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Ladies Day is the biggest day of Royal Ascot, but the real race is for punters to back the colour of the Queen’s hat. Ladbrokes even had a visit from ‘The Queen’ this morning, after she made a pit stop to her local shop on the way to the racecourse. Shop staff reported that ‘Her Majesty’ had a cheeky fiver on the colour blue. The chances of Her Majesty wearing a blue hat on Ladies Day have been set at 3/1, while yellow or...

Some things make you question the meaning of sport, they just seem so inevitable. Ronaldo and Messi breaking goal scoring records, Usain Bolt running a 100 metre final, Lance Armstrong and Hansie Cronje. Some people just make it look so inevitable and so simple that it appears almost futile; they’re operating on a level way beyond everyone around them, let alone you sat at home. Some people are so up to their necks in filth that they obfuscate the very...

Experts at an British university have come up with a cutting-edge cooling system for football stadiums - which will be rolled out at the World Cup in Qatar. The tiny gulf emirate will host the world's biggest sporting tournament in 2022, with eight new stadiums due to be built according to FIFA standards. Despite moving the tournament to the winter months, it's still feared the searing hot temperatures which range between 25-29C will take its toll on players and fans....

By Amy Sharpe In April I completed a feat I never believed I would: I ran a marathon. Yep, I tackled the 26.2 mile beast in Manchester and lived to tell the tale (though my chafing scars mean my armpits will never look the same again). Now I will spare you the clichés about ‘The Wall’/ best experience of life/atmosphere from crowds etc. And I’m not going to whinge on about how you can be as ‘fit and fulfilled’ as...

Football fans who stole a Millwall plaque from a team bus 20 years ago and have held it to ransom ever since are finally giving it back - to London terror hero Roy Larner. The large sign was nicked from a Millwall players' coach in the 1990s when cheeky Bristol City fans and grabbed it. off the front. They then installed it as a trophy above the bar of the City fans' boozer The Three Lions. The City fans have...

Huddersfield Town have rewarded loyal fans by putting some season tickets on sale for just £100. The Terriers were promoted after a tense play off final with Reading which went to penalties after neither side could score in regulation time. The promotion means Town will be playing top flight football for the first time since 1972, with the country's top clubs now set to visit West Yorkshire from the start of the 2017/18 season. But despite the increase in attractive fixtures...

Canada Water "mega-market" Hawker House has erected terraced seating for the Champions League final - and it looks pretty awesome. Juventus and Real Madrid clash in Cardiff on Saturday 3rd June in one of the year's most hotly anticipated games. Both clubs have won their respective leagues and come to the Welsh capital in rude form after a long season. Welsh star Gareth Bale returns to his home town for the fixture, with superstars such as Christiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema...

Urban running is becoming very popular with city dwellers who despite the fact that they have extremely busy work schedules; push to make time to keep fit through the cities ample footpaths. Running with the aid of a running band is the common norm as most people carry a smart phone with them through their day and either don’t have anywhere safe to store the phone while they workout or actually need the phone with them. There are countless health...

Have you always dreamed of representing England at the World Cup? Always longed to score the winning goal at Wembley? Well, now you could be in with a chance. Trials for the World’s first Bubble Football World Cup are to take place in Shoreditch next month before the England team is joined by squads from around the world for the Stag Company Bubble Football World Cup at Wembley before Russia 2018 gets underway in June. With 12 international teams already signed up, including Brazil,...