Investec Champions Cup: The final of a generation May 27, 2024 It was billed as the final we deserved, between two powerhouses of the Investec Champions Cup meeting in a showpiece for the first time ever. And what a match fans were served up. At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, seen by many as one of the world’s greatest arenas, Leinster and Toulouse went toe-to-toe; the Dublinners [...]
Formula E: Shanghai sees field close ahead of final four races May 27, 2024 With just two races before Formula E heads to London for its season finale the drivers at the top of the Individual Standings this weekend inched towards one another after a double-header in Shanghai. The controversial return to China was fuelled by involvement from the country’s manufacturing industry in components on many cars on the [...]
Is this the last French Open for King of Clay Rafael Nadal? May 26, 2024 The term GOAT – greatest of all time – gets banded around far too much in sport. But when it comes to being King of Clay, a Royal of Roland Garros and the French Open, there’s only one name on anybody’s lips. Rafael Nadal has won the French Open 14 times, beating eight different opponents [...]
Championship play-off final: Has the richest game in football peaked in value? May 25, 2024 The match is estimated to be worth £170m to £305m in additional revenue to the winners.
Formula E and motorsport at heart of a China waking from its slumber May 25, 2024 In Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi last summer, Formula E chief executive told City A.M. that a return to racing in China after four years was on the cards. “We need to be in mainland China,” he said. “I know we can dance around that a bit but we need to be in mainland China. “Every [...]
Rebel’s Romance to leave local rivals in his wake May 24, 2024 GODOLPHIN-owned REBEL’S ROMANCE appears to have another Group One victory at his mercy, when he lines-up in the feature race of the day, the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (9.10am) over a mile-and-a-half at Sha Tin on Sunday. Presently rated second in the World’s Best Racehorses rankings, the globe-trotting six-year-old produced the form of [...]
Californiatotality can come Storming home May 24, 2024 WHILE the Tony Cruz stable are firing on all cylinders at present, having saddled eight winners since the beginning of the month, it would be a folly to ignore his host of challengers on the 10-race programme at Sha Tin. The formbook says the stable’s hat-trick seeking galloper CALIFORNIATOTALITY faces a tough task at the [...]
Erik ten Hag beware: 6 managers who won the FA Cup final – and were sacked anyway May 24, 2024 Of the last 14 coaches to lift the FA Cup, nine left their job within a year of winning the trophy.
EP: 272 Haydock, Goodwood & Hong Kong May 24, 2024 The five-furlong Temple Stakes is the highlight at Haydock on Saturday, alongside the other Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes. We speak to Epsom trainer Adam West as well as Australian visitor Henry Dwyer ahead of the Group 2 sprint. The beautiful setting of Goodwood racecourse course is also on Saturday’s racing menu, featuring the Height [...]
Intensity at centre of Investec Champions Cup final between Toulouse and Leinster May 24, 2024 Without getting you all too excited, I do believe this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup could be one of the few finals that matches last year’s epic comeback by La Rochelle, who rallied from 17-0 down inside the opening quarter. Because Leinster versus Toulouse isn’t just Leinster versus Toulouse; it’s four-time winners against five-time winners, Ireland [...]