Southern California trainer Sergio Morfin has been suspended for 22 days and fined $3,500 for two post-race methocarbamol positive test results in the 3-year-old filly Lady Dosia. The filly, a homebred racing for Karen Norton, first tested positive for the muscle relaxant following her racing debut May 16 at Santa Anita Park, where she finished…
India pacer Mohammed Siraj of India was on Monday named ICC Player of the Month for August following his heroic effort in the fifth and final Test against England. Orla Prendergast of Ireland too was named player of the month alongside Siraj. Siraj’s superb match-winning effort on the final day of the Test series against…
Chelsea begin their Champions League campaign on Wednesday, and captain Reece James believes they can afford to dream big. The Blues visit Bayern Munich in their first game of the league phase, with Chelsea set to play in the Champions League for the first time since the 2022-23 season. Chelsea have made an unbeaten start…
Video Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 33rd episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap the start of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) trails as Spice Runner wins the Iroquois Stakes (G3) and Taken by the Wind wins the…
In the wake of the handshake row that ensued after India’s seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup match in Dubai on Sunday, Sportstar understands that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director of International Cricket, Usman Wahla, has been reportedly called back to the country amidst speculation of his sacking. The move comes after reports…
The Minnesota Vikings will be without quarterback J.J. McCarthy for two to four weeks with an ankle injury, forcing them to turn to veteran Carson Wentz. McCarthy, the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2024, has been diagnosed with a high ankle sprain, which he suffered in a disappointing performance in Minnesota’s 22-6 defeat to the Atlanta…
British racing’s day of protest in Westminster last week certainly made an impression, not only through media coverage but also, apparently, in the corridors of power. Labor MPs were in short supply among the more than 200 people who gathered at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London Sept. 10 to hear passionate arguments for…
HIGHLIGHTS LINE-UPS Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Charith Asalanka (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Maheesh Theekshana Hong Kong: Zeeshan Ali, Anshy Rath, Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Yasim Murtaza (captain), Aizaz Khan, Kinchit Shah, Shahid Wasif, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Ateeq Iqbal TOSS Sri Lanka…
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will not feature in their Champions League opener with Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday after suffering a recurrence of a shoulder injury. Odegaard was forced off during the first half of Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday following a collision with Morgan Gibbs-White. The Norway midfielder had been troubled by…
Racing Australia will go back to the drawing board this week after a bid to make four more NSW races group 1s—and upgrade more than 40 other events around the country without making downgrades—was rejected by the Asian Racing Federation’s Asian Pattern Committee. Australia’s black-type impasse continues as the move for a vast suite of…
