Horse racing tips: Monday 20 May
Union Saint runs at Newton Abbot with his connections hoping for a hat-trick of wins from the five-year-old Leicester 6.20 Khobaraa 6.50 Prime Exhibit 7.20 Capitulate 7.50 Greylami 8.20 Ian’s Dream...
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Daft Punk’s colours to be carried on Lotus car in Monaco grand prix
Chart-topping French duo get even luckier as F1 team adorns car with Daft Punk imagery ahead of prestigious weekend race Daft Punk ‘s bid for world domination has hit new heights with the news that a...
View ArticleHorse racing tips: Wednesday 5 June
Dick Bos at Ripon is the best bet of the day Ayr 2.10 Khotan 2.40 Cufflink 3.10 Flashman (nb) 3.40 Spavento 4.10 Uncut Stone 4.40 Red Inca 5.10 Music Festival Kempton Park 6.00 Razor Quest 6.30 Plover...
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The Joy of Six: NBA stars in TV commercials
From Michael Jordan’s Spike Lee Nike ads to Kevin Durant and his shrunken PJs, via Shaq, Wilt and Julius Shaquille O’Neal: Buick I never liked Buicks. Growing up, we had a burgundy 1983 Skylark , one...
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Disclosure admit miming at Wembley – but say they didn’t want to
No 1 dance duo say organisers of Capital FM Summertime Ball forced them to mime, so they made it obvious Disclosure want you to know that they were miming their set at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball...
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James Dean Bradfield: ‘Josh Homme would make a great centre’
The Manic Street Preachers singer on the Lions, national anthems and shorts in the workplace Hello James [Cheery] Hello Small Talk [Showing that this interview may have been conducted a while back]...
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The Duckworth Lewis Method: ‘Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is...
Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh explain why their new album coincides with the Ashes – and why they approve of streaking Scour the official calendar of world cricket and you’ll surely notice something...
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Classic YouTube | Liverpool’s white suits, 100 years of the Tour de France...
This week’s round-up also has 113 nutmegs from the original Ronaldo, Isner and Mahut: the song, plus Ian Poulter tricks 1) A real treat from the archives, sent in and uploaded for us by reader Tayab...
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Laura Robson’s Wimbledon advance captures public’s hearts
Nineteen-year-old is now one win away from becoming first British woman to reach fourth round at SW19 since 1998 Laura Robson won the hearts of the British public at Wimbledon after advancing to the...
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The Olympic Park: how London’s newest outdoor gig venue shaped up
Critics say it’s more car park than Olympic Park, but at least you could actually hear the music at Hard Rock Calling 2013 On a weekend when music-lovers’ attentions were turned towards a Somerset...
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Rewind radio: Wimbledon; Living in the Memory Room; Shaun Keaveny
Tennis on the radio is often baffling but rather more atmospheric than the television coverage Wimbledon (5 Live) | iPlayer Living in the Memory Room (R4) | iPlayer Shaun Keaveny (6 Music) | iPlayer...
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Andy Murray song puts former tennis partner Under the Lights
Under the Lights (Song for Andy Murray) by Keith Meisner, which pays tribute to the Wimbledon champion, is a YouTube hit Reading this on mobile? Under the Lights (Song for Andy Murray) by Keith...
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Jay-Z is smashing the good old boy establishment in music and sports | David...
Shawn Carter is a shrewd businessman, and he’s out to prove that he’s a lot more than a rapper. I applaud him Jay-Z once rapped that he’s not a businessman, he’s a business, man; and for a man...
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My new-found conversion to English cricket – and Aussie cricket fans | Oliver...
Watching the Ashes in Australia has turned me into the national stereotype I once berated. But the company is good I remember singing Jerusalem at school, and watching, as a number of my classmates...
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Readers recommend: songs about cricket
Can you think of any cricket-related songs? We’re totally stumped … Cricket is a game played with a bat and ball by two competing teams of 11 players. Can you think of any cricket-related songs? We’re...
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The Spin | Michael Clarke: a great leader who has given himself too much to...
Australia’s captain inherited much from the greats he grew up with but never learned how to manager less-talented players THE LAST OF THE GANG TO DIE For some cricketers it is the eyesight that goes,...
View ArticleHorse racing tips: Friday 9 August
Dream Walker at Musselburgh is the best bet of the day Brighton 2.20 Goadby 2.50 Frosty Secret 3.10 Eton Rambler 3.40 Sacred Square 4.10 Corporal Maddox 4.40 Koharu 5.10 Excellent Aim (nb) Haydock...
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Premier League preview No16: Sunderland | Louise Taylor
Paolo Di Canio’s revolution has seen 10 new players signed, a ‘play from the back’ philosophy, the backroom overhauled and tangible excitement on Wearside Guardian writers’ predicted position: 16th...
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Willey drives Norhants to t20 glory
• Northamptonshire win first silverware since 1992 • David Willey shatters Surrey with bat and ball Northamptonshire proved that the romance of the cup remains alive and well after overturning their...
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John Gosden aims Kingman at Solario but attacks ‘hype’ heaped on colt
• Kingman as Guineas favourite is ‘nonsense’, says trainer • Sir Alex Ferguson’s If I Had Him wins Jersey prize Kingman, widely seen as one of this season’s most exciting two-year-olds, is due to...
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