Michael Scudamore is hoping the better spring conditions will help Next Sensation stay the longer trip of the Teenage Cancer Trust Silver Trophy Chase at Cheltenham today.

Michael Scudamore claims last year’s Johnny Henderson Grand Annual winner Next Sensation is “as well as he could be” after his weight was revealed ahead of a repeat bid.

Michael Scudamore is “quietly hopeful” Monbeg Dude will prove his fitness in time for the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree in April.

The Premier League revealed the French national anthem will be played before all matches this weekend in remembrance for those affected by the terror attacks on Paris.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore does not like it when people label the English top flight the ‘best league in the world’. It is possibly the richest and most sought-after global football brand, but being the best is not something Scudamore has ever claimed. And judging by the recent form of ‘his’ clubs in the Champions League, he has never been more right.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore says he would rather Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger ignored each other than shared a “meaningless” handshake, as the row between the two managers threatens to dominate the start of the season.

The tough and remarkably consistent Roi Du Mee completed a hat-trick when making all the running to beat just two rivals in the Daily Mirror Chase in Down Royal yesterday.

Tony McCoy enjoyed a winner on what is almost certain to be his final visit to Fakenham when steering Artifice Sivola to a facile success in the King’s Lynn Handicap Chase yesterday.

Racing royalty mixes with the real thing today as Tony McCoy rides Monbeg Dude for the first time in Haydock’s Betfred Grand National Trial. 

Richard Scudamore has defended the Premier League as a British institution in the wake of selling domestic television rights for a staggering £5.136bn across just three years.

“Premier League clubs deliver competitive and compelling football to fans in stadiums and on television, driving interest levels to new heights."

The Ched Evans controversy in Britain has provided plenty of talking points in the last couple of weeks.

FIFA’s two ethics chiefs will hold talks in the next few days after the investigation into World Cup bidding descended into a shambles.

Luis Suarez was "an accident waiting to happen" and the "time had come" for him to leave Liverpool this summer, according to Richard Scudamore.

Luis Suarez was “an accident waiting to happen” and the “time had come” for him to leave Liverpool this summer, according to Richard Scudamore.

A hat-trick for Tom Scudamore stole the show from Tony McCoy at Newton Abbot yesterday as the champion jockey’s wait to reach Martin Pipe’s phenomenal record goes on.

Thirty-nine jockeys were found in breach of a rule relating to the controversial start of this year’s Crabbie’s Grand National – but were given no more than a caution at a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing yesterday.

IN the early 1980s, the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood wrote about why men fear women — they fear that women may laugh at them — and why women fear men — they fear that men may kill them. And Germaine Greer famously wrote how few women have little idea of the extent many men hate them. Nah, you might think. Surely not.

Senior positions in British football remain a “bastion of white male domination”, the head of the game’s anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has warned.

Mark Walsh will partner Colbert Station if Tony McCoy opts to ride Double Seven in the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree tomorrow.

Tony McCoy is currently favouring Double Seven as his mount in Saturday’s Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree.

As the market intensifies ahead of Saturday’s Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree, Michael Scudamore’s Monbeg Dude was the one most punters were interested in on Tuesday.

David Pipe's Dynaste, who pulled muscles when flopping behind Silviniaco Conti in the King George at Kempton at Christmas, was back on song in the Ryanair Chase.

If there was a massive celebration for Irish punters after the Supreme Novices' then it was a case of desolation after Champagne Fever's defeat by 33-1 shot, Western Warhorse, in the Racing Post Arkle Trophy.

Monbeg Dude makes a belated last public appearance ahead of the Crabbie’s Grand National when he lines-up for the William Hill Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster this afternoon.

Willie Mullins is keen to find out where Upazo ranks in his talented crop of novice hurdlers by letting him line up in the williamhill.com Levy Board Tolworth Hurdle at Kempton this afternoon.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore admits he cannot rule out the idea that match-fixing may have taken place over the course of the history of the league and revealed he would like to see a blanket ban on players betting on football markets.

Tom Scudamore feels a more generous pace in Saturday’s Wessex Youth Trust Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot could finally get the best out of the wayward Grands Crus.

Paul Nicholls has confirmed Daryl Jacob will partner Al Ferof in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day with Noel Fehily set to continue his association aboard Silviniaco Conti.

A thrilling renewal of the Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow looks in store after eight runners were declared yesterday.

Tony McCoy has ruled out any notion of retirement when he reaches 4,000 career wins over jumps.

At long last, a visionary has arrived to remedy the glaring hole in our lives. Grant Best of BT Sport — the people who are taking on Sky Sports — is convinced we don’t see enough of the anonymous drones who play in the Premier League.

Players’ chief Gordon Taylor will argue for rules on retrospective action to be widened to allow both diving and dangerous tackles to be dealt with at English footballer’s stakeholders’ annual meeting this summer.

David Pipe has still not decided whether to run his unbeaten novice chaser Dynaste in the RSA Chase or the Jewson Novices’ Chase at next week’s Cheltenham Festival.

Paul Carberry will be reunited with Monbeg Dude in tomorrow’s Betfred Grand National Trial after a merry-go-round of jockey bookings for Haydock’s big race.

Top-flight clubs will face a points deduction if they breach new spending controls agreed by the narrowest majority at a Premier League chairmen’s meeting.

Top-flight clubs will face a points deduction if they breach new spending controls agreed today, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has confirmed.

Monbeg Dude benefited from a brilliant Paul Carberry ride to prevent Teaforthree and Tony McCoy giving the home crowd a Welsh-trained winner in the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow.

Tony McCoy made the most of his spare ride on Mischievous Milly to take the feature totepool.com Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle in tough conditions at Taunton yesterday.