Smith will continue title fight Smith has improved since joining Aspar Aprilla Bradley Smith insists he will not give up on the 125cc world title until it is mathematically impossible. The 18-year-old from Oxfordshire currently trails championship leader Julian Simon by 30.5 points after failing to finish in Germany. “In racing things can change in [...]
Manchester United’s owners insist boss Sir Alex Ferguson has “significant” funds available and that they do not expect him to fritter them away. United received £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo but Ferguson has only spent a fraction of that money. “The manager has a significant amount of money to invest,” said spokesman Tehsin [...]
Tom Daley hopes his World Championship gold medal triumph will help propel him to the 2012 Olympic title in London. Daley became Britain’s first world diving champion by winning the 10m platform title in Rome on Tuesday. “The home crowd will want me to be on top of the podium in London so it’s great [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester City will pose little threat to Manchester United’s Premier League crown this season. City manager Mark Hughes has spent millions building a squad he hopes is capable of breaking into the top four. But United manager Ferguson said: “It won’t be easy for them to win anything, even with the [...]
Betfred, founded in 1967 and directed by its President and founder Fred Done, is the largest independent bookmaker in the world and the UK’s biggest independent high street retailer with more than 700 stores and 5000 employees. Betfred is also also the official bookmaker and gaming partner of Wembley Stadium and Manchester United. It operates [...]
Valentino Rossi extended his lead over Jorge Lorenzo in the championship standings to 14 points after edging out his team-mate to win the German MotoGP. The Yamaha duo were involved in a cat-and-mouse duel but Rossi pounced with two laps left to win at Sachsenring by nine-hundredths of a second. Lorenzo had to settle for [...]