My Titania ready to give Oxx another Coronation June 19, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TODAY’S ROYAL ASCOT ACTION AND THE BEST OF TOMORROW’S RACES IT WAS the fillies off the track who were the stars of the show yesterday on Ladies Day. Now it is the turn of the equine fairer sex to take centre stage in this afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (4.25pm). You will rarely see as [...]
Forgotten Voice to break Stoute’s stranglehold on Hardwicke Stakes June 19, 2014 SIR MICHAEL Stoute saddles both Telescope and Hillstar in a bid to extend his own record of seven wins in the Hardwicke Stakes (3.45pm) tomorrow. Ryan Moore, who has partnered two of the last four winners, has opted to ride one-time Investec Derby favourite Telescope in the 12 furlong contest and the son of Galileo [...]
Slade Power to land Lynam Ascot hat-trick June 19, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TOMORROW’S DIAMOND JUBILEE AND WOKINGHAM STAKES EDDIE LYNAM has already had a week to remember with his superstar sprinter Sole Power winning back-to-back King’s Stands on Tuesday and Anthem Alexander following up in Wednesday’s Queen Mary. He will be hoping things get even better tomorrow as he must have a fantastic chance [...]
France and Bosnia look World Cup bankers over the weekend June 19, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS FRANCE V BOSNIA IF YOU like lumping on short-priced favourites then there’s plenty to get stuck into over the weekend. Italy at 4/7, Ecuador at 8/11, Argentina at 1/7 and Germany at 1/4 aren’t really my idea of great value punting, though, and I’m happy to just watch those jollies in their [...]
Trading player goal minutes June 19, 2014 The frustrating thing about having a fixed-odds first goalscorer bet is that the excitement can be over before you’ve even sat down to watch the game. If you weren’t on Clint Dempsey to net first for the USA against Ghana the other night, your interest in the game was over within 30 seconds. Sporting Index [...]
England v Uruguay: Caps and goals galore for Oscar Tabarez’s side June 19, 2014 While the debate ahead of this game has centred around two key players, Wayne Rooney for England and Luis Suarez for Uruguay, what of the other 20 players who will take to the pitch tonight? Uruguay's dreadful start to the tournament may have dampened expectations but there is no denying they are an experienced [...]
Gerrard warns England team-mates: Do not fail June 18, 2014 Too soon for Ox to play against rivals Uruguay ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard has warned his inexperienced team-mates they will be in for a long and painful summer should they lose to Uruguay today and face an early elimination from the World Cup. Following a narrow defeat to Italy in their opening Group D match, [...]
World Cup: Spain sent home from Brazil by brilliant Chile June 18, 2014 SPAIN 0 CHILE 2 HOLDERS Spain crashed out of the World Cup last night becoming the fifth defending champions to fail to progress from the group stage. Following their humiliating 5-1 defeat to Holland, boss Vincent del Bosque’s repeat attempt to move away from the trademark tiki-taka brand of football that had helped Spain win [...]
World Cup: Van Gaal hails Holland as Aussies are brushed aside to reach last 16 June 18, 2014 AUSTRALIA 2 HOLLAND 3 HOLLAND manager Louis Van Gaal hailed the “incredible” strength of character his players displayed to come from behind and seal their progress to the knockout stages. Australia, the lowest ranked team left in the competition, led 2-1 shortly after half-time, but goals from Robin van Persie and Memphis Depay clawed back [...]
World Cup: Croatia crush sorry Cameroon to boost qualifying chances June 18, 2014 CAMEROON 0 CROATIA 4 TWO goals from lethal striker Mario Mandzukic helped Croatia dump 10-man Cameroon out of the World Cup and move to within a point of hosts Brazil at the top of Group A. Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song was sent off after Ivica Olic had given Croatia the lead and they made [...]