Earning records set to tumble in fight of century April 30, 2015 SPORTING history will be made tomorrow night when Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao face off in the richest boxing match of all time. The welterweight superfight is expected to set new records for revenue, with £195m likely to be generated in pay-per-view sales in North America, while international broadcast rights are expected to fetch a [...]
Fabre to prove he is the master of all Territories April 30, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS NEWMARKET’S QIPCO GUINEAS MEETING THERE are very few trainers that command such high respect as the French master handler Andre Fabre. He has trained an astonishing seven winners of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and has also been hugely successful on his forays across the English Channel. A winner of tomorrow’s [...]
Barry Hills can roll back the years with Fadhayyil April 30, 2015 GHANAATI’s triumph in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas six years ago for Barry Hills remains the fastest ever carded in this race. This year, Hills’ hopes of landing a third 1,000 Guineas (3.40pm) rest with FADHAYYIL. In the same way that Ghanaati prepared for the first fillies’ Classic of the season in 2009, Fadhayyil worked on [...]
Toulon primed to clinch first ever European hat-trick April 30, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS THE ALL-FRENCH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT TOTTENHAM V MAN CITY THE INAUGURAL European Champions Cup final between French pair Toulon and Clermont Auvergne will take place at Twickenham tomorrow. The clash is the seventh major European final between teams from the same country and, with a heavy [...]
Man City can continue winning spree over Spurs on Sunday April 30, 2015 AT FIRST glance Tottenham look a big price at 14/5 to see off a Manchester City side with nothing but pride left to play for in Sunday’s clash at White Hart Lane. The dream of successive titles went a long time ago for City but, with Liverpool slipping up of late, Betway are not even [...]
Maximum excitement on Mayweather v Pacquiao April 30, 2015 FLOYD Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is one of the most-eagerly awaited sporting spectacles in history. Reportedly worth $250million, fans will be hoping it lives up to the hype. Sporting Index have 50 markets priced up on the bout already, covering everything from the winner, how many rounds the fight will last for, how many minutes [...]
City brushes off General Election jitters: Markets too pumped up with cheap money for investor fretting April 29, 2015 Fears that London markets could be rocked by the outcome of next week’s General Election have been overstated, analysts said yesterday, arguing that shares will continue to be propped up by global monetary stimulus. Despite an apparent ideological gap between the Tories and Labour, and extremely tight opinion polls, UBS analysts do not expect market [...]
Sainsbury’s believes chief exec Mike Coupe’s travel fears are over after Egypt drama April 29, 2015 Sainsbury’s said last night it was confident that chief executive Mike Coupe no longer faced travel restrictions to countries with extradition treaties with Egypt after flying to the country this weekend to appeal against allegations of embezzlement. In a bizarre case dating back to Sainsbury’s disastrous foray into the country 16 years ago, Coupe [...]
Labour is heading towards a total wipeout in Scotland April 29, 2015 With just one week to go until the General Election, two new polls are predicting seismic changes for the political parties and their leaders. The SNP is now set to take every seat in Scotland on 7 May, according to the latest poll conducted by Ipsos-MORI for the Scottish news service STV News. In a [...]
Russell Brand steals Ed Miliband’s limelight in The Trews interview April 29, 2015 It starts, rather ominously, on Russell Brand’s bed, where the lothario turned political interviewer is preparing to welcome Ed Miliband to his Shoreditch loft. Things quickly move from the bedroom to the kitchen. Ed Miliband looks rather terrified as the questioning starts, and it’s no wonder. Kitchens are a dangerous place for a politician [...]
