Horse Racing Betting Tips: Home Is Where The Heart Is For Bolger December 13, 2018 SOME people aren’t fans of Cheltenham’s Cross Country races, but I love them as they provide a completely different experience and they’re always good betting heats. This afternoon’s £35,000 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (3.05pm) is the concluding leg of the Crystal Cup European Cross Country Challenge. The 10-race series takes in many of Europe’s [...]
Horseracing: David Pipe on his weekend runners and looking ahead to the Welsh National December 13, 2018 AT THIS stage, it doesn’t look like I’m going to have a runner at Cheltenham over the next couple of days, but I will be running a few on Sunday. The feature race tomorrow is the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup and I see no reason why Baron Alco cannot win again. He was hugely impressive [...]
Ollie Phillips: Elliot Daly’s proposed move to Saracens makes sense for the England man – but Wasps need to be weary of their brewing exodus December 13, 2018 The rumour mill has begun to turn and there are some big names considering moves in the Premiership right now. The most active club appear to be Wasps – but not in the way they’d like, with the makings of an exodus brewing in Coventry. A third of the squad's contracts expire at the end [...]
Winning formula: Electric series Formula E continues to evolve at a rapid rate and defy the constraints of traditional motorsport December 13, 2018 Formula E set out four years ago with the goal of revolutionising racing and pioneering a transition to electric vehicles. As it prepares for its fifth season, which starts on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, the series has continued to evolve at a rapid rate and defy the constraints of traditional motorsport. This year the series [...]
Formula One teams face battle to keep attracting lucrative sponsors as major revenue stream takes hit December 13, 2018 The sponsorship landscape has changed significantly for Formula One teams over the past decade or so and it has been a change for the worse for most involved. Revenue from sponsors has decreased by a quarter since 2007, falling from $1.01bn to $772.5m last season, according to data compiled by Formula Money. In fact, there [...]
3D printed sports shoes are more about your wallet than your feet December 13, 2018 | City Talk The race is on to bring 3D printed footwear to market. Adidas, Nike and Under Armour are some of the big names that have been working on delivering bespoke shoes to their customers. From the sounds of their marketing, you may be forgiven for believing that bespoke shoes are just a footstep away. But a [...]
Champions League talking points: Phil Jones and Paul Pogba with nights to forget, but Leroy Sane and Phil Foden shine December 12, 2018 In typical Jose Mourinho fashion, Manchester United’s manager hasn’t been shy lately in letting the public know about his side’s crippling injury problems. With Chris Smalling, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw and Matteo Darmian all absent, it was Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo across the back four against Valencia. It’s fair to [...]
Team Sky: Cycling behemoth will leave behind conflicted image of success tinged by “damaging scepticism” December 12, 2018 It’s no wonder some see Team Sky as cycling’s bad guys. Their bus is nicknamed the “Death Star”, their employees wear black and they have conquered all in their path through heavy investment. The shock announcement that their media giant benefactor will pull the plug on its sponsorship at the end of the 2019 season [...]
Can CVC Capital Partners’ £230m investment into Premiership Rugby save loss-making English clubs? December 12, 2018 It may not quite have got over the line at this week’s board meeting but CVC Capital Partners’ prospective acquisition of a minority stake in Premiership Rugby now seems to be a question of when, not if – and then, what will it mean for a domestic game ailing financially? The most significant immediate change [...]
Talking points: Tottenham and Liverpool hold their nerve to reach Champions League last 16 December 11, 2018 Tottenham are used to having their nerve questioned but tonight in Barcelona they recovered from an early setback, regained composure and seized a deserved place in the Champions League last 16 that had looked beyond them halfway through the group stage. When Ousmane Dembele capitalised on the inexperience of Kyle Walker-Peters – the third-choice right-back [...]