Newcastle United 1, Manchester City 1: Pellegrini adopts brave face despite City opening Champions League door to rivals April 19, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini brushed off his side’s failure to overcome relegation-haunted Newcastle despite their draw opening the door to rivals Manchester United in the race for a top-four finish. The Magpies recovered their poise following a contentious opener from City’s prolific marksman Sergio Aguero — his 100th Premier League goal — to earn [...]
F1 grid girls should stay, says women in motorsport ambassador and former Williams driver Susie Wolff April 19, 2016 Formula One does not need to get rid of grid girls or become more politically correct to attract female drivers, according to the leading ambassador for women in motorsport. Susie Wolff, the former Williams F1 test driver and the only woman who has taken part in a Grand Prix weekend in the past 25 years, [...]
Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur: this is how to come out on top in a title race – and how to let it slip April 19, 2016 Suddenly pressure is mounting on Leicester in this, the most exciting Premier League season yet, after they dropped points against West Ham on Sunday and Tottenham cut their lead to five points 24 hours later. I can relate to the experience of both teams from my playing days at Everton, where we won the Division One [...]
Sir Ben Ainslie interview: Eponymous team will win the America’s Cup, asserts most decorated sailor in Olympic history April 19, 2016 They've made me angry – you don’t want to do that,” Sir Ben Ainslie famously fumed when two gold-medal rivals raised his heckles by accusing the most decorated sailor in Olympic history of foul play during the London 2012 Games. The blue-touch paper was lit and a trademark Ainslie revival duly saw the Briton claim [...]
Knight to make sweet music in the Great Metropolitan April 19, 2016 Epsom's Spring Meeting often sees the same horses turn up year after year. The Investec Corporate Banking Great Metropolitan Handicap (3.05pm), run over the Investec Derby trip, features last year’s first and third, Lungarno Palace and Barwick. I tipped the former 12 months ago and he is only a pound higher, so has to be [...]
So Mi Dar can hit the right notes in Epsom’s Investec Derby Trial April 19, 2016 Trainer John Gosden saddles the well-bred filly SO MI DAR in a bid to land a second straight success in Wednesday afternoon’s Investec Derby Trial (2.30pm) at Epsom. Having won the 10 furlong prize with Christophermarlowe 12 months ago, the Newmarket handler will be hoping the daughter of Dubawi can repeat that success. Tomorrow’s assignment is a [...]
Euro 2016: Uefa chooses Hawk-Eye technology used at Wimbledon for goal-line technology system April 19, 2016 The Hawk-Eye system used at Wimbledon and in the Premier League will provide goal-line technology at this summer's Euro 2016 tournament and in next season's Champions League. Uefa picked Hawk-Eye ahead of three other technology providers to provide referees with alerts whenever a ball has officially crossed the goal line. Referees in the Premier League, [...]
Fifa president Gianni Infantino urged to raise Qatar human rights abuses on visit to 2022 World Cup host April 19, 2016 Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been urged to use a visit to Qatar to voice concerns over the gulf state's treatment of migrant workers. The recently-elected head of world football's governing body travels to Russia and Qatar this week to meet with the organising committees of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively. Despite constant controversy [...]
London IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: How to get tickets and how much they’ll cost – full details and competition schedule announced April 19, 2016 Over 1.5m tickets to next summer's World Athletics Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships will be available for Londoners to buy from 1 August. Fans will be able to apply for tickets priced between £20 to £125 via a public ballot open from 1 August to 22 August. Any unsold tickets will then be put back [...]
NFL: US court upholds $1bn concussion settlement as “imperfect but fair” April 19, 2016 A US court has upheld the National Football League's $1bn (£699m) concussion settlement with a collection of retired players who suffered brain damage from playing the sport. Over 5,000 former American football players brought the lawsuit against the NFL but up to 21,000 could be covered by the settlement. The agreement was described as "imperfect [...]