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There’s a feeling amongst certain fans – the ones that can really hold a grudge mainly – that even if the Republic of Ireland were to top their qualifying group for Euro 2012 by some distance, football’s powers that be would do something fiendish like implement the little known ‘first is the worst, second is the best’ rule to deny them their trip to Poland and possibly the Ukraine [if they get their arses in gear and build all those stadiums they promised]. For once the wide grins on the faces of the FAI contingent had more to do with a favourable draw rather than the words ‘free bar’ being mentioned. Russia and Slovakia certainly won’t be pushovers, but could Ireland finally get the green light to go to a major tournament? To Qualify Odds – Euro 2012 Group Betting

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Euro 2012 Betting – A Helping Hand?

Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Live now on ITV4, YouTube and Set. Irl

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Cricket – Live IPL Cricket

One of Jose Mourinho’s Class 5 eggs is threatening to leave the Inter Milan supermarket if he doesn’t get an apology from the Portuguese manager. Apparently there’s a rift surrounding comments Mourinho made about Mario Baloetti’s upbringing. You’ll have to imagine what he said. The striker, according to La Stampa, is demanding an apology in order to mend their bridges so he can return to the squad, but there’s more chance of Thierry Henry turning up at Gio Trapattoni’s house for dinner. In another twist in the tale, the striker was seen pulling on an AC Milan shirt on the TV show Striscia La Notizia after the 19 year old was awarded the show’s Tapiro D’Oro. Coupled with their defeat to Roma at the weekend, some people might be Russian to back CSKA in the Champions League. Mon 7.45pm SS1

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Inter v CSKA Moscow Odds – Bad Egg!

Arsenal v Barcelona Wed 7.45pm ITV1/RTE2 Money-Back Special If Barcelona win from behind , in a repeat of the 2006 final, Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on that match. Conditions

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Money-Back Special – Escape to Victory!

Twelve years after claiming he had nightmares about confronting Sachin Tendulkar at the crease, Rajasthan Royals bowler Shane Warne has said it was all in jest. Presumably he’s only telling us now because he was using it as a part of some reverse psychology technique… or something. “I want to make it clear that this nightmare remark was a joke. Sachin without doubt is the best batsman of my time and I always enjoyed the challenge of bowling to him, but I am not scared of him or anybody for that matter,” Warne claimed. And we believe him; we all know his biggest fear is male pattern baldness. Eh Shane? You’re not arrogant, just vain. Despite their good start to the season, things could get a little hairy for Warne’s men against Delhi ! Wed 2pm ITV4, YouTube & Set Irl

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IPL Cricket Betting – You’ve Been Warne-d

China Open Betting Wed from 7am live on Eurosport

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Snooker Betting

Cheryl Cole soon to be Tweedy says she’s not all that interested in pursuing a career in the movies because she “loves music too much.” We’ve heard some of her solo stuff and those aren’t the sounds someone with a love of music would make, but we’ll take her word for it. She does have a vagina however and therefore a love of Sex And The City so if the opportunity of a cameo in the movie sequel ever came up, she’d jump at the chance. “My PA reckons I’m half-Carrie, half-Charlotte. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not,” she said. It all depends on the half really, Cheryl. Get the half containing Sarah Jessica’s horseface and it might be a prolonged spinsterhood. As it stands, it looks like the Girl Aloud is a very stable bet to be crowned FHM’s Sexiest Woman 2010 .

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FHM Sexiest Woman 2010 – Strange Carrie On

We know you’re not meant to be seen chuckling heartily to yourself and clearing your diary for the semi-finals directly after the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals, but in his attempt to be polite about Bayern Munich , Darren Fletcher has come across like a man who hasn’t watched football for … oh … around seven years. “Outside of Barcelona it is probably as tough as you could have got,” he said – and that’s not even one of our joke quotes! “You don’t get to the quarter or semi-final of the Champions League by being a poor side,” he added – no Darren, you do it by just about edging past poor sides. He can say what he likes, but there’ll be those who’ll see it as a Bay to the semis for United. Champions League Betting – To Qualify For The Semis Odds

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Champions League Odds – Is Darr Any Truth To It?

If there was any question of where Laurent Blanc’s priorities lay, they were answered 70 minutes in to Bordeaux’s League Cup defeat to Marseille on Saturday. Two goals down with twenty minutes still on the clock, Blanc took star players Gourcuff and Chamakh off. “I’d said it was the paradox of the final,” he explained, “We had to prepare for it while preparing for the next match at the same time. I had several options open to me. I chose one. We’ll find out on Tuesday if I was right or not.” He won’t get too many arguments about a Champions League quarter-final being a little more important than the French League Cup but is defeat a good preperation for success

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Lyon v Bordeaux – Final Preperations

In another attempt to perpetuate Matthew Hayden’s previous assertions, Harbhajan Singh has been fined for sledging by IPL bigwigs. The Mumbai Indians bowler, who was last year banned for slapping Sree Santh in the face, was up to his old tricks when he levelled a few choice words at Deccan Chargers batsman Tirumalasetti Suman. “Harbhajan pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.4),” an IPL suit began, before clarifying what the “obnoxious little weed” said, sort of, “which relates to ‘excessively audible or repetitious swearing’.” It earned the player a $15,000 fine which is a pretty hefty swear jar. If football had a similar rule, Wayne Rooney would be broke in no time. Will he keep Mum and help the Indians to victory against the Kings XI Punjab ? Tues 3pm ITV4, YouTube & Set Irl

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IPL Cricket Betting – He Wasn’t Singh-ing