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 [...]
Hayes’ Boy could be his Strongest chance of the day March 5, 2024 RACING at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today once again serves up a nine-race programme of fiendishly difficult handicaps to solve, starting at 10.40am. Furthermore, there has been an anomaly at the city-track over the past month or so, with standard race-times well above average – despite very little rain – and a track bias [...]
Halep back on tennis court after four-year doping ban slashed to nine months March 5, 2024 Former Grand Slam tennis champion Simona Halep has seen her four-year doping ban slashed to just nine months. The new, backdated ban means the Romanian is able to resume competition immediately. The 32-year-old appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after she was banned for testing positive for roxadustat, an anti-anaemia drug. Her appeal [...]
Sport’s coming home: Women’s World Cup, Ryder Cup and Tour de France on UK’s list of 70 targets for next decade March 5, 2024 The Solheim Cup and World Athletics Championships are also on the list.
England’s Ashes nemesis joins The Hundred draft (if anyone wants him this time) March 5, 2024 Warner also pulled out of his contract for the 2021 edition of The Hundred.
Who owns Mercedes? Who is the team principal? What is their value? March 5, 2024 All you need to know about who owns Mercedes.
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Leinster back on the war path March 5, 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 April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Leinster Having lost in a friendly to Saracens last week Leinster [...]
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem investigated over alleged F1 race tampering attempt March 4, 2024 The president of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, is reportedly under investigation over an alleged attempt to interfere with the 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. A whistleblower is said to have told the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) that Ben Sulayem intervened to have a penalty given to Fernando Alonso of [...]