KEYSTROKE produced a remarkable late run to land the 3.00 at Newmarket. The outsider of the field caused a huge shock as he struck at odds of 66-1. Result of the 3.00 at Newmarket: 1st Keystroke 66-1 2nd Yafta 7-1 3rd Brando 15-8f Where did the favourite finish? Brando went off the favourite. He looked to be in with every […]

TOP BREEZE held on well to win the 1.50 at Newmarket. The 15-2 shot made nearly every yard of the running to land the opening race on ITV. Result of the 1.50 at Newmarket: 1st Top Breeze 15-2 2nd Yousini 16-1 3rd Chapelli 6-1 Where did the favourite finish? Breath Of Air went off the favourite. He was stuck between […]

PITTSBURGH — Think you’re going to get under Robin Lehner’s skin? Well, he has an answer for that. After the goalie backstopped his Islanders to a 3-1 win over the Penguins in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday night, completing the sweep, Lehner addressed a second-period kerfuffle he had with fellow Swede Patric Hornqvist. As Hornqvist crashed the […]

Jofra Archer’s maiden call-up to England’s ODI squad should not affect the team’s morale in a World Cup summer, says national selector Ed Smith. Seamers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood are among a number of players who have questioned how Archer’s inclusion might affect the balance of the world’s top-ranked ODI side going into a jam-packed summer of cricket. Archer […]

THE Cricket World Cup is nearly here and teams are already releasing their squads for the big tournament. Here is all you need to know as the action gets underway at the end of May. Cricket World Cup 2019 squads AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan head coach Phil Simmons has yet to announce his squad. AUTRALIA Aaron Finch (captain), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, […]

A number of prominent former athletes, including Martina Navratilova and Paula Radcliffe, have been openly critical of transgender women competing in women’s sports. One of their main arguments is that it is theoretically possible for a cisgender man to “decide” to be a woman, take hormones, win and earn money while competing as a female, then go back to living […]

IT IS almost exactly ten years since one of the most important goals in the coaching career of Pep Guardiola. It was his first season in charge of Barcelona, and in the semi finals of the Champions League, his team were seconds away from elimination away to Chelsea. Then Lionel Messi pulled back from the line, Andres Iniesta fired home, […]

DENVER — Tall and imposing, indomitable even, 6-foot-8 with shoulders and a back broad enough to push a pickup truck. He was a star lineman on a state championship team in high school and for the University of Colorado Buffaloes, where he set a team record for starts and minutes played. He made second-team All-American and played three years in […]

Manchester United captain Ashley Young subjected to vile racist abuse on social media after failing to deal with Lionel Messi in defeat by Barcelona as Kick It Out calls on Twitter to take ‘serious action’ Ashley Young was racially abused online on Tuesday night after Man United lost The United captain was branded a  ‘f****** n*****’ by users online  It […]

WWE star Luke Harper has become the latest to request his release from the company. The 39-year-old former tag-team champion broke the news on Twitter last night just hours before SmackDown. He posted a statement on social media which read: “As of this evening, I have requested a release from WWE. “The past 6 years have been a simply, amazing […]