Surrey in talks to host Indian Premier League teams as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan aims to bring IPL to the capital this year April 13, 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) teams could play games at the Kia Oval and Lord’s as soon as this year under plans being pushed by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Surrey cricket chiefs have already held exploratory talks with figures from the IPL and the Indian game’s governing body, the BCCI. A September date has been [...]
Sam Torrance Masters review 2021: Why Matsuyama’s win is the best result for golf, heartache for Schauffele and a brilliant debut from Zalatoris April 13, 2021 You couldn’t pick a better Masters winner for world golf than Hideki Matsuyama. Japan has long had a huge involvement in the sport. They have a fantastic tour and have produced players like Jumbo Ozaki and Tommy Nakajima. They have also had women’s major champions, in Hisako Higuchi and Hinako Shibuno, but not men’s – [...]
England cricket star Stuart Broad supports social media boycotts as sport takes steps to tackle online abuse April 12, 2021 England cricketer Stuart Broad has become the latest high-profile sporting figure to back a boycott of social media. Football clubs Rangers and Swansea City have temporarily stopped posting on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook in protest at a perceived lack of action against online abuse. “There are great positives to social media but if we have [...]
The uncomfortable question for Tottenham and their manager: What is Jose Mourinho for? April 12, 2021 “He’s a specialist in failure,” Jose Mourinho said of Arsene Wenger in February 2014. In seven years since, Mourinho has won fewer trophies than Wenger – if, as the Tottenham Hotspur manager likes to, you count the Community Shield – and his old adversary left the dugout three seasons ago. For a coach who has [...]
Take Ker when betting on the Stayers’ April 9, 2021 ANOTHER duel between Thyme Hill and Paisley Park could make this year’s Ryanair Stayers Hurdle (3.35pm) a classic. The score is currently 1-1 between the pair and this rematch has been long-awaited after Thyme Hill missed last month’s Cheltenham Festival after a small setback. He arrives here the fresher horse, is more open to improvement [...]
Hometown Boy looks the real Deal April 9, 2021 WITH 22 runners set to go to post, finding the winner of the opening EFT Systems Handicap Hurdle (1.45pm) won’t be easy. Rachael Blackmore is an interesting jockey booking on Tea Clipper for Tom Lacey, who ran a good race when third in the Coral Cup last time. If you take out the runaway winner [...]
Saint can land National for the Mullins family April 9, 2021 PLENTY will be searching for the name of Tiger Roll when they look at the 40 runners for this year’s Randox Grand National (5.15pm), but sadly connections opted not to attempt a record-equalling third win with the 11-year-old who could be back in 12 months’ time. The Irish, who notably dominated the Cheltenham Festival and have won [...]
EP: 52 Aintree Grand National Special April 9, 2021 The Grand National, run over four and a quarter miles always provides tremendous excitement and poignant stories. Once again 40 horses line-up for this year’s renewal. Trainers Tom Lacey and Nick Alexander join us to look ahead to the feature race of the weekend and Oliver Sherwood tells us just what it feels like to [...]
EP: 51 Aintree Grand National meeting & Hong Kong April 9, 2021 The world’s most favourite race takes place at Aintree this Saturday when 40 horses line up for this year’s Grand National, run over four and a quarter miles. Trainers Tom Lacey and Nick Alexander join us to look ahead to the feature race of the weekend. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best [...]
Keith Pelley interview: European Tour chief on PGA Tour alliance, why 2021 is even tougher than 2020, and when fans can return to golf April 9, 2021 Since 14 April 2020, Keith Pelley has been getting used to a new way of starting each day. At 7:45am the chief executive of golf’s European Tour dials into a conference call with 14 colleagues to discuss which tournaments are on, which are off and need replacing at short notice, and which hang in the [...]