The Battle Between British and Irish Jump Racing Trainers
The battle for superiority between British and Irish horse racing trainers has one that has long been fought on the turf. Whilst the majority of casual pundits wouldn’t have a clue who was training the horses from one minute to…
Studying Virtual Horse Racing Results Must Be Pointless, Right?
Horse racing is a sport that those who love can become absolutely obsessed with. They will pour over the results of races for hours, looking for all sorts of information about what happened in the races that have already taken…
New Football Tiki Taka Toe Craze – No It’s Not A Style of Play
In the 2006 World Cup, Spanish broadcaster Andrés Montes said, “Estamos tocando tiki taka, tiki taka”, which translated to ‘We are playing tiki taka, tiki taka”. Broadly thought to be a complimentary expression about the precision and elegance of Spain’s…
Is the Punchestown Premiere Weekend Showing Racing How to Do It?
Horse racing fans love to be able to get along and watch live racing, which is the lifeblood of the sport. The industry itself is trying more and more ways to get young people to fall in love with horse…
Football Players are Retiring Earlier
For supporters watching from the outside in, playing football seems like an absolute dream job. Whether you’re playing for the local semi-professional side or you’ve made it all the way to the Premier League, you are living the life that…
What Will Jürgen Klopp be Doing for Red Bull?
The moment that Jürgen Klopp announced that he would be stepping down as Liverpool manager at the end of the 2023-2024 Premier League season, the speculation around his next role began in earnest. The man himself was keen to point…
Britain’s Most ‘At Risk’ Racecourses
There are 59 different racecourses that operate in Britain, with Newton Abbot in Devon being the lowest and Perth in Scotland being the highest. Some course are in rude health, with major meetings such Glorious Goodwood, the Cheltenham Festival and…
Why is the United Kingdom so Good at the Paralympics?
Every four years, we get to experience the truly remarkable. The Summer Olympics and the Paralympics show us human beings achieving what seems impossible, pushing their bodies further and further in a big to win bronze, silver or gold medals….
Is Cricket in Prison the Way to Get Mexicans Hooked on the Sport?
There are many countries around the world that have taken cricket to their heart. The game that began its life in England took on a new life when it made its way to India and Pakistan, whilst the Ashes shows…
How Damaging to Golf has the LIV Split Been?
Golf isn’t exactly a sport in which you can imagine those involved being particularly tribal in how they watch tournaments play out. Or at least, that used to be the case. From the moment that the Saudi Arabian Public Investment…