Don’t be Torn from old boy Summerghand at Newmarket April 16, 2024 CLASSIC trials are upon us again with today being the middle day of Newmarket’s three-day Craven Meeting and the ITV cameras are there to cover the action from the Rowley Mile. Godolphin and Charlie Appleby hold a strong hand in both trials, with Dance Sequence a firm favourite for today’s Nell Gwyn (3.35pm) and tomorrow’s [...]
Cruz’s Love must warrant Respect in bid for first win April 16, 2024 MARK Newnham’s SHOW RESPECT, who lines up in the Magazine Gap Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile, rates the best bet on a nine-race Happy Valley card in Hong Kong today. Making excuses for gallopers, especially at Happy Valley, is a quick way to the ‘poor house’, but it’s hard not to forgive this son [...]
Cheer could be welcome winner for title chasing Ng April 16, 2024 LONG-time trainers’ title leader Pierre Ng is suddenly finding his stable under intense pressure from the chasing pack in the championship race. With just under three months of the season remaining – 24 fixtures left – Ng finds himself looking over his shoulder as trainer Francis Lui, after yet another winning treble at Sha Tin [...]
Man City boss Guardiola: I don’t fear Real Madrid in Champions League April 16, 2024 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola proclaimed “I don’t fear” Real Madrid ahead of the two team’s crunch Champions League quarter-final this evening. The two former winners clash tonight at the Etihad with their aggregate tie poised at 3-3 after a wild first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. “No, I don’t fear them,” said City boss [...]
Echoes of the Invincibles as Arsenal face Champions League moment of truth April 16, 2024 Arsenal's season hangs in the balance as they head to Germany for crunch match.
Olympic chiefs urged to extend prize money to all medallists by Team GB star Richards April 16, 2024 Athletics chiefs will pay their Olympic champions £40,000 each this year.
I Am Maximus records best rating by a Grand National winner this century April 16, 2024 I AM MAXIMUS produced the best performance this century by a Grand National winner when taking the Aintree showpiece last Saturday, eclipsing the 165 which Tiger Roll recorded when winning for the second time in 2019. The eight-year-old carried 11-6 to victory which was a big burden by recent Aintree standards. Since the days of [...]
Benetton can silence Italian rugby doomsayers with Challenge Cup run April 16, 2024 Italy has been a focus of rugby discussion for a number of years. While many believe they shouldn’t be afforded the privileges of a tier one country, others think they just need time to succeed. But in Benetton Rugby Italy has a sturdy foundation on which to build. The team formerly known as Benetton Treviso, [...]
Royal London to grant £3m to British and Irish Lions teams ahead of women’s tour April 16, 2024 Royal London has announced a £3m ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ fund that will aid the British and Irish Lions in investing in elite women’s player and coach pathways. The deal comes ahead of the first ever Women’s Lions tour to New Zealand, which is scheduled for 2027. The grant will support all four unions despite [...]
Plans in place for Paris Olympics opening ceremony amid terror concerns April 15, 2024 There are multiple plans in place for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games should the security risk be too high to host the curtain raiser on the Seine, according to the French president Emmanuel Macron. Europe, especially Champions League football, has been at the heart of security threats recently. Terror group ISIS said they’d [...]