Phil Foden: Man City midfielder wins Premier League Young Player of the Year award 

Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has been named the Premier League’s Young Player of the Season for the second year running.

Foden, who won the award in 2020/21, has already matched his return of the previous campaign, registering nine goals and five assists while growing in importance for the team under manager Pep Guardiola.

Still only 21, Foden missed the opening month of the campaign with a foot injury but he returned to underline his huge potential to beat off competition from Chelsea’s Mason Mount and West Ham’s Declan Rice.

Vitality Netball Superleague: Manchester Thunder set for tough lead into semi-finals

Manchester Thunder are focused on taking as much as they can from their challenging run into this season’s Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals.

The outfit, led by Karen Greig, Tracey Neville and Gabrielle Towell, have fixtures against London Pulse and Loughborough Lightning in Rounds 19 and 20 of the competition before the play-offs begin.

Racing: Willie Mullins bids to enhance French Champion Hurdle record in Auteuil

The 2019 Supreme winner will be right at home over this trip and looks the most likely of the trio to give the Irish Champion Trainer a sixth victory in the race.

He won’t have it all his own way as he takes on some fascinating challengers from the home team, spearheaded by last year’s winner L’Autonomie who looked ready for the step back up in trip when finishing third over a shorter trip here last time.