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Sir Anthony McCoy’s Autobiography is Shortlisted for Award
Sir Anthony McCoy’s “Winner: My Racing Life” has been shortlisted for the Autobiography of the Year award. The award will be announced and presented on June 1st at Lord's Cricket Ground. Other contenders for the Cross Sports Book Award include Steve Davis, David...
Emma Spencer to write column for the Evening Standard
TV racing presenter Emma Spencer will write for the Evening Standard over this week’s Cheltenham Festival. Her articles will be printed in conjunction with 888sport, for whom she is an ambassador. She’ll write daily columns and provide expert advice & predictions...
Sir Anthony McCoy to host the 2016 Cheltenham Club
Sir Anthony McCoy will join members each morning in the Cheltenham Club to mingle and discuss the days racing in an informal way. AP is an ambassador for the exclusive members club. He will be hosting each morning before he joins Channel 4 for his co-presenting duties...
Emma Spencer hosts for Ferry company at Cheltenham
The Channel 4 racing presenter Emma Spencer is to host for a large ferry company at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Amongst her other duties, Emma will join the group in their private suite to run through the race card, providing her tips and predictions ahead of...
Hal Robson-Kanu & Sir Anthony McCoy join Soccer AM sofa
Sir Anthony McCoy and Hal Robson-Kanu are both to appear on Soccer AM tomorrow morning as guests on the show. AP will chat to Fenners and Helen about all things football and racing related. Hal, who joins AP on the sofa, will feature in Reading’s FA Cup quarter-final...
Shane Williams appears in TV Idents for new Lions Sponsors
The former Wales winger Shane Williams is to appear in TV idents for Mud House Wines, the new sponsors of the British and Irish Lions tour. Accolade wines are also sponsoring Sky Sports coverage of all Southern Hemisphere rugby this year. Shane appears in the TV...
Sir Anthony McCoy to host for Close Brothers at the Festival
The recently retired 20 times Champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy is to host for Close Brothers on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival (the biggest Festival of the jump racing calendar). AP will join the specialist financial services group after his Channel 4...
Shane Williams hosts for HSBC at Twickenham before ITV duty
The legendary Welsh winger Shane Williams will host for HSBC before and after tomorrow’s crunch match between England and Wales at Twickenham. The result could determine the winners of the Six Nations 2016 Championship. Shane will preview the match with HSBC guests...
Sir Anthony McCoy to take part in Cheltenham Preview Panel
The world’s greatest jockey Sir Anthony McCoy is to participate in a Festival preview night at Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday evening. He’ll be joined by Tanya Stevenson from Channel 4, Irish trainer Shark Hanlon and jockey Will Kennedy. They will view their thoughts...
Shane Williams to speak at the Bill McLaren Foundation dinner
The Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams is to speak at the 2016 Bill McLaren Foundation Annual Dinner in Edinburgh this week, as organised by LBM. The Charitable Foundation was set up in March 2010 to raise funds to support the development of rugby and its values. Shane...
Sir Anthony McCoy extends contact with The Times newspaper
Sir Anthony McCoy’s exclusive racing column in The Times newspaper has been extended and renewed by LBM. He will continue to write columns, undertake interviews & features. Sir Anthony will also attend Times related events (including the prestigious Times Literary...
Sir Anthony McCoy talks to Carl Frampton on Sky Sports
The racing legend Sir Anthony McCoy dropped in on the IBF world champion Carl Frampton in his London gym this week to see how his training is going ahead. Carl is preparing to take on his super-bantamweight rival Scott Quigg in Manchester on Saturday night, which will...
Sir Anthony McCoy co-presents Godolphin Awards in London
Sir Anthony McCoy and Clare Balding co-hosted the tenth Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards in Knightsbridge this week. The awards took place in front of a specially invited audience from across the racing industry to celebrate the vital role of stud and stable...
Shane Williams travels to Rome with ITV for Six Nations
The legendary Welsh winger Shane Williams has travelled to Rome with the ITV team this weekend for the next round of RBS 6 Nations matches. Shane will join Sir Ian McGeechan and Maggie Alfonsi in the studio at the Stadio Olimpico to review Wales’s clash with France...
Sir Anthony & Ruby Walsh attend Racing Night in Dublin
The recently retired Champion Jockey Sir Anthony McCoy and top jockey Ruby Walsh both attended a Cheltenham preview night in Co Kildare. They chatted about the Festival and gave their early predictions to a packed audience. Proceeds from the evening went to...
Sir Anthony McCoy is honoured at Irish Sports Awards
The newly knighted retired jockey Sir Anthony McCoy has been honoured as a Legend at the Irish Sports Awards. He was handed the award for his achievements as 20 times Champion jockey at a glittering ceremony at the Doubletree Hilton in Dublin.
Ryan Jones accepts new role on WRU Executive Board
Former Wales captain Ryan Jones will join the WRU Executive Board with a remit to get more people across Wales engaged more often with rugby at all levels and in all its forms. Jones, who has 75 caps, becomes the new Welsh Rugby Union’s Head of Rugby participation and...
Shane Williams speaks post-match to corporates in Dublin
The former Wales winger Shane Williams joined a corporate hospitality event in Dublin to review and discuss Wales’s 16-all draw with Ireland in the RBS Six Nations Championship. Shane had been co-commentating for ITV earlier in the day. He is part of their punditry...
Ryan Jones joins Six Nations panel on Radio 5 Live
The former Wales rugby captain Ryan Jones joined BBC Radio 5 Live for a Six Nations Rugby Special hosted by Matt Dawson in London. Ryan acted as a co-presenter, as well as a panellist. The programme included an interview Ryan had conducted with Wales’ outside-half Dan...
Sir Anthony McCoy is appointed President of the IJF
Sir Anthony McCoy has been appointed President of the Injured Jockeys Fund. The Champion jockey, who is currently Vice Patron, says to take up the role as President is truly an honour and is keen to continue the fantastic work the Fund does in helping injured jockeys...