RACING TRADER BILL ESDAILE’S TOP TIPS FROM GOODWOOD July 28, 2010 THE highlight of today’s card at Goodwood is the Group 2 Artemis Goodwood Cup (3.25pm) where Aidan O’Brien will be hoping AGE OF AQUARIUS can step into Yeats’ rather large hoofprints. His star stayer won this race in 2008 and 2006, and the new kid on the block should have a great chance of adding [...]
England must beware of Pakistan’s pace, but can claim the first Test July 28, 2010 ENGLAND vs PAKISTAN TODAY – 11.00AM SKY SPORTS 1 UNUSUALLY, England will host opponents that have played a Test series in this country more recently than they have when Pakistan head to Trent Bridge today. The visitors’ two matches against Australia ended in a creditable 1-1 draw which concluded on Saturday with a three-wicket win [...]
THE INSIDER July 28, 2010 Many horses find Goodwood very challenging and course form should never be underestimated here. Glorious Goodwood is also a severe test for punters and the key is not having too many bets. I will therefore restrict myself to just one selection today, PISCEAN in the closing 5 furlong handicap at 5.45pm. He won well at [...]
Lewis-Francis silver upstages Chambers July 28, 2010 BRITAIN’S Mark Lewis-Francis snatched a shock silver and upstaged team-mate Dwain Chambers as rising French star Christophe Lemaitre stormed to 100m gold at the European Championships in Barcelona. Lemaitre, 20, who last month became the first white man to break the 10-second barrier, produced a blistering final 30m to finish in 10.11 seconds, with Lewis-Francis [...]
Forget Ashes, beat Pakistan July 28, 2010 CAPTAIN Andrew Strauss has urged his England side to turn their attentions away from the Ashes series and concentrate on beating Pakistan. Strauss’ side return to Test duty after almost two months away when they host the Pakistanis in the first match of a four-Test series at Trent Bridge, starting this morning. The series is [...]
Hammers chief snubs £7m Parker bid and pledges to keep Spurs target July 28, 2010 WEST HAM chairman David Sullivan has told Tottenham that no amount of money would tempt them to sell Scott Parker, after rejecting a £7m bid for the England midfielder. Parker’s form has been outstanding for the Hammers since arriving from Newcastle three years ago, winning their player of the season award for the past two [...]
Cliffs hangs on to deliver Hannon a Goodwood double July 28, 2010 RICHARD HANNON’S sensational season continued with a dream double on a thrilling second day of Glorious Goodwood yesterday. The Marlborough-based trainer celebrated victory in the big race of the day, the Sussex Stakes, after odds-on favourite Canford Cliffs squeezed past last year’s winner Rip Van Winkle in a nail-biting finish. And it was to get [...]
Hughes poised to take Fulham job July 28, 2010 FULHAM are today expected to confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as manager. Former Manchester City boss Hughes is thought to have been preferred to ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. The Cottagers have moved quickly to capture Hughes, who was sacked by City in December, after their No1 target, Martin Jol, decided to stay at Ajax.
Time for England to stake their claim July 28, 2010 TOURING Australia in an Ashes series is every young English cricketer’s dream and you can be sure it will rest in the back of the players’ minds when they line up for the summer series against Pakistan for the first Test, starting today. Of the 15 or so players in contention for a Test squad [...]
Drogba’s staying and we are ready to spend, say Chelsea July 28, 2010 CHELSEA have attempted to nail speculation linking Didier Drogba with a move away by categorically declaring the striker will remain at Stamford Bridge next season. Drogba’s agent revealed earlier this month that Manchester City had made contact over a transfer, and hinted that the Ivory Coast star could be tempted by a move to Eastlands. [...]