This year’s Grand National Festival gets underway at Aintree today with seven action-packed races to enjoy and a number of big names featuring on the racecourse

The Russian Olympic Committee will make cash payments to 116 of the country’s athletes who were not allowed to compete at the Winter Olympics.

The Daily Star has provided you with the ultimate Grand National sweepstake kit ahead of the biggest event in horse racing at Aintree on Saturday afternoon

The Grand National field has been completed for the 2026 running with the full 34-horse line-up confirmed

The JP McManus-owned I Am Maximus, the winner of the race in 2024, heads both the field and the betting for the £1 million race at Aintree on Saturday

Daniel Wiffen claims the 1500m freestyle title at the at the Irish Open Swimming Championships in Bangor’s Aurora.

The Diamond League’s season-opening event in Doha has been postponed until June amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The first non-standard bike choice is already in for Paris-Roubaix, and it’s only Wednesday

The Soudal Quick-Step rider was hit by the race doctor’s car on a high-speed descent

Driver fined 500 Swiss Francs after high speed downhill crash, Landa DNS for stage 3

Rachael Blackmore steered Minella Times to Grand National victory at Aintree in 2021, becoming the first female jockey to ride the winner of the race; she retired from riding in May last year with a total of 575 career winners

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Past winners I Am Maximus and Nick Rockett head 49 confirmed entries for Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree, with Willie Mullins dominating the field with nine guaranteed runners

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Limerick lay down a marker for the upcoming championship with a 1-27 to 1-21 win over Cork at the Gaelic Grounds to claim the National Hurling League title.

The evergreen Edwardstone takes on Matterhorn and the in-form Secret Des Dieux in this afternoons Sussex Champion Chase from Plumpton – live on Sky Sports Racing; Also on the day, Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising returns to action.

“It’s awesome,” Cork jocket Brian Hayes said of his first Grade One success. “When we started down in Cork and finished a moderate seventh in a maiden hurdle, I didn’t think we’d be winning a Grade One.”

David Jennings runs the rule over the BoyleSports Irish Grand National (5.00) field and provides his 1-2-3-4 for the €500,000 race at Fairyhouse on Monday.

The 2026 Tour of Flanders is already underway, and whilst many are expecting Tadej Pogacar to once again be there or thereabouts when it comes to the win, the Slovenian’s UAE Team Emirates – XRG have…

Thousands of people are set to gather by the banks of the River Thames as Oxford and Cambridge do battle once more this weekend in the Boat Race.

Kalix Delabarriere outran his odds to come home first of a substantial Willie Mullins-trained team in the valuable RYBO Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

In Sundays feature race, impressive Imperial Cup winner Mondo Man returns to Plumpton chasing another valuable prize in the Sussex Champion Hurdle; we also have competitive Flat action from Bath, Southwell and Longchamp, live on Sky Sports Racing from 1.45pm

Chandler Smith was stripped of his fourth place finish in Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway.

Shane O’Donnell is back in the Clare team for the first time in 2026 for Sunday’s National Hurling League Division 1B final against Dublin

The Glen Rovers was the star of the show on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Newcastle, taking home the top prize in the Easter Classic for Sean Dylan Bowen and Lucy Wadham.

Tadej Pogačar remains the favourite for the Tour of Flanders and Mathieu van der Poel remains his most likely challenger, but the world champion shares…

The top talent was originally suspended for 21 days after riding his horse back against vet’s instructions following its withdrawal at Southwell

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission has since confirmed that its Bureau of Thoroughbred Horse Racing is examining the race

LHomme Presse set to miss Aintree after being found to be lame; it is the second year in a row the former Cheltenham Festival winner has missed the Grand National due to a setback; owner Andy Edwards: Im completely devastated

Wout Van Aert does not have the best history with Dwars door Vlaanderen, however he can very well change that this Wednesday in Waregem. The final cobbled classic before the riders reach the monuments…

After the will he or won’t he saga, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have officially confirmed that Remco Evenepoel will make his debut at the Tour of Flanders on…

A cyclist who was killed during the Road World Championships was not found for 82 minutes after a crash, investigators find.

Constitution Hill has been given a Flat handicap mark of 101 by the BHA after his two successes in novice company on the all-weather.

Michael Jordan said he’s “cursed” with a competitive gene, and it’s fueling his 23XI Racing’s strong rise to the top of the 2026 NASCAR Cup standings.

Alan Gustafson ignored the phone call while packing a suitcase for the Sunday morning drive to Martinsville Speedway.

The top jockey has admitted he is facing a difficult choice for the Aintree big race but has narrowed the field down to two Willie Mullins challengers

Donegal send All-Ireland warning as Devenney backs Kerry to bounce back

Cheltenham racecourse cancels the remaining three fixtures of the season to allow for improvements to drainage.

A 16-minute spell in the second half without scoring proved costly in the Division 2 decider as the Rebels lost 1-22 to 2-17

The 30-year-old from Dawsonville, Georgia, capitalized on a shrewd gamble by crew chief Alan Gustafson to pit the No. 9 Chevrolet earlier than the other contenders.

Lengthy spells without scoring left the holders in freefall against Jim McGuinness’s impressive winners

Danish two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard continues his good start to 2026 with Volta a Catalunya win.

British rider Tom Pidcock has pulled out of the Volta a Catalunya race a day after crashing and falling down a ravine after misjudging a corner.

Briton Tom Pidcock pulls out of the Volta a Catalunya after a “horror” fall down a ravine during stage five.

Double Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya has labelled new International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules aimed at protecting women’s sport as ‘nonsense’.

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal and former golden girl of UK athletics who was once branded “Marilyn Monroe on spikes”, has died aged 86

The three-year-old colt had been backed into favouritism for the Betfred 2000 Guineas on May 2, but he is a major doubt for Newmarket after finishing sixth in the Listed 1xBet.ie Supports Irish Racing Gladness Stakes

Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing the skate

Television cameras missed the Pinarello-Q36.5 rider’s crash, with the British star having fallen down a ravine with nearly 30km left to race. Pidcock revealed he was lucky he could radio for help.