Annemiek van Vleuten raises €17,000 for Amy Pieters Foundation and Bikes4Masai

The final of this year's Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the Year competition takes place in London on Monday, when a new champion will be crowned. Here, the eight regional champions introduce themselves by talking about their lives, careers and how they relax away from their jobs. The overall winner will be invited to several key racing…

NEW YORK - St. John's and Rutgers will play an exhibition game for charity in October to benefit the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation. Just more than two weeks before the college basketball regular season tips off, new coach Rick Pitino and the revamped Red Storm will host the Scarlet Knights on Oct. 21 at Carnesecca…

FRANKIE DETTORI's auction of over 100'once-in-a-lifetime' items to help fund his daughter's wedding has raised over £75000. The legendary Italian will call time on his career later this year after a farewell tour across the globe. As well as renting out his Newmarket mansion for £15000 a month, Dettori also flogged some of his prestigious racing…

A desert-tanned Bruce Cassidy arrived in the Glover Elementary School parking lot in Milton with his prized (albeit temporary) possession - the Stanley Cup - raised over his head and the Bruins' goal song "Kernkraft 400" playing over the loudspeakers. "I didn't script that," said a laughing Cassidy afterwards. No, Cassidy did not come to Milton on…

Britain's largest bookmakers will once again donate all of their profits from the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday to six charities. All profits will be split between SportsAid, the Holocaust Educational Trust, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, SAS Regimental Association (SASRA), Ascot Racecourse Supports and Together for Looked After Children. If…

MPs were invited to visit either a Paddy Power, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral, Betfred or local independent betting shop in their constituency to place a charity bet, organized by the Betting and Gaming Council, the standards body for the regulated industry. 40 MPs from both sides of the House are visiting local betting shops to place the Charity…

Charities up and down the United Kingdom have won big thanks to the Grand National Charity Bet campaign, which has raised thousands for good causes. Over 40 MPs placed a charity bet on Saturday's Grand National, with the UK's biggest betting operators vowing to hand over all winnings to the MP's charity of choice. The eventual winner was 8/1…

Trainer Mike de Kock and jockey Craig Zackey teamed up powerfully as Desert Miracle followed up her Grade 1 Majorca Stakes success in Cape Town with glory today at the Big T in the Royal Raceday, sponsored by HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco. Royal Raceday, the fourth leg of the World Sports Betting Championships season, left a lasting impression on…

Novak Djokovic's 2023 Australian Open-winning racquet and outfit will be auctioned off for charity at a gala dinner on Sunday, June 4. The event will be held at the Forum Sports Center in Rome, Italy, where the PL Open International tournament will take place from May 28 to June 3. The ITF 25k event will be attended by Jelena Djokovic, the tennis…

London charity shops are a total lottery. Sometimes you walk into the dinkiest, most unassuming looking shop in the strangest part of London only to walk out with a Toast jumper and Loewe scarf. Other times, those shops are exactly what you expect them to be and you find yourself in a sea of overworn Per Una blouses and men's shirts from Burton.…

The foundation behind a New Zealand children's hospital says "time pressures" were behind the rejection of a $520000 donation from Golden Eagle winner Mark Chittick, rubbishing claims it tried to distance itself from horse racing and betting. Chittick, who runs Waikato Stud, on Wednesday revealed the Starship Foundation declined the chance to…

A New Zealand children's hospital has declined a $520000 donation borne out of one of Australian horse racing's richest events. Kiwi horse racing giant Mark Chittick celebrated victory on Saturday when I Wish I Win took out the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill in Sydney. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: I Wish I Win takes stunning victory in $10m Golden…

Justin Turner is a national treasure. Sure, the Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman is a clutch hitter and impeccable fielder. We have advanced analytics to prove that. But no statistician can quantify the good vibes the 2x MLB All-Star brings to the Dodgers organization. Over the past eight years, fans have always been able to count on Turner's…

After 31 consecutive weekends of Friday and Saturday racing at the Meadowlands Racetrack this year, Hambletonian Day on Aug. 6 and its prodigious betting handle kicked off a well-earned break for those in the New Jersey horse racing and betting industry. But harness racing returns to the Big M on Thursday, Sept. 1 - though only for two weeks of…

BOOKIES are set to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by donating the profits from one of the races at Royal Ascot this week to charity. All of the money made from tomorrow's Brittania Stakes at the famous racecourse will be gifted to a number of top charities. All profits made from win and each-way bets, once levy and duties are deducted, will be…

Over 40 MPs from both sides of the House have backed a BGC initiative by placing bets on the world's greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, which runs on Saturday, to raise money for charity. The Betting and Gaming Council, the standards body for the regulated UK betting and gaming industry, invited MPs to visit a Paddy Power, William Hill,…

Meet our amazing Pride of Birmingham winners. These are people who have battled against the odds to make a difference to other people's lives. The event, in partnership with TSB, took place last night (Monday March 7) at the University of Birmingham's Great Hall. More than 40 celebrities attended the red carpet extravaganza to celebrate the city's…

BOOKIES will once again donate their profits from the cavalry charge Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot to charity. Last year's kind-hearted move raised over £250000 for various charities. And this year some of the biggest layers will repeat the fundraiser for four different bodies. Prostate Cancer UK, Marie Curie, the three Armed Forces charities and…

Flutter Entertainment (Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet), bet365, Entain (Ladbrokes and Coral), William Hill, Kindred (Unibet), BetVictor, Betway, Rank Group (Grosvenor Sport), the Tote and Fitzdares have signed up to the initiative. Profits from win and each-way bets, after levy and duties are deducted, will go to charity, while if bookmakers do…

Betting and Gaming Council members Flutter (Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Bet), bet365, Entain (Ladbrokes, Coral), William Hill, Kindred (Unibet), BetVictor, Betway, Rank Group (Grosvenor Sport), the Tote and Fitzdares have all signed up to repeat the fundraising initiative, which raised £250000 for a range of good causes last year. Prostate Cancer UK,…

Deceuninck triumphant again on an absorbingly attritional Tour of Flanders This year's Tour of Flanders was billed as a struggle between team strength vs individual strength. In a tactical race, Elegant-QuickStep (renamed from Deceuninck - Quick-Step for this race) would have the advantage thanks to their strength in numbers; in an attritional…

Anna van der Breggen and her SD Worx teammates are very good at bikes. How good? Fire up FloBikes.com and watch the replay of last week's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and you will see a star rider and her teammates exert their will on an entire race. SD Worx filleted the peloton into a bite-sized front group of 30 riders, minus defending champ Annemiek…

For the ninth time, and first since 2019, Major League Baseball, all 30 MLB Clubs, Minor League Clubs and other partners have organized a charity auction during Baseball's Annual Winter Meetings to benefit a special cause close to the game. The auction this year, which was spearheaded by the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, will support the…