Premier League spending set to continue as clubs enjoy successive profits for first time since 1999 April 15, 2016 Premier League clubs are gearing up for a potentially record-breaking summer of spending after collectively recording consecutive pre-tax profits for the first time this century. Top-flight teams made a pre-tax profit of around £120m and an operating profit of approximately £550m for last season, data published today by Deloitte reveals. Both figures were slightly down on [...]
Liverpool 4, Borussia Dortmund 3 (Agg: 5-4): Klopp reveals he asked for ‘spirit of Istanbul’ before Reds conjured stunning second-half revival April 15, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admitted that he asked his side to evoke memories of past European comebacks before they conjured a stirring second-half revival to dispatch Borussia Dortmund and reach the Europa League semi-finals last night. The Reds looked dead and buried following early goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while Marco Reus restored [...]
Horse Racing Betting: Deep ground is perfect for Sinfonietta in the Spring Cup April 14, 2016 The Spring Cup (3.50pm) is the big betting race at Newbury where the ground is going to be very testing. My main fancy is SINFONIETTA for in-form handler David Menuisier. This four-year-old son of Sinndar had some solid form in France before joining the West Sussex trainer last June. Although still a maiden then, he [...]
Horse Racing Betting: It’ll be alright on the Knight for red hot Newland at Ayr April 14, 2016 Just one week on from Aintree and we’re already looking at another big staying race, this time Ayr’s Scottish Grand National (4.10pm). This has been a tricky puzzle for punters to solve in recent years – you have to go back to 2000 for the last winning favourite. In the past decade there have only [...]
How much are West Ham paying for the Olympic Stadium? Rent, naming rights, repayment clauses and extra fees explained April 14, 2016 Three years after West Ham clinched a deal to become anchor tenants of the £700m Olympic Stadium the details of their agreement with the London Legacy Development Commission (LLDC) have finally been published. The 207-page contract was revealed in full for the first time yesterday after an information tribunal this week ruled against the LLDC, [...]
Gutierrez wins discrimination case against Newcastle after being dropped for developing cancer April 14, 2016 Former Newcastle United midfielder Jonas Gutierrez won his disability discrimination claim against his old club after an employment tribunal found that the Magpies had dropped the Argentine due to him developing cancer. Gutierrez was suing Newcastle, owned by billionaire Mike Ashley, after alleging that he was frozen out of the first-term picture having been diagnosed with testicular [...]
Football Betting: Foxes to continue trot to title over tired Hammers April 14, 2016 When relegation candidates Leicester beat West Ham 2-1 at the Boleyn Ground in August, it seemed like a terrible result for the Hammers. Eight months later, and with the Foxes on the brink of winning the Premier League, that reversal doesn’t look quite so bad. The two sides meet again at the King Power on [...]
Football Betting: Returning De Bruyne to give former side Chelsea the blues April 14, 2016 Last year’s top two meet in rather different circumstances on Saturday when Chelsea host Manchester City. Much has changed at Stamford Bridge since the Blues were crowned Premier League champions 11 months ago. Now sitting 10th, title-winning manager Jose Mourinho is long gone, as is the form of PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard, and Chelsea’s [...]
She Said review: Dancer Tamara Rojo presents three powerful and engrossing ballets rolled into one stunning performance April 14, 2016 Sadler's Wells | ★★★★★ Tamara Rojo, lead principal dancer and artistic director of the English National Ballet, says in over 20 years of dancing she’s never been in a ballet made by a woman. Here, she sets about redressing the balance, presenting three roughly hour-long, self-contained ballets, all choreographed by women. Thankfully, all three are [...]
Will Leicester City win the Premier League? These famous chokes from Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool will give Foxes fans nightmares April 14, 2016 Leicester City need just three wins from their remaining five games in order to win a historic Premier League title. Considering Claudio Ranieri's men have lost just three games so far this season, it seems a sure thing that the trophy will be in new hands come 15 May. But Foxes fans beware: league leaders have blown [...]