Tag: test
Hollie Doyle blog: Big test for highly-fancied Enchanting at Wolverhampton on Saturday | Racing News
Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle heads to Wolverhampton for six rides on Saturday and looks ahead to Trueshan’s reappearance in the Sagaro Stakes on Trials Day at Ascot next Wednesday. Blue Point filly returns at Wolverhampton ENCHANTING, one of the horses I wrote about in my ’10 to follow’ blog earlier this month, makes…
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a 2025 contender to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, in first Formula 1 test | F1 News
Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a contender to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton next season, completed his first F1 test with the team in Austria on Wednesday. The 17-year-old, currently in his maiden season of Formula 2, drove Mercedes’ 2021 car, their last constructors’ championship-winning machine, at the Red Bull Ring as the first part of…
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The Masters 2024: Tiger Woods faces fresh physical test and marathon Friday after delays at Augusta National | Golf News
Tiger Woods will put his body through its toughest physical test in many years when he faces a marathon Friday at another weather-affected edition of The Masters. Woods was given a late-early draw for the first two rounds at the Augusta National, where a two-and-a-half-hour delay due to adverse weather saw him not tee off…
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New Zealand vs England: Itinerary for 2024 Test tour confirms matches in Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton | Cricket News
The release of the itinerary for England’s Test tour of New Zealand later this year has confirmed Ben Stokes’ side will play matches in Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton. Hagley Oval, the Cello Basin Reserve, and Seddon Park were on Tuesday confirmed as the venues for the three-match series. Christchurch hosts the opening match from November…
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Hot Bossing start in acid test against Bolick, Road Warriors
NLEX guard Robert Bolick in the PBA Philippine Cup.–PBA IMAGES Blackwater, the surprise early Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup leader, hopes to extend its winning ways on Wednesday when it tackles NLEX as the Bossing try to continue wriggling free from their ignominious tag brought by years and years of inferiority. And standing in…
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Nasser Hussain: Don’t get lost in Bazball – England must get better after ‘capitulating’ in final Test vs India | Cricket News
Sky Sports Cricket expert Nasser Hussain reflects on England’s 4-1 series defeat in India, with the tourists trounced by an innings and 64 runs in Dharamsala after two batting collapses. The former England captain explains why Bazball and pitches cannot be blamed, as he hails a depleted India side for securing a 17th successive series…
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New Zealand vs Australia: Black Caps take slender lead in second Test before late wicket of Kane Williamson | Cricket News
Australia captain Pat Cummins bowled Kane Williamson in the final hour on the second day of the second Test, just as the batter threatened an innings that would put New Zealand on top. After 14 wickets fell on day one and seven more before tea on the second day, Williamson (51) and Tom Latham (65no)…
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Kieran O’Neill: Jockey fumes at ‘flawed’ drug test after failing two swab tests; BHA defends system | Racing News
Kieran O’Neill has been left furious after being stood down at Southwell following two non-negative swab tests, a decision the jockey has described as “embarrassing”. O’Neill was unable to take his two rides at the Nottinghamshire venue on Tuesday night after failing two sweat/saliva samples. According to BHA rules, should the second sample also return…
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Australia thrash New Zealand by 172 runs in first Test as Nathan Lyon takes 10 wickets in match | Cricket News
Nathan Lyon claimed a fifth 10-wicket match haul in Tests as Australia thrashed New Zealand by 172 runs in Wellington to take a 1-0 lead in the two-game series. New Zealand folded from their overnight 111-3 to 196 all out in a chase of 369, losing their final seven wickets for 70 runs before lunch…
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Ireland earn historic first Test win as Andy Balbirnie anchors fourth-innings chase against Afghanistan | Cricket News
Ireland earned an historic first Test win at the eighth attempt with a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the only match of the series in Abu Dhabi. Set 111 to win on day three at the Tolerance Oval, captain Andy Balbirnie – the only man to appear in all of Ireland’s eight Tests – fittingly…
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