#The Big One

The idea of moving the Cox Plate to the end of November - a radical change to the structure of the spring racing carnival - was always going to spark fierce debate among industry participants and fans. It is the biggest switch among a raft being considered by Racing Victoria, which includes the Thousand Guineas going back a month, new dates for the…

After two days of brilliant racing in Liverpool, amid the fancy hats and the tossed bet slips, it all comes down to this: day at Aintree. The flagship race, a four-mile steeplechase, leads the attractions on Saturday, the big one at 5:15. But there's plenty of other racing before that. And after a thrilling Thursday and a fantastic Friday, you can…

While Derby Day, on the first Sunday of February, is the official "to be seen and to preen day" at Mahalaxmi, for racing aficionados the build up to the Derby begins a month or so earlier. And that is the traditional running of RR Ruia Gold Cup, where some of the prime contenders to the Indian Derby put to display a heady cocktail of speed and…

2023-01-11DP World Tour Hero Cup golf tips: Luke Donald turns to new team competition for Ryder Cup pointers The Hero Cup is an all-European version of the Ryder Cup that is newly-devised this year and starts early on Friday UK time at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates. The same venue hosted the HSBC Championship for 15 years before…

New customers with BetUK can get £30 in Boxing Day racing free bets to use on any of the big horse racing action from the ten meetings on Boxing Day. Yes, just stake £10 and BetUK will unleash a £30 Boxing Day horse racing 2022 free bet that you can use on any race you like on these Christmas crackers. You may not have come across BetUK in the…

On what has already been a turbulent week for all things Arc related, the pressure surrounding Europe's richest horserace is cranked up another notch with Sunday's Qatar Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp - a huge 10-race card worth over €1.2 million in prizemoney. The Group One Prix Vermeille is the feature on the card and boasts ante-post Arc favourite…

It all comes down to this. More than 130 teams gathered on their respective campuses back in August hoping this was their year, grinding away toward their dreams no matter how farfetched they were on the College Football Playoff futures odds board. Now TCU and Georgia are the only two left standing, with the Frogs and Dogs going head-to-head…

It may have been a race comprised of old favourites but, in keeping with the theme of late, there was a big-price shock in the Veterans' Final at Sandown on Saturday. Wishing And Hoping, one of four teenagers in the line-up, was a 50/1 shot and a shorter price than only one of his 17 rivals, but he rolled back the years to register a…

Fans in the Dakotas have waited a long time for it happen and now it finally has. Missouri Valley Conference foes North Dakota State and South Dakota State are meeting to renew their storied rivalry on the grandest of stages. The "Dakota Marker" has been featured everywhere from College GameDay to the playoffs in recent years but now it makes its…

A PUNTER who staked all he had on Frankie Dettori riding seven winners at Ascot is now living the high life as a multi-millionaire. Joiner Darren Yates, 56, bet his last £62 - then used his £550823 winnings to build a property and development empire he sold for £20million. Darren recalled his life-changing wager with William Hill on September 29,…

It's the final day of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival and there's seven more races taking place. The Gold Cup is the feature contest at 3.30pm and Rachael Blackmore is bidding to become the first female jockey to win it. On her chances, she said: "The Gold Cup is what the whole week of Cheltenham builds around. It's the pinnacle of the racing year and…

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The college football championship is finally here, taking place in Los Angeles next month. But before we get there - there's a small matter of the college football playoff semi-final games to take care of. Check out our expert guide on the upcoming Fiesta and Peach Bowl, as well as our predictions for the big one. Let's strap in and take a…

Before we go ahead, it's worth noting that Sainz, last year, in his first year at Ferrari he beat'homegrown' teammate Charles Leclerc in the championship. However this year Leclerc has ramped it up, as Ferrari delivered a race-winning package which the Monegasque put to good use with two wins but Sainz has yet to win and early on watched his…

Racing expert Kevin Blake was the toast of many punters yesterday when his three selections won at the Cheltenham Festival. Blake picked Mrs Milner (12/1) in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle, Telmesomethinggirl (6/1) in the Mares' Novice Hurdle and Mount Ida (9/2) in the Kim Muir Handicap Chase. One punter from Waterford wagered a €20 each-way treble…

The Magic Millions Carnival just keeps getting better and this is an outstanding card as a prelude to next week. Gold Coast is a tight, tricky track and there is some rain around which should make for a soft surface and have them heading to the centre of the track in the straight. With the rail true those that can take a position in the first half…

Picking up from my last column to cover the remainder of the holiday program (December 28 to January 1) in what was the busiest post-Boxing Day period for some time, the narrative seemed to me more of the same - some horses enhanced their reputations, a bigger number diminished theirs, and a standout performance to breathe new life into some…

