US Open: Five things to look out for at the last Grand Slam of 2024 August 25, 2024 The US Open kicks off on Monday. The final Grand Slam in the calendar year will see Carlos Alcaraz going for his third major title of 2024 and Coco Gauff vowing to retain the Women’s trophy she picked up last year. Here are the main talking points for the tournament before proceedings at Flushing Meadows [...]
Hannah Cockroft on on basketball inspiration and being part of Paralympic power couple August 25, 2024 British Paralympic star ‘Hurricane’ Hannah Cockroft is so hardwired to win that she even challenges fiancee Nathan Maguire to duels at home. The Halifax athlete, 31, has dominated wheelchair racing for the last decade, claiming seven Paralympic golds, 14 World Championship titles and five world records. By herself she has made a sizeable contribution to [...]
Jonnie Peacock: London 2012 star not ready to finish Paralympic journey yet August 23, 2024 Jonnie Peacock insists he has no post-Paris retirement plans as he eyes up a thrilling hat-trick of Paralympic gold medals. The Cambridge sprint star, 31, catapulted himself onto the big stage with an unforgettable 100m T44 title at London 2012 before defending that crown in Rio four years later. Bronze at a Covid-affected Tokyo 2020 [...]
Women’s British Open prize money: How much will players win at St Andrew’s? August 23, 2024 The prize money pot at this year’s Women’s British Open hit another record this year, with both the overall fund for players and the winner’s total hitting new highs. Golfers’ competing at a windy St Andrew’s this weekend will win a share of $9.5m (£7.2m), an increase of $500,000 (£381,137) on last year’s spoils. The [...]
The on-off-on takeover saga that saved the London Lions from extinction August 23, 2024 For the London Lions and fans of the dual British basketball champions, it has been a summer of more twists and turns than a slam dunk contest — only a lot less fun.
Time to start Believing in Regional and Rova August 22, 2024 AUSSIE ace Asfoora has caused a stir in the British sprinting ranks this season. She couldn’t win a Group One on home soil but duly bolted up at Royal Ascot in the King Charles III Stakes, typically one of the highest quality five-furlong heats of the entire year. Though she didn’t double up in the [...]
Insanity far from a mad bet in Friday’s opener August 22, 2024 YORK is a very hard place for jockeys to ride winners, but Rossa Ryan has one of the best strike-rates in the weighing room at 16% and I fancy him to land the opening 1m4f Sky Bet Handicap (1.50pm) with INSANITY. Alan King’s four-year-old had a couple of starts over hurdles last December, which didn’t [...]
Camille Pissarro creates the best impression in open Gimcrack August 22, 2024 THERE aren’t many big races that Aidan O’Brien hasn’t won in 23 years, but the Gimcrack Stakes (3.00pm) is one of them. In truth, it’s not a race the master of Ballydoyle has really targeted with his best stock, but this year I think he’s lined up one of his better juvenile colts for the [...]
England Women to play first Test at Lord’s as 2025 schedule revealed August 22, 2024 England Women will play their first ever Test match at Lord’s Cricket Ground as part of a string of new fixtures announced for both the men’s and women’s sides for the 2025 cricket season. The side will face India in a one-off test match at the home of cricket in the summer of 2026, exactly [...]
Alice Tai: ‘I used to cry before swimming. Now it’s my job’ August 22, 2024 Alice Tai is a Paralympic champion who has demonstrated that she is equally adept in front of the camera and in the pool. It has been some journey for an athlete who ran away from her first competition because of the crowd. The 25-year-old from Poole will head to Paris this summer looking to add [...]