Horseplay Michael Owen is a brave bloke. With little or no prospect of first-team football anymore, his horse racing interests are practically his main career now. He is now letting Wayne Rooney wangle his way into his stables and ruin that for him too. Rooney is buying a horse at Owen's Manor House Stables in [.

Wally meets... Mike Walters interviews Tim Gudgin, as the voice of the BBC's football results retires at 81

Tim Gudgin, the voice of the football results, will fall silent after his recital of the classified check shortly after 5pm today. And for generations who grew up listening to Gudgin pronouncing football, rugby and horse racing's ­unpronounceables, the ­soundtrack to Saturday afternoons will never be the same again.

Spank you very much Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been unexpectedly landed at the centre of a dispute about how regularly it is acceptable to whip a racehorse. Irish jockey Richard Hughes was handed a five-day suspension on Monday after falling foul of new rules which state you can only whip the horse seven or [.

Henry Cecil trained Frankel destroyed Canford Cliffs in todays Sussex Stakes at Goodwood in what was seen as the battle of the Champions, however it wasn't much of a battle as Frankel destroyed the field in impressive manner taking up the running from start to finish.

Frankie Dettori left it late aboard Blue Bunting to beat Banimpire on the line in the at the Irish Oaks at the Curragh today.
The 5/2 second favourite made up for his disappointing fourth place in the English equivalent have won the 1,000 Guineas earlier in the year.

June 16th 2011
"I have never cried scoring a goal. But racing is my passion. I am so keen. It is one thing to buy a horse at the sales and see it win. It is a different thing entirely to win with a horse bred from an 11-year-old mare who is pretty much a family pet. The kids pat her every morning and love her so much.

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1. Switzerland don't waste any time. Their first-minute goal against Iceland won them the match the Icelandic heads immediately dropped. 2. Xherdan Shaqiri might have to be fitted with a horse racing-style handicap for the semi-finals. He looks a cut above so far. 3. It is a good job Christian Eriksen's poor penalty bounced [.

Henry Cecil trained Frankel kept his 100% record intact today at Royal Ascot, as he claimed his seventh career victory with a one length victory in the 2011 St James Palace Stakes to add to his 2,000 Guineas crown.

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If you're a young woman with plans of nabbing yourself a filthy rich footballer, you could do a lot worse than hanging around the Cheltenham Racecourse during Gold Cup week.

A haven for the kind of guys who don't feel as though they've partied unless they've blown several thousand pounds on a hot tip, Cheltenham Races is the destination for any blinged out boy or girl.

Good to see, and hear, quite a bit of atmosphere at the two SLeague games I attended, Hougang United v Home United and Young Lions v Geylang United. Another interesting thing I noticed was the youth of many of the fans that surely bodes well for the future...if they can be kept engaged and involved with their football club.

Newcastle Jets millionaire owner Nathan Tinkler is ready to offer Manchester United striker Michael Owen a thoroughbred Horse and cash to join his AFL side.

Owen who's contract run's out in the Summer could join the likes of Robbie Fowler and Dwight Yorke in the Aussie League.

Besides horse-racing, Cheltenham is probably most synonymous with Cheltenham Ladies' College. On the evidence of yesterday's display at the Kassam Stadium, there's nothing genteel or ladylike about the way the town's football team approaches a tackle, though Wes Thomas' goal suggested a player who's been to finishing school.

Kauto Star was put through his final schooling by Harry Skelton before the King George on Saturday, seemed to go well and the horse is looking in great shape for his Kempton assault at the week-end.

Sir Michael Stoute trained Harbinger was named Top rated Horse of 2010 today with a rating of 135, 1ib lower than last years winner Sea the Stars who won 6 consecutive Group Ones in 2009.

Harbinger won 6 of his 9 starts for Stoute which included an 11 length victory in the King George at Ascotand was favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triophe before his ill-fated injury in August when he broke his shinbone in a training Gallop.