Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel to retire from Formula 1 July 28, 2022 Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel this morning announced that he’d retire from the sport come the end of the season. The German, who drives for Aston Martin, announced the news on his newly-created Instagram account. Having made his Formula 1 debut in the United States in 2007 with BMW Sauber, 35-year-old Vettel currently [...]
‘Gen Z events may be future of Commonwealth Games’ July 28, 2022 On a flight home from a business meeting in Guernsey, I sat across the aisle from members of the island’s Commonwealth Games team. I think I spotted sprinter Abi Galpin in her Guernsey Athletics sweatshirt, while an older member of the entourage – team manager? coach? – had his nose firmly in the World Championships [...]
It might be worth taking a swing on Sunningdale in the Nursery July 27, 2022 NURSERY handicaps at Goodwood are never easy to find the winner, and today’s Class Two contest (4.10pm) falls very much into that category. TRUE STATESMAN comes into this on a hat-trick and though he’s up eight pounds for a dominant win at Chester last time, there’s likely more to come. He’s trained by Charlie & Mark [...]
$405m LIV Golf League to launch next year as Saudi-backed circuit brings forwards its plans July 27, 2022 LIV Golf has stayed on the front foot in its tussle with the leading men’s tours by bringing forward its plans to launch a star-studded super league. It will see the Saudi-backed big-money circuit – at odds with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour over the services of the world’s leading players – significantly [...]
Dreamloper and Hall can add to the show in Nashwa’s Nassau July 27, 2022 WEIGHT stops trains which might be why three-year-olds, who get plenty of weight from their elders in the Group One Nassau Stakes (3.35pm), have won seven of the last 10 renewals. That’s a good omen for NASHWA, one of five from the Classic generation in the field, and on form she holds far stronger claims than her [...]
EXCLUSIVE: 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst: ‘My own memory could fade. You expect it to happen’ July 27, 2022 Sir Geoff Hurst tells Frank Dalleres that seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories in the form of a digital artwork that will help to raise money for two Alzheimer’s charities. Every morning Sir Geoff Hurst goes for an hour-long walk through the park [...]
EP: 150 Goodwood – Thursday July 26, 2022 The fillies take centre stage in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday when Hollie Doyle teams up again with recent group 1 winning filly Nashwa for John & Thady Gosden. On today’s podcast, trainers Thady Gosden (Nashwa) & James Ferguson (Deauville Legend) discuss their chances of a winner in their respective races at the [...]
‘London can be to Formula E what Monaco is to Formula 1’ July 26, 2022 Nothing conjures up images of east London quite like the warm Mediterranean and a plethora of casinos, right? Because that’s where Formula E’s sporting director Frederic Espinos believes organisers of the London E-Prix should set their sights. Alright, the Swiss bigwig isn’t actually suggesting that Formula E turn the banks of the Thames adjacent to [...]
You can say Hello to the winners’ enclosure after Oak Tree Stakes July 26, 2022 THERE is an intriguing clash of the generations when the three-year-old fillies meet their elders in the Whispering Angel Oak Tree Stakes (2.25pm). The three-year-old Heredia has to bounce back from her disappointing show at Sandown, while her elder Soft Whisper has to navigate her way from a horror draw in stall 16. I’m keen [...]
Alcohol Free to be the perfect Baaeed chaser in Sussex July 26, 2022 UNBEATEN superstar BAAEED should stretch his winning streak to nine victories in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (3.35pm), although sadly he is a best-priced 2/11 with the bookmakers to do so. This Group One contest is the highlight of Goodwood’s summer festival and has been won by some of the truly great horses, including Frankel, down [...]