Pauling’s Proud the one but Be Aware of Skelton team April 23, 2024 A BRILLIANT concluding card to the National Hunt season begins with the Novices’ Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (1.50pm). It’s as competitive as you would expect with many horses being targeted at a final big payday of the season before they head out to the paddocks for the summer. Ben Pauling’s FIERCELY PROUD was entered to [...]
Lor’s Trillion the one to watch April 23, 2024 ONCE again, the weather in Hong Kong is likely to play an important role in determining winners at Happy Valley when racing gets underway with a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am today. Rain has been lashing down in biblical proportions since the start of the week, and with intermittent thunder and lightning bringing the city [...]
Fownes looking to rise on Cloud of Glory at the Valley April 23, 2024 IT HAS been good to see trainer Caspar Fownes back in the winners’ circle in the last couple of weeks. In fact, Fownes has had a pretty good month in April with six wins and eight places from just 38 runners. When it comes to saddling winners at Happy Valley, Fownes is usually in a [...]
England set for 26-man squad for Euro 2024 April 23, 2024 Teams will be able to take teams of 26 to this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament with Uefa set to confirm plans to stick with bigger squads. The number was increased from 23 to 26 because of the Covid-19 pandemic but was expected to return to its original number. That is no longer the case. Netherlands [...]
Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ about China positive drugs tests April 23, 2024 The country’s governing swimming body Aquatics GB has said it is “extremely concerned” by 23 Chinese athletes being cleared to compete at Tokyo 2020 despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Olympics. The swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is a heart medication used to prevent angina attacks, at a training camp [...]
Champions Cup final could be bumped from ITV1 to make room for FA Cup April 23, 2024 Broadcaster ITV is facing a scheduling conundrum next month with the FA Cup final and the Champions Cup rugby final set to take place on the same day at the same time. Due to the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City being one requiring heightened security, the kick-off was moved to 3pm. But the [...]
Nottingham Forest VAR given spot at Euro 2024 April 23, 2024 Stuart Attwell, the VAR at the centre of a sensational social media storm started by Nottingham Forest, will officiate at this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament having been named among the video assistant referees for the European championships. Attwell denied Forest three penalties in their 2-0 loss to Everton on Sunday before the losing team accused [...]
Snooker World Championships set for ‘inevitable’ move from Crucible April 23, 2024 Four-time snooker world champion John Higgins has said that a move away from the Crucible is “inevitable” for the sport. The Sheffield venue has hosted the sport’s top competition since 1977 with the current deal with snooker running though until 2027. But it is understood that China, Saudi Arabia and other UK venues are interested [...]
They’re the real Ted Lasso – but there’s more to Hampton and Richmond Borough’s story April 23, 2024 Can the Beavers be the test case for an innovative VCFC concept?
Trevor Steven: Unhurried Cole Palmer is a unique talent and Chelsea’s saviour April 23, 2024 Few outside of Man City how good he was but the rest of football has begun to understand.