Saturday 1st May 2010
Birmingham v Burnley (Kick off 12.45)
Birmingham should welcome back Scotland striker Garry O’Connor (one goal) from a hip injury but will be without David Murphy (hamstring) and Stephen Carr (suspended).
Already relegated Burnley could welcome back Chris McCann after knee ligament problems after he came thro…
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Online Sports Betting News - Archive
Online Sports Betting News - Archive
Kieren Fallon is on record as saying StanJames.com 2000 Guineas favourite St Nicholas Abbey would have to be a ‘freak’ to win the first colts’ classic of the season. Fallon rides the favourite’s stablemate Viscount Nelson (a general 50/1) in the race, but the theory behind the former champion jockey’s apparent dismissal…
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Saturday 1st May
English Premier League
Manchester City v Aston Villa
The first Saturday in May is upon us and with the title contenders playing on Sunday, attention turns to the tussle for 4th placed as Man City come up against a Villa side who sit one place above them.
If you had told Man City supporters that with 2 games to go, they would be comfortably above Liv…
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This is the time of the year when we happen upon what I call the limbo season.
Each team had only a handful of games to play. However only a minority of teams has anything to play for. League Title, top four place. Or the need to avoid relegation. So in reality probably half of all the sides in each league find themselves in this position.
What does it mean in reality.…
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The much-vaunted trial of decimal odds at Ascot this week has proved a resounding flop according to rails bookmakers involved in the experiment. Described individually as a ‘failure’ and an ‘absolute disaster’, instead of de-mystifying traditional odds like 11/8 and 4/7, the trial appears to have caused more confusion than c…
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The ICC Twenty20 cricket tournament gets underway on April the 30th, with the final being held on May 16th, spread around four grounds in the host nation of the West Indies. St Lucia, Barbados, Guyana and St Kitts/Nevis will all host matches over the course of the tournament, with England, captained by Paul Collingwood, setting up shop in Guyana for their two…
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World Championship Snooker Betting Preview: Let’s take a look at the low-down on the snooker quarter final showdowns at the Crucible, Sheffield for the World Snooker Championships. Topping the quarter final bill, is the match between Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan, who contested an epic Masters final earlier in the year, with Selby winni…
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WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Tennis Betting Preview: The WTA season continues its journey, as it makes a stop in Stuttgart, Germany for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (which is incidentally, the oldest women’s indoor tournament in Europe). Most of the World’s top ten women are in action here, with only the Williams sisters missing from action…
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ATP Rome Tennis Betting Preview: It is off to Rome, Italy for the ATP Tennis tour, as the World’s best hit the clay again in the second of three red surface ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. Being Rome, it is one of the more glamorous stops on the tour, in a setting watched over by borders of towering trees, contrasting the surface of the clay. Anyway…
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Barcleona vs Inter Milan Champions League Semi Final Second Leg Betting Preview: It may have been a tale of the unexpected, but defending Champions League Champions Barcelona are on the brink of losing their grip of their coveted title. After taking the lead at the San Siro in the first leg of their semi final against Italian side Inter Milan, the Spanish gian…
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