4 h. ago Footage shows Leopardstown racecourse drowning after SIX INCHES of rain hammers track days before Dublin Racing Festival

PARTS of Leopardstown racecourse are drowning after more than SIX INCHES of rain hammered the famed track and left it flooded just days before the Dublin Racing Festival. A yellow weather warning covering all of Ireland has been issued amid torrential rain, howling winds and snowstorms brought on by Storm Chandra. The fixture list has...

Culture

6 h. ago First ever package holiday for Cheltenham launched in Benidorm

On the Beach has launched the world's first Cheltenham Festival package holiday, letting racing fans watch every race live on giant screens from a poolside in Benidorm for just £330

Politics

22 h. ago Cheltenham racecourse identifies ‘most likely cause’ of hole in the track

The final race of Cheltenham Festival Trials Day went off almost half an hour late and was completed in near darkness after an inspection was called to examine the area

Politics

27 h. ago Musselburgh races adopt Cheltenham Festival Irish theme for huge £400k Trials weekend

It's a massive weekend of racing at Scotland's east coast track as the countdown to Cheltenham continues

Economics

3 d. ago Sir Gino pulled up with injury at Cheltenham as trainer Nicky Henderson gives update

Sir Gino, the winner seven of his eight starts on the racecourse, was pulled up in the Grade Two Unibet Hurdle on Festival Trials Day and is being assessed for a pelvic injury

Events

1 week ago Tour de France reveals the six UK stage plans for historic 2027 Grands Départs

British roads will host the start of both races next yearFirst time both Grands Départs have been outside FranceThe men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Départ of the men’s and women’s races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.Across six days of racing on British roads, the men’s Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Tour de France reveals plans for six UK stages with historic 2027 Grands Départs

British roads will host the start of both races next yearFirst time both Grands Départs have been outside FranceThe men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Départ of the men’s and women’s races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.Across six days of racing on British roads, the men’s Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Man who set fire to Conor McGregor's pub pleads guilty to terrorist activities

Abdullah Khan attacked Dublin garda in the days after the arson attack, the court heard.

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