Racing betting: Label Des Obeaux might just be a class above at Kempton February 11, 2016 Trainer Alan King’s fine season can continue at Kempton on Friday when he saddles LABEL DES OBEAUX in the novices’ hurdle (1.35pm). The five-year-old found Grade One company a little too hot when finishing a well-beaten third to Barters Hill in the Challow Hurdle at Newbury over Christmas. He should prove very hard to beat now [...]
Racing betting: Red-hot Richard Johnson can land Betfair Hurdle for Philip Hobbs February 11, 2016 The weather gods are unrelenting at the moment, yet fortunately Saturday's meeting at Newbury looks like going ahead. Betway Champion Chase hero Dodging Bullets makes his eagerly awaited reappearance in the Game Spirit (3.00pm). He’s easily the best in this line-up, hence Betway make him just 1/2, but the ground is going to be very [...]
Premier League tickets should be capped at £10 for away fans, says West Brom boss Tony Pulis, following Liverpool and Arsenal price hike climbdowns February 11, 2016 West Brom manager Tony Pulis has joined calls to reduce the cost of attending top-flight football, urging Premier League clubs to charge away supporters no more than £10 per ticket. Pulis said teams should stop “milking, milking, milking” fans and, drawing comparisons with the Bundesliga, argued that incentivising supporters to travel to games would generate [...]
Manchester United second quarter results: What’s behind the share price slump? A loss of faith in the Glazer model or Louis van Gaal’s team? February 11, 2016 Manchester United were recently tipped by Deloitte to reclaim their position as the world's richest football club, yet investors do not appear to be reciprocating the faith in football's premier commercial juggernaut. Over $800m (£345m) has been wiped off the club's market value and its share price has slumped by 22.5 per cent since first [...]
Why Manchester United investors may be losing faith in the Glazers’ ownership February 11, 2016 Manchester United’s share price has fallen by over 20 per cent since the start of the year, reflecting the team’s struggles on the pitch which have left them in danger of missing out on Champions League qualification. Yet the degree of decline in United’s share price and the extended period over which it has occurred [...]
Have you seen the houses? Wentworth Golf Club’s chief exec says that locals shouldn’t fear the club’s new £100,000 joining fee February 11, 2016 For a man threatened with legal action by some of the City’s wealthiest banking and finance execs Stephen Gibson, the chief executive of Wentworth Golf Club, appeared calm and composed in the clubhouse’s boardroom overlooking one of the three courses. Since the club was sold to its new Chinese owner Reignwood Group a year and [...]
Bayliss: I’ve never seen new boy Dawson play February 10, 2016 Head coach Trevor Bayliss has admitted that he has never seen uncapped rookie Liam Dawson play despite naming the Hampshire all-rounder in England’s squad for the ICC World Twenty20, which starts next month. The 25-year-old, who bowls left-arm off-spin, was a shock inclusion in England’s 15-man squad, while there was no place for Warwickshire’s Chris [...]
IAAF crisis: Nestle follows fellow sponsor Adidas in severing ties with troubled athletics world governing body February 10, 2016 Nestle has asked to terminate its sponsorship of crisis-hit athletics world governing body the IAAF over fears the deal was damaging the Swiss-based food and drinks giant’s image. The decision, a year before the end of Nestle’s five-year partnership, follows a similar move by sportswear group Adidas last month. The IAAF has been tarnished by [...]
Surprise England World T20 pick Dawson is a competitive cricketer and up for a fight February 10, 2016 There was a sense of dismay when uncapped all-rounder Liam Dawson was included in England’s squad for the ICC World T20, which starts next month, especially given head coach Trevor Bayliss admitted that he’s never even seen him play. But Dawson, who was a team-mate of mine at Hampshire a few years back, is a [...]
Six Nations 2016: England Grand Slam bid will come unstuck if they take Italy win for granted, warns defence coach Paul Gustard February 10, 2016 Defence coach Paul Gustard has warned England that their Grand Slam ambitions could unravel if they look beyond their second Six Nations fixture, against Italy in Rome on Sunday. A hard-fought victory over Scotland on Saturday has left Eddie Jones’s men one of just two sides, along with France, in contention to sweep the board [...]