Purton sees a Champion in Johannes Brahms December 6, 2024 TRUSTING horses not to repeat recent disappointing performances, can be a quick road to the ‘poor house’ but there is every reason to be believe YOUNG CHAMPION is ready to bounce back to form in the Highland Reel Handicap (10.00am) over seven furlongs. An expensive purchase from Johnny Murtagh’s stable, after winning at Leopardstown last [...]
Rivals will struggle to burst Voyage’s Bubble in Hong Kong Mile December 6, 2024 IT IS that time of the year again, when Hong Kong takes centre-stage in the world of horse racing. Four Group One races – worth a staggering £12.6 million in prize money – are the main attractions on a 10-race programme, featuring some of the best gallopers on the planet. The city has been gripped [...]
Fahey and Sir Alex in the Spirit for more big race success December 6, 2024 HORSE racing has some wonderful stories, but perhaps the biggest one over the past year or so has been the exploits of Spirit Dancer for his owner-breeder Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary Manchester United manager. The seven-year-old son of Frankel took his career earnings past the £2 million mark when landing back-to-back renewals of the [...]
O’Brien’s Luxembourg aiming to sign off in style with Hong Kong Vase victory December 6, 2024 AIDAN O’Brien is hoping that Luxembourg can bow out in style in the £2.4 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase, a race that has proved the most fruitful opportunity at Sha Tin so far for the Master of Ballydoyle, having won the one-and-a-half-mile contest three times in the past. The five-year-old son of Camelot joins [...]
Can English clubs mount an Investec Champions Cup charge? December 6, 2024 If you were to list the last five English appearances in an Investec Champions Cup final you’d find Exeter there once and Saracens the other four times. Before that it was Northampton Saints in 2011 and before that London Wasps and Leicester Tigers in 2007. But if you were to ask me to predict which [...]
‘I’m not going to apologise’: Emotional Hamilton braces for Mercedes farewell December 5, 2024 Lewis Hamilton admits he has struggled to control his emotions this season as he prepares to bring the curtain down on a glittering 12-year stay at Mercedes. The 39-year-old, who signed a deal to join Ferrari from 2025 ahead of the season, has won six of his seven world championships with the Silver Arrows but [...]
Russell: Bully Verstappen wanted to put me on my f****** head in the wall December 5, 2024 Formula 1 driver George Russell has unleashed a brutal attack on world champion Max Verstappen after the Dutchman moaned about the Brit. Verstappen said he lost all respect for George Russell after an incident in Qatar but the Mercedes driver hit back, saying the Dutchman had “bullied” people for years and promised to purposely crash [...]
Charlotte Dujardin banned for year over horse whipping controversy December 5, 2024 Former Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all equestrian competition for a year after being involved in a horse whipping controversy. The Brit was was provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports earlier this year, before the Paris 2024 Olympics after footage emerged of her appearing to whip [...]
Premier Sports boss on Champions Cup, 24/7 rugby channel and rights December 5, 2024 Ahead of the Investec Champions Cup, City AM sat down with Richard Sweeney of Premier Sports as the broadcaster takes on European rugby’s rights. When the Champions Cup TV deal between TNT Sports and European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) came to an end, many assumed a copy-and-paste agreement would see the partnership continue. But the [...]
World Supercross Championship heads to London for first time December 4, 2024 The World Supercross Championship will debut in London next year with West Ham United’s London Stadium hosting the event. It comes as the former Olympic Stadium will not host Major League Baseball in Stratford, as it did earlier this year. The FIM World Supercross Championship will also host a debut event in Buenos Aires as [...]