Map out the winning path at Ascot with French star June 17, 2025 Wednesday’s feature race is the Group One Prince of Wales’s Stakes (4.20pm), and this year’s renewal shapes up as one of the highlights of the week on paper. There’s a French flavour to the contest, with two runners making the trip across the Channel. Jérôme Reynier’s Facteur Cheval returns to Ascot after finishing second in [...]
Tories: Labour desperate to use bookies tax to bail out Rachel Reeves June 17, 2025 Shadow sport and gambling minister Louie French has ripped into the Government over its plans for gambling taxes so soon after a sector white paper, describing them as a threat to bookies and horseracing. The Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup said Labour were “desperate” to find “easy tax rises to bail out Rachel [...]
Thailand gives green light to £1bn Formula 1 Grand Prix bid June 17, 2025 Thailand has moved a step closer to realising an ambitious plan costing almost £1bn to stage a Formula 1 Grand Prix for the first time after its cabinet gave it the green light. The country wants to host a street race in Bangkok on an initial five-year contract beginning in 2028. Thailand is a fixture [...]
Inside Queen’s Club: Life as a member at exclusive west London institution June 17, 2025 For a fortnight in June, Queen’s Club becomes the centre of the tennis world; a sort of boutique version of Wimbledon as thousands descend on a small corner of west London to catch a glimpse of the world’s best players trying to fine-tune their grass-court games in the lead-up to the Grand Slam. The other [...]
Premiership Rugby final scores record UK TV figures June 17, 2025 The Premiership Rugby final between Bath and Leicester Tigers was the most watched edition in history, it was revealed on Tuesday. Bath’s 23-21 victory at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham last Saturday, a win that ended a 28-year wait to win the English top flight, was watched by a record 973,000 people across TNT Sports and [...]
Women’s football to reach 800m fans by 2030 June 17, 2025 Women’s football is set to have a fanbase of 800m fans by the end of the decade, according to new research. A Nielsen Sports and PepsiCo report claims the global women’s fanbase is projected to grow by 38 per cent, from 500m fans to over 800m fans by 2030. The move would push women’s football [...]
Tennis chiefs demand action from gambling industry over online abuse June 17, 2025 Tennis chiefs the WTA and ITF have called on betting companies to take steps to combat gambling-driven online abuse of players. Of 8,000 abusive messages sent to players on social media last year, 40 per cent came from angry gamblers, research published by the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) and (International Tennis Federation) found. The findings [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 35: Royal Ascot 2025 Preview June 17, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the 2025 Royal Ascot meeting, giving their best bets for across the five days. The Punter Pod also welcomes Japanese horse racing expert Toshi Onikubo of Netkeiba to discuss the chances of Satono Reve in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s [...]
Majority of Brits support London 2040 Olympic Games bid, polling shows June 17, 2025 More than half of Brits support a London bid to host the 2040 Olympics and Paralympics, exclusive polling for City AM has revealed. Two-thirds of Londoners would back the proposals while 68 per cent of those who consider themselves sports fans are in favour of the capital bidding to stage the Olympics for a record-breaking [...]
ICC set to create cricket game to rival Fifa June 16, 2025 Cricket’s governing body the ICC and its 12 members – including England – have launched an expression of interest to develop a mobile game. The ICC hopes to use a cricket version of Fifa to change the way fans engage with the sport, encouraging a new form of fandom. The process is set to see [...]