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Talking Horses: Tom Marquand seeks another big day in Australia | Sport
“I have got very lucky,” says Tom Marquand, one of very few British sportsmen who is able to make a living in these troubled times. The young jockey from Cheltenham positioned himself some weeks ago in Australia, where racing continues behind closed doors, and will...
British Cycling and UK Athletics turn to furlough as Covid-19 hits income | Sport
Two of Britain’s biggest Olympic sports have become the latest to announce plans to furlough staff because of the coronavirus crisis. British Cycling is to avail of the government’s job retention scheme to cover 80% of the wages of 90 staff – approximately one third...
UKA head pledges to hand over Salazar-Farah report and seeks ‘ethical success’ | Sport
The new head of UK Athletics has said any employee who does not share her vision for “ethical success” will lose their job, and there are “definite plans” to hand over a 2015 internal report into Alberto Salazar’s relationship with Mo Farah. Joanna Coates was...