Year: 2025
Grounds for concern with credibility urgently needed on racing data
An admission that GoingStick readings, which measure the state of the ground, are being massaged hurts the sport What is the state of the going at Thirsk before the track’s meeting tomorrow evening? In a well-run racing industry, this should not be a trick question, but it does rather feel that way after James Sanderson,…
Lucy Shuker: ‘I took up the sport to find me. It wasn’t to be a Paralympian’
Britain’s wheelchair tennis legend shares how the sport helped her accept her disability and her dreams of greater access across the world “There are thousands of people out there that have a disability. Just because you have one doesn’t mean you have to stop living,” says Lucy Shuker as she calmly reflects on her journey…
Bottle it up: how venting emotion can harm performance in elite sport | Sean Ingle
Studies have shown that failing to control feelings has a negative effect on outcomes – but there are exceptions Two scenes from an extraordinary week. The first: Justin Rose, a gentleman in a bearpit as Augusta hollered loud and long for Rory McIlroy. The second: the British tennis player Harriet Dart, causing a stink by…
‘It’s better not to talk’: Max Verstappen claims criticism is impossible in F1
Five-second penalty costs Red Bull driver at Saudi GP ‘I cannot share my opinion, it might get me in trouble’ Max Verstappen has implied it is all but impossible to express an opinion for risk of censure by Formula One’s governing body the FIA, when he refused to air his clear displeasure at the penalty…
Christina Ricci reflects on learning to let go of beauty standards
Christina Ricci reveals what helped her though self-love journeyChristina Ricci, who has been in showbiz since she was a child, found herself under scrutiny for perfection all her life.The 45-year-old opened up about how she learnt to separate her looks from who she is and love herself regardless…