Real, Barca and United lead way in club value list May 6, 2015 EUROPEAN champions Real Madrid are the world’s most valuable football club, with Manchester United the highest placed English team, according to a new ranking compiled by magazine Forbes. Real are estimated to be worth £2.13bn, marginally more than their bitter rivals Barcelona (£2.07bn) and fellow global powerhouse United (£2.03bn). All three are valued £500m higher [...]
Brentford out for Middlesbrough play-off revenge May 6, 2015 BRENTFORD manager Mark Warburton believes his team have “unfinished business” with Middlesbrough ahead of their Championship first leg play-off encounter at Griffin Park tomorrow. The west London club were thrashed 4-0 by Aitor Karanka’s side at Riverside Stadium last September in what Warburton describes as their worst performance of the campaign. That was followed by [...]
Ed Miliband to have the last laugh in race to Downing Street May 6, 2015 ANDREW PINK WITH THE BEST BETTING ANGLES ON THE CLOSEST GENERAL ELECTION IN OVER 40 YEARS AFTER what feels like a lifetime’s worth of polls, pundits and predictions, today is mercifully the big day. Some 30 million votes will be cast in the 2015 General Election and all anyone really knows for sure is that [...]
Small margins and voter turnout will decide the election May 6, 2015 MANY voters will lament today that their vote won’t change the outcome of their constituency, but the margins in many places will be unbelievably tight – and punters can profit. We’ve seen constituency level polling that indicates incredibly close races across the electoral map and Sporting Index’s size of the smallest majority market looks appealing. [...]
Cannock Chase can see off Huxley rivals May 6, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS DAY TWO OF CHESTER’S MAY MEETING SIR MICHAEL Stoute hasn’t quite scaled the heights that we have come to expect over the past few seasons, but four winners at Royal Ascot last June secured him the top trainer award at the meeting and he has a powerful squad for this campaign. He [...]
O’Brien to land sixth Chester Vase in nine years May 6, 2015 AIDAN O’Brien’s record at Chester is frighteningly good and he proved again yesterday that he is one of the master trainers at this unique track. The Irish handler has saddled five winners of today’s MBNA Chester Vase (3.10pm), including subsequent Irish Derby winner Soldier Of Fortune and 2013 Investec Derby hero Ruler Of The World [...]
Maximum excitement on the general election May 6, 2015 THE GENERAL Election is made for spread betting. Sporting Index traders have been crunching the numbers for months and have hundreds of markets on what is set to be the closest race to Number 10 in over 40 years. These include total number of seats the main parties achieve, the turnout percentage, who will be [...]
Barcelona and Real Madrid title race threatened by Spanish Football Federation La Liga suspension May 6, 2015 The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) intends to suspend all competitions from May 16, threatening the conclusion of the La Liga season. The penultimate round of fixtures in La Liga is currently scheduled for Sunday May 17 with each team's final game due a week later. With Real Madrid trailing Barcelona by just two points, the [...]
Floyd Mayweather’s manager Al Haymon faces $300m lawsuit from Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy promotions May 6, 2015 With the fallout from the biggest boxing "fight of the century" still unfolding, another bout between two of the sport's biggest players has been announced not for the ring but for the courtroom. Golden Boy Promotions is suing boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr's manager/advisor Al Haymon and his backers for $300m (£197m) for allegedly breaching antitrust [...]
Arctic scrum for record breaking rugby match May 5, 2015 CHARITY fundraisers gave new meaning to the term Arctic roll last week, when they set a Guinness World Record for playing the northernmost rugby match in history – at the North Pole. A team of 11 intrepid explorers, including the boss of LMAX Exchange, David Mercer, took to the field – or glacier, as it [...]