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Nicky Henderson admits that the prospect of taking on Apple’s Jade and Laurina in next month’s Champion Hurdle will ensure Buveur D’Air must be better than last year if he is to defend his crown The JP McManus-owned Buveur D’Air will bid to become just the sixth horse in history to win three Champion Hurdle crowns on March 12. Last year he fended off…

Perhaps the best team you haven’t watched this season in NCAA basketball and it’s probably the best in the odds to win March Madness? That would be No. 6 Nevada of the Mountain West Conference as the Wolf Pack has just one loss all season and can inch closer to winning the regular-season conference title as a short college basketball odds favorite at a good…

Trainer Nicky Henderson is quietly confident Might Bite can still challenge for the 2019 Cheltenham Gold Cup next month (Might Bite 12/1 to win Gold Cup). The 10-year-old has looked a shadow of the horse that competed in the blue riband last year during his first two outings of the current campaign. Might Bite finished second to Native River at Prestbury Park last season…

[ad_1] Sheffield Wednesday host Swansea City this weekend, and we’re getting proper involved with the Bookmaker Crossbar Challenge. We’ve dished out match tickets to 10 lucky Bookmaker customers. And during the half time-break, three of those lucky winners will be chosen at random to take part in the Bookmaker Crossbar Challenge on the hallowed Hillsborough turf. Each participant will have three attempts to hit…

To score one own goal might be considered unfortunate, but to do it twice in the same game probably goes beyond that. What do you call someone who puts into his own net twice in 11 minutes? Well, you call him Kakha Kaladze. Indeed, those two goals mean Kaladze ended his international career with a negative goal tally, having scored just once for Georgia…

Nick Murphy | 20 February 2019 The Cheltenham Festival Top Jockey award goes to the jockey who wins the most races across the four-day Prestbury Park Festival each year. It has a long and storied history, although one man has dominated the Cheltenham Top Jockey accolade in the last decade or so. Ruby Walsh has claimed the award in nine of the last 10…

[ad_1] The first major trophy of the English football year is up for grabs on Sunday as Chelsea contend withManchester City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Maurizio Sarri, the under pressure Chelsea boss, may have a few more nerves than his counterpart Pep Guardiola, depending on the result of the midweek Europa League tie against Malmo. Sarri has come under sustained criticism…

[ad_1] Connections of Presenting Percy will not be overly concerned should the Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite go straight into the March 15 race without a prep over fences. The Pat Kelly-trained Presenting Percy has run only once since he stormed to victory in the RSA Chase at Cheltenham last March, landing a Grade Two race over hurdles at Gowran Park last month. He was…

[ad_1] Spurs defender Jan Vertonghen is convinced his side can overcome Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 of the Champions League (Tottenham 28/1 – Champions League Outright). Tottenham host BVB in the first leg at Wembley on Wednesday night as they look to reach the last eight for the first time since 2011. Spurs secured four points from two group games against…

[ad_1] Race to Dubai champion Francesco Molinari (50/1 – WGC-Mexico Championship Outright) says he is looking forward getting his season properly underway at this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship. Molinari enjoyed a sensational 2018, winning his maiden major championship at the Open, helping Europe reclaim the Ryder Cup from the USA after winning all five of his matches and also landing the Race to Dubai crown.…

[ad_1] Rafael Nadal has admitted he can improve his game for Sunday’s Australian Open final after his straight-sets victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas (Nadal 10/11 – Tournament Outright). The 32-year-old second seed has been in inspirational form at Melbourne Park – despite going into the tournament with injury doubts hanging over his head. Nadal had not played since losing last September’s US Open final and…

[ad_1] Sarri’s days looks numbered 19 February 2019 With Maurizio Sarri position under threat at Chelsea, our traders have priced up the contenders to replace him at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea’s FA Cup loss to Manchester United on Monday was their third loss in six games. The team are still struggling to get to grips with Sarri’s tactics. And there’s a real risk they miss…

Saturday marked the nine-year anniversary of one of the most famous nights in the history of Olympique Lyonnais. On 16 February 2010, a 47th-minute goal by Jean Makoun was enough for the Ligue 1 side to beat the mighty Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash. Three weeks later, Lyon again upset the odds by drawing 1-1 at the…

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s Manchester United bounced back emphatically after their disappointing loss to Paris Saint-Germain with a crucial and historic win at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup fifth round. Man United Break Stamford Bridge Duck Before their 2-0 win, the Red Devils had failed to beat the Blues in all competitions away from home since 2012, which happened to be Sir Alex Ferguson’s…

We’re only three weeks away from the 2019 Cheltenham Festival and I don’t think I’m prepared. It’s been a funny few months in that regard, the jumps haven’t really got going and yet here we are now facing into the festival. Hopefully all our collective frustration about the stop/start nature of the season will subside when those four glorious days of racing begin on…