What sport is on the TV? April 7, 2023 It is a mega weekend in sport across the Easter break as football continues to ramp up and the Masters gets us in the summer spirit. Here are five sport events you need to watch this weekend. Golf: The Masters – Thursday to Sunday It’s here. The first golf major of the year. The Masters [...]
It’s been fun but English clubs will now bow out of Champions Cup April 7, 2023 Though English clubs represent three of the eight Champions Cup quarter-finalists, I think this weekend the gulf in class between them and the giants left in the competition will show and the trio will be knocked out. Leicester Tigers, Exeter Chiefs and Saracens remain in the hunt for European honours and are in action across [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Referee on the rise for France 2023 April 6, 2023 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City PM have put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to look at which players and other personnel are hot and not in the race to be part of the quadrennial event in France later this year. Rugby player of the week Props are employed [...]
Dow scores four as England trounce Italy in Women’s Six Nations April 2, 2023 Winger Abby Dow scored four tries as England continued their strong start to the Women’s Six Nations with a 68-5 win over Italy at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton. Fellow back Jess Breach scored a hat-trick of her own while Marlie Packer and Claudia MacDonald’s braces added to the points total – Tatyana Heard scored the [...]
Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-final draw as Saracens win April 2, 2023 Saracens overcame a stubborn Ospreys outfit today in north London to beat their Welsh opposition 35-20 and book themselves a spot in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup against title holders La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. At a sunny StoneX Stadium this afternoon Ospreys took an early lead through tries from Michael Collins and [...]
What sport is on the TV this weekend? March 31, 2023 This weekend sees the return of the Premier League and IPL while the sporting calendar is seemingly getting bigger each week. Here’s what sport is on the TV this weekend. Cricket: IPL 2023 – Friday It’s the biggest franchise cricket competition in the world and it returns today. The IPL has been the leading domestic [...]
Champions Cup rugby: ‘I predict eight home wins out of eight’ March 31, 2023 Though the fixtures suggest a couple of upsets, I am going out on a limb and saying that there will be eight home wins in the Champions Cup round of 16 ties this weekend. It’s one of those weekends where I will be putting my phone on vibrate and just enjoying what is set to [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Who’s in form for France 2023 March 30, 2023 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City PM have put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to look at which players are hot and not in the race to be part of the quadrennial event in France later this year. Player of the week London Irish back-row Tom Pearson [...]
London Irish confirm players WILL be paid amid uncertainty March 29, 2023 Premiership club London Irish have confirmed that all staff will be paid amid reports of players waiting growing anxious over payday. This comes as a buy-out for the club has reportedly been delayed, according to the Daily Mail. Premiership Rugby are doing “everything possible” to help a takeover of the club with current owner Mick [...]
Premiership Rugby’s Newcastle Falcons deny plan of voluntary relegation March 29, 2023 Newcastle Falcons have denied suggestions that the club’s recent cost-cutting is paving the way to voluntarily drop out of the Premiership next year. City PM has learned of a growing belief in English rugby that the Tyneside team could be looking to ease their financial situation by joining the Championship as part of a wider [...]
