Liverpool drop Premier League points against Manchester United as Arsenal go top and Aston Villa keep pressure on December 17, 2023 Liverpool missed a chance to go top of the Premier League table today after they were held to a goalless draw by an under pressure Erik ten Hag and Manchester United at Anfield. Few expected Manchester United – who finished the game with 10 men after Diogo Dalot was sent off for two yellow cards [...]
Harlequins humbled by Toulouse as French giants chase sixth title December 17, 2023 Harlequins couldn’t cope with the class of five-time Investec Champions Cup winners Toulouse on Sunday as the Londoners fell to a 19-47 defeat at the Stoop. The French outfit crossed the whitewash seven times despite Harlequins fighting hard to stay in the game at the break. Two tries for South African Irne Herbst and one [...]
2025 Club World Cup to last 29 days, Fifa confirm in Saudi Arabia December 17, 2023 The 32-team quadrennial Club World Cup will stretch across nearly a month in the summer of 2025, Fifa confirmed on Sunday. The competition will launch from 15 June to 13 July 2025 and will be hosted in the United States. The move restricts the amount of time players from qualifying Premier League teams will have [...]
Exeter Chiefs stun Munster with glorious Champions Cup comeback December 17, 2023 Exeter’s rebuild hit a landmark milestone today after the Devonians came from behind to beat Irish giants Munster and go two from two in the Investec Champions Cup. Many were worried about how Rob Baxter’s men would deal with the ferocity of the biggest club competition in rugby after the Chiefs faced an exodus of [...]
F1’s Coulthard, Hakkinen and McNish in classic car firm seeking £50m injection December 17, 2023 Former racing drivers David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen and Allan McNish are looking to raise £50m as part of a consortium of investors focusing on classic cars. The trio of motorsporting stalwarts are non-executive directors of a classic car investment firm that is listed on the London Stock Exchange as Tertre Rouge Assets PLC (TRA). TRA [...]
Champions League last 16 draw: Draw permutations and how to watch December 16, 2023 How the draw works, when it's happening and how to watch it.
Caspar Fownes hoping for some good Karma at Sha Tin December 15, 2023 RACING is back at Sha Tin on Sunday with a 10-race programme on both the all-weather and turf and features the £280,000 Lukfook Jewellery Cup (8.10am), a Class Two handicap over five furlongs. The city still seems to be on a high following last Sunday’s hugely exciting and highly emotive success of Golden Sixty in [...]
In-form Ng’s Jumbo could win punters a Fortune December 15, 2023 TO SAY 40-year-old trainer Pierre Ng has taken his profession by storm in Hong Kong this season would be an understatement. The second-season handler has bounded clear in the trainers’ title race, putting clear daylight between himself and his rivals with 32 wins, 10 victories clear of his nearest pursuer. Ng, who always catches the [...]
Exclusive: Millwall FC hits shirt sponsor Huski Chocolate with lawsuit December 15, 2023 Millwall FC has filed a lawsuit against its sponsor Huski Chocolate, whose logo appears on the team’s kit after it became the principal partner for the 2019/20 season. Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1985) instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to file a claim against Swedish-owned Huski Chocolate (Choki AB) and Swedish property investor Kvalitena AB, [...]
Why football managers are rivalling food as the Basque Country’s top export December 15, 2023 Why are so many top football managers from a tiny corner of Spain?