Atzeni to Zoom home aboard Whyte’s Boom March 26, 2024 AFTER all the excitement surrounding the BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin last Sunday, racing resumes at Happy Valley today for their regular mid-week slot, hosting nine races, starting at 10.40am. The word ‘Firm’ eventually made it into the track condition description at Sha Tin last weekend for the first time since well before [...]
Fownes and Cruz could be Winning again in stylish Fashion March 26, 2024 THERE doesn’t seem to be a Happy Valley race meeting go by nowadays without HK Derby-winning jockey Zac Purton aboard a couple of highly touted gallopers that start at much shorter odds than their form warrants. It looks likely to happen again today, when the Champion Jockey is first given the leg up on Beauty [...]
English rugby ref body ‘regret’ events that saw Premiership TMO get ‘distracted’ by pundits March 26, 2024 English rugby chiefs have described an incident whereby it looked as if a Television Match Official (TMO) was influenced by TNT Sports commentary as “regrettable”. In the second half of the Premiership match between Saracens and Harlequins, TMO Stuart Terheege was heard stating that his officiating team couldn’t look at a potential foul play incident [...]
Meet Georgina Kennedy: British squash No1, Harvard graduate and former athletics prodigy eyeing London Classic March 26, 2024 The Londoner on anxiety attacks in athletics and finding her home in squash.
Horner accuser rejects lucrative offers to reveal all on Red Bull complaint March 26, 2024 The suspended Red Bull employee at the centre of allegations relating to Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has rejected lucrative offers to sell her story, City A.M. understands. She was suspended by the team just days after Horner saw claims of inappropriate behaviour dismissed by what Red Bull called a “fair, rigorous and impartial” process. [...]
Hope for Reading as club enter exclusivity period with potential buyer March 26, 2024 Reading have entered an exclusive negotiation period with a prospective buyer as the League One side’s tenure under Dai Yongge looks closer to a conclusion. The sale of the Royals would see Dai’s Shares, the stadium and the club’s training ground all given up as part of the negotiation. Dai is very unpopular with the [...]
Wiegman slams player-coach relationships amid Leicester City investigation March 26, 2024 England manager Sarina Wiegman has weighed in on the player-coach relationship debate in women’s football, describing such associations as “very inappropriate”. The Lionesses’ boss was asked to comment on the situation after Leicester City boss Willie Kirk was placed under investigation by his club after he was accused of indulging in a player-coach relationship. “I [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Saracens up for Spurs repeat March 26, 2024 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 April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Saracens, England In one of just two fixtures at the weekend [...]
England to make history with day-night Women’s Ashes Test at MCG March 26, 2024 Australia retained the urn last summer after a drawn series.
Nottingham Forest appeal points deduction but remain in Premier League relegation zone for now March 25, 2024 Nottingham Forest have lodged an appeal against their recent points deduction imposed by a commission. The independent body ruled that the Premier League club breached the league’s Profit and Sustainability Rules and docked Nuno Espírito Santo’s side four points, pushing them into the Premier League’s bottom three. In a statement, the club said: “Nottingham Forest [...]