Formula 1: Verstappen wins on last lap of last race on last weekend December 12, 2021 After the way this 2021 Formula 1 season had been going up to this concluding weekend, you probably would have got short odds on it coming down to the last lap of the last race of the last weekend. It’s what we deserved. All hail Max Verstappen, the 24-year-old Dutchman who joins a roster of [...]
Max Verstappen wins first world title in last lap drama December 12, 2021 Max Verstappen has won his first ever world title after an astonishing last lap victory over rival Lewis Hamilton in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The title makes it the first for a Dutchman and the first since Kimi Räikkönen’s in 2007 that has gone to a driver that’s not a Brit or a [...]
Football players to be split by vaccination status December 10, 2021 The Premier League and English Football League (EFL) have advised clubs to reinstate covid restrictions including separating players out based on their vaccination status, according to reports. The new guidance from the EFL recommends splitting players into those who are doubled jabbed against coronavirus, boosted, previously infected or unvaccinated on team coaches, according to Sky News, [...]
McLaren boss Zak Brown: ‘I can’t remember a F1 season more exciting than this one’ December 10, 2021 Sunday’s showpiece final Formula 1 race of the season will see either Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton crowned world champion and Red Bull or Mercedes win the constructors’ title. But a few spots behind the two current big hitters are McLaren Racing. A team with a longstanding F1 history is now in the hands of [...]
EP: 102 Cheltenham & Doncaster December 10, 2021 Cheltenham race on Saturday with a trio of graded races featuring on their 7-race card. We can also look forward to two Grade 2 races over the jumps at Doncaster on the same day. David Pipe has runners at both tracks on Saturday and he joins us as our special guest. City A.M. racing editor [...]
EP: 101 Hong Kong International December 10, 2021 Hong Kong host their highlight of the season on Sunday when horses from all over the world take each other on in the prestigious Hong Kong International Race Day English trainer William Muir has sent his 4-year old Group 1 winner Pyledriver over to contest the Hong Kong Vase and he joins us from the [...]
Champions Cup kick-off has been tainted by Covid complications December 10, 2021 Cardiff and Munster’s youngsters and fringe players may be dreaming of famous upsets this weekend in the Champions Cup but, for me, the situation has tainted European club rugby’s big kick-off slightly. It’s nobody’s fault that the two teams have dozens of players unavailable after being caught up in the omicron breakout while playing in [...]
Ashes talking points: Head shines as England tail off December 9, 2021 It was day two despair for England as a rampant Australia started piling on the runs at the Gabba in the first Ashes Test. The touring side may have started their innings in the field well but it soon unravelled. Here are the talking points from the second day. Heading the tail Travis Head’s 85-ball [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Back Breeders’ Cup winner that always Loves it in Hong Kong December 9, 2021 LOCAL sprinters from Hong Kong haven’t set the world alight in recent times and are in danger of seeing their £2.3 million Group One Hong Kong Sprint (6.40am) prize going overseas again. Lucky Patch has emerged as a legitimate contender from the home territory having won the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint last month, with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: More Glory on the cards for Japanese raider in HK Vase December 9, 2021 IT’S THAT time of the year again when racing enthusiasts will have to set their alarms early on Sunday morning to watch Hong Kong’s flagship race-meeting of the year, the LONGINES International Races at Sha Tin. Despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions, there are still several raiders from England, Ireland, France and Japan taking [...]