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Kia Joorabchian: Football agent pays £8m for three horses at Newmarket sales
Football agent Kia Joorabchian splashed out more than £8m on three new signings – at racehorse sales in Newmarket.
He secured the trio, all offspring of the legendary Frankel, for his Amo Racing team.
Joorabchian paid 4.4m guineas (£4.6m) – the second most expensive purchase of a yearling at public auction in Europe – at Tattersalls Book 1 Sale.
He also snapped up a filly who is a full sister to Alpinista, winner of the 2022 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, for 2.5m guineas (£2.6m).
And Joorabchian, whose football clients have included ex-Argentina forward Carlos Tevez and former Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho, bought a son of Atone for 1.1m guineas (£1.15m).
“It is very difficult to buy such mares because the likes of Juddmonte, Coolmore, Shadwell, all the big guys own all the big mares,” Joorabchian said.
“So we have to come out here and hope that what we are buying in terms of pedigrees will make us competitive.
“It is very hard to buy [such pedigrees] after the yearling stage – once a filly has won a Group One you are in very high prices, so you have got to try to get them earlier and hope that they go on well.”
He was accompanied by bloodstock agent Alex Elliott and Nottingham Forest FC owner Evangelos Marinakis.
“All the teams select the best horse and it is who blinks first, and fair play to Kia he certainly did not blink,” said Elliott.
“Kia is ready for the operation to prove itself at the next echelon and that is where we are trying to get to and that is why we need to get into these families.
“The fact that these horses are staying here is huge for British racing and we should all be huge cheerleaders for it.”
Al Naamah fetched the highest price of 5m guineas in 2013 at the Tattersalls auction, which is Europe’s leading sale of yearlings – horses aged between one and two years who are too young to race.
Racehorse prices are still listed in the old currency of guineas – which equates to £1.05 for every guinea.
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Brilliant Joe Root makes history as he overtakes Alastair Cook to become England’s highest ever Test run scorer
JOE ROOT has broken Sir Alastair Cook’s record to become England’s highest ever Test run scorer.
The 33-year-old surpassed the record of 12,472 runs with yet another sumptuous innings in Pakistan.
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He reached 50 for the 64th time in his Test career on his way to usurping Cook – while he also has 34 hundreds.
Root is now fifth on the all-time list as India legend Sachin Tendulkar leads the way with 15,921.
Australia’s Ricky Ponting, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and India’s Rahul Dravid are also ahead of Root.
The Yorkshireman gave a reserved reaction after eclipsing Cook as he remained focused on getting England back into the Test against Pakistan.
The hosts posted a huge 556 in their first innings, but Root and Ben Duckett steered England past 200-2 in reply.
At lunch, they were 232-2.
According to BBC Sport, Root broke the run record on the day of his brother Billy’s record.
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Joe Root has overtaken Sir Alastair Cook to become England’s highest Test run-scorer of all time.
Root eclipsed Cook’s tally of 12,472 Test runs when he hit an elegant straight drive back past Aamer Jamal to reach 71 against Pakistan on day three of the first Test in Multan.
The 33-year-old, who is playing in his 147th Test, has done it in 14 Tests fewer than Cook, and now sits fifth on the all-time list.
He made his Test debut against India in Nagpur in 2012 and since then has hit 34 Test centuries, with a top score of 254 against Pakistan.
Sheffield-born Root, who captained England in a record 64 Tests, is now only behind India’s Rahul Dravid, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, also of India.
The legendary Tendulkar, who played in 200 Tests, tops the list with 15,921 runs, but Root could eclipse that mark if he continues in the same vein of form over the next few years.
The Yorkshire right-hander is in some of the best form of his career – averaging 61 since the beginning of 2023.
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Jurgen Klopp lands first job since Liverpool exit with unique release clause if major role becomes available
JURGEN KLOPP has reportedly landed his first job since leaving Liverpool in the summer.
The legendary Reds boss left Anfield after almost nine years in charge.
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Klopp explained fatigue was the driving factor behind his resignation, and now he has taken a new job – but he is not a manager.
Instead the 57-year-old will be Global Head of Football at Red Bull.
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The committee has also been working on additional proposals which it believes would further embolden the ‘seven core enhancements’.
Tactical fouling, such as preventing free-kicks being taken quickly, would result in the ball being move forward a whopping 50 metres as opposed to the current 20, with player dissent following refereeing decisions being similarly punished.
What’s being described as “aggressive dissent” from the dugouts or sideline would also result in a 13-metre free being awarded against that team.
It’s also proposed that black cards would be given to any players deemed to have contributed to a melee, unless they were attempting to remove a player from the melee, while any head to head contact, whether intentional or unintentional, would be a red-card offence.
The additional proposals include increasing the amount of substitutions from five to six plus the introduction of a stop clock, which has been in use in women’s gaelic football for some time.
The committee is still deliberating whether the hooter sounding would conclude the game or whether the team in possession would be allowed to carry on until the ball goes dead.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan could face women’s world No1 in historic snooker showdown in next match after English Open shock
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN’S next match is set to be against the record-breaking women’s world No1.
The Rocket has not been at the table since his first round shock loss to He Guoqiang at the English Open on September 17.
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O’Sullivan was going to play in the British Open and Wuhan Open after the defeat – only to pull out of both tournaments for medical reasons.
The 48-year-old’s calendar sees him head to Belfast next for the Northern Ireland Open.
But reports say organisers are expecting him to withdraw from this event too.
O’Sullivan‘s long-awaited comeback would then be at the International Championships in China.
The draw has already been done for the tournament that gets underway on November 3 and the legend will face Mink Nutcharut.
She is the current women’s No1 and the only ever female to record a 147.
The 24-year-old star from Thailand recorded her first ever World Snooker Tour win at the Saudi Arabia Masters when she beat Kusai Hamed earlier this year.
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It will be the first time O’Sullivan has ever played against a woman.
Nutcharut shot to fame two years again when she won a mixed doubles title alongside Neil Robertson.
On the difference between men and women in snooker, Nutcharut said: “There are some elements of strength involved – such as the force behind a strike.
“But I think that with practice, it’s very possible for women to dominate over men in snooker and that’s exciting.”
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