Daley Thompson backs Team GB athletes to emulate his LA success in 2028 June 13, 2024 Thompson won back-to-back decathlon gold medals in 1980 and 1984, the latter also in LA.
Euro 2024 adverts review: Adidas, Coca-Cola, Sports Direct, BBC and Paddy Power June 13, 2024 Who are the Jude Bellinghams and Jack Grealishes of the advertising world?
Football player unions hire Bosman lawyer to challenge Fifa over Club World Cup June 13, 2024 England’s PFA and their French counterparts are challenging Fifa’s decision to turn the Club World Cup into a 32-team quadrennial tournament.
Ed Warner: Are Manchester City on course to follow the Harlem Globetrotters? June 13, 2024 Our sport business columnist tackles Man City's challenge to the Premier League.
Spain and Croatia to enjoy Berlin goal fest June 12, 2024 Spain (8/1) and Croatia (40/1), two contenders in the Outright Winner market, meet in Saturday’s Group B clash in Berlin. Spain scored five times in each of their last two games, while they put seven past Georgia and six past Cyprus last year. Three of the last four meetings between Spain and Croatia have seen [...]
Germany to overcome stern Scottish test June 12, 2024 EURO 2024 kicks off on Friday night with hosts Germany entertaining Scotland in Munich. Germany are third-favourites to win the tournament at 11/2 with Star Sports and have improved since Julian Nagelsmann replaced Hansi Flick last year with two wins and two draws from their last four games. Scotland impressed in qualifying, running Spain close [...]
England to edge tense Euros opener against Serbia June 12, 2024 ENGLAND were dealt a blow when they lost their final pre-tournament friendly to Iceland last week but are firm favourites for their opening Euro 2024 game against Serbia, priced at 4/9 with Star Sports. It is easy to see why, with Gareth Southgate blessed with a wealth of attacking talents. Despite the notable absences of [...]
USGA: Pinehurst US Open course is tough but fair June 12, 2024 The USGA, who are in charge of this weekend’s US Open golf major, have said they’re listening to player concerns about the course but insist it is “tough but fair”. A number of players have raised concerns about the difficulty of Pinehurst, which has only ever seen four players finish a weekend under par in [...]
Nadal and Alcaraz set for Paris 2024 Olympics doubles June 12, 2024 The King of Clay Rafael Nadal and French Open winner Carlos Alcaraz will team up for Spain at this year’s Paris 2024 Olympics. The duo will compete in the men’s doubles at Roland Garros as part of a strong foursome of players in the doubles category for Spain. Pablo Carreno-Busta and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina complete [...]
Hazlewood: In Australia’s interest to see England knocked out June 12, 2024 Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has said it would be in his team’s “best interest” to do what they can to knock England out of the T20 Cricket World Cup. Australia beat England at the weekend to leave the defending champions needing wins against Oman today and then Namibia to have any shot at progressing [...]