Horse Racing Betting Tips: Maqsad can serve it up to Hermosa in Nassau Stakes July 31, 2019 THERE isn’t a race I have been looking forward to more all week than this afternoon’s Qatar Nassau Stakes (3.35pm). When the entries first came out my eyes were immediately drawn to dual 1000 Guineas winner HERMOSA who finally steps up to the trip she has seemingly been crying out for. The daughter of Galileo [...]
Sports law Q&A: Can Liverpool FC trademark the word ‘Liverpool’? A legal expert explains July 31, 2019 Liverpool Football Club have caused a stir by attempting to register the name of their home city as a trademark. Here, intellectual property solicitor Carissa Kendall-Windless examines Liverpool’s likely motivations and their chances of success. What is the legal background? Liverpool FC’s application for the mark “LIVERPOOL” is currently under examination at the UK Intellectual [...]
Chris Tremlett: England’s mastery of conditions give them the edge but expect tight Ashes series July 31, 2019 Both England and Australia come into the Ashes on the back of a summer packed full of one-day internationals and far from ideal warm-up games. England’s World Cup win was followed by the shock of the crazy Test against Ireland which highlighted their inconsistencies, while Australia played out a wicket-filled warm-up game among themselves. Read [...]
Ashes preview: England’s top order woes can be exploited by Australia, says Glenn McGrath July 31, 2019 The more things change, the more they stay the same. England start another Ashes series against Australia at Edgbaston on tomorrow with different names at the top of the batting order, but names who are grappling with the age-old problem of scoring runs. Since Andrew Strauss retired in August 2012 England have used 18 different [...]
QPR season preview: Youth is key as R’s rebuild from financial chaos July 30, 2019 Five years is a long time in football, particularly for Queens Park Rangers. And five years on from their last promotion to the Premier League, the club are still suffering from a failed shot at the big time during five manic seasons that saw them go up and down twice. QPR took the promotion gamble [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Glitters can go well but may find one Too Darn Hot July 30, 2019 BACK in 2015, Qatar ploughed huge sums of money into the Qatar Goodwood Festival (aka Glorious Goodwood) and the main beneficiary was the Qatar Sussex Stakes (3.35pm), which is now worth a cool £1million. It is one of the most valuable mile races in the world and the majority of the prize money went back [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: More Glorious winners await Tudhope with Dubawi Fifty July 30, 2019 THERE are very few Flat racesstarted by a flag and possibly the most famous is today’s opening Unibet Goodwood Handicap (1.50pm), run over 2m4½f. Founded in 1823, this is one of Goodwood’s oldest races and is always popular with racegoers because the runners start in front of the stands, going the reverse way down the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: De Bromhead pair can leave Poker Party players feeling flush July 30, 2019 HIGH class action doesn’t just come from Glorious Goodwood this week, with the seven-day Galway Festival taking place on the other side of the Irish Sea as well. With racing across both codes, there is something for everyone and it’s in this evening’s highlight, the Galway Plate (7.20pm), where I’m hoping Henry De Bromhead can [...]
Millwall season preview: Lions sticking to their own path in bid to avoid costly Championship drop July 29, 2019 Millwall are playing a different game to the majority of their competitors in the Championship. Financially restricted and strategically conservative, the Lions are the antithesis of those former Premier League clubs spending big, desperate to make it back to the promised land. While others have shown little patience, chopping and changing managers, Millwall have stuck [...]
Unflappable Brooks Koepka shows why he’s world No1 and tees up intriguing FedEx Cup battle with Rory McIlroy July 29, 2019 Major wins may have been behind Brooks Koepka’s rise to world No1 but he was always going to start becoming more prolific across the board – he is just too good not to. The American underlined that fact in magnificent style on Sunday, winning only his third PGA Tour event outside of the Majors at [...]