Don’t be dazzled by the hype around The Hundred April 17, 2025 Ed Warner looks at the start of the County Championship season and whether an upcoming ECB review could see new influence from Hundred investors. The ice cream van was doing a steady trade, even at £4 for a Magnum. Made the twenty quid ticket feel especially good value. Around 2,500 people basked in the April [...]
Hearn hopeful of Battle of Britain Fury fight with Joshua April 16, 2025 Matchroom bigwig Eddie Hearn has said he is hopeful boxing fans will still get to watch Anthony Joshua take on Tyson Fury in the future. Hearn’s optimism comes despite Fury retiring for the fourth time in January. There have been calls from British boxing fans to see a Battle of Britain fight at Wembley Stadium [...]
Venice Beach and Universal Studios in LA28 Olympic Games venues April 16, 2025 Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will defend his title along Venice Beach as the latest round of venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Games were announced. Having triumphed in and around the Seine in 2024, Yee – who was this week named on the Forbes 30 under 30 sports list – will head to the [...]
Nigeria and India in line to host 2030 Commonwealth Games April 16, 2025 The Commonwealth Games could head to Abuja in Nigeria, Gujarat in India or Canada in a major boost to the future of the multi-sport event. The games, founded as the Empire Games in 1930, are being staged with a slimmed-down format in Glasgow next year after Australia pulled out of hosting the Commonwealths in 2026. [...]
Sports bodies have ‘no excuses’ after Supreme Court trans ruling April 16, 2025 A human rights charity has said sports bodies have “no excuses” over the continuation of transgender women in female sporting categories. It comes after a landmark ruling in the UK’s Supreme Court in London, which found that a gender recognition certificate (GRC) does not change the legal sex of a person under the 2010 Equality [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 26: Cheltenham, Newmarket, Good Friday All-Weather and Happy Valley April 16, 2025 Tom Marriott is joined by Ben Cleminson to preview racing from Cheltenham and Newmarket on Wednesday, plus Good Friday’s action at Newcastle. Trainer Tom Lacey also joins in to discuss his runner, Blow Your Wad, in the Silver Trophy, while Wally Pyrah has a few fancies at Happy Valley. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been [...]
McIlroy Masters success tees up PGA TV rights price hike for Sky Sports April 16, 2025 Ahead of the Game: Can Sky Sports hold on to PGA rights, how do Hundred teams claim their cash, will Everton’s women stay at Goodison Park, and what will Super League look like in 2028? The PGA Tour is hoping to capitalise on the Rory McIlroy effect by securing a significant increase in the value [...]
Women’s Boat Race beats Lionesses in TV figures April 15, 2025 Sunday’s women’s Boat Race became the country’s most watched female sporting event this year, TV broadcasting data has revealed. The peak figure of over 2.1m tops the previous 2025 record, when 1.2m watched England’s Lionesses play in the Uefa Women’s Nations League match against Belgium on ITV1, which took place earlier this month at Bristol [...]
Coach and Storm to Star on All-Weather Finals Day April 15, 2025 RACING on Good Friday has long been a sporting staple of Easter weekend, and the main action comes from Newcastle’s All-Weather Finals Day. It’s the culmination of the all-weather season, with seven competitive races for punters to get stuck into, and I’ve found a couple of bets to get the long weekend off and running. [...]
Techno and Hawkeye can keep Owen in the groove April 15, 2025 WITH good midweek racing from both Cheltenham and Newmarket, I’m going to have a crack at the action on Wednesday before taking aim at Good Friday’s card at Newcastle later on. Much of the focus at Cheltenham is sure to be on the latest developments in the race for the trainers’ title that sees Dan [...]