Every year we put our tin hats on to give our pre-season Super League predictions and every year we hold our hands up and admit we know nothing! You can read our predictions in full here or just laugh at *some* of us below… Well, as this is being written, editor James Gordon is sitting opposite me with a wry smile on his face. He got both his Grand…

That's a fifth booking of the season for Yves Bissouma as he labours to get back and makes a late lunge. So he'll miss the match at Palace. Good chance for Perisic. Bissouma flights a cross in and the Croatian touches it on but then slices his effort over the crossbar. It's now 10 games in a row that Spurs have conceded first. Lloris spills a…

The 2022 Galway Races kicked off on Monday evening with seven races taking place at Ballybrit. The feature race on the opening day is the Connacht Hotel Handicap for amateur riders. And it proved 16th time lucky for Patrick Mullins as favourite Echoes In Rain ran out a gallant winner of the big one. Crowds are back to full capacity at the meeting…

James McDonald and Jamie Kah highlight the Doomben meeting with big fields in most races and plenty looking to stamp their Magic Millions credentials. The weather has been mainly fine but there is always some give in the surface at Doomben and with the rail out four metres I am staying with the class animals that can travel near the speed and make…

Buckle up friends. College football will be everywhere today, Friday and Saturday. Yes, the bowl games have been a mixed bag, but the Kansas-Arkansas scorefest Wednesday was something to see. Points everywhere, and both defenses apparently were allergic to contact. Then Oregon won a bowl game because of a doinked-in extra point. Side note: Bo Nix…

The world's most prestigious horse race returns to our screens on Saturday evening as the eagerly-anticipated Grand National takes place at Aintree. With the cancellation of last year's race due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a full two years since race fans were able to watch the most anticipated race of the year. Last…

The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Talladega Superspeedway Sunday for the 2022 GEICO 500. The green flag is set to drop a little after 3 p.m. ET (FOX). Below we analyze the 2022 GEICO 500 odds and lines, with NASCAR picks and predictions. It's time for the second superspeedway race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, and it's always a free-for-all at…

We have reached the business end of this year's PDC World Championship and several of the game's biggest names will be believing that this will be their year. As always with the World Championship, several big names have already made an early exit but the likes of Gerwyn Price, Michael Van Gerwen, Rob Cross and Gary Anderson all remain very much in…

One lucky Melbourne Cup punter pulled off the unthinkable on Tuesday, correctly guessing the order of the first four finishers to turn a measly $10 bet into $240000. Cup winner Almandin and Heartbreak City were neck and neck down the hope straight but to the punter's delight the Kerrin McEvoy gelding edged home - and Hartnell and Qewy followed in…

WITH the Cheltenham Festival now 27 days away, the Sun Racing team will be bringing you their'Festival 50' every day between now and 10 March. We will salute the Prestbury Park heroes that made us fall in love with the Festival, all the way until the'Cheltenham roar' signals that the wait is finally over. 'Dessie' will always be best known for his…

KING Kevin Ryan was delighted to honour the name of Leeds United gaffer Marcelo Bielsa as he went nap at the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup. The master trainer landed the £150000 Scottish flat-racing showpiece for a staggering fifth time after his adventurous six-year-old ploughed a lone furrow to success. Ryan showed all the tactical nous of Elland Road…

It's time to get excited everyone as one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar, the Cheltenham Festival, is about to get underway. Jump racing's elite will descend upon Cheltenham this week with the 2022 edition kicking off on Tuesday and there are plenty of exciting runners to keep your eye out for. Fans will be back in their numbers to…

It has been a heady few months for Justin Verlander. After missing the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John surgery, the pitcher helped steer his Houston Astros to a World Series title-racking up his third Cy Young award and first-ever World Series win in the process. And then, in early December, he agreed to a two-year $86 million contract with…

There really haven't been too many more dramatic football matches than what we saw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final. A game full of raw emotion, countless swings and the dream ending to the now-surely-considered greatest of all time's international career. It was always the big one for Lionel Messi, the World Cup. And now the Argentine icon can say…

Galway Hurdle day is under way at Ballybrit as festivities continue at the track. Crowds have been arriving in their thousands every day so far and Galway Hurdle day is traditionally one of the biggest of the meeting. The big race is on at 5.05pm with twenty runners set to go to post for what looks like a highly-competitive affair. A late…

First off, a major thumbs up from yours truly for this UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland fight card. This event, set to go down on Saturday from inside Orlando's Amway Center, is stacked with exciting bouts. It's not just the main event I'm interested in, and that applies to the UFC on ESPN 42 odds, too. There are fights featuring the likes of…

