Team GB can set Olympics marker at World Athletics relays championships May 4, 2024 One of the most exhilarating athletics events in an Olympics track and field schedule, relays captivate the mind. They’re fast, elegant and hold enough risk to keep viewers interested until the very end. Great Britain have a mixed set of results at the Olympic games: But the 4x100m women’s race is where the interest is. [...]
Fans vote with feet as Champions Cup semi-final weekend set for bumper attendance May 4, 2024 When Dublin’s Croke Park and Toulouse’s Le Stadium play hosts to this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup semi-finals, it’ll mark a bumper weekend of attendance figures for European rugby’s governing body EPCR. Because the sell-outs across the Irish Sea – for Leinster’s clash with Northampton Saints – and the English Channel – for Toulouse’s tie against [...]
Giro d’Italia can give Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos rare sporting victory May 3, 2024 When the peloton departs Venaria Reale in Turin for the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, there’s more than just the pink jersey riding on it for Geraint Thomas and Ineos. Because the chemical company’s founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has a sporting portfolio which is struggling to produce results. Across sailing, Formula 1, cycling and [...]
Championship final-day permutations: Ipswich, Leeds, play-offs, relegation and a £290m prize May 3, 2024 How it stands and who needs what on a nervy final day when hundreds of millions of pounds will be on the line.
English teams Harlequins and Northampton Saints underdogs in Champions Cup May 3, 2024 Like most people, I will look at this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup fixtures and go on to predict a final between four-time champions Leinster and five-time winners Toulouse. The two clubs are European powerhouses and it would take some upset by either Harlequins across the English Channel or Northampton Saints across the Irish Sea to [...]
Jill Scott: I want Man City to win Women’s Super League for Steph Houghton May 2, 2024 Lionesses legend Jill Scott says Manchester City can give Steph Houghton the perfect send-off by sealing the Women’s Super League title. Houghton announced she will retire at the end of the season, bringing an end to a glittering career in which she has been synonymous with the rapid growth of the women’s game. The 36-year-old [...]
Can Rahm end his and Spain’s drought at ‘world’s best course’ in LIV Golf Singapore? May 2, 2024 While Spain is used to the odd drought its golfers are not, yet their men at least are in the midst of a barren spell.
Premier League chief responds to Parliament with fears over Football Regulator May 2, 2024 Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says the Independent Football Regulator in its current form could “affect the carefully constructed competitive balance” of England’s top flight. Masters was responding to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who had issued questions to the Premier League. The English top flight was also previously accused of lobbying [...]
Ed Warner: Forget WrestleMania, Super Bowl or the Olympics – London mayor should seek hefty portfolio of sporting events May 2, 2024 Cultivating a calendar of repeat events has far greater benefit over time than splurging on a mega jamboree.
Premier League hits six major UK internet providers including Sky with legal application May 1, 2024 The Premier League has issued new legal proceedings in an English court against several internet service providers which includes Sky and BT.