Hong Kong Racing Tips: Teetan can continue purple patch aboard Ardenode October 20, 2020 WILL wonders never cease! There was a rare occurrence at Sha Tin in Hong Kong last Sunday. Leading jockeys Joao Moreira and reigning champ Zac Purton both went home empty-handed, something that only happens once every blue moon. Both will be in action again at Happy Valley on Wednesday and their many thousands of supporters [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Get Lucky with Murray’s Partners October 20, 2020 THERE is plenty to look forward to in Hong Kong on Wednesday as Happy Valley hosts an exciting and competitive eight-race card. With last week’s Typhoon having blown itself back into the sea, and no rain on the horizon, punters can expect perfect conditions. Make a note, however, that past records predict it’s tough for [...]
Champions League behind the numbers: Richest clubs, most valuable squads and players 2020-21 October 20, 2020 The Champions League begins again in earnest this week when the cream of European football kick off the group stage. It comes less than two months after Bayern Munich lifted the trophy in a coronavirus-delayed conclusion to last season. Despite that success, the German club do not have the most valuable squad in this year’s [...]
Here’s why sport is still a good bet in a recession October 19, 2020 There has been a re-awakening. Have you felt it? If you haven’t quite felt it, you’ll have certainly seen the force with which live sport returned to our screens as professional leagues worked hard to piece together a schedule to meet fans’ desire for relative normality. And boy was the audience growing impatient for it. [...]
Wasps’ Premiership final hopes recede after four more coronavirus cases October 19, 2020 Fears that Wasps could be forced to forfeit their place in this week’s Premiership Rugby Final have grown after more of their players tested positive for Covid-19. Three more unnamed players and one staff member returned positive tests over the weekend, taking the total number to do so in the last week to 11. Wasps [...]
Cast adrift on a sea of hubris, refereeing has lost sight of the spirit of football October 19, 2020 Only three possible explanations exist for both referee Michael Oliver and video assistant referee David Coote failing to designate Jordan Pickford’s crumpling of Virgil van Dijk a red card offence. One: neither thought it worth addressing. Two: neither felt it was in their power to act since Van Dijk had been guilty of the most [...]
McLaren boss says operating costs now ‘break even’ following fundraising and redundancies, and downplays second wave fears October 19, 2020 McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt has described his “horrible” 2020 in an exclusive interview with City A.M., but says he is “cautiously optimistic” despite the second wave of coronavirus. Flewitt was forced to make 1,200 redundancies – almost a quarter of the company’s 4,000-strong workforce – and carry out a sale and lease-back of the McLaren [...]
McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt on a difficult year and an electrified future October 19, 2020 We have coffee with McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt, discussing the new 765LT, a "horrible" year and McLaren’s plugged-in hybrid future.
Champions Cup final: Exeter aim to increase English dominance in club rugby’s European showpiece October 16, 2020 Exeter Chiefs take on Racing 92 this weekend in the European Champions Cup final, one of the last remaining fixtures of an interrupted rugby season. Both teams will be looking to lift the trophy for the first time when they clash at Ashton Gate in Bristol on Saturday afternoon. A win for Exeter would extend [...]
The Week in Sportbiz: Uncle Sam is coming for cricket, Nigel Wray bets on fitness and sports reveal trans policies October 16, 2020 Not content with trying to carve up the Premier League, Americans now have another English sacred cow in their sights: cricket. The game’s Stateside governing body today announced ambitious plans to become a major mainstream sport across the Atlantic – and achieve full member status with the International Cricket Council within a decade. USA Cricket [...]