Just Stop Oil disrupt Open Championship Golf as Billy Horschel intervenes (but doesn’t go full Jonny Bairstow) July 21, 2023 American golfer Billy Horschel intervened to help remove protesters who invaded the 17th green at Royal Liverpool on the second day of the Open Championship. The 36-year-old escorted a woman wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt covered in orange paint off the green of the Hoylake links and into the custody of a police officer. [...]
Women rightly top the bill as Diamond League returns to London July 21, 2023 After a four-year absence, top level track and field will return to the capital this weekend when the London Stadium stages Diamond League athletics. More than a decade after Mo Farah did the double, Usain Bolt the treble and Super Saturday took place at the London 2012 Olympics, Sunday offers a chance for the next [...]
EP: 215 Newbury & Curragh July 21, 2023 Saturday’s flat meeting at Newbury celebrates Wetherbys Super Sprint Day, whilst on the same afternoon in Ireland, the Curragh hosts the Group 1 Irish Oaks where trainer Aidan O’Brien looks to hold a strong hand. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Saturday’s racing action, alongside host, Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The [...]
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut: All you need to know and how to watch in the UK July 21, 2023 All you need to know about Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut, from the date and time to the opponents and TV details – plus suggestions that the club could yet make fans wait a little longer. After jetting in to Florida last weekend to confirm his long-awaited signing, Lionel Messi is poised to play his [...]
Ollie Phillips: Lions is the pinnacle, I wish I could have worn the shirt July 21, 2023 I enjoyed my career, let’s get that straight from the off, but I wish I had donned the famous British and Irish Lions jersey at least once. It was back then, and remains to this day, the pinnacle of rugby for a British or Irish rugby player and it is an institution that we simply [...]
England at the Women’s World Cup: Who are Lionesses playing and when is it on TV? July 20, 2023 Hopes are high for England at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, where the Lionesses are among the most fancied teams. Having won their first major honours at last summer’s European Championship on home soil, Sarina Wiegman’s side now have their sights set on winning a maiden World Cup. Here is all [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Grondona has coming of age match for Pumas July 20, 2023 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Player of the week Argentina flanker Santiago [...]
F1 gets kids makeover with special feed at Hungarian Grand Prix July 20, 2023 F1 will introduce a dedicated international feed aimed at children in partnership with Sky Sports at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The aim of the feed is to enhance the viewing experience for children. It will see friendly driver radio used alongside 3D graphics and explainers. “We are really excited to share this special edition [...]
Ed Warner: I found a solution to cricket’s privilege problem in the South Downs July 20, 2023 Cricket can tackle its elitism problem by supporting initiatives take the sport to new audiences such as disadvantaged kids, says Ed Warner. Back in my investment banking days, I was responsible from across the Atlantic for a US research department. Every time I headed for JFK after a visit to my team of analysts I [...]
Fifa Women’s World Cup already breaking ticket records July 20, 2023 The ninth Women’s World Cup is set to kick-off today in Australia and New Zealand having already set a new record for tickets sales. Organisers have sold 1.4m seats for the tournament, eclipsing the previous benchmark of 1.35m tickets bought at the 2015 edition in Canada. Co-hosts Australia have sold out of regular seats at [...]