Horse Racing Betting Tips: Hills to land third Acomb with a little bit of Persuasion August 20, 2019 WE’VE seen it all before with Charlie Hills’ runners in this afternoon’s Acomb Stakes (2.25pm). Both Dutch Connection (2014) and Phoenix Of Spain (2018) made the 400-mile round trip from Lambourn to York worthwhile by landing this Group Three prize and Hills looks to have every chance of adding another with PERSUASION. Overlooked by most [...]
Unai Emery has given Arsenal personality with David Luiz and Dani Ceballos signings. Now they can rival Tottenham for a top three place August 20, 2019 As they have stagnated and drifted towards mediocrity in recent seasons it has become increasingly difficult to see what would make Arsenal a standout team again, one with obvious strengths like Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham. But of the sides near the top of the Premier League it has been Unai Emery’s team whose start [...]
Justin Thomas is in the box seat for the Tour Championship but the $15m FedEx Cup finale’s exciting new format means the race is far from over August 19, 2019 This week’s Tour Championship, the finale to the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup, sees the debut of a unique new format which I wholeheartedly believe is an excellent idea for players and fans alike. Players will start the week on a score determined by their place in the FedEx Cup standings, so current leader Justin Thomas [...]
Australia still lead but Jofra Archer has redressed the balance of the Ashes at Lord’s August 18, 2019 They may not have levelled the series, but England’s performance at Lord’s has gone a long way to redressing the balance of the Ashes. Ultimately they were undone by the weather, which denied them the time to wrap up a win at the end of another enthralling Test. Considering the nature of their previous failings, [...]
Chelsea 1-1 Leicester: Blues will need to show patience with Lampard ironing out his team’s kinks August 18, 2019 It was always going to take time for the Frank Lampard era to get going and, on this evidence, all parties will need to show the patience promised to the new Chelsea manager. Much like in their first two games of the season, Chelsea showed promise, offered excitement and displayed evidence of taking on board [...]
Clear and obvious cases of misplaced outrage as VAR and new handball rule deny Manchester City against Tottenham August 18, 2019 Another weekend of Premier League football, another batch of outrage at the correct implementation of new rules. This time at Manchester City, where Gabriel Jesus’s stoppage-time would-be winner was disallowed after consultation with the video assistant referee. Jesus’s strike was chalked off because it hit City defender Aymeric Laporte’s arm on its way to the [...]
Ollie Phillips: England’s World Cup hopefuls face baptism of fire in Cardiff against Wales August 15, 2019 Eddie Jones is keen to have a good look at new recruits in the warm-ups ahead of the World Cup, and after missing out last weekend through injury, what a baptism of fire it will be for Ruaridh McConnochie in Cardiff on Saturday. Barring glaring omissions in Danny Cipriani and Alex Goode, Jones has committed [...]
Batting failures once again define England’s performance in second Ashes Test at Lord’s August 15, 2019 We don’t yet know the exact nature of the position England find themselves in after the first day’s play at Lord’s against Australia – being Test cricket it could be anywhere from disastrous to advantageous on the sliding scale – but what we can be certain of is that the same frailties were evident. England lost [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Growl in with a shout of claiming Great St Wilfrid Consolation August 15, 2019 YORKSHIRE’S Garden Racecourse, Ripon, will be in full bloom for their biggest day of the year tomorrow, not least thanks to all of the rain that’s expected to fall today. There’s over £150,000 on offer across the seven races, with half of that up for grabs in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap (3.15pm). GROWL looked [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Safe Voyage set to sail home on soft ground in the Hungerford August 15, 2019 ANOTHER batch of rain is expected to hit Newbury today, meaning the ground is likely to be on the soft side for tomorrow’s Unibet Hungerford Stakes (3.35pm). Betting on this Group Two prize at the beginning of the week was dominated by the likes of Sir Dancealot and Space Blues, but the former has been [...]