Hong Kong Racing Tips: Back Bentley and Lor to get Lucky again with Archangel January 18, 2022 BANK on jockey Harry Bentley to hit the bullseye once again when he teams up with championship leading trainer Frankie Lor aboard LUCKY ARCHANGEL in Division Two of the Green Island Handicap (12.45pm) over six furlongs. Bentley and Lor, who combined with Smart Idea to get up in the shadows of the post at the Valley last [...]
Ireland make history with shock win over Windies in Caribbean January 18, 2022 A “very, very sad day for Windies cricket” is how captain Kieron Pollard summarised his side’s shock one-day international series defeat to Ireland earlier this week. Pollard must reload his batting ammo before England arrive for five T20s, starting this Saturday, where the visitors will be looking to erase their own post-Ashes gloom from memory. [...]
Emma Raducanu leads British charge at Australian Open January 18, 2022 Emma Raducanu swept past fellow former US Open winner Sloane Stephens to cap a fruitful day for British tennis players at the Australian Open. Raducanu ended a three-match losing run by beating American Stephens 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 to set up a second round clash with Danka Kovinic on Montenegro. Earlier, Andy Murray, Dan Evans and [...]
England cricketers sorry after Australian police break up boozy Ashes party January 18, 2022 England cricket chiefs have apologised after police were called to break up a boozy party at the team hotel early yesterday morning following the end of the Ashes series in Australia. Tasmania Police spoke to players from both the England and Australia teams, who were sharing a post-series drink in Hobart, at around 6am on [...]
Plenty of life left in Andy Murray as he flies past Nikoloz Basilashvili in five sets at Australian Open January 18, 2022 Andy Murray has defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in five sets to reach the second round of the Australian Open. The victory showed there is plenty of life in Murray yet as he returned to the court where he was virtually retired three years ago and The great and the good of tennis were hastily gathered together [...]
Championship rugby club chairman: ‘Increase funding to clubs’ January 18, 2022 Richmond’s chairman has called on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to solve the Championship’s increasingly insurmountable financial barriers to promotion to the top division. The RFU has cut funding for already cash-strapped second-tier clubs from around £550,000 each per year to less than half that this season. It is another hurdle to promotion for Championship [...]
Ashes: This series is just the latest in disappointing results Down Under January 17, 2022 Well it’s over… finally. The 72nd edition of the Ashes will not go down as a classic battle. The 2021-22 tour of Australia was Joe Root’s third Ashes series without a win and England’s third tour since they last won a Test. There are, though, common themes which point to serious issues which remain unresolved [...]
Trevor Steven: Supply teacher Rafa Benitez was never right fit for Everton January 17, 2022 Watching them lose at Norwich City on Saturday made me realise that Rafa Benitez’s Everton were in crisis. It was the first time I had worried about their prospects for the rest of the season, the first time I thought that there was nothing left from this group of players under that manager. Although we [...]
Sweat is weakness leaving the body: Europe’s highest gym launches in City’s new 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper January 17, 2022 Europe’s highest gym will soon be in the Square Mile as fitness operator BXR London told City A.M. this afternoon it is moving in on the 25th floor inside the new 22 Bishopsgate tower. The BXR City branch will also contain one of the highest climbing walls in the world when it will open next [...]
Winter Olympics: No general sale tickets for Beijing, say organisers January 17, 2022 The organisers of next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing have withheld plans to sell tickets to the general public. While organisers had previously said there would be domestic access for fans, tickers are now set to be reserved for invited “groups of spectators” only. Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer [...]