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MANCHESTER UNITED are set to turn to Burnley flop Wout Weghorst as they look for goals. And this is far from the first time a United signing has raised eyebrows, particularly in a January window. Here are ten of the strangest signings the club have ever made. Ighalo arrived in 2020 with a record of having scored 16 goals in a Premier League season,…

Japan (Ryan Moore, left) just gets the better of Trueshan (Hollie Doyle) Class and a 5lb penalty made the difference as the oddest of couples fought out the finish of the Group 3 Ormonde Stakes. In the summer of 2019, Japan won the Grand Prix de Paris and the Juddmonte International for Aidan O'Brien, while the Alan King-trained Trueshan won Class…

On Saturday England played their 10th World Cup quarter-final, with France joining teams like Uruguay, West Germany, Portugal and of course Argentina in the list of teams standing in the Three Lions' way. It's always a fascinating point in a tournament for England, a country for whom success or otherwise at a major tournament seems to exist along…

January transfer window is around the corner, and the football world is set to witness another round of transfer merry-go-round as clubs in England (Premier League and EFL), Scotland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy engage in outright and loan transfer of players. Transfer window comes with various shades of intrigues. For instance, when players…

England continue their World Cup campaign with a game against USA. Gareth Southgate's side inflicted a thumping 6-2 win over Iran in the first game, while the US drew with Wales in their opener. Here, we take you through everything you need to know ahead of the match. England vs USA kicks off at 7pm UK time on Friday, November 25. The match will be…

Royal Ascot 2022 is here with the best fashion and sporting action. Baaeed and Nature Strip are among the stars on show on day one at the Berkshire venue The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Mr. Peter Phillips arriving by carriage during the Royal Procession on day one of Royal Ascot Royal Ascot week has begun with all the best sporting…

MICHAEL OWEN has completed his latest transfer - a new trainer at his horse racing yard. Hugo Palmer, 41, will take the reins at Owen's Manor House Stables, two months after the former England hero announced a shock split with Tom Dascombe. Ex-Liverpool and Real Madrid striker Owen, 42, posted on Twitter on Thursday morning: "I am absolutely…

Former football star-turned stable owner Michael Owen is expected to score in front of the ITV4 cameras at Chester today with Ever Given, plus Newsboy gives his tips on every other race from Wednesday's race meetings at Kempton, Kelso and Fontwell Michael Owen could be celebrating another'home' victory at Chester today with EVER GIVEN. The colt,…

It's something of a footballing cliché that the league table starts to take shape after 10 games. Every team in the Premier League has now played at least 10 matches, so are we beginning to see something like what the final league table will look like? Michael Owen has made his top four predictions now that every team has hit the 10 game mark.…

Michael Owen says a win for Dubawi Legend in Saturday's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket would be a massive boost to the plans for his expanding Manor House stable in Cheshire. Dubawi Legend, a 16-1 chance and one of the 19 remaining entries for the first Classic of the season, is the highest profile horse trainer Hugo Palmer has brought with him…

MICHAEL OWEN was able to raise a smile as he arrived at Ascot for the races - just hours after daughter Gemma admitted that she would "lick" a horse's bum because it was "clean". Viewers quickly went into meltdown, and no doubt too the former Liverpool and England striker, who has already had to face questions over his daughter's reality TV antics…

Former England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen has said he still expects Manchester City to win the Premier League this season despite Arsenal's fantastic start. But Arteta's men are yet to play the defending champions this season. Owen, who won the Premier League himself with Manchester United in the 2010-11 season, believes City are still…

This year's Royal Ascot is set to be the most cosmopolitan in the meeting's history, with a record number of overseas challengers set to be on show. As always, the quality is staggering this year, with at least one Group 1 race on each of the five days of action. There are three Group 1 races on the opening day alone, with Tuesday's Queen Anne…

Perfect Power (near) holds on well in the Commonwealth Cup Even Christophe Soumillon could not comprehend the way Perfect Power quickened in the closing stages to power clear in the Commonwealth Cup. He looked an unlikely winner at halfway after breaking from stall one and an even unlikelier one when several lengths behind with two furlongs to…

It is broadly fine to be staunchly Jurgen Klopp Out if you absolutely must, but the main candidates to replace him at Liverpool are laughable. These are the 10 favourites in the betting odds to become the next permanent Liverpool manager. The names themselves are definitely not a reflection of our actual thoughts. 10) Brendan Rodgers Liverpool…

Michael Owen reckons Arsenal are'here to stay' in the upper realm of the Premier League, but he expects Manchester City to win the title. The Gunners have built up a four-point lead over City in second and third-placed Tottenham at the top of the league table after 10 games, having collected nine wins out of a possible 10. "Arsenal have surprised a…

No club in world football has boasted as many world-class superstars as Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane, Michael Owen and Kaka all had a Ballon d'Or under their belt when they were signed by Los Blancos, but there are also plenty of all-time greats that made their legend at the Bernabeu. On 12 occasions, a Real Madrid player has won the Ballon d'Or -…

People say records are there to be broken, but some are there to stay for an eternity. We give you 14 Premier League records that will probably never be bettered. Most consecutive seasons as manager (22) From 1996 until 2018, Arsene Wenger was manager of Arsenal, meaning he was in charge for a colossal 22 seasons before being hounded out of the…

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Adam Farragher returns in triumph on Thunder Legend Friday: Newmarket Apprentice Adam Farragher returned from a five-month absence in triumph on his first day back when winning on Thunder Legend. The 22-year-old was due to ride the favourite Mujtaba in the Lincoln for his boss William Haggas at Doncaster in March before a fall two days earlier on…