Ben Rumsby

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Sport Investigations Reporter at The Telegraph

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Bloody brawl at Royal Ascot sparks police investigation

1 week ago | msn.com | Ben Rumsby

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Police investigate bloody Ascot brawl following promise of anti-social crackdown

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

An Ascot Racecourse spokesperson added of the incident: "We operate a strict behavioural management policy and take a zero-tolerance approach to antisocial behaviour. Both individuals were apprehended and ejected, with one requiring medical treatment on site."The brawl took place less than a week after Telegraph Sport revealed police drones, armed patrols and teams of sniffer dogs would be used to target troublemakers at this year's festival.
Meet the 17-year-old who is riding for the King at Royal Ascot

1 week ago | msn.com | Ben Rumsby |Marcus Armytage

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Meet the 17-year-old who is riding for the King at Royal Ascot

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby |Marcus Armytage

Even Sagaro might have struggled to go Trawlerman's lick though. He knocked an impressive 1.9 seconds off the previous track record, set 15 years ago. Record times usually require two things; fast ground and a pace-maker but Trawlerman did it without any help; that really is the hard way. "We tried the same tactics last year," said Buick, "and we were only beaten by the great Kyprios. He has been such a good horse and is so genuine.
Meet the 17-year-old who is riding for the King at Royal Ascot

1 week ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

Warren Fentiman picked up the biggest of winner of his career in the Epsom Dash on Derby day at Epsom - Getty Images/Sam MellishYou would be hard pressed to find any 17-year-old who has ridden for the King at Royal Ascot. So it is little wonder Warren Fentiman describes the prospect as “mind-blowing”. Friday will see the apprentice jockey take the reins of Purple Rainbow on what is also his first festival racing in front of His Majesty.
Championship to flood Boxing Day and New Year's Day in Premier League absence

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

The English Football League will stage a full programme of Boxing Day fixtures after the Premier League scrapped the long-held tradition. Telegraph Sport has been told the EFL will do the same on New Year's Day, which has also been left clear for now by the world's richest league. All 72 EFL fixtures across both days will be televised live for the second successive season.
Championship to flood Boxing Day and New Year’s Day in Premier League absence

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

The English Football League will stage a full programme of Boxing Day fixtures after the Premier League scrapped the long-held tradition. Telegraph Sport has been told the EFL will do the same on New Year’s Day, which has also been left clear for now by the world’s richest league. AdvertisementAll 72 EFL fixtures across both days will be televised live for the second successive season.
Football club that went woke is going broke

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

Having been relegated from what is now the National League the year before the takeover, the men's team suffered two further demotions under the new regime over the subsequent six years. In stark contrast, the women's team, formed in 2002 as Lewes Ladies, was thriving on the field and made it all the way to the third tier, following the merger with the men's side in 2014.
The football club that went woke is going broke

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

They became famous for being the first – and still only – football club to pay their women’s team the same as their men’s. But almost eight years after launching their “Equality FC” campaign, Lewes have admitted they now face a fight to stick to that landmark commitment and even “to keep the club running” this summer.
Olympian filmed ‘hitting horse 42 times’

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

Credit: YouTube/ DressageHubA video has emerged of an Olympic dressage rider repeatedly whipping a horse barely six months after Charlotte Dujardin was banned for a year for a similar incident. Heath Ryan, 66, was filmed apparently hitting a horse called Nico more than 40 times in footage uploaded to the Facebook page of Dressage Hub.