Cricket Betting: First Test: Sri Lanka v England: England begin a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Kandy on December 1 in a bid to crawl free from the rubble of the regime of Duncan Fletcher. But the bookmakers give them little chance of dusting themselves down - Bet365 make England 7-2 - on pitches which could crack, crumble and end...
Golf Betting: Nedbank Challenge: Million dollar-man Ernie Els looks to have a major chance of bagging the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City in South Africa. The Big Easy has found life a dream after scooping the million-pound paycheck for winning his seventh World Match Play at Wentworth and he goes into the $1.2m tournament as the...
Managerial Merry-Go-Round: With Alex McLeish, Paul Jewell and Steve Bruce all unveiled in new jobs this week, you would have thought things would have died down in the managerial merry-go round.Not so. The Sun revealed that former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho had issued a come-and-get me plea to the FA via the newspaper and as...
Horse racing betting: Hennessy ante-post betting: Denman continues to be all the rage on Betfair for the Hennessy at Newbury on Saturday, and he is now trading at just over 4/1 (5.2) on the exchange after Monday's five-day entry stage saw him topping the list of 31 acceptors. It would have been interesting to see how the Cheltenham Gold Cup 5...
Cricket betting: Sri Lanka vs England series markets: Muttiah Muralitharan is no better than 4/11 to finish as Sri Lanka's top wicket-taker in their three Test series with England which begins on December 1. It is a price which many punters will balk at but amazingly, the spinner who is just five short of Shane Warne's world record figure, finishes...
Football betting: Champions League on Tuesday: Having already lost to Fernerbahce in their opening Champions League group game Inter Milan know that the visit of the Istanbul giants will be no walk in the San Siro on Tuesday night and the Nerazzurri will certainly settle for a point against Zico's men in Milan. Inter won 2-1...
Horse racing betting: Kauto Star for Gold Cup?: Clive Smith seemed more relieved than jubilant when Kauto Star rediscovered his travelling and fencing panache to take a thrilling Betfair Chase by half a length from Exotic Dancer on Saturday. Any doubts about his star chaser's continued potency on the big stage have now been banished to the past...
Football betting: weekend preview: Although it is unlikely the FA will risk burning their fingers with another native, the purists' clamour for Harry Redknapp is likely to grow louder this weekend when the Pompey boss guides his side to yet another away victory against Birmingham. Portsmouth have won their last five matches...
Rugby betting: Wales vs South Africa: World champions South Africa pitch up at Cardiff to face Wales for the honour of playing for the Prince William Cup. The Prince has kindly allowed the use of his name for a new cup to mark the centenary of a rugby relationship between the two countries. Small matter that Prince William was last...
Horse racing betting: Ascot Hurdle: The winds of change have become a tornado. We are only in November and all of a sudden we have the Gold Cup hero Kauto Star running twice and a host of Champion Hurdle hopefuls trying their luck in last week's Greatwood Hurdle. The Champion Hurdle picture will firmly be at the forefront of...