London club AFC Wimbledon to host international rugby at Plough Lane March 6, 2024 AFC Wimbledon is set to host international rugby this year with the likes of the USA set to descend on Plough Lane in London, it is to be confirmed on Thursday. Hosted by LIT7s, the event will feature the likes of the United States, Ireland, Germany, Jamaica and Uganda across men’s and women’s sevens tournaments [...]
My dad is not a liar! Verstappen defends dad Jos after attack on Red Bull and Horner March 6, 2024 Max Verstappen has insisted the drama surrounding his Red Bull F1 outfit after team principal Christian Horner’s misconduct hearing and subsequent alleged message leaks is “not good for the team”. The three-time Formula 1 world champion’s opening race win of the season in Bahrain last weekend was overshadowed by the series of controversies surrounding his [...]
Snowden hoping spring’s eternal at Cheltenham again March 6, 2024 The 2022/23 season wasn’t a bad one for trainer Jamie Snowden. A second Cheltenham Festival winner with You Wear It Well as well as victory in the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury with the sadly ill-fated Datsalrightgino were just two of several big race wins for the Lambourn-based handler and it continues an upward trajectory which sees [...]
Russians BANNED from Paris 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony March 6, 2024 Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics this summer. Their achievements will also be erased from the medal table. It comes as athletes from the two nations will compete as neutrals in France after being vetted by the International Paralympic Committee. The move comes in response [...]
Sheffield Wednesday cancel signing of £20m international over domestic violence claims March 6, 2024 Germany left-back Nico Schulz had been training with the Championship club.
Trevor Steven: Rice not Foden is my Premier League player of the year March 5, 2024 Our football columnists runs the rule over the main contenders.
Derek Fox: Corach Rambler can win the Gold Cup March 5, 2024 LUCINDA Russell may only have a handful of entries at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, but not one of them are without a chance, and for stable jockey Derek Fox, it’s a very exciting time of the year. “I couldn’t pick the most likely winner out of the rides I have at Cheltenham,’ the 31-year-old rider [...]
Mister could be a Gift in Supreme for maestro Mullins March 5, 2024 AS WE know, predicting which race Willie Mullins will choose for some of his horses is about as easy as solving a Rubik’s Cube. And that’s very much the case with Ballyburn, whose Cheltenham Festival target is still unknown and that doesn’t make betting on the Supreme or Gallagher Novices’ Hurdles easy. For what it’s worth, [...]
A bit of Bruit force needed in Imperial Cup March 5, 2024 WE MIGHT be less than a week away from the Cheltenham Festival, but we’ve still got one last chance to boost the coffers for the biggest week in the jump racing calendar. Sandown takes centre stage on Saturday with the feature being the incredibly competitive Imperial Cup (2.25pm). Paul Nicholls and Harry Cobden won this race 12 [...]
Fownes’ Atomic and Angel could be a Force to be reckoned with March 5, 2024 THE WHEELS appear to have temporarily come off the winning-machine stable of trainer Pierre Ng, who – despite still leading the trainers’ championship table by a dozen winners – has been floundering in recent times, and is still waiting for that elusive winner to give him his half-century for the season.While Ng is having his [...]