Football and Golf Betting – Tiger Finally On The Comeback Trail

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The Champions League emerges from its winter slumber next week with some mouth-watering ties on the table. The pick is arguably Inter Milan against Manchester United and another head-to-head between Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson. Inter, available at 10-1 to win the Champions’ League, are dominating the Scudetto in the same way that United, 11-2 with most layers, are beginning to run away with the Premier League. But they are likely to find the bang in-form Red Devils a different proposition to what they normally come up against in Serie A and it’s difficult to see them coming out on top over two legs. United and Barcelona are unsurprisingly favourites to lift the trophy in Rome in May with Lionel Messi and company preferred in all lists at a general 3-1. They should prove too strong for Lyon, available at 50-1, in the last 16 but great Primera Liga rivals Real Madrid (16-1 with Coral) face a tough task against Liverpool (12-1 in most lists) who traditionally save their best for this competition. The Reds could easily go further than Chelsea (9-1 on betfair and betdaq) and Arsenal (as big as 16-1 in several places) who both face tricky Italian opposition en route to the quarter-finals.

There was a great boost for golf fans this week as Tiger Woods revealed he is to make his first appearance since undergoing extensive knee surgery at a matchplay event in Arizona next week. Tiger will face Australian Brendan Jones in the opening round of the Accenture Championship in his first tournament since winning last year’s US Open and extrabet are taking no chances about the world number one returning as good as ever, offering only 8-15 that Woods wins at least one major in 2009. Tiger is currently 9-4 to win The Masters, the opening major, with the same firm but you can get 11-4 with totesport, skybet and betfair.