The 2018 winner, trained by Gordon Elliott, features again at the world-famous race at Aintree on Saturday and would be the first back-to-back winner of the Grand National since the legendary Red Rum in 1973-74 if he can win. Grand National 2019 favourite Tiger Roll and the odds on a...
whom he trained to win the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977. However, it should not be forgotten that, in 2004, 27 years after Red Rum galloped imperiously into the record books, McCain trained his fourth National winner, Amberleigh House, and became just...
A Grand National Winner
Arthur Ashe StadiumArthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York.(more) Until 1974, whenSouth Africawon bydefaultover India, only four nations had won the Davis Cup: Australia, Great Britain,France, and theUnited States. The championships of those ...
(the winner) and Marion Jones extended to 51 games.Arthur Ashewon the U.S. Open in 1968, but because of hisamateurstatus (he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army at the time) he was unable to accept the prize money. Another interesting side note in U.S. Open history is thatJimmy ...
The 2017 winner Richmond completed the greatest 12-month turnaround in AFL history. After finishing 13th on the ladder in 2016, the Tigers went on to win their first premiership in 37 years in 2017. In 2020, they again won the grand final....
A WINNER BY SMILES; GRAND DAY OUT: 20,000 Defiant Punters Save the NationalTwenty thousand punters defied the IRA yesterday to make the Grand National a winner by smiles...By McGIVERNMark
China's first and only Grand Slam winner Li Na formally announced her retirement on Friday, leaving the Chinese tennis yearning for the next superstar. Following is part of her farewell and retirement letter: For close to fifteen years, we've been a part of each other...
The match lasted 4 hours, 22 minutes, and by the end the 49th-ranked Fognini basically stood immobile on court, yet would end exchanges with a winner or when Montanes would make an unforced error. “I have to be honest. I didn’t think I could win the match,” Fognini said. “I...
For 10 years the Europeans were so dominant that there was one prize for the overall winner and one for the first American. No one expected it to be the same rider. The first three Carlsbad races were not part of the world championship schedule but were national events held to convince in...