Two Champions League winning managers, a wealth of ambitious foreign owners and exciting England prospects – whether you support Leeds or Newcastle, the Championship can be relied on for entertainment August 3, 2016 Tomorrow a football competition starts in London featuring ambitious and enigmatic billionaire owners from across the globe, a cosmopolitan array of managers — including two Champions League winners — and some of the most exciting young players in England. But this isn't the Premier League. It is, of course, the Championship. English football’s second tier [...]
From an Aston Villa troublemaker to a Newcastle forward and a Chelsea loanee – here’s five players to look out for in the Championship this season August 3, 2016 The Championship. A league full of 30+ cloggers and clumpers adept at the dark arts and averse to pretty passing football, right? Not quite. English football's second tier certainly still boasts those of the agricultural persuasion, but there are just as many players who will have you scratching your head and wondering why no Premier League club [...]
Aim-listed Science in Sport’s share price up almost a quarter on nutrition agreement with USA Cycling August 3, 2016 Aim-listed Science in Sport's share price popped 24 per cent today on the news it will become the official fitness nutrition suppler to USA Cycling. The cycling organisation, which is the governing body for all disciplines of competitive cycling in the US, has signed a supply agreement running until 31 December 2017. Science in Sport recently [...]
10 inspiring quotes from the Olympics’ best-known athletes August 3, 2016 Being a great athlete takes a combination of raw talent, luck and a lot of hard work. The stories of how these men and women have achieved world renown through guts and glory can often hold useful lessons for the rest of us – an athlete’s mindset can be very helpful in a business environment. [...]
City A.M.’s Rio 50: These are the 50 most marketable athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games August 3, 2016 Do you thrill to the Mobot? Or tingle when Jess Ennis-Hill ducks for the line? Perhaps it’s Usain Bolt’s signature To Di World celebration, an Andy Murray fist pump, or gymnastics doyenne Simone Biles cheekily winking during a floor routine that brings out the goose-pimples. Everyone has their favourites: those sportsmen and women who we [...]
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury lands second blow on UK Anti-Doping after failed attempt to ban cyclist Lizzie Armitstead August 2, 2016 UK Anti-Doping were dealt a second damaging blow in the space of 24 hours when world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury declared his intention to sue the organisation. It was reported in June that traces of banned substance nandrolone had been found by UK Anti-Doping in a sample given by Fury in February. He denied the [...]
Suicide Squad movie review: Jared Leto’s strong Joker game can’t save a film that’s too fixated on Margot Robbie’s behind August 2, 2016 There are lots of reasons to dislike Suicide Squad. It shamelessly fetishises guns, for instance, which in the current climate feels pretty distasteful. There are guns emblazoned with “love” and “hate”, guns made out of gold, guns that fly through the air in slow motion. It shamelessly objectifies women, particularly Margot Robbie and more particularly [...]
Andy Murray’s hopes of Rio Olympic gold boosted by latest withdrawal of top-10 ranked player August 2, 2016 Defending champion Andy Murray’s chances of retaining his Olympic crown have been boosted after two-time grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka became the latest top-10 ranked player to withdraw. World No4 Wawrinka has been forced to pull out of the Games, which start on Friday, after succumbing to a back injury which he aggravated during the Rogers Cup [...]
Cricket betting: Pakistan can depend on Misbah – but not Masood against Jimmy Anderson August 2, 2016 Misbah-ul-Haq was Pakistan’s saving grace at Old Trafford in an otherwise abject performance in the second Test. Without the 42-year-old skipper’s 52 in the first innings, and 35 in the second, the 330-run margin of defeat would have approached record-breaking territory. Remarkably, the evergreen Misbah is touring England for the first time, having made his Test [...]
Cricket betting: Home sweet home for Woakes and England in crucial third Test August 2, 2016 Momentum is an oft-used word during a Test series, but in recent times its importance has waned. Last summer saw England and Australia trade blows in a see-sawing Ashes series that finished 3-2 to the hosts. England won the first, third and fourth Tests, though were completely outplayed in the other two, as the idea [...]