Dallaglio: Wasps move is paying off April 30, 2015 ENGLAND and Wasps legend Lawrence Dallaglio insists the club’s controversial move to the Midlands has already improved results and put them in contention to end a seven-year trophy drought. Wasps remain in the hunt to earn their first play-off spot since the 2007-08 season – a campaign which saw the club crowned Premiership champions – [...]
Earning records set to tumble in fight of century April 30, 2015 SPORTING history will be made tomorrow night when Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao face off in the richest boxing match of all time. The welterweight superfight is expected to set new records for revenue, with £195m likely to be generated in pay-per-view sales in North America, while international broadcast rights are expected to fetch a [...]
Fabre to prove he is the master of all Territories April 30, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS NEWMARKET’S QIPCO GUINEAS MEETING THERE are very few trainers that command such high respect as the French master handler Andre Fabre. He has trained an astonishing seven winners of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and has also been hugely successful on his forays across the English Channel. A winner of tomorrow’s [...]
Barry Hills can roll back the years with Fadhayyil April 30, 2015 GHANAATI’s triumph in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas six years ago for Barry Hills remains the fastest ever carded in this race. This year, Hills’ hopes of landing a third 1,000 Guineas (3.40pm) rest with FADHAYYIL. In the same way that Ghanaati prepared for the first fillies’ Classic of the season in 2009, Fadhayyil worked on [...]
Toulon primed to clinch first ever European hat-trick April 30, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS THE ALL-FRENCH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT TOTTENHAM V MAN CITY THE INAUGURAL European Champions Cup final between French pair Toulon and Clermont Auvergne will take place at Twickenham tomorrow. The clash is the seventh major European final between teams from the same country and, with a heavy [...]
Man City can continue winning spree over Spurs on Sunday April 30, 2015 AT FIRST glance Tottenham look a big price at 14/5 to see off a Manchester City side with nothing but pride left to play for in Sunday’s clash at White Hart Lane. The dream of successive titles went a long time ago for City but, with Liverpool slipping up of late, Betway are not even [...]
Maximum excitement on Mayweather v Pacquiao April 30, 2015 FLOYD Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is one of the most-eagerly awaited sporting spectacles in history. Reportedly worth $250million, fans will be hoping it lives up to the hype. Sporting Index have 50 markets priced up on the bout already, covering everything from the winner, how many rounds the fight will last for, how many minutes [...]
Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao: Revenue, prize money, earnings, pay-per-view and all the figures behind the richest fight in boxing history April 30, 2015 Sporting history will be made this weekend when Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao duck under the ropes and prepare to face off in what is expected to be the richest boxing match of all time. When Michael Buffer’s unmistakable voice introduces the two fighters into the MGM Grand arena, the audience will be explicitly reminded [...]
Premier League: Mourinho revels in silverware march as Premier League coronation nears April 29, 2015 LEICESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 3 CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho insists his side are the envy of English football after a ruthless second-half fightback at relegation-threatened Leicester last night moved the Blues one step closer to their Premier League coronation. Winger Marc Albrighton gave Leicester a shock lead, only for veteran battering ram Didier Drogba to [...]
Wasps back Premiership bosses to enforce salary cap April 29, 2015 WASPS insist they still have full confidence in Premiership chiefs to investigate and enforce English rugby’s salary cap despite claims that a probe into suspected offenders has been shelved. Chief executive David Armstrong told City A.M. that the £5m cap was not under threat and that Wasps remained staunchly supportive of it despite their new-found [...]