Bull in charge at Newmarket: The main event on the second day of Newmarket's July meeting on Thursday is the Group 2 Prince Of Wales's WBX.com Stakes and it's a fascinating renewal, with the top-class Sixties Icon bidding to bounce back from a below par display in the Coronation Cup, but he has to concede weight to all bar one...
Initiative with Raikkonen to catch McLaren: Kimi Raikkonen is 7/2 with Sporting Odds to claim the driver's championship and don't expect that price to hold out for too much longer. The Finn may be 18 points behind Lewis Hamilton in the standings but amid all the hype surrounding the English rookie at Silverstone Raikkonen put on a superb...
Eriksson heading for top half?: The arrival of Sven-Goran Eriksson at Manchester City last week may not have been everybody's cup of tea but the 9/4 about the former England boss guiding City to a top-half finish in the Premiership next season makes for large appeal. Eriksson was in bullish mood when he answered questions...
Barbara Enright and Phil Hellmuth admitted to Poker Hall of Fame: There are few poker players in the world like Phil Hellmuth, and now the distance between him and the rest of the poker world has lengthened just a bit more, thanks to his recent induction into the Poker Hall of Fame.Hellmuth picked up his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet this year, putting him...
WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack hosts player forum: This is not the first time Harrah's Entertainment hosted the World Series of Poker, but the casino megalith still strives to do a better job, as evidenced by the Players Forum hosted during the early morning hours (for a poker player) of the WSOP. WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack brought...
Wallabies to bid winning farewell: After shocking the All Blacks in the dying minutes last week in Brisbane, Australian fans now get their last chance to see George Gregan and Stephen Larkham on home soil when the Wallabies take on the mighty Springboks in Sydney. Between them the half-back pairing have 231 caps and Larkham will...
Bad boy Bellamy gets hammered?: Following the arrival of striker Fernando Torres at Liverpool and the likely imminent transfer of West Ham's Carlos Tevez to Manchester United, the 2/1 with Skybet about Craig Bellamy moving to West Ham United by the start of next season is looking very appealing. Liverpool broke their transfer...
Venus to trap Wimbledon title: Although this year's Wimbledon has been blighted by shocking weather, a lack of British interest since the second round and the inevitability of title number five for Roger Federer there are reasons to be cheerful as the tournament approaches its dying stages. Firstly, the quality of the women's...
Celtic Spirit to ghost home: Macorville is worthy of his position at the head of the market for Saturday's bet365 Old Newton Cup at Haydock following his cracking effort in last weekend's two-mile Northumberland Plate at Newcastle where he was nailed on the line by Juniper Girl, an effort for which a 4lb rise in the weights...
By George: Authorized can be eclipsed: Not since Nashwan in 1989 has a winner of the Epsom Derby gone on to land the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown in the same season. However, the Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained Authorized has an outstanding chance of repeating that momentous feat this Saturday. Nashwan was long odds-on when winning...