EP: 153 Newbury & Ripon August 12, 2022 Newbury is the venue for the feature races on the flat this Saturday, with the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes taking centre stage. Ripon also hosts an afternoon card where the 6-furlong Great St. Wilfrid handicap is the feature race. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile once again previews the best of this weekend’s racing action. [...]
Saracens won’t let internationals derail Premiership bid, says coach Joe Shaw August 11, 2022 Saracens head coach Joe Shaw has vowed to ensure that international call-ups don’t derail the Premiership runners-up’s attempts to go one better next season. With many European internationals set to miss over 10 weeks of domestic action and players representing countries further afield likely to miss a similar number of weeks, strength in depth at [...]
Trevor Steven: Manchester United must use transfer window to fix serious problems August 11, 2022 The Premier League season may have started but the transfer window remains open until the end of the month – and Manchester United have already shown that they have the greatest need of the top teams to make use of the market. Sunday’s home defeat to Brighton in their opening game served up the familiar [...]
Ed Warner: English cricket has picked the right man to solve its problems – at last August 11, 2022 It’s only taken the best part of 10 months and two attempts, but the England and Wales Cricket Board’s search for a new chair has at last come up with the outcome that the counties identified for it from the off. Richard Thompson, until now chair at Surrey, is clearly the best person for the [...]
European Championships: Six athletes to watch in Munich August 10, 2022 This has already been one of the most congested track and field seasons in recent history – and now it’s about to get even busier. On the back of an impressive World Championships and a superbly attended Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the athletics circus is rolling into Munich for the European Championships, which officially start [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Annabel Dimmock back in love with golf after injury August 10, 2022 England’s Annabel Dimmock has been playing golf for 17 of her 25 years so when injury kept her off the course late last year it hit her hard. Shortly after one of her best weeks on the Ladies European Tour, when she shared in a tie for third with good friend Charley Hull at the [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Alison Lee riding crest of a wave ahead of title defence August 10, 2022 As she prepares to defend her individual crown at the Aramco Team Series Sotogrande this month, Alison Lee could hardly be happier with her form. The US Solheim Cup player, 27, is enjoying the best season of her career since her early days on the LPGA Tour, already topping $500,000 in prize money. For the [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Who is aiming to reign in Spain at $1m tournament? August 10, 2022 There is no shortage of star quality in the field for next week’s Aramco Team Series Sotogrande, but top billing will go to the Korda sisters. Olympic champion, major winner and world No3 Nelly Korda is set to be the highest ranked player in the field at La Reserva Club. “I’m so excited to be [...]
“I’m evolving away from tennis”: Serena Williams announces impending retirement August 9, 2022 Serena Williams has announced her imminent retirement from tennis, announcing that she plans to call time on one of the great sporting careers after this month’s US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam singles winner told Vogue magazine that she is “evolving away from tennis” to spend more time being a mother and running her venture [...]
Lessons from Lionesses: What English rugby can learn from Euros for 2025 World Cup August 9, 2022 The iconic Chloe Kelly goal celebration, the record attendance for a final, success on home soil; England Women’s Euro 2022 victory felt like a watershed moment for women’s sport. But in a few years’ time England will be doing it all over again. This time, however, it will be with the oval ball. It was [...]