Sheikh Jassim aims to win Manchester United takeover battle with extra $1bn May 1, 2023 The Qatari bid for Manchester United, led by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, hopes to swing the takeover battle in its favour with the promise of an extra $1bn set aside for investment in the club. The $1bn (£800m) is additional to Sheikh Jassim’s offer for the club, which values United at around £5bn, [...]
Talor Gooch takes prize money earnings to $20m in a year on LIV Golf circuit May 1, 2023 If there is one player who has benefited most from joining LIV Golf then Talor Gooch must be a strong contender, having trebled his career earnings in less than a year. Gooch became the first player to win back-to-back tournaments on the big-money breakaway circuit on Sunday when he beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off [...]
Sixty spreads sprinkling of stardust on FWD Champions Day April 30, 2023 GOLDEN SIXTY became the highest earning racehorse of all time when winning £1.2 million after taking out the FWD Champions Mile at a packed Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday morning. Francis Lui’s brilliant seven-year-old, who has won 25 of his 29 career starts, was always well placed by regular partner Vincent Ho and won comfortably [...]
Formula 1 engineer: Budget cap should rise with inflation April 29, 2023 Last season, Formula 1 teams Aston Martin and Red Bull were punished for issues relating to the newly introduced budget cap. While Lawrence Stroll’s Aston Martin received a slap on the wrist and a fine for a technical error relating to admin, Red Bull went above the $145m cap by £1.8m, were fined $7m and [...]
Challenge Cup Rugby: West Wales infected with ‘Scarlets fever’ April 29, 2023 Deep in the west of Wales sits a market town in Carmarthenshire called Llanelli which will this weekend, at a ground named Parc y Scarlets, play host to a European semi-final. For the Welsh rugby region Scarlets are on the march and aiming to be one of the few beacons of light amid a torrid [...]
Dubai Honour and Tuchel set to impress April 28, 2023 SUNDAY’s flagship event on a 10-race programme is the £2.5 million QEII Cup (9.40am) over 10 furlongs, which looks an intriguing match between Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior and the William Haggas-trained globetrotter Dubai Honour. James McDonald, who rode Romantic Warrior to victory twice earlier in the season, including a breath-taking victory in the Group [...]
It’s a Voyage to the top for Golden Sixty April 28, 2023 ALL EYES of the racing world will be on Hong Kong on Sunday morning, when Sha Tin features three international Group One contests with prize-money totalling around £6.6million. With the likes of legendary galloper Golden Sixty going for his 25th win from 29 races in the FWD Champions Mile, Romantic Warrior seeking to follow-up last [...]
EP: 198 Sandown & Hong Kong April 28, 2023 The official end of season jumps meeting takes place at Sandown on Saturday where the Celebration Chase and Gold Cup Handicap are two of their feature races. This episode also includes interviews with Paul Nicholls, Brian Hughes, Luca Morgan and Christian Williams. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Sandown’s racing action [...]
Wembley turns 100: Iconic stadium reaches century of existence (in multiple forms) April 28, 2023 It has been home to England’s only World Cup final victory, hosted the likes of Live Aid and songstress Adele and was built on the site of a tower which was supposed to make the Eiffel Tower look like a garden ornament. Wembley Stadium as a site turns 100 today, and it’s fair to say [...]
Record breaking Women’s Six Nations match is great send-off for Middleton’s England April 28, 2023 This weekend’s Six Nations showdown between England and France is a glass ceiling-smashing moment for women’s sport. More than 53,000 fans will be at Twickenham to watch this year’s championship decider. That bodes really well for the 2025 World Cup, with the Rugby Football Union hoping to sell out the final at the same stadium. [...]