Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Official going news from the Jockey Club. Friday 14th March The going for day four of The Cheltenham Festival 2025 today, Gold Cup Day, is: Good to Soft Action takes place on the New Course today, which was also in use … Read more
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, perhaps the greatest runner in history, has declared he will run the Sydney Marathon in August in a huge boon to the event’s standing. The 40-year-old maestro, back-to-back Olympic marathon champion in 2016 and 2020 and the only runner ever to record an unofficial sub two-hour time in the event, says he’s … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Chelsea 1-0 Copenhagen (agg: 3-1) Europa Conference League: A quarter-final against Legia Warsaw awaits Chelsea, who were far from their best but just about prevailed on a muted night at Stamford Bridge. Jacob Steinberg reports … Share Rangers 0-2 Fenerbahce (agg: … Read more
Eddie Howe responded to the question with a thin smile followed by a flat denial. Newcastle’s manager had just been asked whether his team were jinxed and a sense of deja vu permeated the room. That query has echoed, periodically, around St James’ Park throughout the 70 years since Gypsies reputedly placed a powerful curse … Read more
As Formula One prepares to open a season the sport hopes will be a spectacular battle royale, it surely could not ask for a finer venue than Melbourne’s Albert Park to see things off in a suitably splendid fashion. The true form for the year ahead has yet to be discerned from the opening day … Read more
After victory at Middlesbrough in October, Bristol City’s players headed towards the pocket of the Riverside Stadium housing their supporters. As the away fans sang on loop the name of their head coach, Liam Manning, the squad unravelled a giant red and white banner displaying the words “Fly High Theo” in block capitals. Manning, on … Read more
Bruno Fernandes has aimed a barb at Sir Jim Ratcliffe by stating no player wants to be told they are “not good enough or overpaid”, as Manchester United’s co-owner said this week regarding some of Ruben Amorim’s squad. The captain was speaking after his hat-trick in Thursday’s Europa League last-16 second leg 4-1 win over … Read more
Star striker Sam Kerr has been included in Chelsea’s squad for the Women’s Champions League knock-out rounds in an indication she is nearing a return from injury. But what should have been a positive milestone in the 31-year-old’s recovery from a serious knee injury which has kept her off the pitch for 15 months was … Read more
A few millimetres to the right and Jarell Quansah would now be acclaimed for heading Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals and, according to Luis Enrique’s prediction for the winner of an outstanding last-16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain, onwards to Munich. Fine margins ensured the defender’s wait to make his mark under Arne Slot moves … Read more
On today’s podcast, Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey sit down with Baroness Sue Campbell to talk about her new book, The Game Changer, and her remarkable career in sport. From kicking a ball around in the school playground to leading the transformation of women’s football as the FA’s Director of Women’s Football, Campbell shares the … Read more