THE National Hunt Chase is set to be one of the big races of this year's Cheltenham Festival. And it looks like being one of the key betting heats with a load of runners in with chances. National Hunt Chase odds (correct at time of writing) 11-4 Stattler 3-1 Run Wild Fred 5-1 Capodanno 6-1 Threeunderthrufive 8-1 Jungle Boogie 8-1 […]

EVERY time Kevin De Bruyne or Mohamed Salah put in a Man of the Match performance, Chelsea fans are hit with a pinch of 'what might have been'. Unfortunately for Blues supporters, those two are now undisputed world superstars. But, before they reached their current elite level, they were once allowed to leave Stamford Bridge as underplayed, underachieving youngsters. And […]

GARY NEVILLE slammed Manchester United as simply 'not very good' despite their victory over Tottenham. And the former right-back insisted the team were bailed out by Cristiano Ronaldo’s heroics.  Ronaldo, 37, scored an emphatic hat-trick at Old Trafford – and just his second ever for United – to secure a huge three points in the race for the top four.  […]

TYSON FURY claims that he encountered the 'true Anthony Joshua' during a heated phone call with his rival, labelling the two-time world heavyweight champion a 'bully'. Fury, 33, told The Lowdown that he once received an angry phone call from Joshua telling him what he was going to do to him when the pair eventually meet in the ring. Fury […]

Michael Conlan was stopped by Leigh Wood in the final round of their title fight Michael Conlan was confirmed to be “conscious and stable” in hospital following his knockout defeat by Leigh Wood on Saturday night. The Irish fighter challenged Wood for the WBA featherweight title in the champion’s hometown of Nottingham, and looked on course to dethrone the 33-year-old […]

BRENTFORD have moved nine points clear of the bottom three after leaving it late to beat ten-man relegation rivals Burnley 2-0. Ivan Toney scored for the second match running with the striker now banging in five goals in his last two outings. He broke the deadlock in the 85th minute with a clinical header after being expertly found by Christian […]

JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN has joined Todd Boehly and Hansjorg Wyss in their bid to buy Chelsea, according to reports. Boehly – who is a part-owner of the LA Lakers and LA Dodgers – announced his interest in buying the Blues along with Swiss billionaire Wyss last week. And Goldstein, who has worked with Boehly for eight years, will now support the […]

SIMON COWELL conquered the music world – but his foray into racing ended in disaster with an 'awful' £35,000 horse he owned with Ant and Dec. The music mogul, 62, has done it all with bands like One Direction, Little Mix and solo acts Olly Murs and James Arthur, to name but a few. His Syco label – plus shows […]

THIS ex-Manchester United ace and Premier League winner looks unrecognisable as he rides a bike after his driving ban. The 35-year-old has ditched his gelled hair and shaved face for a slick-looking beard for his ride around on two wheels. He was snapped taking a spin outside a modest house. And the ex-Red Devil in question? Chris Eagles. Eagles was […]

Las Vegas — Stanford coach Jerod Haase will return for the 2022-23 season, the school announced Thursday after the Cardinal came close to upsetting top-seeded Arizona in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals. Athletic director Bernard Muir acknowledged in a statement released after the 84-80 loss that results have been below expectations in Haase’s six seasons — the Cardinal has yet to […]