Premier League state of play: How the relegation battle stands before restart
Football
As the Premier League gets set to resume next week, much of the focus will be on the relegation battle. Six clubs are fighting for survival yet only half can succeed. Remaining in the Premier League is worth a huge amount every year, but staying up this season could be even more significant than normal, given the financial hits clubs have already taken due to English football’s three-mon...
Read moreNext Birmingham manager – Past players linked with Blues vacancy
Football
Yet another search for a next Birmingham manager begins at St Andrew's following the announcement that Pep Clotet will leave his role as Blues boss at the end of this season. Stability is something of a novelty at the West Midlands club, so this is the proverbial poisoned chalice. Whoever succeeds Clotet presides over a side that looks certain to lose prized asset Jude Bellingham. The...
Read morePremier League state of play: Champions League qualification as it stands before restart
Football
Liverpool’s enormous 25-point lead at the summit means that the Premier League title race is all but over, but Champions League qualification remains competitive. Jurgen Klopp’s side require just six more points to win the club’s first league championship since 1990. There is plenty to play for elsewhere, though. Only three of West Ham United, Watford, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Norwic...
Read moreGuineas Weekend preview: Pinatubo the Classic attraction at Newmarket
Horse Racing
The first Classics of the British Flat horse racing season happen on the Rowley Mile at Newamrket on Guineas Weekend. On Saturday, the 2000 Guineas sees 15 colts go for Group 1 glory. Last year's champion juvenile Pinatubo heads those and bookmaker betting with very good reason. Trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, this high-profile son of Shamardal took on all-comers in 2019. Pi...
Read moreTop 5 best games of football at the Euro finals
Football
The Euros were supposed to get underway this month, but the competition has been pushed back a year to June 2021 – although, bizarrely, it will still keep its original name. Next summer’s "Euro 2020" finals will be the 16th edition of the tournament, with 24 teams taking part for the second time. The competition has grown significantly since it was first staged in 1960, when only four...
Read moreFrench Guineas preview: Fabre fancied for Deauville double in Classic contests
Horse Racing
Trainer Andre Fabre is back among the winners, so bookmakers have no hesitation in making his three-year-old colt Victor Ludorum and filly Tropbeau favourites for their respective French Guineas. Up first at Deauville over the straight mile on Monday is the French 2000 Guineas (14:50). Victor Ludorum went unbeaten in three starts as a juvenile, but ran below par on reappearance. Altho...
Read more10 Premier League games we can’t wait to see
Football
Project Restart has not been a smooth process by any means, but Premier League games do now look set to return next month. The latest significant development came on Thursday, when a 17 June resumption date was agreed in principle. All Premier League clubs have also passed proposals for full contact training. There are 92 matches still to be played in England’s top flight. We have pic...
Read morePremier League restart set for 17 June
Football
Wednesday, 17 June is the tentative date for the long-awaited and much anticipated Premier League restart. Manchester City v Arsenal headlines the midweek action pencilled in for that day with Aston Villa also playing Sheffield United. There are 92 Premier League fixtures remaining in the 2019-20 season before it's complete. Any Project Restart plans must have government approval, how...
Read moreKai Havertz next club: Four destinations for Bayer Leverkusen and Germany starlet
Football
After two match-winning performances since the Bundesliga resumed already, talk of Kai Havertz's next club move continues. Still only 20, the attack-minded midfielder and winger still has his whole career in front of him. How much more of it will be with Bayer Leverkusen - where Havertz has been since the age of 11 - remains to be seen. He scored his first international goal for Germa...
Read morePremier League state of play: Project Restart progressing but footballers divided
Football
The Premier League is edging closer to making Project Restart a reality. A few short weeks ago, the prospect of resumption looked highly unlikely given the health situation in the country. Yet, although the United Kingdom has been one of the worst-hit by the current crisis, the Premier League looks to have found a way to get its campaign back up and running next month. Chief executive...
Read moreSuper League plans have fixture models for 16 August restart
Rugby
Super League plans for rugby league resuming in Britain and beyond suggest a 16 August restart. There are three scenarios for how the rest of the 2020 season could pan out. In all of those possible paths, playing in front of limited crowds from 1 October is the aim. This is a key part of Super League plans as it reduces the financial impact made by behind closes doors matches. Rugby l...
Read more10 Premier League players who are out of contract on 30 June
Football
The Premier League has been determined to complete the 2019-20 season ever since it was put on hold in mid-March, but one of the biggest sporting obstacles has been the issue of out of contract players. No fewer than 66 players have deals up on 30 June and could, as things stand, walk away for free on that date. Given that the 2019-20 campaign is not expected to be finished until the en...
Read moreCeltic dream of 10 in a row nearly realised as Lennon’s Bhoys match Lisbon Lions
Football
No team really wants to be crowned champions on a points-per-game average, but it has brought Celtic a step closer to 10 in a row - their Holy Grail. The Bhoys last dominated Scottish football like this in the mid-1960s through to the mid-1970s. In domestic terms at least, the Celtic of today can say they match the mighty Lisbon Lions. Both then and now, nine consecutive Scottish leag...
Read morePremier League state of play: Player welfare and broadcast refunds issues surrounding Project Restart
Football
Project Restart initially aimed to bring Premier League football back on 12 June, but the intended kick-off date is on the verge of being pushed back by a week. That is demonstrative of the hurdles the Premier League has yet to clear as it battles with issues of health and safety, sporting integrity and diminishing revenues. The first major casualty of the plan was the declaration tha...
Read moreLongchamp preview: Emoji can put a smile on punters’ faces in Prix Vanteaux
Horse Racing
Emoji puts her unbeaten record on the line at Longchamp this Thursday in the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux (11:10). Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, this filly by Solider Hollow has progressed since leaving Germany. After bolting up by 14 lengths in a Baden-Baden maiden, Emoji changed owners. She moved to France to the stable of last year's Prix de Diane winning trainer Graffard. If Emoj...
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