Work can earn you the Munny in the Supreme March 10, 2025 WE’RE finally here, the Cheltenham Festival, four days of unmissable action with the stars of Jumps racing coming out to play. The roar that greets the lifting of the tapes to begin the first race, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm), is perhaps the loudest of the week, but four and a half minutes later there [...]
Take on Lossiemouth with pair of improving mares March 10, 2025 AS FAR as big betting weeks go, nothing comes close to the Cheltenham Festival. The entire Jumps season has been building to these four days at Prestbury Park, and it really is a punters’ paradise. However, looking at this year’s Champion Hurdle (4.00pm), I’m reminded that some races are there to just sit back and [...]
L’Eau du Sud a great each-way bet in the Arkle March 10, 2025 DAN Skelton is having a brilliant season, with a first trainer’s championship now a best-priced 2/7. He has some big bullets to fire this week and the first of them is L’EAU DU SUD in the My Pension Expert Arkle Novices’ Chase (2.00pm). Second in last year’s County Hurdle, the dashing grey is four from [...]
Fuss and Teriferma can hit the frame in Hot Fred Winter March 10, 2025 BOOKMAKERS may already be running for cover by the time the Fred Winter (4.40pm) is off, but so tricky a puzzle to solve is the two-mile hurdles contest for four-year-olds that they’ll be hopeful of clawing some cash back. Plenty of money is set to ride on the likes of Total Look, Stencil and Beyond [...]
Manchester United Old Trafford plans set to be revealed March 10, 2025 Manchester United are today expected to announce plans for a new stadium to replace Old Trafford after co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe defended the club’s penny pinching. A “Wembley of the North” on the site of Old Trafford has been Ratcliffe’s goal since the billionaire purchased just under 30 per cent of Manchester United last year. [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: La Rochelle versatility shows March 10, 2025 In the lead up to the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Player of the week: Oscar Jegou, La Rochelle Sometimes the best players are the ones [...]
Liverpool ditch Nike as they land £300m kit deal March 10, 2025 Liverpool’s iconic red strip will be made by Adidas for the first time in over a decade after the club and the German sportswear giant agreed a £60m-per-season deal. Adidas will replace Nike, whose five-year deal concludes at the end of this season. The club have had deals with both Warrior and New Balance since [...]
EFL writes to Badenoch to question Tory U-turn on football regulator March 10, 2025 The EFL has written to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to express surprise at the party’s U-turn on support for an independent football regulator. The Football Governance Bill was first introduced by the last Tory government but has faced growing opposition from Conservative peers in the House of Lords. Badenoch, meanwhile, has described the proposed football [...]
Alpine to sell Formula 1 tickets to fans through Viagogo partnership March 10, 2025 BWT Alpine is to become the first Formula 1 team to sell tickets for races to fans as part of a new partnership with peer-to-peer marketplace Viagogo. Alpine will use the ticketing platform to offer thousands of places at Grands Prix this season directly to motorsport fans, who normally have to buy from F1 itself [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 15: Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival March 10, 2025 Bill Esdaile and Tom Marriott give their pointers on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, with a best bet in the National Hunt Chase and one to ‘Look’ out for in the Fred Winter. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus [...]