Betway Lincoln horse-by-horse guide March 26, 2015 BILL ESDAILE TAKES A LOOK AT THE RUNNERS FOR TOMORROW’S FLAT SEASON OPENER AT DONCASTER AND THE DUBAI WORLD CUP AT MEYDAN 1 BRONZE ANGEL 20/1 Major improver at the back end of last season, rattling off wins in two ultra-competitive big field handicaps. Trip and ground fine, but plenty more needed as he begins [...]
Haggas can land Betway Lincoln with Mange All March 26, 2015 LIGHTLY-RACED, unexposed four-year-olds have a tremendous recent record in the Betway Lincoln handicap (3.45pm Doncaster). It is no surprise, therefore, that the top three in the market for tomorrow’s feature all hail from that generation. Half of the last 12 winners of the one mile Flat season curtain-raiser have been aged just four. With MANGE [...]
Godolphin pair can serve it up to the Americans March 26, 2015 WHEN the management team at Meydan Racecourse decided to dig up the Tapeta surface and replace it with dirt, they did so with the sole intention of attracting the Americans to run in the Dubai World Cup (5.00pm). With U.S. pair California Chrome and Lea heading the betting for the $10,000,000 event, they appear to [...]
Three Lions ready to maul lowly Lithuania at Wembley March 26, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS ENGLAND V LITHUANIA HARRY KANE will swap the white of Tottenham for that of England tonight after his displays this season prompted a well-earned international call-up. He responded to Roy Hodgson’s decision in emphatic style, scoring a hat-trick against Leicester, as Spurs maintained their push for European football next term. It was [...]
Maximum excitement expected around Harry Kane March 26, 2015 WITH English football’s new superstar Harry Kane due to play a part against Lithuania tonight, Sporting Index have priced up a number of specials around the Tottenham hitman. Traders are predicting he will play for 77-80 minutes. If you expect him to play less than 77 then you would sell, and if you expect him [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Four free fanzones set for London including Trafalgar Square and Wembley March 26, 2015 Four London locations will host Rugby World Cup “fanzones” when the tournament kicks off in England later this year. Trafalgar Square, Wembley Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Old Deer Park in Richmond will all host fan parks complete with big screens broadcasting live games, entertainment, food and drink and “rugby related activities”. A [...]
Premier League clubs score a £190m record profit March 25, 2015 England’s leading football clubs have left their loss-making ways behind and entered a new era of profitability after mustering record-breaking pre-tax profits last season. Premier League teams registered a combined pre-tax profit in 2013-14 for the first time in 15 years, with the £190m figure almost four times the previous record of £49m, set during [...]
Academies to benefit from clubs’ profits March 25, 2015 Teams tipped to invest in new stadia League more attractive to investors PERHAPS it is pertinent that the Premier League’s emphatic return to profitability after 15 years is confirmed on the day that its club chiefs meet to discuss decisions that could shape the next decade or more. Today in London Football Association chairman Greg [...]
Injury woe raises question marks over Croft’s World Cup availability March 25, 2015 ENGLAND flanker Tom Croft has emerged as a major doubt for this autumn’s home World Cup after Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill revealed the extent of his latest injury setback. The 29-year-old dislocated a shoulder during the Tigers’ Premiership victory over Newcastle Falcons earlier this month and faces a race against time to be [...]
Tottenham’s Danny Rose is latest injury blow for England ahead of qualifier March 25, 2015 TOTTENHAM full-back Danny Rose added to England boss Roy Hodgson’s mounting injury problems ahead of tomorrow’s Euro 2016 qualifier with Lithuania at Wembley by last night withdrawing from the squad. Hip and hamstring injuries have ended the uncapped defender’s chances of an international debut, either against Lithuania or Italy in Tuesday’s friendly in Turin, having [...]