composure on
their Ashes debuts.
Arriving with England 2-1, 26 year old
Vince looked much more assured than in
his previous attempt at Test Cricket, show-
ing the good judgement that has previously
eluded him.
Whenever Australia’s pace bowlers
went too full, he played his trademark
drives, scoring heavily through the covers
and point.
When England’s Cook was dismissed
the crowd roared in frustration, disappoint-
ed at the decision. However, the support-
ers didn’t know they were in for a great
surprise as the day went on.
AfterVince registered his maiden
half-century, the runs dried up, particularly
against Lyon.
Vince was dropped by recalled Australia
wicketkeeper Tim Paine on 68 when Lyon
found the outside edge.
Stoneman has been England’s form bats-
man of the tour, passing 50 in each of his
previous four innings and registering their
first century in the final warm-up game last
week.
Here the 30-year-old left-hander
showed patience and concentration, leaving
well outside off stump and mainly scoring
on the leg side.
His second-wicket partnership with
Vince was bigger than anything England
managed on their previous Ashes tour.
Although Stoneman accumulated slowly
- his half-century came from 150 balls - he
looked solid and it was a surprise when
Cummins nipped one between bat and pad
to take the top of the stumps.
England debutant James Vince scored 83 runs against Australia
Pat Cummins celebrating his wicket against England
PG 12

15. A
fter ongoing reports over the past
couple of months, Mercedes have
decided to offer their superstar
Lewis Hamilton a new contract which is
thought to be around $210 million equiv-
alent to £160 million. Of course that is a
lot of money, but Mercedes are thinking
about their future as a brand and they
want Hamilton to be part of that upcom-
ing time.
Lewis Hamilton has had many offers
from other companies, but has been loyal
to Mercedes ever since his move from
Mclaren. He has a won four world titles
in his career so far and aims to increase
that with Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton will
be in Abu Dhabi over the coming weeks
to discuss his demands and new contract
that is on display with the Mercedes boss-
es.The 32 year old is certain to sign the
new deal which is expected to be a three
year contract which will enable him to be
paid the same as the current highest wage
bill which is owned by Ferrari’s Sebastian
Vettel who has been at the top of the
highest wage bill in Formula one for the
past 2 years.
Lewis Hamilton’s current contract
is finishing up at the end of 2018 and so
Mercedes want to tie him down for new
contract in order for him to block any
interest from other sponsors/companies.
Mercedes feel like now is the best time
for him to sign and seal that contract so
that he can focus on his racing career for
the Mercedes rather than having other
things on his mind, e.g contracts. Mer-
cedes are determined to keep their prize
asset and will want to ward him off from
joining rivals such as Ferrari or Red Bulls
who are two very good and upcoming
teams that are bringing young talent to
ensure that they are prizefighters for their
beloved fans.The contract is reported
to be worth around $192,000 which is
around £145,000 a day in his earnings.
On the 20th of november 2017, Lewis
Hamilton was given a guard of honour for
his fabulous success in Formula one and
his recent victory Mexico grand prix to
secure his fourth world title.
After being knighted Lewis Hamil-
ton spoke to the press to summarise his
mixed emotions about the year so far
in which many things have happened for
the Brit.“It is something that I will never
forget, turning up at the front gate of
the factory and seeing everyone out on
the street to welcome me — I’m blown
Luxurious Lewis’s
New Earnings Revealed
By Onder Aslan
Lewis Hamilton looks on with pride and joy after winning his fourth world title.
away,” Hamilton said.“This has been an
incredible year, it’s been an incredible
journey together.There’s a huge amount
of respect and appreciation I have for
everyone.“I’ve been in the sport for a
long time now, but to see the work ethic
in Brixworth and Brackley really inspires
me.“This is the best championship year,
because we’ve been fighting another team
and because we’ve had the difficulties and
challenges we’ve had — that just makes it
much greater.”
Formula One
PG 14

