This August will see the 89th staging of the 24 hours of Le Mans, the world’s oldest motorsport endurance race and one of the most prestigious. Here we delve into the recent history of the race to work out who could triumph this year.
Tyson Fury gets a confident vote to beat Anthony Joshua in their much-anticipated heavyweight world title unification clash. One punch can change everything at this level but Fury is rated the better boxer, has the stronger chin and also possesses a bigger heart in our book.
Max Verstappen made amends for a moderate qualifying effort at Imola with a stylish victory on race day and is rated the man to beat in our Portuguese Grand Prix predictions. The Dutchman got off to a flying start in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and never looked back once moving up from third to first.
Joseph Parker can put himself back in the heavyweight world title picture by edging out Dereck Chisora in Manchester on Saturday night. The New Zealander held the WBO belt for 15 months before being outpointed by Anthony Joshua in a unification clash and is keen to return to elite level.
We’ve analysed every track and field event to reveal which nations have been the most successful medal winners at the Summer Olympics. For example, American athletes have won 315 of the 842 gold medals available – more than the next eight nations combined.
For each of the four biggest US sports, we’ve picked out five of the most shocking draft picks and surprising trades of all-time. Such decisions can make or break an NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL franchise for years to follow and opinions are often divided on who will come out best from major moves.
We’ve got seven selections from Ashley Iveson for day three of the Grand National Festival, as we conclude our Aintree tips. There are three more Grade One contests at the Liverpool spectacular, but it is the world’s most famous steeplechase which will take centre stage on Merseyside once again.
With the 2021 Formula One World Championship now under way, we have looked at the numbers behind each circuit in this season’s calendar. We have studied every Grand Prix since the turn of the century up to the end of 2020 and when analysing race data, we have excluded any venue which has hosted fewer than five events.
Dillian Whyte will be gunning for revenge and the WBC interim heavyweight title when taking on Alexander Povetkin again in Gibraltar. The Londoner was left stunned when suffering a fifth-round knockout in their first clash last August, but is expected to learn from his mistakes in the rematch.
Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest achievements in the history of motorsport when the first – and to date only – driver won the Triple Crown. Here we break down exactly what that means and whether the feat can ever be repeated.
We have already enjoyed one title fight in the UFC this year, with Kamaru Usman successfully defending his welterweight belt in style and setting a record winning streak for the division in the process. As the sport continues to recover from the disruption of COVID-19, we have picked out the 10 MMA fights we would most like to see during the rest of 2021.
Canelo Alvarez gets his wish to stay active when facing Avni Yildirim in Miami and should enjoy a routine defence of his WBA and WBC super-middleweight belts. The Mexican great is one of the top pound-for-pound performers in boxing and arguably the biggest box office draw on the planet.
Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady produced a thrilling semi-final at the US Open last year and neutrals will hope for more of the same when they meet in the Australian Open women’s singles final. Osaka triumphed 7-6 3-6 6-3 in New York so Brady may feel she has more of a chance than odds of 18/5 suggest.
With several highly-anticipated fights across the worlds of boxing and MMA expected to take place in 2021, there could well be some new records set for the number of pay-per-view buys. We have taken a look at the biggest pay-per-view fights in the history of combat sports so far to set the standard that the next generation of super fights would have to reach.