Ollie Phillips: England have a squad of in-form players for the autumn internationals, although it’s by accident not design October 18, 2018 Eddie Jones arrives at the autumn internationals under pressure after six defeats from his last seven games and the England head coach’s life hasn’t been made any easier by a raft of key players being unavailable for next month’s matches. Losing Mako and Billy Vunipola to injury is massive and the absence of Chris Robshaw [...]
“There are no longer pointless matches” – Gibraltar’s first competitive wins demonstrate the objective of Uefa’s Nations League October 18, 2018 Bored of the international break? Not drawn in by the Nations League? Counting down the hours until the Premier League resumes on Saturday? England’s exciting 3-2 win over Spain may have brought around some people, but there are plenty who view Uefa’s idea to brighten up international football as an unwanted distraction from more important [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Cracksman for repeat Champion Stakes success October 18, 2018 ASCOT once again stages QIPCO British Champions Day tomorrow which now marks the end of the British Flat racing season. The race to be crowned Stobart Champion Jockey was in truth over months ago with Silvestre de Sousa well clear in his pursuit of a third title. John Gosden is all set to bag the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Coronet to upset stablemate and take fillies’ crown October 18, 2018 TRAINER John Gosden has dominated the current Flat season and it would be no surprise if that trend continues at Ascot tomorrow. His Ascot Gold Cup winner Stradivarius is the odds-on favourite to land the opening QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (1.25pm) and win his fifth successive race of the campaign. The likelihood is [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Flaming Spear could prove too hot for Balmoral rivals October 18, 2018 ANYONE who witnessed Raising Sand win a valuable soft ground Ascot handicap earlier this month will more than likely think that they saw the Balmoral Handicap (4.30pm) winner in action. The truth is that they are right, but in my opinion, it is not Raising Sand but the horse that finished fifth behind him that [...]
How Texas businessman Kent Teague helped bring Leyton Orient back from the brink October 18, 2018 Eighteen months ago Leyton Orient reached rock bottom. April 2017 marked the end of the east London club’s 112-year stay in the Football League – the culmination of a nightmare season in which five managers came and went. Three years after missing out on promotion to the Championship by the narrowest of margins – losing [...]
Canelo Alvarez: Boxer’s record-breaking $365m deal with DAZN highlights rise to prominence of both October 17, 2018 Every now and then a commercial deal comes along that doesn’t just reflect the shifting sands of the sports landscape, it magnifies them, turning the protagonists into even bigger names in the process. Paris Saint-Germain’s €222m signing of Neymar last year, which didn’t so much break football’s transfer record as smash it to smithereens, was [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Chaparral set to Star for frustrated punters October 17, 2018 NEWS that former three-time Hong Kong champion jockey Joao Moreira could return to the city in December, after failing to secure a full-time licence in Japan, will be music to the ears of presently disgruntled, gambling- mad racing fans. Racing fanatics, from market street traders and taxi drivers to professional gamblers, are having a tough [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Amazing Satchmo can turn the tables on rival Red Warrior October 17, 2018 BETTORS will be licking their lips and clutching their wallets in anticipation for the return of John Size to Happy Valley this afternoon with his classy and highly progressive three-year-olds, Red Warrior and Country Star. Both lined up at the Valley three weeks ago and demolished their opposition with clear-cut victories and will be strongly [...]
US Grand Prix preview: Relaxed Lewis Hamilton stands on the brink of fifth Formula One world title October 17, 2018 Lewis Hamilton’s first Formula One world title, in 2008, was sealed in the most dramatic of circumstances. Needing to finish fifth or higher to become the youngest ever champion, the 23-year-old looked to have fallen foul of the Brazilian weather. Showers at Interlagos meant a tactical battle and a lottery between wet and dry tyres. [...]