#East End

BOXING DAY sees the return of the Premier League after a six-week break and NEWCASTLE can hit the ground running by winning at Leicester to go second in the table. Eddie Howe's men left off with a 1-0 home win over Chelsea but they'd won their last two road matches at Southampton and Spurs and the 6/5 Magpies will be well set up to take the game to…

HARRY REDKNAPP hopes this is finally the year he hits the back of the net at the home of jumps racing. The legendary manager has owned horses on and off for over 30 years - but so far his only victory at Cheltenham was of the 3-0 variety in the FA Cup. It looked like his wait could come to an end this afternoon with the well-fancied Back On The…

FOR Michelle Mone, it has always been boom - and quite a bit of bust. Things are no different now she has stepped into the horseracing world after buying an £80000 runner and sending him to a Grand National-winning trainer. Jonjo O'Neill, who won the 2010 Ainthree showpiece with AP McCoy on Don't Push It, is the man tasked with turning Baroness…

Keeneland Barn Notes: 10 Fillies Invited to $600000 QEII Challenge Cup (Keeneland / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: TEN FILLIES INVITED TO $600000 QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY DIXIANA Bobby Flay's Pizza Bianca, winner of last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Klaravich Stables' McKulick (GB),…

It's a horse racing love story going on 50 years. When they sit down to lunch with their children, grandchildren and other family at the Woodbine Club this Saturday, Hall of Fame jockey Robin Platts and his wife, Deb, will take a moment to look beyond the racetrack, the toteboard and pristine Toronto oval infield, to gaze upon the expansive Toronto…

Bell's the One Returns in Saturday's G2 TCA Stakes at Keeneland (Bell's the One / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: Trainer Cipriano Contrereas and Andrew Knapczyk's Inthemidstofbiz will face five other fillies and mares as she goes for a repeat victory in the 41 running of the $250000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) Saturday…

THE death of Queen Elizabeth touches us all in many ways. Memories of our own lives go hand-in-hand with hers because her reign was so long. I remember the street parties for the Coronation in 1953. London's East End was still recovering from the ravages of World War Two. Rationing had been a huge part of my childhood. The taste of the jam…

What a night of Champions League action we have in store. First up, Celtic are in Poland as they take on Shakhtar Donetsk in match day two of their return to the group stage. Ange Postecoglou's side opened with a 3-0 defeat at home to holders Real Madrid last week but have been praised for how they took the game to the European champions. However…