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 [...]
Cricket Comment: Morgan should prioritise England over IPL duties April 29, 2015 In the long term it is not a massive issue but Eoin Morgan is England’s one-day captain and he should be there for his side’s first 50-over clash since their disastrous World Cup campaign, against Ireland in Dublin on 8 May. Morgan has been given dispensation by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to [...]
Vaughan: Trott looks frantic at crease and ought to be dropped April 29, 2015 FORMER England skipper Michael Vaughan has urged England to ditch opener Jonathan Trott for tomorrow’s third and final Test with the West Indies in Barbados and promote uncapped Yorkshireman Adam Lyth. Vaughan insists the 34-year-old has looked uncharacteristically fidgety at the crease in the Caribbean after returning to the international scene following an 18-month absence [...]