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Fifa requests over $38m seized from corrupt officials by US authorities is given back to organisation March 16, 2016 Fifa has for the first time admitted that bribery was involved in the 1998 and 2010 World Cup votes in legal documents to US authorities requesting "tens of millions of dollars" seized from corrupt officials. Football's governing body has submitted a request to the US Attorney's Office for $28.2m (£19.9m) from payments, bonuses, expenses and flight [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers and friends banned after being pictured urinating into pint glass March 16, 2016 Cheltenham Festival has banned a group of footballers from attending the event after MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers appeared to be pictured urinating into a glass. The Championship club has launched an internal investigation into the incident after pictures of former Arsenal and Aston Villa youth team player Carruthers were published on the front page of [...]
Manchester City 0, Dynamo Kiev 0 (Agg: 3-1): Kompany injury blow overshadows Champions League progress March 15, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini concedes that his side’s progression to a first-ever Champions League quarter-final has been overshadowed by skipper Vincent Kompany suffering a recurrence of a calf injury. City had lost both of their previous round of 16 ties in Europe’s elite club competition although it was Kompany’s injury nightmare which proved the biggest talking [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: New To This Town can give Jessica Harrington second Champion Bumper March 15, 2016 Willie Mullins has a vice-like grip on this year’s Cheltenham Festival and he has won tomorrow’s closing race, the Champion Bumper (5.30pm), a record eight times. Although firing blanks in the last two years, he is still coming mob-handed with seven runners set to line-up. Easily the most high-profile is Augusta Kate, whose owners include [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Gutsy Blaklion can upset More Of That and No More Heroes in RSA Chase March 15, 2016 Every preview night I’ve attended over the last two weeks has billed Wednesday afternoon’s RSA Chase (2.10pm) as a two-horse race between More Of That and No More Heroes. The bookmakers seem to share that same opinion, with the pair both currently vying for favouritism around the 9/4 mark. The duo stand out from the [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Our Thomas and Missy Tata can run well in Fred Winter March 15, 2016 In the run-up to Cheltenham, Paul Nicholls has been very keen on the chances of Diego Du Charmil in the Fred Winter (4.50pm, Wednesday). He has had three runs in France and looks to be on an attractive mark. The champion trainer also won this race last year so there is plenty to like. His [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: Fences are the biggest danger to Un De Sceaux in Betway Champion Chase March 15, 2016 Not many horses divide opinion more at this year's Cheltenham Festival than the Willie Mullins-trained UN DE SCEAUX who is the sponsor's 4/5 favourite for tomorrow's Betway Champion Chase (3.30pm). The eight-year-old has won 14 of his 16 career starts to date, but it is the two occasions on which he has fallen that sparks [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: Yorkhill a massive danger to Yanworth in Neptune Investment Novices’ Hurdle March 15, 2016 Anyone who witnessed Yanworth’s breathtaking victory on Trials Day at Cheltenham in January will understand why he is such a short-priced favourite for tomorrow afternoon’s Neptune Investment Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm). Alan King’s six-year-old beat two useful yardsticks in Shantou Village and Champers On Ice by seven and 10 lengths respectively without coming off the bridle, forcing his [...]
“I built the club”: Wenger issues staunch defence of Arsenal record as Barcelona lie in wait March 15, 2016 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger issued a staunch defence of his 20-year reign at the club as his side prepare for their daunting Champions League last-16 second leg against defending champions Barcelona at Camp Nou. The Gunners’ season is in meltdown after the one-time Premier League title favourites won just four of 12 matches to slip [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Rich Ricci’s £20,000 gamble pays off as Annie Power banishes bad memories with Champion Hurdle win March 15, 2016 Jockey Ruby Walsh toasted Rich Ricci’s five-figure gamble after Annie Power put last year’s heartache behind her with a dominant win in the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The mare was only entered into the race last week at a cost of £20,000 to former Barclays investment banking chief Ricci [...]