Purton to toy with his rivals aboard Teddy September 24, 2024 FOLLOWING all the fanfare and celebrations involving Golden Sixty for his retirement ceremony at Sha Tin last Sunday, racing in Hong Kong returns to some normality, with an eight-race programme at Happy Valley today. With the weather set to be fair and surface conditions perfect, racegoers can look forward to a highly competitive and entertaining [...]
Cody Mo set to continue Golden Chain of winners in Hong Kong September 24, 2024 TRAINER Cody Mo has already caught the eye this season by saddling a couple of winners and he is likely to be on the mark again, when stable representative CHAIN OF GOLD makes his seasonal reappearance in the Central Handicap (2.10pm) over the extended mile. This son of Sooboog ended his first season on a [...]
Moore’s d’Or can strike gold at Newmarket September 24, 2024 THIS weekend’s big puzzle to solve is the Cambridgeshire (3:40pm). Only one favourite has obliged in the last decade, while we’ve had a 50/1 winner and two at 40/1. There’s often a likeable, unexposed three-year-old in the line-up that attracts plenty of ante-post support, and this year is no different with Roi De France the [...]
Porter to wipe the Floor with them in Kerry National September 24, 2024 A RETURN to glory for one of Gavin Cromwell’s stable stars is on the cards this afternoon, as FLOORING PORTER lines up in the Kerry National (4.20pm) at Listowel. The legendary two-time Stayers’ Hurdle winner is being switched back for a second stint over the bigger obstacles and will be hard to peg back if [...]
Red Bull exodus continues as McLaren hire key figure September 24, 2024 The ongoing exodus at Red Bull is set to continue after the Formula 1 team’s head of race strategy is ditching the Constructors’ Champions for McLaren. Will Courtney will join the Papaya team as sporting director having joined Red Bull when they were owned by Jaguar in 2003. The departure of Courtney is a major [...]
Dubois: I’ll face Joshua or Usyk if the price is right September 24, 2024 Daniel Dubois said he would “love a rematch” with Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk, depending which fight pays the most. Dubois knocked out Joshua in the fifth round of their Wembley clash on Saturday in front of 96,000 fans to retain his IBF world heavyweight title. He could be rewarded with a rematch against fellow [...]
New look Europa League explained: How does it work and is it still on Thursdays? September 24, 2024 The Champions League revamp may have taken all of the headlines but the Europa League also has a new format, which Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers will sample for the first time this week. Roma, Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Ajax, Lyon, Porto, Eintracht Frankfurt and Galatasaray have also reached the competition’s league phase which, [...]
Arsenal manager Arteta hits back at Man City ‘dark arts’ accusations September 24, 2024 Mikel Arteta has rejected Manchester City’s suggestions that his Arsenal team employ football’s “dark arts” and says their injury list proves it. City players John Stones and Bernardo Silva accused Arsenal of gamesmanship after their fiery 2-2 draw on Sunday, in which several of Arteta’s men required medical treatment. As 10-man Arsenal were defending a [...]
Old Trafford development could be worth £7.3bn to UK economy each year September 23, 2024 A new Old Trafford development could boost the UK economy by over £7bn per year should Manchester United’s masterplan become a reality. United, who last year had a 27 per cent stake in the club purchased by chemicals billionaire and Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, are looking to spend £2bn on a new 100,000 capacity [...]
‘It’s been chaos, but good chaos’: Building Britain’s new basketball league in weeks September 23, 2024 Super League Basketball interim chair and majority owner of the Sheffield Sharks Vaughn Millette on his baptism of fire, challenging the rest of Europe and the demise of 777 and the London Lions. The last few months have, Vaughn Millette admits, been “a wild ride”. Until mid-July, the American was merely an interested spectator of [...]