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[ad_1] Wind back to Halloween 2018, and Frank Lampard’s emotional Stamford Bridge homecoming in the Carabao Cup. You’ll remember the game. Derby lost 3-2, yet fought belly-to-belly with Chelsea, displaying a brand of high-energy, progressive football that saw the club comprehensively rebranded as “FRANK LAMPARD’S DERBY”, with Lampard himself now to be addressed only as “CHELSEA MANAGER IN-WAITING”. Arguably, Lampard and Derby are still…

[ad_1] Irad, Tyler, Jose and company chasing winners in the sun  There is a competitive card at Gulfstream Park on Friday. The weather forecast for The Florida venue is for sunshine, so the scheduled turf contests should stay on the grass. Jorge Navarro (race 7) leads perennial leader Todd Pletcher (races 1,2 and 10) in the trainer standings. Irad Ortiz is leading rider in…

[ad_1] A cracking day of sport… First up Manchester United host league leaders Liverpool at Old Trafford as they set out to hinder their rival’s title hopes while strengthening their own top-four ambitions. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are a team in-form and will pose a formidable test for Jurgen Klopp and co, who could go three clear of Manchester City at the top of…

[ad_1] Steve Stricker has been given the task of winning back the Ryder Cup from Europe after being confirmed as the USA’s captain for the 2020 event at Whistling Straits (USA 8/11, draw 11/1, Europe 11/8 – 2020 Ryder Cup Outright). Stricker featured in three Ryder Cups as a player, with his only victory coming in the 2008 edition at Valhalla Golf Club, and…

Leicester City come into their clash with Crystal Palace on the back of a 13-day break. The Foxes have lost their last two league matches against Manchester United and Tottenham, though they’ve a lot to be positive about from their performances in both matches. Palace come into the game bouncing after reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals. They’ll be boosted by the return of one…

Nick Murphy | 20 February 2019 The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest horse racing events in the world. It is considered as one of the UK’s premier sporting events alongside the FA Cup Final, Wimbledon, the Ashes and the Grand National. Run over four days in Gloucestershire, the famous meeting attracts the cream of the jump racing crop from the UK, Europe…

Gordon Elliott has begun the process of selecting targets for his leading novice hurdlers ahead of the Cheltenham Festival in a little over two weeks. Leading trainer at the meeting last year, Elliott will once more have a strong team travelling from Ireland for the Cotswolds showpiece. While he admits that some of his novice hurdlers could perhaps have used a bit more experience,…

Lucien Laurent, on 13 July 1930, scored the World Cup’s first goal. He was, it seemed, an unlikely man to have done so. Laurent, a rugged inside right, scored only once more during the remainder of his international career. But his name, thanks to a 19th minute strike against Mexico at the Pocitos Stadium in Montevideo, is deeply embedded in football’s history. Laurent, lucid…

Worcestershire trainer Henry Oliver has fired in five winners from fifteen runners in the past 28 days and he sends out five interesting runners on Friday, including two horses at Exeter well worth keeping an eye on… The first is a sound stayer called CHASE END CHARLIE, who runs in the GG.CO.UK sponsored handicap hurdle over 2m7f at 1.30pm. This horse took some time…

Picking every matchup correctly in a March Madness bracket happens every year, but the odds are prohibitive. According to mathematicians in the past, the odds of picking a perfect bracket are 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. That’s one in about 9.2 quintillion. Duke mathematics professor Jonathan Mattingly, before the 2018 March Madness, pointed out that no 16-seed had ever beaten a 1-seed, and so there were…

by Luke Andrews, 19 February 2019 888 has put pen to paper on an £18m deal to buy Jack Pot Joy’s (JPJ) Mandalay portfolio of online bingo brands. The deal includes Costa Bingo, City Bingo and Sing Bingo. The deal will total £18m, with £12m to be paid initially. © Pexels. The bingo portfolio acquired by 888 makes up the Mandalay operating unit,…

Catch the extended highlights from an incredible test match as Wales entertained England at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Wales v England | 11 February 2017 | Principality Stadium Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c),…

England travel to Cardiff in Round Three as they look to continue their charge in the 2019 Guinness Six Nations. source

Last year's Festival leading trainer Gordon Elliott has amassed a monstrous squad of horses for his assault on Cheltenham in 2019. Tony O'Hehir spoke to him at a media day exactly three weeks until the Festival gets underway, to get the latest on his plans. — Subscribe on YouTube: Website: Twitter: & Facebook: Apple Podcasts: SoundCloud: source

Maddy Playle, Paul Kealy & James Hill are joined by Paddy Power's Darren Hughes for ante-post tips on the Albert Bartlett and Champion Bumper in the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. On the show: – The Albert Bartlett and Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival often throw up winners at big prices – Racing Post star tipster Paul Kealy is with us for horse-by-horse analysis on…