Tait absence fails to affect Oz price: Australia suffered an apparent blow to their hopes of winning the inaugural World Twenty20 championship, which takes place in South Africa next month, when Shaun Tait pulled out injured. Yet their price did not shift from the 7/4 available with Sportingbet. And why should it? Tait - who has an...
Fiorentina backed for Serie A success: It was twelve months ago that Italy's World Cup-winning celebrations were brought to an abrupt end by the Calciopoli scandal that heaped shame and chagrin upon Juventus, AC Milan and Fiorentina. This weekend Serie A gets under way on a level playing field although you might want to tell that to...
Spurs to face Fergie backlash: Manchester United's match against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday promises to be a fascinating head-to-head between two managers under pressure after unexpectedly bad starts to the season. In the clash of Sir Alex Ferguson and Martin Jol, though, there can only be one winner. Jol has had a week to...
Who will be on song at the KLM?: Simon Dyson returns to the KLM Open with the sort of form and confidence to justify the 16/1 favouritism the oddsmakers have handed him to defend his trophy in Kennemer, Zandvoort this weekend. The Englishman beat Richard Green in a play-off to claim this trophy last year and is showing the sort...
Dive in for Great Barrier Reef: The Gimcrack Stakes is a contest which has a chequered recent past having produced a few high class winners, but five of the last ten colts to have etched their name on this Group 2 contest's roll of honour failed to win another race subsequently. Both Amadeus Wolf (2005) and Balmont (2003) went on...
Smoothly does it for Silkwood: Peeping Fawn will undoubtedly take the world of beating in Wednesday's Yorkshire Oaks following the completion of a Group 1 hat-trick when landing the Nassau Stakes with a good deal of authority at Goodwood earlier this month. Stepping back up to a mile and a half holds no terrors - indeed, her...
Paris to check in on Celebrity BB?: Ron Jeremy, Flavor Flav, Brigette Nielsen and Jackie Stallone have all graced our TV sets in recent years as part of the payday that is Celebrity Big Brother but this year the organisers may have even outshone those luminaries with the appearance of former jail-bird and socialite Paris Hilton....
Early goals for friendly encounter: An old and famous rivalry will be renewed at the reincarnated Wembley Stadium on Wednesday evening when England and Germany lock horns in an international friendly as part of the build-up to the 2008 European Championships, for which both nations figure prominently in the betting. German pride was...
Punter backs Kate to say a quick 'I do': While the 'are they' 'aren't they' riddle has been solved and Prince William looks to be firmly back with Kate Middleton, bookies are hoping that they aren't as reconciled as they appear as one punter stands to win £25,000 if they return from their Seychelles holiday as man and wife....
Septimus can rule Cup roost: The first day of York's Ebor meeting could turn out to be a crackerjack for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. The master of Ballydoyle has a great chance in the International Stakes with Dylan Thomas; he has the first two in the betting for the Great Voltigeur, Yellowstone and Mahler; and an extremely...