Hard Te look past Specso and Everstar at the Valley November 25, 2025 FOLLOWING all the excitement from last Sunday’s racing at Sha Tin, it’s back to Happy Valley for their regular midweek programme today with a nine-race card that features the St Andrew’s Challenge Quaich (12.40pm), a nine-furlong handicap. Reflecting on Sha Tin over the weekend, which acted as a dress rehearsal for the LONGINES Hong Kong [...]
Hayes and Purton can add to Amazing haul with Gaze November 25, 2025 EXPECT the serious bettors to be out in force at Happy Valley when the dream team of trainer David Hayes and jockey Zac Purton combine with a couple of gallopers on the card. It has been said on numerous occasions in the past when Hayes and Purton get together, the locals liken it to drawing [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 58: Newbury and Newcastle November 25, 2025 Ben Cleminson and Bill Esdaile are here to take a look at Saturday’s cards at Newbury and Newcastle, including the G1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle, whilst Wally Pyrah returns with Happy Valley selections and a look ahead to December’s Hong Kong International Races. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for [...]
Magic Weekend 2026: Ashes sell-out lures Super League to Hill Dickinson Stadium November 25, 2025 Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium will stage rugby league’s Magic Weekend for the first time next summer following the success of its hosting of an Ashes clash. The Merseyside venue will be the third different venue for the two-day Super League festival in as many seasons, after St James’ Park in Newcastle this year and Elland [...]
F1 to rival NBA and NFL teams valuations, predicts Aston Martin chief November 25, 2025 Formula 1 teams are on course to rival top US sports franchises as the most expensive in the world following a boom in valuations, says Aston Martin F1’s commercial chief Jefferson Slack. This month’s sale of a minority stake in Mercedes F1 valued the team at $6bn (£4.6bn), while McLaren were valued at around $5bn [...]
England rugby chiefs axe bonus scheme that led to coup attempt on CEO Sweeney November 25, 2025 The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has scrapped the controversial long-term incentive plan (LTIP) that led to a major rebellion against CEO Bill Sweeney earlier this year. Sweeney faced and survived a vote of no confidence in February after it emerged that he had been paid £1.1m in 2023-24 despite the RFU making a loss of [...]
Budget: Odds to be slashed if betting industry taxed higher, Reeves warned November 25, 2025 Tax rises for the betting sector in tomorrow’s Budget could leave punters with worse odds across all sports, say industry spokespeople. Chancellor Rachel Reeves may target so-called “sin taxes” on Wednesday as she looks to fill a fiscal black hole, with the gambling sector expected to be hit. Reeves could exempt flutters on horse racing [...]
Fifa and Saudi Arabia team up again in $1bn stadium loans project November 24, 2025 Saudi Arabia and Fifa have demonstrated their close ties by offering up to $1bn (£760m) in soft loans for member football associations in developing countries to build or revamp stadiums. The Saudi Fund for Development has pledged to provide the finance, which Fifa said would “prioritise developing nations… helping them invest in facilities that drive [...]
Budget risks stifling UK sports stars of tomorrow, industry warns Reeves November 24, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves risks cutting off the UK’s pipeline of sporting talent with reform of business rates in the Autumn Budget, industry leaders have told City AM. In a wide-ranging survey of governing bodies and other stakeholders across the sector, expected changes to business rates due to be announced by Reeves tomorrow and take effect [...]
What sport wants from the Budget: UK industry leaders share hopes and fears November 24, 2025 Ahead of the Autumn Budget on Wednesday, City AM asked decision-makers from across the UK’s sport sector what they are hoping to hear from Chancellor Rachel Reeves. UK Athletics – Jack Buckner, CEO Major sporting events drive sport. They make us feel good, but they also are profitable. They generate income. It’s challenging putting on [...]