It's fair to say that the phrase an "embarrassment of riches" could have been coined at the Moulton Paddocks stables of Charlie Appleby with the Godolphin Empire having access to top notch racehorses. Yet, it takes the best to train the best and Appleby has won a succession of Group One races since being unveiled as Godolphin trainer in 2013,…

The record of André Fabre is without equal in the French training ranks. As well as clinching a 30th trainers' title in France in 2019, Fabre saddled a record eighth winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the shape of Waldgeist, his first victory in the race since Rail Link in 2006. Fabre first won the Arc with Trempolino in 1987, followed by…

Five years ago the darts world witnessed the utterly inconceivable when a recently retired electrician won the sport's holy grail on his debut. Rob Cross obliterated Phil Taylor - the greatest to ever play the game - 7-2 in sets, on a day which many expected to mark the fairytale end to the 16-time world champion's career. It was not as…

The FanDuel promo code will unleash a host of ongoing playoff specials, and it starts with the big one. After you make your first deposit, you will become eligible for a $1000 risk-free bet. This is a fantastic offer that will give you a chance to take a giant step forward. The FanDuel promo code for NBA Thursday postseason action will bring…

Bizarrely placed amidst the European Flat Classics, French racing's answer to the Cheltenham Festival takes place this weekend, as we are treated to two formidable days of Gr.1 action at the Hippodrome d'Auteuil. There is over €2.4 million in prizemoney to be allocated throughout the weekend bonanza, which not only has enticed the best in France,…

NOTHING says Christmas quite like 3000 well-oiled souls singing about Kolo and Yaya Toure in a North London palace… The World Darts Championship are back! 96 players from 28 countries will battle it out for the Sid Waddell trophy. Let's look at the betting to pick out some arrowsmiths that could go all the way… THE FAVOURITES MICHAEL VAN GERWEN…

It is both exciting and terrifying to say that we're about a month away from another season of Golden State Warriors basketball. The Dubs will kick things off on Oct. 19, when they visit the Los Angeles Lakers on the first night of the 2021-22 NBA season. And then we'll be off. Once the ball is tipped for that game, the Warriors will be on a quest…

Three time winner Michael van Gerwen is pre-tournamnet favourite. Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith also fancied by bookmakers. The Professional Darts Corporation's showpiece tournament gets underway this week as a field of 96 players compete in London to lift the biggest prize in the sport. Seven former Champions will be back on the famous stage for…

OAKS heroine Tuesday and one time Derby favourite Stone Age will spearhead a classic Aidan O'Brien Breeders' Cup raiding party. And with the champion of Ireland being joined by Britain's top gun Charlie Appleby in a strong challenge, the message is loud and clear to the Americans that the best of Europe is on its way to the World Thoroughbred…

Highfield Princess and Jason Hart claim the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday Victory in the Group 1 Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest was secured with the brilliant execution of not one but two plans. The first piece of foresight was for trainer John Quinn to give Highfield Princess a short break after running an excellent sixth in the Platinum Jubilee…

The New York Yankees' season ended in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. Few teams have as many questions to answer in the offseason as the Yankees, and it begins with Aaron Judge. Judge was the story of baseball in 2022. He broke Roger Maris' Yankees and AL single-season home run record…

Sky Sports Racing senior analyst Jamie Lynch assesses the leading candidates for one of the most eagerly-anticipated races of the Cheltenham Festival, the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The Godfather Part II, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back and Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps. Those are rare examples of the sequel being better than the original, but it…

Owner Johnny de la Hey said he could be tempted by a tilt at the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Christmas after watching Pic D'Orhy make all the running to land the Grade 2 Fitzdares Peterborough Chase. The 2020 Betfair Hurdle winner was twice a Grade 2 winner over fences as a novice last season and connections are hopeful Pic D'Orhy can bridge…

We've made it to the final Saturday with multiple games to choose from with your college football picks and predictions. As the Conference Championships pit the best each conference had to offer this season, the final Saturday of the year features eight different games with 16 completely different teams. Does TCU have more magic up their sleeves?…

Gold Cup day at Ayr saw one of the most valuable sprint handicaps in Europe take place in Scotland. Khanjar was sent off a hot favourite for honours but neither he nor 2021 winner Bielsa were to fire this afternoon and off a fast pace that he truly loves, it was Summerghand that was to add another big prize to his impressive roll of honour at odds…

There are 10 races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season. The NASCAR Digital Media editorial team has 10 questions its staff answered. Now you can, too. ALBERT: Aric Almirola. The SHR pilot started solidly with three top 10s in the first three Cup Series races of the year, but his spot on the bubble remains precarious. That perch will…