17 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Wednesday's five meetings, including Perth Nap

DENEMETHY looks the value pick in the GS Group Balnakeilly Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (2.18) over two and a half miles on the opening day of the three-day Perth Festival.

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40 h. ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Tuesday's five meetings including Epsom Nap

A racing returns to Epsom for the first time this year, the meeting provides Newsboy's Nap and next best picks from the day's five race meetings

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64 h. ago Newsboy’s ITV4 selections for Fairyhouse on Monday plus tips from every UK race

Newsboy is backing Malina Girl to win the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse and he expects Okeechobee to take the Magnolia Stakes at Kempton, both live on ITV4

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3 d. ago Newsboy's Nap and racing selections for 4 UK meetings on Sunday, April 20

Newsboy’s nap selection on Sunday, April 20, is the Derek Shaw-trained Barney's Bay (5.02) at Southwell. His nb is Bath runner Adaay In Devon (3.41)

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4 d. ago Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says

Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadoran prison against supreme court orderUS politics live – latest updatesWrongly deported Salvadoran man Kilmar Ábrego García has been held incommunicado and faced threats in prison that left him “traumatized”, a Democratic senator said Friday after returning from meeting him in El Salvador.Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the state Ábrego García had been living in with his US citizen wife and son until he was deported last month in what the Trump administration conceded was an “administrative error”, traveled to the central American country this week to see his constituent. After initially rejecting his request to meet Ábrego García and preventing him from traveling to the prison where he was being held, president Nayib Bukele’s government on Thursday facilitated a meeting at Van Hollen’s hotel. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US Olympic committee sidesteps transgender athlete policy amid LA28 buildup

USOPC won’t set transgender eligibility rules for LA28LA28 passes $1bn in sponsorship, confirms key venuesUSA Football certified ahead of flag football’s debutThe United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has said it will not set any policy on transgender athlete eligibility ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games, despite growing political pressure from the Trump administration and increasing scrutiny over access and inclusion in women’s sport.Speaking Thursday after the committee’s first board meeting of 2025, chief executive Sarah Hirshland said the USOPC had no plans to define eligibility criteria, even as US president Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14201 – titled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports – threatens to upend international participation protocols. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Giorgia Meloni to try to act as bridge between EU and US with Trump meeting

Italian PM’s summit with US president provokes trepidation among some European allies• Europe live – latest updatesGiorgia Meloni will attempt to burnish her credentials as a possible bridge between the EU and the US during a high-stakes summit with Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader to meet the US president since he announced and then paused some of his planned trade tariff hikes.Italy’s far-right prime minister, who has nurtured friendly relations with Trump, arrived in Washington on Wednesday night. The pair will have lunch at 12pm local time before the meeting in the Oval office, which will be attended by a pool of White House reporters and Italian journalists. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Giorgia Meloni aiming to act as bridge between EU and US in Trump meeting

Italian PM’s summit with US president has provoked trepidation among some European allies• Europe live – latest updatesGiorgia Meloni will attempt to burnish her credentials as a possible bridge between the EU and the US during a high-stakes summit with Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader to meet the US president since he announced and then paused some of his planned trade tariff hikes.Italy’s far-right prime minister, who has nurtured friendly relations with Trump, arrived in Washington on Wednesday night. The pair will have lunch at 12pm local time before the meeting in the Oval Office, which will be attended by a pool of White House reporters and Italian journalists. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s four meetings, including Ripon Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Green Pursuit, to win at Ripon and also hopes Coco Mademoiselle can score at Cheltenham and complete his Daily Double

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8 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Newmarket on ITV4, plus the rest of Tuesday's cards

Newsboy expects his Nap, Ambiente Friendly, to begin his four-year-old campaign on a successful note by winning the bet365 Earl Of Sefton Stakes (3.00) at Newmarket, and he also rates Nightwalker a good thing in the bet365 Feilden Stakes (2.25)

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9 d. ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Monday's three meetings including Pontefract Nap

Top tipster Newsboy has picked a Hugo Palmer-trained juvenile to follow up a recent victory at Musselburgh and likes one from the stable of Jonjo & AJ O'Neill over jumps

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1 week ago Newsboy's Nap and racing selections for 2 UK meetings on Sunday, April 13

Newsboy’s nap selection on Sunday, April 13, is the Gary Brown-trained Groom De Cotte (2.18) at Stratford. His nb is another runner at the Warwickshire track, Allmankind (4.28)

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1 week ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Friday's five meetings including Huntingdon Nap

Newsboy naps a Billy Apprahamian-trained runner at Huntingdon and highlights a budding stayer for the 2m handicap at Newbury

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1 week ago Selection row and water quality fears threaten to overshadow Boat Race

Cambridge and Oxford have been warned against entering the River Thames due to E coli levels in the water

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1 week ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Thursday's four meetings including Lingfield Nap

Newsboy reckons all-weather specialist Thapa Vc can add to his record at Lingfield and also likes the look of a Jeremy Scott-trained mare at Newton Abbot

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1 week ago Boat race feud results in Oxford and Cambridge ditching women’s trial race

Cambridge failed to fill women’s boat with eligible rowersSituation indicative of on-going ill-feeling between clubsThe bad blood between Oxford and Cambridge continues to fester ahead of Sunday’s University Boat Race, with the fallout from the PGCE row leading to the abandonment of a trial race between the two clubs this morning.The Guardian has learned that Cambridge were unable to field a crew in Wednesday’s women’s spare race after Oxford insisted that the ban on PGCE students taking part also applied to what is a practice race for squad members not selected for the Boat Race. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Wednesday's four meetings including Catterick Nap

Newsboy fancies Mews House to deliver a well overdue victory on his third start from Rebecca Menzies at Catterick while Divine Comedy is the pick at Nottingham

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2 w. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Wednesday's four meetings, including Catterick Nap

Newsboy expects his Nap, Mews House, to continue his great form at Catterick with a fourth victory at the track in the 2.13, and he also reckons Divine Comedy can take advantage of her weight advantage in the 4.35 at Nottingham

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2 w. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Tueday’s four meetings, including Carlisle Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Double Digit, to win at Carlisle and also hopes Imperial Jade can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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2 w. ago Grand National 2025 tips: Friday's best bets, NAP and Newsboy's 1

It's Ladies Day, day two of the three day Randox Grand National meeting which culminates in the Grand National on Saturday. Top tipster Newsboy shares his selections for Friday's action

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