16. Lewis Hamilton recieves instructions from his coach.
O
n the 29th of october, Great
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton managed
to secure his fourth world title
at the Mexican Grand Prix.Although, fin-
ishing in ninth place after a collision with
fellow rival SebastianVettel he managed to
overcome that situation and bag his fourth
trophy.
Over past couple of years Lewis
Hamilton has been showing huge deter-
mination and courage to make it into the
elite group of drivers who have won 4 or
more world titles.Thankfully that has paid
off with hard work and plenty of practise
from the Brit. However, Germany’s Mi-
chael Schumacher still holds the records
for the number of race wins (91) and
titles (7). Mr Schumacher retired at the
Lewis Hamilton wins fourth
world title at the Mexican
Grand Prix
By Onder Aslan age of 38 and Lewis Hamilton is now 32
years old can he break the record for the
number of titles won. He has had already
broke the record for the number of pole
positions which is a grand total of 72.That
is quite impressive when you think about
it.
On the other hand, when you com-
pare race wins Lewis Hamilton (62) is not
that far off from Michael Schumacher’s
91.This is something that’s getting people
talking about in terms of whether Lewis
Hamilton has a chance or not.There are
even rumours going around that he is
to conquer that by 2020 to become the
greatest formula one driver of all time.
Well it does seem so as Schumacher was
the same age as Hamilton (32) when he
won his fourth world title which does
make it realistic for Mr Hamilton to do
the impossible and achieve success at the
highest possible level in terms of world
titles won.
It has been an impressive year for
Lewis Hamilton who finished off the year
with his fourth title and managed to be
knighted by the Queen. From my per-
sonal view I think the next step needed
for Hamilton is to possibly try and break
Schumnachers records and win another
world title.After that I would expect him
to go into management or even carry on
in the track although that is very unlikely
at the age that he is now( 32) that he will
carry on, but who knows, it’s his body and
he’s the only one who knows if he can
carry on.
Formula One
PG 15

17. Now I’m sure that everybody has
heard of the WWE. I’m sure when
you were younger you use to watch
it.Watching wrestlers like The Rock,
Stone Cold, Undertaker, Shawn Mi-
chael doing their thing in the squared
circle.
But the question I’m going to ask you
is. Is Pro-Wrestling a real sport?
Well I’m going to tell you that it is
a real sport. I can honestly say that
wrestling is choreographed not FAKE
choreographed. It’s like a physical
theatre every time there are wres-
tlers are in the ring they tell a story.
Like David vs Goliath.Also, when a
performer kicked in the gut, the man
kicking pulls back a bit, but still kicks
him, just where it doesn’t hurt
that much.
Also, the winner is determined
before the match.This can be
used to present a wrestler as
an unstoppable force like when
Goldberg went on his undefeat-
ed streak in WCW or a recent
one WWE women’s wrestler
Asuka has the longest undefeat-
ed streak in the company’s history.
Also, pro wrestlers are on the road
300 plus days a year, so they rarely see
their family and they probably sleep
in their or a hotel room. Often in the
gym to stay at peak condition because
if you get gassed during a match you
can’t take a break because it shows
the fans and management that you
can’t be trusted to hold a title or have
a higher spot in the card.
Here is John Cena workout routine
and what he eats on a day to day bas-
es from muscle and fitness magazine.
John Cena has seven meals a day this
is what he eats.
His first meal Oatmeal with apple-
sauce and raisins, 2 whole eggs and
6 egg whites. Second is a Protein bar.
For his third meal he eats Brown
rice with vegetables, and 2 chicken
breasts. Number four is a whole
wheat pita bread with tuna. Number
five is Banana and a whey protein
shake. His sixth meal is Pasta or
brown rice, vegetables, salad with
chicken or fish and the last meal is
Low fat cottage cheese along with a
casein protein shake.
When he works out he does five day
a week. On day one Legs and Calves,
on the second day he does Chest.
On day three he work on his arms.
On day four he does his shoulders
and on the final day he works
on his back. Here are some
of the sets and reps he does.
Exercise Sets Reps
Seated Calf Raise 10
10-20
Standing Bodyweight Calf
Raise 4 25
Standing Single Leg Curl 4 20-
25
Leg Press 5 20
Chest
Incline Machine Press 3-4 20
Incline Bench Press 3-4 20
Arms
Standing Barbell Curl 3 10-
12
Seated Dumbbell Curl 3 10-
12
Dumbbell Lateral Raise 3 12
Military Press 3 10
Also like many other sports pro
wrestling do have their career
ending injuries and even deaths in the
ring. Some people say what wrestlers
put their bodies through in the ring is
sometimes tantamount to getting into a
car wreck. For example
Darren Drozdov a former American
football player and a former pro wres-
tler who wrestled for the WWE from
1998-1999. He was supposed to take a
routine power bomb but the wrestler
preforming the move D-Lo Brown slip
on a wet spot that was in the ring and
it cause Drozdov to fall on his onto his
head and fracture two discs in his neck.
He is now paralysed but doesn’t hold
any hostility towards D-lo Brown.
Here is a picture of Droz before and after
his career ending injury
Here is a picture of the Japanese
wreslter called Asuka who has the
longest
undefeated steak in WWE history and
the longest NXT womens title regin
with 510 days as champion the longest
in the modern WWE.
Is WWE a
real sport?
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