Hong Kong Racing Tips: Ting’s sprinter can Breeze to Valley victory September 24, 2019 RACING hopefully resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today after last week’s card was cancelled because of political unrest in the territory. Punters arriving at the inner-city track will be hoping for some respite after Saturday’s meeting at Sha Tin threw up a sequence of surprising results. Half the winners on the 10 race [...]
United West Ham are showing the consistency to gatecrash the top six places September 24, 2019 When you get stuffed 5-0 on the opening day of the season with a load of new recruits in the team, people tend to react by heading straight to the bookies to back you to get relegated. Since their humbling by Manchester City, though, West Ham are unbeaten in five Premier League games, have conceded [...]
Faultless and in total control, Danny Willett was back to his best in Wentworth duel with Jon Rahm September 23, 2019 It went right down to the wire, but Danny Willett got his reward for a week of near-faultless golf when he won a fantastic duel with Jon Rahm for the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday at Wentworth. I was very impressed by both men but especially Willett, who holed a 40ft putt to make a [...]
Premier League round-up: Heady Hammers; United striker light; Aubameyang saves Emery’s skin – again; and Howe’s Fab Four September 22, 2019 After an inauspicious start to the season, these are heady times at West Ham. Unbeaten in six games, no goals conceded in their last four and yesterday a win over Manchester United, thanks to goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell. The fixture list has not been the most daunting – United were the first [...]
BT lines up Champions League bid as it looks to retain lucrative rights September 22, 2019 BT is gearing up to defend its control of Champions League TV rights as the telecoms giant cashes in on price rises in its broadcast division. BT Sport paid £1.2bn in 2017 to secure exclusive rights to Champions League and Europa League matches for three seasons, cementing its control of European football coverage. Read more: [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Pondus set to enjoy Newbury Encounter with Simcock runner September 20, 2019 AFTER landing his 16th Group One of the season aboard Star Catcher in last weekend’s Prix Vermeille, the racing headlines have once again all been about Frankie Dettori. That victory equalled the 48-year-old Italian’s best ever season at the highest level and came just a day after winning the St Leger on Logician. In recent [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Battle-hardened Orlaith looks the bet in Firth Of Clyde September 20, 2019 LOOKING back at recent winners of the William Hill Firth Of Clyde Stakes (3.15pm), the majority have arrived at Ayr with plenty of experience under their belts. Last year’s heroine Queen Of Bermuda was having her eighth start of the campaign and already boasted three wins to her name. This year’s renewal features several lightly-raced [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Intisaab looks the value alternative to Buffer Zone September 20, 2019 THERE is a real sense of déjà vu about tomorrow’s William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50pm). A well-handicapped, unexposed, Irish-trained four-year-old turns out quickly again under a penalty just one week on from running a career best at the Curragh. Last year it was the well-backed Son Of Rest who grabbed a share of the [...]
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Arsenal: Young guns paper over the cracks September 19, 2019 Crisis averted – for now, at least. Following the damaging collapse at Watford on Sunday, Arsenal and Unai Emery could hardly have asked for a better start to their Europa League campaign than a three-goal win at last year’s semi-finalists. Throw in exciting displays from youngsters Bukayo Saka and Joe Willock, who both scored, Pierre-Emerick [...]
Carlton Cole interview: Former West Ham striker on his career, new life as a coach and strawberry Haribos September 19, 2019 Carlton Cole can recall the moment he knew his race had been run. After his football career had taken him to three different countries in three years, through brief stints with Celtic in Scotland, Sacramento Republic in the United States and Persib Bandung in Indonesia, he was back in London on trial with AFC Wimbledon [...]