Hundred sponsor KP Snacks signs deal with England cricket April 23, 2025 The England and Wales Cricket Board has today confirmed an expansion of its deal with KP Snacks, signing on with the main sponsor of The Hundred as an official partner of the senior international sides. The deal will see the Butterkist, McCoys and Pom-Bears maker, which began its association with The Hundred in 2021, appear [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 27: Sandown, Happy Valley and FWD Champions Day April 23, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the key races on Sandown’s Jumps Season Finale card, while Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah is on hand with fancies at Happy Valley and a look ahead to FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for [...]
Puresport: Finn Russell, Ben Earl and Castore backer in £3.6m fund raise April 23, 2025 Rugby stars Finn Russell and Ben Earl have doubled down on their investment to help London-based sports nutrition brand Puresport raise £3.6m in fresh funding. Redrice Ventures, an early backer of British sportswear brand Castore, and serial high growth investor Five Seasons Ventures also took part in the latest funding round. Puresport was founded by [...]
Benn vs Eubank: Why Fatal Fury fight is key to future of boxing in London April 23, 2025 Turki Alalshikh is in town, which can only mean one thing: boxing is in London and the Saudis are here to parade their latest sporting interest. After last year’s British record attendance at Wembley Stadium for Daniel Dubois’ demolition of Anthony Joshua, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will this weekend play host to a fight night topped [...]
Leicester City stars face up to 50 per cent wage cuts after relegation April 23, 2025 Leicester City’s players are facing wage cuts of up to 50 per cent next season following their relegation from the Premier League. Leicester have acted to protect themselves when offering contracts to new players in recent years having also been relegated two seasons ago, with recent arrivals agreeing to pay cuts of between 35 and [...]
Formula E extends stay in London with contract extension April 23, 2025 Formula E will remain in the capital until 2026 after extending its deal with the ExCeL in east London. The all-electric racing series will return to the exhibition centre next year having stretched its deal by another 12 months to keep the Docklands landmark as host. It comes amid rumours that the series could up [...]
Iniesta face of FedEx-backed Champions of Business list April 22, 2025 Former Barcelona great Andres Iniesta has thrown himself into the corporate world, as face of the FedEx-backed Champions of Business list. Spaniard Iniesta, who played for Barcelona over 400 times and is an international centurion, is part of the campaign which aims to thrust SMEs into the spotlight. The complete FedEx list includes grassroots football [...]
Transmission to end season with a Boom at Sandown April 22, 2025 THIS season’s titanic trainers’ title battle between Dan Skelton and Willie Mullins rolls on into the final week of the Jumps season with everything set to boil down to Saturday’s star-studded card at Sandown. Predictably Mullins is throwing everything at trying to become UK Champion Trainer for the second year in a row, but still [...]
Back Almaqam to show star potential in the Gordon Richards April 22, 2025 YOU know that the Flat season is starting to kick into gear when Friday’s Gordon Richards Stakes card rolls around. A Group Two and a pair of Group Threes headline a cracking day’s racing, and while many racing fans will be focused on the tantalising Jumps Trainers’ title fight between Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton, [...]
Legend and Sugar to give Fownes sweet Valley success April 22, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans have plenty to look forward to today when Happy Valley hosts another action-packed nine-race programme starting at 11.40am. Trainer Caspar Fownes’ title challenge may have stalled in recent weeks, but the proclaimed ‘King of the Valley’ to his many thousands of fans can still get them ready at his favourite venue. [...]