Vettel targets Schumacher record as Red Bull celebrate double coronation October 16, 2011 WORLD champion Sebastian Vettel insists he will not ease off for the remaining three races despite adding the constructors’ championship to his drivers’ title with victory at yesterday’s Korean Grand Prix. The German pipped Britain’s Lewis Hamilton in Yeongam to win his 10th race of an utterly dominant season and could yet equal Michael Schumacher’s [...]
Newfangled and Astrology set to brighten up gloomy Ascot June 21, 2012 This afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (3.45pm) looks wide open now that Maybe has been pulled out due to a stone bruise, and 11 fillies are set to go to post. They include the winners of both the English and Irish 1000 Guineas, not to mention French raider Bugie D’Amore, and the potentially exciting Cardigan. However, it [...]
Hughes: Barton hasn’t ruined day May 13, 2012 RELIEVED QPR manager Mark Hughes refused to condemn captain Joey Barton for earning a red card that threatened to derail his team’s bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Bolton’s failure to hold onto a lead at Stoke saved QPR, despite Rangers shipping two goals in a frenetic finale at Manchester City’s coronation, who [...]
A reminder of the ancient ties of the crown to the City June 5, 2012 IT WAS a magnificent spectacle on the river in 1662. On Saturday 23 August, Samuel Pepys records in his diary that King Charles II brought his new Queen, Catherine of Braganza, to London in a celebratory flotilla that almost paved the surface of the Thames: “Anon come the King and Queen in a barge under [...]
Network Rail is fined £4m for fatal train crash April 4, 2012 NETWORK Rail has been fined £4m for “preventable” safety failings that led to a fatal train crash in Cumbria in 2007. The publicly-funded owner of Britain’s railways was sentenced at Preston Crown Court yesterday for a breach of health and safety law that caused a Virgin Pendolino to come off the tracks on the West [...]
Speed death ‘accident’ riddle January 30, 2012 FORMER Wales manager Gary Speed may have killed himself accidentally, a coroner ruled yesterday, despite hearing evidence that the 42-year-old “talked in terms of taking his life” in the days before his death. Speed’s widow Louise said the couple had argued on the November night before he was found hanged in his garage, and that [...]
Speed death ‘accident’ riddle January 30, 2012 FORMER Wales manager Gary Speed may have killed himself accidentally, a coroner ruled yesterday, despite hearing evidence that the 42-year-old “talked in terms of taking his life” in the days before his death. Speed’s widow Louise said the couple had argued on the November night before he was found hanged in his garage, and that [...]
Course specialist Merigo can claim his second Coral Scottish Grand National April 19, 2012 PAUL Nicholls had possibly the greatest day of his racing career last Saturday when Neptune Collonges finally broke his Grand National hoodoo, and Team Ditcheat will be confident of notching another big win tomorrow as Harry The Viking looks to hold strong claims in the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.25pm). The seven-year-old, part-owned by Sir [...]
Jubilee weekend highlight: the ultimate Royal pageant May 29, 2012 Without doubt, the focus of the weekend is the Jubilee Pageant flotilla on Sunday 3 June, running from Putney past Tower Bridge. The procession will be led by the Gloriana, a £1m barge built for the occasion, with 18 oarsman including Olympic athletes Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent. The flotilla is so grand [...]
Haadeeth and The Strig look good in Sprint Series Final February 23, 2012 THE Blue Square Sprint Series has been a tremendous initiative over the past two months and tomorrow’s £15,000 Grand Final (2.15pm) looks a cracking contest. All the key protagonists from the Series are lining up and any one of the 12 runners could quite feasibly land the prize. What seems certain is that there will [...]