Champion trainer Paul Nicholls is hopeful that Master Minded could come back to his best by the Cheltenham Festival in March despite his shock defeat... more
Horse racing: Sustained money for Karabak has seen the Alan King-trained gelding take over as favourite for the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham... more
Football: Willie Mullins has warned that he doesn't know if exciting novice hurdler Hurricane Fly will recover in time to run at next month's Cheltenham Festival... more
Horse racing: Willie Mullins has issued a mainly upbeat report today on his Cheltenham contenders that were in action, or due to be in action, at Leopardstown... more
Horse racing: The announcement of the John Smith's Grand National weights has given racing plenty to talk about in the build up to the big race... more
Ruby Walsh doesn't describe many of his mounts as "machines" so it could pay to follow the career of Mikael D'Haguenet after the jockey used that metaphor to describe his recent Naas winner... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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