Speedy Fortune coming Eustace’s way at city Circuit October 29, 2024 RACEGOERS can look forward to another exciting and all-action programme in Hong Kong today, when Happy Valley hosts an eight-race card starting at 11.10am. Regular Happy Valley fans will have mixed feelings when they arrive though, as racing takes place on the dreaded C+3 track. The width of the track is only around the length [...]
Whyte’s Ivy can prove to be in a different League October 29, 2024 PERHAPS the most intriguing contest on today’s programme at Happy Valley is the Class Three Fife Handicap (2.15pm) over the extended mile. It’s a race that sees the reappearance of Super Unicorn who produced a stunning visual performance when running away from his opposition over the course and distance this month. The handicappers were clearly [...]
Short Track World Tour: The league revolutionising for relevance October 29, 2024 When you think of sporting innovation, what comes to mind? The Hundred, maybe, or Saudi’s tennis showcase 6 Kings Slam? Well what about short track speed skating? Because the International Skating Union (ISU) has just launched the first leg of a totally revamped world tour in which 28 franchises compete across six meetings. The ISU [...]
Manchester United ready to pay £8m for new manager, say his club October 29, 2024 Manchester United have moved a step closer to appointing Ruben Amorim as their new manager after Sporting Lisbon confirmed the Premier League club had made an approach for the 39-year-old. The Portuguese champions issued a statement to the stock market on Tuesday announcing that United had made contact with a view to paying Amorim’s £8.3m [...]
Spencer to make first England start against New Zealand October 29, 2024 Ben Spencer will make his first international start for England after Steve Borthwick named his XV for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series game against New Zealand. The 32-year-old Bath scrum-half made his England debut in 2019 but has been in and out of the international game since. Spencer will partner Marcus Smith in a back line [...]
Tom Brady team wins E1 championship October 29, 2024 Tom Brady’s E1 team won the inaugural championship after a curtailed opening season. After only five races the former NFL star’s team were crowned winners of the all-electric boating series. He fended off teams with involvements from the likes of Sergio Perez, Virat Kohli and Rafael Nadal. Winning team owner, Brady, said “It feels amazing [...]
England summon uncapped all-rounder for New Zealand Test tour October 29, 2024 England have called up uncapped spin bowling all-rounder Jacob Bethell for the Test tour of New Zealand as wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith misses out due to paternity leave. Barbados-born Bethell, who made his T20 and one-day international debuts against Australia last month, has only featured in 20 first-class matches and has a modest batting average of [...]
Appalling, laughable, not fair: Chinnor and Cambridge go it alone after Premiership Rugby Cup exclusion October 29, 2024 Championship sides Chinnor and Cambridge will compete in the Not The Premiership Rugby Cup after being excluded from the original competition. On Friday night at Mennaye Field in Penzance, Cornish Pirates will fancy themselves against a winless Exeter Chiefs in the opening fixture of the Premiership Rugby Cup. The competition has been one of the [...]
Past Ballon d’Or winners as Rodri wins 2024 award October 28, 2024 Manchester City’s Rodri has beaten Vinicius Jr to the 2024 Ballon d’Or at a prestigious event in Paris. The Spaniard became the first Premier League winner of the Ballon d’Or since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008, when the Portuguese was at Manchester United. “A very special day, for me, my family and my country,” he said. [...]
Harry Kane wins gong at Ballon d’Or awards October 28, 2024 England striker Harry Kane has won an award at the prestigious Ballon d’Or evening in Paris. The Bayern Munich man was handed the Gerd Müller trophy in a joint win with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe. Previous winners include Erling Haaland (once) and Robert Lewandowski (twice). Mbappe was supposed to be at the ceremony alongside favourite [...]