CVC’s Global Sport Group to announce deal with Gordon Brown-linked Pimco February 11, 2026 CVC Capital Partners’ new sporting arm Global Sport Group is set to announce a deal with Gordon Brown-associated asset management group Pimco. The deal will see the firm which manages around $2 trillion in assets heavily involved in debt financing, according to Sky News’ Mark Kleinman. The senior debt financing is set to be worth [...]
Thomas Frank sacked: Tottenham count cost of £6.7m compensation payout February 11, 2026 Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Thomas Frank less than eight months after paying £6.7m in compensation to poach him from Premier League rivals Brentford. Frank’s departure comes after Spurs lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle on Tuesday night, a result that left them just two places and five points above the relegation zone. The compensation [...]
Elliott team hoping for Brighter Days at the Festival February 11, 2026 LAST March, Gordon Elliott had to wait until the last of 28 Cheltenham Festival races to taste success, not something the 41-time Festival-winning trainer would have been used to. “As hard as it was for me, for all my staff that were putting in all the hours, it was harder for them.” Elliott reflected. “The [...]
Pipe’s Juran can fill Ascot punters with Joy February 10, 2026 SATURDAY’s Ascot Chase (3.35pm) is the final Grade One of the season prior to the Cheltenham Festival, and that means we’re due to see some familiar names battle it out for this valuable prize. There’s no more familiar name than Jonbon running here, and it looks like it’s his to lose. The trip, the track [...]
Sober looks a Glorious bet for Cheltenham Festival opener February 10, 2026 RACING fans were treated to some serious action on William Hill Super Saturday at Newbury at the weekend, with plenty of Cheltenham Festival quality on show. Lulamba, Haiti Couleurs and Tutti Quanti all delivered performances which put markers down for the big four days in March, but I was most drawn to SOBER GLORY, who [...]
No Leap of Faith required to back Atzeni at the Valley February 10, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Happy Valley on Wednesday with a nine-race programme, featuring the Class Three Consensus Cup (1.15pm) over the extended mile. Favourite backers have found it tough going since the beginning of the month, with just half-a-dozen market-leaders obliging from 31 races and plenty of short-priced favourites beaten along the way. [...]
Size’s Spirit can keep him challenging in trainers’ title race February 10, 2026 JOHN Size’s bandwagon continues to roll after the success of Flow Water Flow at Sha Tin last Sunday, with the stable firmly in the equation for the trainers’ title. Size currently trails championship leader Mark Newnham by 10 winners but has quickly cut a large deficit since the New Year. The stable had nine [...]
Jonathan Barnett: Gareth Bale’s former agent denies ‘sex slave’ claims in full February 10, 2026 The British football super-agent who negotiated Gareth Bale’s world record transfer to Real Madrid, Jonathan Barnett, has denied any wrongdoing after a woman alleged he kept her as a “sex slave” and threatened to kill her. Barnett, 76, is the subject of a range of serious allegations made by an Australian woman in a US [...]
Dupont image rights row puts Toulouse in rugby spotlight again February 10, 2026 French rugby giants Toulouse are facing the threat of a second salary cap-related sanction after a media investigation into star player Antoine Dupont’s image rights payments. The so-called Le Petit General has been an integral part of France and Toulouse teams in recent years but is now at the centre of a storm, alongside Stade [...]
‘Crown jewel’ of Olympic Games memorabilia put up for sale at auction February 10, 2026 An ultra-rare winners’ medal from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 is set to be sold at auction in Denmark next month. The silver gong – gold medals were only introduced in 1904 – is believed to be the world’s oldest Olympic medal and has an estimated value of 200,000–300,000 Danish kroner [...]