Leicester Tigers fined £47,000 for breaching salary cap April 1, 2024 Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers have been fined £47,000 for breaching the salary cap in the 2019-2020 season. The club has accepted and paid an overrun tax with the club’s chief executive Andrea Pinchen stating: “While disappointed to again have historic salary cap spending relating to 2019/20 season result in this overrun tax, as was [...]
Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Lewis set to be sentenced this week over insider trading April 1, 2024 The former owner of Tottenham Hotspur Joe Lewis is this week set to be sentenced after pleading guilty to insider trading in the United States. The 87-year-old Londoner is due to learn his fate on Thursday 4 April when his sentence is handed down by US district judge Jessica Clarke in New York. He pleaded [...]
Hamilton says he was ‘obviously’ robbed of 2021 F1 world title April 1, 2024 Lewis Hamilton has admitted he was “robbed” of an eighth world F1 title in 2021 after Max Verstappen took the crown in controversial circumstances. During the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi Hamilton was leading Verstappen but a series of events, including an incorrect safety car restart procedure that eventually led to the [...]
Swimming: British Championships are sink or swim for Olympic hopefuls April 1, 2024 It’s a sink or swim week for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls in the pool as the British Championships offer qualification to Paris. The winners of each event at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford will automatically qualify for the 2024 Summer games. The other allocated spot will be chosen at a later date by [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Warriors gear up for Quins April 1, 2024 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023-24 Investec Champions Cup Round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of this weekend’s knockouts. Team of the week: Glasgow Warriors, Scotland Llanelli is historically a tough place to [...]
Touchlines given zebra stripe makeover for Investec Champions Cup matches April 1, 2024 RUGBY FANS watching the world’s most iconic cross-border club competition will witness a world first this weekend - with sponsors Investec bringing new life to the touchline and in-goal areas.
Can recycled rugby balls help sport’s fast fashion-style dilemma? April 1, 2024 Rugby balls are set to go green after major manufacturer Rhino announced they will produce balls made of recycled rubber. The initiative, which is set to be fully in place by the end of the decade, will look to bring an end to a sport’s version of fast fashion, whereby a high churn culture does [...]
Why Manchester City v Arsenal is just start of make-or-break month for Arteta’s team March 31, 2024 Last year Erling Haaland let down his hair and showed that City were head and shoulders above Arsenal.
The Boat Race: Who are favourites and where do Oxford and Cambridge race? March 30, 2024 It’s that time of year again, when the Gemini Boat Race makes west London’s Thames banks become awash with current and former Oxford and Cambridge students. So with the annual rowing regatta returning to the capital on this Easter weekend, albeit with a warning not to enter the water due to E. coli, we’ve taken [...]
Progressive Mugen can land feature for championship-leading trainer Ng March 29, 2024 HONG KONG racing fans can look forward to a typical highly-competitive 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Sunday morning, featuring the £300,000 Class Two United Alumni Handicap (6.45am) over a mile. Form students be warned, a band of rain is sweeping into the territory over the weekend, and with possible thunderstorms, surface conditions may well [...]