Hong Kong Racing Tips: Tango to leave rivals in a spin June 30, 2021 WITH a public holiday in Hong Kong on Thursday to celebrate Reunification Day with China, racing has moved from its regular Wednesday slot at Happy Valley, to an exciting ten-race programme at Sha Tin. The feature race of the day is a clash between strong stayers and middle-distance performers in the £200,000 Hong Kong Reunification [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Callan can complete Excellent hat-trick June 30, 2021 MOST local racing fans are going to miss jockey Neil Callan when the Irishman waves goodbye to Hong Kong and returns to the UK following the season’s ending in over a fortnight’s time. Callan’s Asian odyssey started ten years ago and, in that time, the 42-year-old has built up a huge fan base with his [...]
Former Olympic champion cyclist Chris Boardman MBE named chair of Sport England June 30, 2021 Former Olympic champion cyclist Chris Boardman MBE has been appointed chair of Sport England. Boardman will play a key role in getting more people active and developing grassroots sport. “I am delighted to take up the position of chair for Sport England,” said the 52-year-old, who won individual pursuit gold at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics. [...]
England 2, Germany 0: England rip up the script on night of release for fans and Gareth Southgate June 29, 2021 For England, matches against Germany have historically been about pain, injustice, recurring nightmares and inferiority. At Wembley, in front of the biggest sports crowd the UK has witnessed since before the pandemic, they rewrote the script. This time around it was about joy, deserved victory, resilience and glorious possibility. But more than anything it was [...]
English rugby scraps relegation until 2024 but chiefs insist Premiership is not being ringfenced June 29, 2021 English rugby chiefs have scrapped relegation from the Premiership until 2024 as part of wide-ranging reforms to the game. The pausing of relegation and expansion of the Premiership to 14 teams is designed to stem the losses suffered by most clubs and exacerbated by the pandemic, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said. But the RFU [...]
England will beat Germany 2-1 tonight and make it to Euro 2020 final, analysts predict June 29, 2021 England will take down Germany in tonight’s match, and even make it to the Euro 2020 final, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. The Germans will be hoping for a repeat of their famous victory over England in the semi-final of Euro 1996, but Goldman Sachs’ analysts do not see it happening. After sneaking into [...]
Exclusive: Most Brits expect England to beat Germany at Euro 2020 and avenge previous major tournament defeats June 29, 2021 Most Britons expect England to overcome Germany when they clash at Euro 2020 on Tuesday, according to a City A.M. poll. Germany have inflicted some of England’s most painful major tournament defeats, eliminating them in 1990, 1996 and 2010. But a slight majority of 52 per cent believe Gareth Southgate’s team will avenge those defeats [...]
How Germany are using data science at Euro 2020 and why it won’t help them in a penalty shoot-out against England June 28, 2021 It’s hard to tell whether Pascal Bauer is being modest about his own work or afraid of giving too much away when he talks about Germany’s Euro 2020 showdown with England. As a senior data scientist for German football federation (DFB), he has an important role in preparing the team for matches like tomorrow’s last-16 [...]
Doubts resurface over British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa as country enters strict measures and Springbok trio test positive for Covid-19 June 28, 2021 The British and Irish Lions’ summer tour to South Africa has been plunged into fresh doubt just as the team is due to arrive in Johannesburg. The country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has warned of a “massive resurgence” in Covid-19, with cases on course to overtake the peak of 2020. Three South Africa players tested positive [...]
Net profits: Andy Murray on life as an entrepreneur and investor, his new sports drink venture and why he’ll focus more on business after tennis June 25, 2021 Sportswear entrepreneur Tom Beahon can remember one of his first meetings with Andy Murray, at the 2019 Australian Open. “Andy was in his hotel room, watching a Djokovic match, making notes on which side of the service box Novak was serving to just in case he played him in that tournament,” recalls Beahon, whose company, [...]