Mullins needs six for Cheltenham century February 12, 2024 WILLIE Mullins has been leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival in nine of the last 11 years, and as he showed at the Dublin Racing Festival earlier this month, his dominance shows no signs of slowing down. An army of 70 plus horses from his County Carlow base will descend on the Cotswolds in four [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Exeter Chiefs riding momentum wave February 12, 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: Exeter Chiefs, England It was a good weekend to be a [...]
Raducanu blames schedule, day match and outdoors tie after loss February 12, 2024 Emma Raducanu cited a lack of preparation for her 6-0 7-6 defeat to unseeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina at the WTA Qatar Open. The 2021 US Open winner blamed a lack of practice outdoors and cited her match as her first in the day in a year. Raducanu made 48 unforced errors in a match that [...]
Ivory Coast celebrate Afcon triumph with bank holiday February 12, 2024 Ivory Coast celebrated winning the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a public holiday on Monday, announced by President Alassane Ouattara after their 2-1 win over Nigeria. Celebrations across the country erupted after the final whistle on Sunday and continued further afield as the Ivorian diaspora across the world celebrated their third Africa Cup of [...]
Sir Mo Farah leads tributes to world record holder Kelvin Kiptum February 12, 2024 Kiptum ran the quickest ever marathon time in Chicago last year.
‘Rugby can’t be seen as boring to new fans. It will drive them away’ February 12, 2024 Deputy Sport Editor Matt Hardy talks England’s Six Nations atmosphere, boring rugby and glorious Ireland in this week’s column. “There was a lot of stopping and starting, nothing seemed to happen and the people around me kept saying how boring it was.” That was the one sentence review from a colleague after their first ever [...]
School of Hard Knocks lunch raises £100k on proud day for Square Mile February 12, 2024 A major success was hailed last Thursday as the great and good of the City of London and beyond descended on Threadneedle Street’s M Restaurant for the annual School of Hard Knocks Long Lunch. Rugby World Cup winners, international sports players, broadcasters and brokers all played their part in raising over £100,000 for the School [...]
Team GB snap up partnership deal with TikTok February 12, 2024 TikTok have promised to provide athletes “specialist training and guidance” on creating content.
Super Bowl LIX: How to read Roman numerals ahead of NFL American football February 11, 2024 We may be at the 59th (LIX) Super Bowl but many are still oblivious to the bunch of apparent letters that change every year. So here is how to read Roman numerals. What are Roman numerals? Roman numerals are, shock horror, symbols that represent numbers based on the ancient Roman system. Alphabet symbols are used [...]
Arsenal reach new heights as they hammer West Ham in record win February 11, 2024 Mikel Arteta took Arsenal to heights Arsene Wenger never did on Sunday afternoon as the Gunners recorded their biggest ever away win against West Ham. The away side smashed six goals past West Ham to boost their hopes of mounting a serious title challenge against Liverpool and Manchester City. But skipper Martin Odegaard played down [...]