For most cyclists and fans alike, Tour de France is the highlight of the year and the biggest cycling event in the world. In 2020, the Tour will be the first of the Grand Tours with Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España following later in the year.
We’ve looked at where three of the MMA’s leading promotions – the UFC, Bellator and the ONE Championship – have held their events to date. The UFC is, unsurprisingly, dominated by events based in the United States. In fact, there have been more UFC events held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas than in any country besides the United States itself.
After former world champion Rob Cross was eliminated from the Premier League on Judgement Night, focus now turns towards the battle for the play-offs. Glen Durrant is ahead of world champion Peter Wright, with just two points separating third and seventh as the action continues.
Katie Taylor will be going all out to silence the sceptics who claim she was fortunate to prevail in her first clash with Delfine Persoon. The Irish fighter got the nod by the narrowest of margins on the judges’ scorecards following a gruelling 10-round battle in New York last summer.
The most thrilling time for basketball fans is finally here as the NBA playoffs are set to start on the 17th of August. A team’s form during the regular season doesn’t mean much once the playoffs begin. Low-performing players can be transformed into All-Stars, defences are getting tougher, and teamwork becomes more important.
We’ve taken a look at the richest horse races in the world to track down where elite thoroughbreds can pick up the most prize money. Racing isn’t known as ‘the sport of kings’ for nothing and huge purses are on offer all around the planet thanks to high-profile sponsors and wealthy patrons.
England’s Test series against Pakistan got under way in thrilling style as the hosts secured a dramatic fourth-day victory at Old Trafford. However, the tourists will have been encouraged by their performance in Manchester and look good value to hit back in Southampton.
Lewis Hamilton is hard to oppose in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix odds but a prohibitive price means we are looking at other betting markets for more value. Top of our list is 9/10 for McLaren driver Carlos Sainz to finish in the first six at Silverstone this weekend.
With the sporting calendar gradually returning to normality in the United States, we’ve taken stock of the most popular sports and identified which franchises have enjoyed the most success to date.
The announcement that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to two fights means 2021 looks set to be a landmark year for British boxing. The first is set to be a unification bout from which the winner would walk away with a full set of heavyweight belts, assuming that neither boxer suffers defeat in the meantime.
While Roger Federer is still going strong despite approaching his 39th birthday, the landscape in men’s tennis is likely to change long before Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic – already well into their thirties – reach that milestone. We’ve run the rule over the game’s leading players who are still under 30 and looked at when they might shine on the ATP Tour.
Aidan O’Brien is fancied to make history in our Epsom Derby 2020 tips, with Mogul backed to give him a record eighth success in Britain’s premier Classic. The Ballydoyle maestro is also expected to reach that tally of Oaks triumphs, with Love all the rage to prevail in Saturday’s big fillies’ contest.
The 2020 Formula 1 season was just about to commence when the coronavirus lockdown swept across the world. We’ve analysed how the changes from the original schedule will affect the leading drivers and potentially influence the Championship.
We’ve analysed every match since the start of the year to highlight each team’s most interesting fixtures in today’s evening tournament for our Liga Pro predictions.