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Women’s football has been forced to bat away numerous outlandish and unwarranted sexist claims in recent years, but the days of arguing the sport can’t attract interest are long gone. Sunday saw a record attendance descend on Wembley Way as the historic ground played host to the Women’s FA Cup final and a sold-out crowd. […]
Tekkerz Cycling Club rider Jacob Vaughan admits his 2023 season hasn’t started as he’d hoped after “suffering for 360 kilometres” at The Traka event in Girona as the cycling season begins to take shape. The Brit secured a top-40 finish at the multi-surface event, which takes place on the streets around Girona in Spain, but […]
Following two days of classic Cheltenham Festival racing, the third day of action is officially here, with several eye-catching horses set to take to the course. On Tuesday, Honeysuckle rounded out an incredible career with a fitting send-off by emerging victorious in the Mares’ Hurdle, while Constitution Hill lived up to the billing as a […]
With the third day of action set to commence in the 2023 edition of the Cheltenham Festival, what better time to cast our minds back to 12 months ago and remind ourselves of what happened on this exact day in the 2022 iteration of the carnival that is Cheltenham. Coming into the Thursday, star trainer […]
Jack Andrews is set to write his name in the record books when he makes his Cheltenham Festival debut in the National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup on the third day of action at Prestbury Park. Andrews, 24, stands at a huge 6ft 4in and is the clear outlier in a field of jockeys whose […]
Jockey Paul Townend has been given a five-day racing ban for veering left on his winning Champion Chase ride on Energumene on Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival. Townend, 32, is trainer Willie Mullins’ star stable jockey, and victory on Energumene in the Champion Chase was his second win on Wednesday after he stormed to […]