Bookies bashed by India win: If you were unfortunate to be on the end of an important toss at Trent Bridge after having backed England, at least you can console yourself with the news that the bookmakers took a pounding. India's seven-wicket win was bad for the layers as punters piled into them once Rahul Dravid won the...
Farmer set for Galway harvest: My immediate memory of the Galway Plate is a fond one having backed Far From Trouble to win last year's renewal at a choice antepost price. And I intend to repeat the dose in this year's spectacular at the ever popular Galway Festival. Pat Hughes' Farmer Brown will land the Guinness Galway Hurdle...
Hammers on an upward Curb: I sincerely doubt that, subsequent to the end of the 2006/07 Premiership campaign, any footballing subject has absorbed more column inches than the seemingly never ending saga surrounding Carlos Tevez. It's all rather bizarre. However, West Ham's Premier League status is very much intact and while...
Rey of sunshine for Atletico: Arsène Wenger will be breathing a sigh of relief that he has finally seen the back of José Antonio Reyes but Arsenal's loss will nonetheless be Atlético Madrid's gain as the Spanish international has become the latest in an extraordinary summer spending spree at the less fashionable club from the...
Goodwood: Asiatic full of Eastern promise: The highlight of the second day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting is the BGC Sussex Stakes, a race in which the Classic generation have the opportunity to show their mettle against their elders. During the last decade, it's been 50-50 between three-year-olds and older horses, with five wins...
Woods to make tracks at Bridgestone: He may have only finished in a tie for 12th place at The Open but the bookies are taking no chances on Tiger Woods, who is 9/4 with Sporting Odds to take the WGC Bridgestone Invitational this weekend. Woods has an extraordinary record at the two WGC strokeplay events, winning a staggering eleven...
Goodwood: A 4/1 Asset: Tariq is an improving colt and will doubtless have plenty of supporters in the Betfair Cup on the first day of Glorious Goodwood on Tuesday. However, at 4/1 with Ladbrokes the Richard Hannon-trained Asset looks overpriced to my mind, and he gets the confident vote. The four-year-old's campaign last...
2nd Test: What did we learn?: On the last day of the second Test, just before England's players took to the field in their fruitless bid to prevent India taking a 1-0 lead, batting coach Andy Flower was asked whether the home side were feeling hard done by. His reply was that it was "tempting". There is no doubt that punters...
Should I stay or should I go?: It was an eventful weekend in the Big Brother House this weekend as five new arrivals were introduced to the show and Chanelle walked out - or did she? Despite Charley's eviction on Friday night it was a far from tranquil weekend as the arrival of five half-way housemates sparked a frenzy of...
Romero drives us to 28/1 winner: Bettingchoice once again proves it is the only place to go for free and spot-on betting advice as we brought you a 56-point gain when backing Andres Romero to win the Players Championship of Europe in Gut Kaden last week. Here's what we said in our event preview last week: "Andres Romero can...