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SportsByte is dedicated to covering a wide range of sports and issues at all levels of competition across Sunderland, the North East, UK, and Internationally. With a team of over 100 roving reporters, University Clubs, Local Clubs, City Franchises and Amateur Teams are followed in depth along with news stories, blogs, features, reviews and match reports. Football, Netball, Tennis, Hockey, MMA - if

it's on in Sunderland it's on our site. Our Goal - To offer a comprehensive, reliable and accurate coverage of all sports teams representing the City of Sunderland. Our Mission - To be recognised first and foremost as a credible sports news organisation and secondly as a a provider of opportunities; where students can develop, hone and practice their skills in a real-life working environment. Our Vision - To become a multi-platform sports news service, fusing the brightest talent in the region with the latest media technology to offer a fully engaging, informative and interactive home for sports news

SPORTSBYTE ORIGINS

The University of Sunderland's Institute of Sport launched SportsByte in October 2011 after months of planning and development with the Faculty of Art, Design, and Media's lead academic Journalism staff. From their work at the forefront of Sport in Sunderland, the Institute were passionate about improving the knowledge and awareness of teams, clubs, programmes, and issues that are typically crowded out by other news stories and features in local and regional press. The two primary objectives of providing first rate journalism and coverage for sport within the area, as well as real-life and professional experience for students studying Journalism, are a perfect match. SportsByte operates like any other newsroom in the UK, with an editorial team, reporters, feature writers, bloggers, analysts, and other back of house staff, all producing content 24/7, 365 days a year. The online news portal currently boasts a student workforce of over 150 people, which enables a huge number of sports and programmes to be covered throughout the region, bringing them much needed exposure.

A third consecutive England Universities Women’s Rugby 7s call-up for Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Molly Gardener 👏
09/05/2024

A third consecutive England Universities Women’s Rugby 7s call-up for Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Molly Gardener 👏

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Molly Gardener has been selected for England University Women’s Rugby 7s. This is the third consecutive year that the Sport & Exercise Science student has earned the prestigious accolade as she will go on to represent England in the Home Nations - having already cla

17/04/2024

We’re off to York for Clash of the Minsters against York St John 🏆

Good luck to all our teams competing 🙌🏻

You can keep up to date with all the fixtures across all our socials and on SportsByte ✍️

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson speaks after his selection for the England Universities Rugby Leag...
14/03/2024

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson speaks after his selection for the England Universities Rugby League squad ⤵️

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson’s impressive few months has continued with selection for the England Universities Rugby League squad. After a lengthy process stretching back to last year, Harlow-Stephenson impressed enough to make the final 26-man squad that will compete for ...

Victory in the Northern Conference Shield final for Team Sunderland Men's Rugby Union at Maiden Castle yesterday 🏆Reacti...
07/03/2024

Victory in the Northern Conference Shield final for Team Sunderland Men's Rugby Union at Maiden Castle yesterday 🏆

Reaction from Michael Holder, Ethan Sutcliffe and Zach Campbell below ⤵️

A dramatic late comeback and an emphatic extra time saw Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby Union win the BUCS Northern Conference Shield. Trailing by 14 with six minutes of regular time to go, late tries by Devrim Koca and team captain Michael Holder saw Zach Campbell convert with the final kick of the g...

The Northern Conference Shield final gets underway at 2 pm for Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby 🏉Club captain Michael Holder ...
06/03/2024

The Northern Conference Shield final gets underway at 2 pm for Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby 🏉

Club captain Michael Holder gave his thoughts ahead of the event ⤵️

Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby Union are in action on BUCS Finals Day as they prepare for the Northern Conference Shield final against Northumbria 4ths. After years of pursuing the coveted trophy, club captain Michael Holder believes this is Sunderland’s “best opportunity in years” to earn the ...

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Josh Hutton broke four records and brought home a gold medal from the England Age Group Ch...
01/03/2024

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Josh Hutton broke four records and brought home a gold medal from the England Age Group Championships last Friday 🏋️

Weightlifter Josh Hutton broke four records and brought home a gold medal from the England Age Group Championships on Friday, February 23. Beating his three own British under 20 records in Sn**ch (144 kg), Clean and Jerk (163 kg) and Total weight lifted (307 kg), Hutton’s lift in the Sn**ch also b...

“We’re going to strive to finish as high as possible”“We had six different try scorers on the board today, very happy ab...
29/02/2024

“We’re going to strive to finish as high as possible”

“We had six different try scorers on the board today, very happy about that”

Read reaction from Molly Gardener and Keshia Hilton as Team Sunderland Women’s Rugby make it two wins on the spin ⤵️

Team Sunderland Women’s Rugby made it two wins on the spin with six different try scorers capping off an impressive team performance. After kick-off was delayed by half an hour, a physical game ensued at Ashbrooke Sports Club with Sunderland getting off to a positive start scoring the first two tr...

A semi-final victory and the continuation of winning runs in this week’s Team Sunderland roundup.✍️ | Finlay Anderson ⤵️
29/02/2024

A semi-final victory and the continuation of winning runs in this week’s Team Sunderland roundup.

✍️ | Finlay Anderson ⤵️

From a team reaching a cup final to winning runs continuing, it has been another great set of results for Team Sunderland on week 16 of their 2023/24 BUCS season. Performance of the week went to the Men’s Rugby Union 1sts, as they progressed to the final of the Northern Conference Shield with a 33...

A massively successful Saturday for Team Sunderland Women’s Futsal 2nds saw them seal the league title 👏 Hopes of a doub...
28/02/2024

A massively successful Saturday for Team Sunderland Women’s Futsal 2nds saw them seal the league title 👏

Hopes of a double are still alive as they also reached the final of the Northern Conference Cup 🤩

Read more ⤵️

The title-winning Team Sunderland Women’s Futsal 2nds may finish the season with a second bit of silverware, as they progressed to the Northern Conference Cup final this past weekend. In what has already been a highly successful season, Sunderland wrapped up the league on Saturday, February 24 wit...

This weekend's saw four Team Sunderland clubs in action:Athletics 🥉Badminton 🏸Climbing 🧗‍♀️Fencing 🤺One medal made it’...
28/02/2024

This weekend's saw four Team Sunderland clubs in action:
Athletics 🥉
Badminton 🏸
Climbing 🧗‍♀️
Fencing 🤺

One medal made it’s way back from South Yorkshire 👀

Read our full roundup, including interviews with members of each club that were in action ⤵️

A weekend of action in South Yorkshire saw Team Sunderland bring a medal home from their trip to Sheffield. In the athletics, Elite Athlete Ellie O’Halloran competed in the final indoor event of the year and picked up a bronze medal in the women’s ambulant shot put, throwing 7.83 metres at the e...

A thrilling late comeback earned Men’s Basketball 1sts last week’s performance of the week 🏀Read the report below ⤵️
19/02/2024

A thrilling late comeback earned Men’s Basketball 1sts last week’s performance of the week 🏀

Read the report below ⤵️

Hull will remain winless after Sunderland gave a miraculous 15 point comeback to win 79-78. A flat-footed Sunderland were outmatched in aggression in the first half as Hull's Matthew Allgood, Travis Cockerill and Max Houlden were the soul of the visitor's play style. A passion-led pep talk

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