Brits buy more Paris 2024 Olympics tickets than any other overseas nation April 11, 2023 Great Britain is leading the way for ticket purchases outside of France ahead of next year’s Paris 2024 Olympics. The French capital will host the iconic multi-sport extravaganza for the first time in 100 years in what is also set to be the first Olympiad since the Covid-19 pandemic. It also marks a return to [...]
Leicester City set to appoint Smith, Shakespeare and Terry for season April 10, 2023 Struggling Leicester City have agreed a deal with former Aston Villa and Norwich boss Dean Smith to become their manager until the end of the season. The Foxes have been in the market for a manager since they sacked Brendan Rodgers last month. Smith will be joined at the King Power Stadium by Craig Shakespeare [...]
Norrie and Murray crash out in Monte Carlo as Draper wins April 10, 2023 British No1 Cameron Norrie and former Wimbledon winner Andy Murray were first-round victims at the Monte Carlo 1000 today. Norrie (pictured) was beaten 6-3 6-4 in straight sets by Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the Principality on the Mediterranean. Norrie struggled across the Sunshine Double – a pair of events in Indian Wells and Miami – [...]
Michael Jordan didn’t win everything so why should Man City, asks Pep Guardiola April 10, 2023 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has played down the club’s wait for Champions League glory, comparing them with Jack Nicklaus and Michael Jordan. City have thus far been unable to replicate their domestic dominance on the European stage – a charge also levelled at Guardiola since leaving Barcelona more than a decade ago. They can [...]
Exeter Chiefs’ Champions Cup run rewriting final act of their 13-year play April 10, 2023 It wasn’t supposed to be like this; the final lines in the script of the fall of Exeter Chiefs as their era of dominance comes to an end. But they’re the one remaining English team across the two European club rugby competitions, the Champions and Challenge Cups, and it’s a feat few expected. Of the [...]
Sam Torrance: Masters win takes Jon Rahm closer to a likely career grand slam April 10, 2023 From four-putting on the first green to ending the day with a 65, Jon Rahm began Masters week in astonishing style and never let up on his way to a commanding win. I have never seen him drive the ball better, his iron play was sublime and his putting was, the first hole excepted, excellent. [...]
Andy Robertson: Assistant referee stood down while ‘elbow’ investigated April 10, 2023 The assistant referee accused of elbowing Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has been stood down while the incident is investigated by the Football Association. Constantine Hatzidakis was involved in a confrontation with Robertson at half-time of Sunday’s Premier League match between Liverpool and Arsenal. Premier League referees’ body PGMOL said it would “not be appointing Constantine [...]
South African sides in Champions Cup proves rugby can be radical when it wants to be April 9, 2023 And there we have it, eight have become four. The Champions Cup has always been better in the knockout stages and that’s only been personified further by the woeful system in place for the pool stages. Two pools of 12 was always a stupid idea – fans get lost in the complexities of it all [...]
Lion can complete Red letter day for Purton April 7, 2023 TWO OF Hong Kong’s finest gallopers, Lucky Sweynesse and California Spangle, take centre stage when Sha Tin hosts an 11-race programme, featuring the Group 2 Sprint Cup and Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy, on Easter Sunday. Both horses come into their respective races in peak form, and it would be a major shock, likened to a [...]
Bowman Happy to be patient with progressive Hero April 7, 2023 HUGH Bowman, or ‘Head Waiter’ as he is known, returns to action in Hong Kong for the first time this month, after sorting out some family commitments back in Australia. Bowman has a strong book of rides in 10 of the 11 races and must fancy his chances of adding to his already impressive 39 [...]