CHELSEA boss Thomas Tuchel was shown a yellow card during the Super Cup after arguing about a challenge made by Antonio Rudiger. The 28-year-old produced a crunching tackle to take both the ball and Villarreal winger Yeremi Pino during the first half of the European tie. 4 Thomas Tuchel wasContinue Reading
LIONEL MESSI has finally been announced as a Paris Saint-Germain player. After an action-packed day that saw Messi arrive in the French capital in front of hundreds of supporters, the club has confirmed his signing. 14 Lionel Messi has finally been confirmed as a PSG player – and says heContinue Reading
To be the best of the best, Olympians and Paralympians sometimes resort to using peculiar methods to achieve even the most minute gains in their fitness and performance. For example, things like ice baths and cupping are popular with elite athletes. More recently, many Olympians have been spotted wearing blackContinue Reading
Mystic Wells would have represented a suitable, good-prIced alternative to yet another Godolphin-owned super-bred, Manaafith, in a five-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over a mile of ‘standard to slow’ Lingfield polytrack tonight but George Boughey’s charge has been scratched and so it leaves odds-on Manaafith with an easy task. It’s extremelyContinue Reading
Zebelle, decisive debut winner for Amy Murphy’s yard at Ripon seven weeks ago under Martin Harley, reappears in a seven-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over five furlongs of similar ‘good’ Thirsk ground today for ‘new’, extremely formidable trainer/jockey combination, George Boughey and Jack Mitchell! Obviously this Profitable filly has been soldContinue Reading
TEAM GB have struck gold on the cycling track on Day 13 of the Olympics. And also added two bronzes – and a guaranteed silver at least – on a thrillig day across the board. Matt Walls dominated the Men’s Omnium to secure gold at the Izu Velodrome, while LiamContinue Reading
PRINCESS SHABNAM fifth consecutive winning nap last night!! Unexpected Arrival, dramatically short-headed over a similar distance at Yarmouth two weeks ago, is indeed expected to go one better and make it third time lucky in the seven furlongs Restricted Maiden Stakes at Brighton this afternoon, when apprentice of the momentContinue Reading
With a grant fund of over £4m, grassroots sports clubs and organisations who have already benefited urge other clubs in need to apply for much deserved funding. Made By Sport, a charity which champions the power of sport to tackle social issues, is distributing over £4 million of grants toContinue Reading
Two, recent big-priced selections, Rosa Mystica, a fast-finishing close third, and Thefastnthecurious, length second to hot favourite Future at Windsor on Monday night, could/would have made a massive difference had they prevailed but both provided a psychological tonic for this beleaguered racing columnist who knows ‘big-time’ is still just aroundContinue Reading
Thefastncurious (28/1, from 50’s) was our narrowly-beaten each-way second last night at Windsor, thus supplementing earlier gains from our heavily-backed winning nap SILKEN PEARLS on which veteran female jockey, Hayley Turner, was absolutely superb and ‘made a difference’ as they say. We are ntering what is often a ‘golden’ period.Continue Reading
