#Glass Ceiling

1 - Who will win the World Cup? On home soil, and with a star-studded squad full of pace and power, there is no doubt that France are the team to beat. However, this looks like being one of the most open World Cups ever, with at least six teams capable of going all the way. Bring it on. 2 - Can Ireland break their glass ceiling? Heart says yes,…

On an ordinary day, Kildare would be an easy call given the likelihood of securing first run from this location and with Priceless Jet likely to initially plot a path inwards from the wide draw. However, this is no ordinary occasion and when your chance rests upon a big break and anything less than perfection can expose vulnerability, appeal…

My name is Ryan Hallam and I'm a Content Executive at William Hill. I love the Darts and I've been to events all around Europe so I'm previewing The World Darts Championship. It's the greatest spectacle in darts. The atmosphere. The pressure. The excitement. The fancy-dress. Alexandra Palace. The World Darts Championship. For many, the build-up to…

With the new year approaching, let's reflect and think about the things that made 2022 special. In sports, it's not just the amazing games and athletes that provide us daily entertainment and special moments to marvel at and celebrate. We also find exceptional storytelling in the books that will resonate far beyond their publication dates. As we…

Three-time Rugby World Cup winning Black Ferns captain Dame Farah Palmer has been made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for 2023. Video / NZ Herald / Photosport Farah Palmer - Dame companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sport, particularly rugby Reticent at first, Farah Palmer accepted her damehood honour to…

As the Houston Rockets prepare to close out the calendar year and head into 2023, they do so with many questions. After 30 games, they seem destined for the NBA Draft Lottery and are entrenched in a rebuild. But how is their development going overall? What does the future hold for them? Will next year's incoming draft class provide the splash they…

Table tennis has seen a surge in popularity only very recently and it has joined the club of the two other main racquet sports - badminton and tennis, with much pomp. While there hasn't been a scarcity of talent in the country, a number of factors needed to work in tandem to produce champion paddlers. For the past few decades, this coordination has…

The eighth race on the card at Aqueduct on Saturday is the Garland of Roses Stakes. This race is for fillies and mares aged three and older, and a purse of $120000 is available. The race will see a field of seven compete over six furlongs. Charlton Baker has a fine recent record in the race, having won the previous two editions with Glass Ceiling…

Malibu Moonshine breaking her maiden on a super sloppy track by 6 lengths at Pimlico Sept. 9. (Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club) By David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Happy Face Racing Stable's Malibu Moonshine, scratched as a top contender from last month's Maryland Million with a fever, returns to Laurel Park to make her Maryland and…

Two game-changing fighters are ready to complete their rivalry following a historic second fight. Juan Francisco Estrada defends The Ring super-flyweight title against Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez on December 3. Also on the line will be the vacant WBC super-flyweight title. The fight takes place inside Arizona's Desert Diamond Arena. The two first…

Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun works out at Churchill Downs in preparation for Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 1 (UPI) -- The Fourth of July weekend kicks off the second half of the horse racing year with a bang as Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Ce Ce and other notables return from layoffs. Adding to the…

A total of seven fillies and mares will travel seven-eighths on the Aqueduct main oval in Saturday's $120000 Pumpkin Pie S. Peter Brant's #2 Boston Post Road comes off of a pair of huge allowance seconds in succession and seems poised to notch her initial stakes victory with improvement on Saturday. Trained by Chad Brown, the daughter of Quality…

New York takes center stage of the racing world this weekend. Belmont Park hosts 14 graded stakes between its Friday and Saturday cards, including nine at the Grade 1 level, culminating in the 2022 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Rougir (6-5) is morning-line favorite for the first of those Grade 1 affairs, the $750000 New York Stakes. Post…

The 154 running of the Belmont Stakes will take place Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. While the Triple Crown won't be on the line, Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will be part of the eight-horse field. Post time for the race is set for approximately 6:49 p.m. In last year's edition of the race, favorite Essential Quality came in…

Qatar is set to host its first ever World Cup. But despite being the host nation, they've never competed at the tournament before. There's lots of speculation as to whether they will be able to compete at this tournament. So, just how good is the Qatar national team? Well, if we go off the FIFA world rankings, not bad. The hosts of the 2022 World…

Pappacap (green silks), shown finishing second to Corniche in the Breeders' Cup Classic, is among the favorites for Saturday's Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, a 50-point qualifier for the Kentucky Derby. Photo by John Voorhees, Eclipse Sportswire, courtesy of Breeders' Cup Feb. 18 (UPI) -- This is the weekend when we find out if a few highly…

Friday's Race Recap from Belmont at Aqueduct: (All odds US) Race replays for yesterday's races from Belmont at Aqueduct can be found here: Belmont at Aqueduct: Race 1: 2nd@ 3.40/1 Race 8: 2nd@ 0.50/1 In Race 1, Winning Connection, who ran so well from off the pace in his debut, was smartly put on to battle for the lead from his rail post to try to…

Glass Ceiling wins the G3 Distaff Handicap (Janet Garaguso) OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Dual graded-stakes winner Glass Ceiling returns from a nearly four-month layoff in Saturday's $120000 Pumpkin Pie, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward at Belmont at the Big A. The Pumpkin Pie, slated as Race 8, is one of four stakes on a…

Belmont at the Big A is winding down. Although racing will continue from Aqueduct, the meet will take on the usual title of Aqueduct Winter Meet. Post: 12:35 PM ET; $77k Maiden Special Weight going 1 1/16 miles on turf; Entries: 12 #7 PHOTON (3-1) gets the top selection. She goes out for the Breen barn and gets Ortiz in the irons. #3 CAN'T FOOL ME…

It's that time of year again. As we near Thanksgiving, the college football season is working its way towards the postseason. It's time to start projecting how the bowl season is going to shake out. Obviously, this continues to be a moving target, but that's half the fun. This is the second year of the new bowl contract cycle, which has many of the…

How traditions at Goodwood have changed. It's well within living memory that the prospect of a female jockey winning any race in high summer amidst the Panama hats and picnic hampers on the West Sussex Downs was about as likely as holidaymakers at nearby Bognor Regis switching their summer holidays to the Moon. And even as the glass ceiling has…

The NBA season is swiftly approaching, and each season, tons of things happen that shock the world. Before last season, if you were to say the Memphis Grizzlies would go 56-26 and finish with the second-best record league-wide, you'd be called crazy. If you said the Boston Celtics would have arguably the greatest season turn around in league…

Timing is everything in Formula 1. Some drivers make all the right moves effortless and glide serenely through their careers, but others don't have that luxury. Pierre Gasly certainly hasn't, until now. Prior to his unexpected move to Alpine for 2023, Gasly's timing has been off. That's not through any fault of his own, for just as the cascade…

After a small slate of Week Zero games, the 2022 FBS college football season kicks off in full this week. It's been more than seven months since Kirby Smart's Georgia team unseated Nick Saban and Alabama to win the Bulldogs' first title since 1980, but both programs are back in the spotlight this fall. Alabama leads Sports Illustrated's preseason…