Wednesday Morning: Day Two Of Cheltenham

Tiger Roll may run his last professional race today

RACING

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the feature on Day Two at the Cheltenham Festival.

Shishkin and Energumene are set to go head-to-head, with Chacun Pour Soi and Envoi Allen also among the eight starters.

Meanwhile, two-time Grand National winner Tiger Roll could go into retirement after the Glenfarclas Chase.

The first of seven races this afternoon is off at 1.30pm.

Mike Vince previews day two:

It’s Day 2️⃣ of The Festival™️

Here is the Going from Clerk of the Course, Jon Pullin 🌱

The feature race of the day is the @betway Queen Mother Champion Chase 🤩

Visit our Festival Hub for all you need to know👇🏻https://t.co/JMt3tYC5lI pic.twitter.com/TZn4zzqoHI

— CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) March 16, 2022

SOCCER

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea says the club's failure to win trophies is "not good enough".

They were knocked out of the Champions League last night after losing 1-0 to Atletico Madrid.

It was enough to send the Spanish side through courtesy of a 2-1 win on aggregate.

De Gea says five years without a trophy is not acceptable:

Ralf Rangnick gave #MUTV his thoughts following tonight's game 💬#MUFC | #UCL

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 15, 2022

Elsewhere, Benfica beat Ajax 1-0 on the night to progress 3-2 over the two legs.

The quarter final line-up will be completed tonight.

Chelsea have a 2-0 lead heading into their meeting in France with Lille.

Juventus and Villarreal resume from a goal apiece in Turin.

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Liverpool can move to within a single point of Premier League leaders Manchester City this evening.

A win for Jurgen Klopp's side away to Arsenal will see the gap reduced to the minimum.

In tonight's other top flight fixture, Brighton play host to Tottenham.

GAELIC GAMES

Inter-county GAA players are unlikely to engage with the media for a second successive weekend.

Wexford have cancelled a number of interviews with players scheduled for Friday.

It comes as the dispute between the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association over expenses continues.

RUGBY

England's Charlie Ewels will appear before an independent disciplinary hearing today.

The hearing follows his sending off on Saturday, after a challenge on Ireland's James Ryan at Twickenham.

Ryan has been ruled out of this Saturday's Six Nations meeting with Scotland as he goes through the return to play protocols.