The Smart Money

• A gripping battle for European supremacy

  

  Who will triumph in the Six Nations rugby championship?

• The historic heart of Florida horse racing

  

  Though it scarcely sees any racing these days, Hialeah Park is still a must-see destination for Turf fans

• It’s Monte Carlo or bust for motorsport fans

  

  The annual rally – an event steeped in history – returns next month

• The new bane of football managers’ lives

  

  What tweets will footballers be treating us to over the Christmas period?

• Thrilling icecapades in Manhattan

  

  New York’s ice-hockey players are taking a local tradition on the chin

• A heady blend at Newbury Racecourse

  

  The Hennessy Gold Cup sponsor has created an exquisite cognac with flavours of the past

• High-intensity men’s tennis comes to London

  

  There are high hopes, again, for Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Final

• Can the glory days return to Liverpool FC?

  

  The Seventh Cavalry has arrived, in the shape of the club’s new American owner

• The return of chess to a grand institution

  

  Knights, bishops, kings and queens are among the diners at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand

• Ascot hosts Britain’s richest ever race day

  

  How a young Qatari sheikh displays his passion for the turf

• The rebirth of a grand hotel in a golfing town

  

  There’s excitement in St Andrews over the transformation of the Hamilton Grand

• The businessmen with a passion for horses

  

  How the Wertheimer brothers combine bloodstock and fashion

• World Cup rugby will be fun – as will the betting

  

  Spread betting will add spice to the Rugby World Cup

• The horse sale that’s beautiful, exciting and unpredictable

  

  Eager buyers will jockey for position at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale

• Tufnell is still bowling along

  

  His playing days are over, but former England bowler Phil Tufnell is still keeping cricket crowds entertained

• The online-gaming billionaire who likes to make waves

  

  One man’s online gambling empire has given him the freedom to pursue a playboy lifestyle

• The Jockey Club’s new competitive streak

  

  How the Jockey Club is galloping into the future without leaving tradition behind

• Spotting future equestrian champions in Aachen

  

  The prosperous and the powerful will be in Germany next month for a grand equestrian event

• Spying the connections between the Open and 007

  

  Golf fans will be shaken and stirred by the Open Championship’s links to 007

• When European football was an exotic odyssey

  

  Man United’s Champions League Final brings back memories of another team’s exotic European odyssey

• How technology can help to pick sporting winners

  

  Clever gamblers use software to tip the odds in their favour

• A new film celebrates the West Indies’ triumphs

  

  West Indian cricketers used to knock the world for six, as a new documentary shows

• The French town where bullfighting is an art form

  

  The bulls live to snort another day at this colourful bullfighting festival

• When shapely legs go on parade at Aintree

  

  The flamboyant prelude to the Grand National is one of Aintree’s great umissable events

• Who will stay the course at the US Masters?

  

  Tales of pine trees and politicians on the eve of the big tournament

• The footballers with a flair for fashion

  

  Lionel Messi is the latest footballer to become a fashion icon

• The bookie who’s not afraid to take a six-figure bet

  

  The man to go to for a hefty wager at Cheltenham

• The power and grace of a great racehorse

  

  Racehorses and dancers have a surprising amount in common

• India prepares to hit the world for six

  

  Cricket-mad India is all fired up for the World Cup

• When the Rolling Stones won the Super Bowl

  

  Often, the true stars of US sporting events are not sportsmen, but the half-time entertainers