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I feel like finishing with a swear word, but out of respect for Young Academic I wont. But let us all agree once more, that Sepp Blatter and FIFA are total w*****s! [...]

Young Academic can bring tragic news regarding the death of British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon. The sport’s 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner and one of the most popular drivers in open-wheel racing died yesterday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. An awful multi-car crash on Lap 11 of the IndyCar Series season finale unfortunately inflicted ‘unsurvivable’ [...]

The 7th Rugby World Cup is just around the corner and in true Young Academic style, we have our finger right on the pulse of everything that is going on in New Zealand. The hosts kick proceedings off tomorrow evening against Tonga and we will be bringing you match reports and features on every stage [...]

Facebook has taken the next step in its bid for world domination with its announcement that it is to stream its first live professional football match. Young Academic has learnt that the social networking platform will demonstrate its growing social power following the revelation earlier in the week that students across the country will soon [...]

Young Academic brings you a match report come opinion piece on England’s brilliant win over India in the first test today. Editor Charles Whitworth has his say on the game and his view on how the rest of the series could pan out. [...]

Some fantastic student news from the horseracing industry this Bank Holiday Monday as Tae Kwon Do romps home to claim a first victory. Young Academic has learnt that the horse, being ridden by top jockey Richard Johnson, is owned by a student syndicate called 'Students Love the Races'. [...]

England fans can now take advantage of a 2-for-1 ticket offer for the upcoming visit of the Barbarians to Twickenham Stadium on Sunday May 29 kick off 2.30pm. The game is part of a Bank Holiday weekend of high class rugby being played at Twickenham. At Young Academic we understand that you have all been [...]

Last week Saloufest, known as “the festival for every student”, saw over 8000 British and Irish students swarm to Salou for the biggest university sports tour of the year. Today Young Academic brings you all the results from the week’s events along with all the relevant information to make sure you’re there next time! [...]

The decision by England manager Fabio Capello to reinstate John Terry as England skipper raised eyebrows across the land, sent the country’s tweeters into overdrive and gave Capello’s critics more ammunition to fire in the Italians direction. A year after being stripped of the armband for his off-field antics, it remains to be seen the [...]

Well guys, here it is as promised. A full low-down on all the 2011 January transfer deadline day news - we reckon it's probably the craziest window of all time! British record fees, strikers leaving for rival clubs and 11th hour bids rejected - it had it all. Below are all the major deals that [...]