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Ireland’s finest El Fabiolo eased to victory by four lengths in the 2.10pm Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham Festival. This is the second win for an Irish horse in this year’s festival after Marine Nationale triumphed in the opening race ahead of both his fellow compatriots Facile Vega and diverge. The […]
The first race of the Cheltenham Festival has concluded with Marine Nationale (9/4) taking home success under jockey Michael O’Sullivan. Many had tipped Facile Vega at 9/2 beforehand, and it seemed likely that Vega would be coming home in first place until a late mistake allowed the impressive Marine Nationale to stride home to victory […]
It’s a debate that has been ongoing for years. Head injuries in rugby and the increased risk of concussion. However, now there has been a breakthrough on behalf of players who have been diagnosed with neurological diseases and receiving possible compensation from world rugby’s governing bodies. According to an article on Sky Sports, it was […]
The Cheltenham Festival’s four-day meeting gets underway on Tuesday, with the likes of Constitution Hill, Facile Vega and Honeysuckle all in action on a highly-anticipated opening day. Around 280,000 spectators are expected to attend the Festival over the course of the week, all of which will have their own opinions, but we spoke to racing […]
Gloucester Sport CEO Jay Marriott is full of belief after the Gloucester City Kings beat Exeter Spartans 57-44 to take them to two consecutive wins in the National Basketball League England. Marriott a former professional basketball player himself spent last season head coach of the Gloucester City Queens franchise which unfortunately disbanded after just one […]
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson quickly denied that Wolverhampton Wanderers had placed a £25m bid for 19-year-old midfielder Alex Scott, but admitted he expects there to be plenty of Premier League interest in the summer transfer window. Scott scored his first Championship goal of the season in the Robins’ 2-0 win over Blackpool at Ashton […]
The time has finally arrived for the 2023 Cheltenham festival to commence. Another week of racing drama kicks off on Tuesday 14th March with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 1:30pm. Some of horse racing’s biggest jockey names will be competing, including the likes of Paul Townsend and Rachael Blackmore, the two most recent winners of […]
Great Britain claimed a historic 7-5 victory over Colombia last night in Arizona, giving them their debut win in the World Baseball Classic. Harry Ford’s solo home run in the bottom of the seventh and a three-run fourth inning pushed the debutant side to victory over a strong South American outfit. View this post on […]
A 24-year-old man has been handed a three-year stadium ban for racially abusing Ivan Toney online back in October. Toney shared the screenshots of the messages he received following Brentford’s 2-0 victory over Brighton and Northumbria Police, supported by the Metropolitan Police, began a full investigation immediately. On January 25, the man pleaded guilty in […]
During the first two rounds of the Overwatch 2 Campus Clash Prize Playoffs, Oxford first bested Roehampton 3-1, then suffered a 3-0 defeat to Durham Defenders in the second leg of the bracket. The result positions the Oxford ‘Omnics’ firmly into the lower half of the bracket, one loss away from playoffs elimination. With their […]