BBC coverage of FA Cup scores biggest audience since football’s return June 29, 2020 Saturday’s FA Cup match between Norwich City and Manchester United was the most-watched UK football match since football returned to TV screens after months of lockdown. The quarter-final match, which finished 2-1 to Manchester United, saw 6.4m people tune into the action on the BBC, with a further 1.7m views on iPlayer. Sunday’s semi-final clash [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Power can add to Purton’s Total June 23, 2020 ALTHOUGH Joao Moreira will be desperate to cut into Zac Purton’s lead in the jockeys’ title race, it would be a brave man to expect the reigning champion to leave the track empty-handed. If ever a horse looks likely to have been ear-marked for a contest, it’s Purton’s mount TOTAL POWER, who carries top-weight, in the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira could find Winning Method in Valley finale June 23, 2020 WHEN Joao Moreira arrives at Happy Valley today, he will surely know this could prove a pivotal week in his efforts to wrest the jockeys’ title back from arch-rival Zac Purton. With a full-book of rides on the nine-race card, he has to cut into the four-winner deficit he currently trails the Australian by, especially as the [...]
BBC’s first ever Premier League broadcast scores 4m viewers June 21, 2020 The first ever Premier League match to be broadcast on the BBC attracted a peak audience of almost 4m viewers yesterday, as the top-flight football competition returns to TV after months of lockdown. Last night’s match between Bournemouth and Crystal palace on BBC One pulled in 3.9m viewers, making up almost a quarter of the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Speak In Colours looks Diamond bet at 25/1 in Jubilee June 19, 2020 THERE are a whopping eight races to get our teeth into on the final day of Royal Ascot on Saturday. Now that the rain seems to have gone, the ground will be drying out but it will still be pretty hard work. The Queen Mary Stakes (1.15pm) looks at the mercy of Aidan O’Brien and [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Wooded has the Power for France in the Commonwealth Cup June 18, 2020 AFTER all of the rain yesterday, the weather is set fairer for the penultimate day of the Royal meeting. We’ve seen the introduction of plenty of new races this week and none are more intriguing than the five furlong handicap which opens today’s card. There may be a huge field for the Palace Of Holyroodhouse handicap (1.15 [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Technician the only threat to Stradivarius’s hat-trick bid June 17, 2020 TRAINER John Gosden is already enjoying a terrific royal meeting having landed yesterday’s feature with Lord North and things could get even better today when Stradivarius bids for a Gold Cup (3.35pm) hat-trick. The six-year-old will be attempting to win at Royal Ascot for a fourth year on the trot having landed the 2017 Queen’s Vase and he [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Fantastic Fox looks Wolferton banker June 17, 2020 THAT man Aidan O’Brien has won the second race of the day for the last two days and may just fancy his chances of landing the hat-trick with Sir Dragonet in the Wolferton Stakes (1.50pm). He finished fifth in last year’s Investec Derby on only his third ever racecourse start and will be at home [...]
When and where to watch the Premier League after lockdown hiatus June 17, 2020 The Premier League is back — but not as we know it. After a 100-day hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the top-flight football season will return to screens this evening from behind closed doors. Following pressure from culture secretary Oliver Dowden, most of the Premier League’s 92 remaining shows are set to be shown [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Beloved So big at monster 50/1 June 16, 2020 FANS of the Royal Hunt Cup (3.35pm) are in for a real treat this year with the introduction of a Silver Hunt Cup (1.15pm) meaning two impossible looking one mile handicaps to get our teeth into. Looking at the main event and John Gosden teams up with Frankie Dettori to saddle the lightly-raced Lord Tennyson. [...]