F1 must decide if chasing new markets should come at cost of racing May 16, 2022 The Crypto.com Miami F1 Grand Prix was every bit as commercialised and over the top as you’d expect from anything in the Sunshine State of Florida. But among the fanfare, celebrity and extravagance of last week’s event, the racing was almost forgotten. A safety car caused by McLaren’s Lando Norris was the only point of [...]
City slippers: Title race set to go to the wire after Manchester City drop points at West Ham May 15, 2022 Ten years on from Sergio Aguero and all that, Manchester City are set for another nerve-shredding final day of the Premier League season. Pep Guardiola’s team missed the chance to put one hand on the trophy at West Ham on Sunday, where they drew 2-2 in a dramatic penultimate game of the campaign. City came [...]
England’s lack of representation in rugby’s European finals is no quick fix May 15, 2022 Even before this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals, the English game knew it would have no representation in the final. And bar outliers Saracens – who picked up three titles in four years – and Exeter Chiefs’ triumph during the pandemic, there has been little for Premiership sides to boast about at the highest level of [...]
Chelsea can’t afford to be ruthless with Thomas Tuchel despite the club’s season fizzling out May 15, 2022 A season that started so promisingly for Chelsea has, following Saturday’s FA Cup final defeat by Liverpool, ended up being one to forget. At the end of October they were three points clear at the top of the Premier League and all the talk was about whether Thomas Tuchel could crack Manchester City and Liverpool’s [...]
Aramco Team Series: Belgium’s Manon De Roey breaks Ladies European Tour duck in Bangkok May 15, 2022 Belgium’s Manon de Roey has had to be patient, but her maiden win on the Ladies’ European Tour was worth the wait. The 30-year-old, who first joined the tour in 2016, broke her duck in style by winning the individual title at the first $1m Aramco Team Series event of the season in Bangkok on [...]
Premier League consults top clubs over debt-fuelled takeovers May 14, 2022 The Premier League is weighing up a formal ban on debt-fuelled club takeovers as football gears up for an industry overhaul. As first reported by Mark Kleinman for Sky News, Premier League execs are in discussions with the top twenty teams about the change in ownership rules and leveraged buyouts. The consultation process is expected [...]
EP: 130 Newbury, Newmarket & Hong Kong May 13, 2022 Newbury is the venue for the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes, run over the straight mile course where the unbeaten Baaeed will be a tough nut to crack wearing the famous blue and white Shadwell colours in the feature race. Trainer George Baker sends Surrey Mist to Newbury on Saturday in search of a hat-trick of [...]
Ollie Phillips: Whoever wins in Dublin will go on to win the Champions Cup May 13, 2022 Last Weekend’s European rugby quarter-finals were a brilliant watch, and I was enthralled by the Champions Cup penalty shootout win for Toulouse against Munster, but this weekend I expect the performance levels to increase further. This is the pinnacle of the club game and the teams are just one win away from the finals later [...]
Major League Baseball to consider increasing number of London games to three or four May 13, 2022 Major League Baseball could increase the number of games per season that it stages in London after it stepped up its commitment to the capital. MLB made its UK debut in 2019 with a double header at the London Stadium that the competition’s chiefs deemed a great success. It confirmed this week that it is [...]
Three eligible players Eddie Jones should pick for England’s summer tour May 12, 2022 Rugby’s summer tours offer coaches a chance to trial players against quality southern hemisphere sides before crunch home games in the autumn. England head to Australia in June, Scotland will tour South America, New Zealand are to host Ireland, while Wales are bound for world champions South Africa. But 14 months out from a World [...]