Women’s Super League 2021-22: Why you should believe the hype about the biggest and best season yet of women’s football September 3, 2021 The most eagerly anticipated and loudly trumpeted Women’s Super League (WSL) season kicks off this evening when Manchester United host Reading. Ten years on from the first WSL campaign, the expectation is that this season will be the most-watched and potentially the most compelling yet. That is thanks in large part to a landmark TV [...]
EP: 85 Haydock, Ascot & Hong Kong September 3, 2021 Haydock, Ascot & Kempton all race on a busy Saturday and the Betfair Sprint at Haydock is the Group 1 feature of the day when the top sprinters battle over 6 furlongs. Ed Walker has high hopes for Starman in the Group 1 sprint on ground he should love and he joins us today as [...]
Oarsome: Emma Wiggs paddles to canoe glory as Britain grabs three more gold medals at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics September 3, 2021 Canoeist Emma Wiggs won the first gold of a potential Tokyo 2020 double as Britain passed 100 medals on day 10 of the Paralympics. Wiggs, who won the KL2 kayak event at Rio 2016, landed gold in the first ever women’s VL2 competition at the Paralympics. The 41-year-old, who has nerve damage in her legs, [...]
The winner takes it all: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all-time top scorer September 2, 2021 Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football when he headed two last-gasp goals to give Portugal a 2-1 comeback victory over Ireland in Group A of World Cup Qualifying last night. Watch the full report.
West Ham United and the London Stadium have been good for each other – legacy chiefs should do a new deal to give the club more control September 2, 2021 This isn’t the article I expected to write; I went back to the London Stadium to bury it not to praise it. Instead, I came away with a deeper understanding of just what a valuable asset West Ham United Football Club has become. Nine years on from London 2012 and four from the World Athletics [...]
Dame Sarah Storey wins 17th gold medal to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian at Tokyo 2020 September 2, 2021 Dame Sarah Storey became the most successful British Paralympian of all time with a hard-fought victory in the C4-5 road race at Tokyo 2020 today. The swimmer-turned-cyclist, who was born without a functioning left hand, won her 17th Paralympic gold medal, and her third of these Games, at Fuji Speedway. “I couldn’t have imagined going [...]
Manchester United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka pleads guilty to driving offences September 1, 2021 Manchester United footballer Aaron Wan-Bissaka has pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, without a licence and without insurance. The 23-year-old right-back stood in the dock at Manchester Magistrates’ Court and spoke only to confirm his name and address and enter his guilty pleas during the brief hearing. District Judge Bernard Begley agreed that sentencing should [...]
Honda to sponsor England Rugby and RFU in long-term deal that includes naming rights for team’s Pennyhill Park training centre September 1, 2021 Honda has become a major sponsor of England Rugby and governing body the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in a long-term, multi-year deal. England’s Pennyhill Park training base will be renamed the Honda England Rugby Performance Centre as part of the arrangement. The deal will also see the car maker’s branding appear on the kits of [...]
Premier League summer spending falls to 2015 levels as clubs seek value in football’s post-Covid transfer market September 1, 2021 Premier League clubs cut their summer transfer spending to the lowest level since 2015 in response to the pandemic. Gross spending by England’s top-flight teams in the summer window, which closed last night, fell 11 per cent to £1.1bn, according to analysis by Deloitte. Net spending was down 38 per cent to £560m, and both [...]
Ronaldo dedicates Manchester United return to mentor Alex Ferguson August 31, 2021 Cristiano Ronaldo declared he was back where he belonged after he re-joined Manchester United from Juventus on a two-year deal today, with the forward dedicating the move to his mentor Alex Ferguson. Watch the full report.