“There can be no summer in this land without cricket,” wrote Neville Cardus, the long-time Guardian cricket – and indeed classical music – correspondent. So far this summer we are having to test his hypothesis. In the most gorgeous weather imaginable, bats have remained stowed, wickets uncut, fields empty of […]
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Albigna can make it a second victory in today’s Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas for Jessica Harrington at the Curragh. source: express.co.uk
Beatriz Williams, the best-selling author of historical novels including “The Golden Hour,” “Summer Wives” and “A Certain Age,” had not quite bargained for 11 years in Greenwich, Conn. But her husband, Sydney Williams, had grown up in Greenwich, and when the couple returned to America in 2004 after five years […]
Beatriz Williams, the best-selling author of historical novels including “The Golden Hour,” “Summer Wives” and “A Certain Age,” had not quite bargained for 11 years in Greenwich, Conn. But her husband, Sydney Williams, had grown up in Greenwich, and when the couple returned to America in 2004 after five years […]
Jobs are to be lost at the Racing Post, the daily paper which serves horse racing and its followers, with its owner blaming loss of revenue caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The news is a blow to staff, most of whom had put up with temporary salary cuts to help […]
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy drove the Andrew Balding-trained 10-1 shot into the lead in the final half furlong of the famous Rowley Mile to relegate Frankie Dettori on Wichita into second. Charlie Appleby’s Pinatubo, unbeaten in six races as a two-year-old and with a higher official rating than the legendary […]
When Jessica Harrington was named Ireland’s sportswoman of the year in 2017, a couple of months before her 71st birthday, she listed three ambitions for her training career which remained unfulfilled: a Classic winner on the Flat, a winner at Royal Ascot and a Grand National winner at Aintree. Within […]
(Reuters) – ON THIS DAY — JUNE 5 FILE PHOTO: ON THIS DAY — June 5 June 5, 2003 ICE HOCKEY – New Jersey Devils centre John Madden sports a stitched up cut caused by a skate blade during the fifth game of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Mighty […]