Surrey Cricket boss to move on after transformative decade May 14, 2021 Surrey County Cricket Club Chief Exec Richard Gould is to leave the south London institution after a decade in charge. Gould will move on to the same role at Championship football club Bristol City. Surrey’s business model has been transformed under Gould’s tenure, with the year before the pandemic delivering record profits. Read more: Surrey [...]
Champions League-chasing Chelsea – and women’s football more generally – on the cusp of something extraordinary May 13, 2021 As the strangest football season on record hurtles to a climax, blue is most certainly the colour. While the sky blues of Manchester City contemplate a treble almost on par with their neighbours’ efforts in 1999, Chelsea can claim a double of their own if they beat City in the Champions League final and defeat [...]
Premier League and Manchester United named top of the table for cashing in on social media May 12, 2021 The Premier League and Manchester United have the most valuable social media output across all sports, according to a new report. The Premier League is projected to derive £302m from activity on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by year end, more than any other sport competition in the world. Manchester United, meanwhile, have a digital inventory [...]
Manchester City crowned Premier League champions May 11, 2021 Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions with three games to spare after second-placed Manchester United lost 2-1 at home to Leicester City on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola’s City side, who missed the chance to seal the title when they were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea on Saturday, are 10 points clear of United, who also [...]
UEFA moves Champions League final from Istanbul to Porto May 11, 2021 UEFA has moved this month’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea from Istanbul to Porto, according to Turkish media reports on Tuesday. European football governing body declined to comment on the reports from the media outlets, which included television channel HaberTurk, while Turkish Football Federation officials were not immediately available for comment. Turkey [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Spend can defy top weight at Sha Tin May 11, 2021 SHA TIN’s feature race of the day sees the reappearance of the unbeaten Winner Method, seeking a four-timer in the Grass Island Handicap (1:15pm) over five furlongs. The son of Deep Field ran, in his jockey’s post-race comments, “a little bit flat” but still proved too strong for rivals when last seen in March and [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Size looking to get back amongst the winners May 11, 2021 IT HAS been a quiet couple of weeks for 11-time champion trainer John Size, with the stable only visiting the winners’ circle twice. With only 18 race-meetings left in the season, Size is in the middle of a titanic struggle for the trainers’ championship, currently level with Caspar Fownes on 59 wins, while Danny Shum [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Comet has a Gold chance May 11, 2021 IT IS the turn of Sha Tin to host midweek racing in Hong Kong on Wednesday with an eight-race programme under floodlights. It’s difficult to remember the last time racing on turf took place under lights in the city and it will be interesting to see how horses cope in the closing stages, with shadows [...]
Steering clear of the cliff edge: Why it makes business sense for sport to put the human first May 11, 2021 We’ve seen a seismic shift in attitudes around athlete welfare but the sentiment ‘it’s only what happens on the pitch that counts’, albeit largely unspoken, is sadly still common in professional sport. With the global sports market expected to reach $600bn by 2025, there is no doubt about the pressure clubs are facing to deliver [...]
Brawn on the fourth of July: England to take on US at Twickenham this summer May 10, 2021 England will once again play in front of fans at Twickenham as the RFU confirmed two summer test matches against the United States and Canada. Eddie Jones’ men will take on the US on July 4, with Canada a week later on July 10. Read more: Sam Simmonds and Jonny Hill named in British and [...]