VCBet Free Bet on the National: Bookies VC Bet have released a raft of specials surrounding female jockey Carrie Ford's ride on Forest Gunner in the forthcoming John Smith's Grand National. Ford has been written off as an Aintree no-hoper by trainer Ginger McCain in the lead up to the world's most famous steeplechase. McCain is...
Dubai World Cup Betting Preview: Frankie Dettori's hopes of success in Saturday's Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race, are in the balance because of an injury to his mount. Grand Hombre is only rated at 50-50 to run after suffering a stone bruise during work earlier this week. The five-year-old gelding finished fourth...
Players Championship Betting Preview: In the overall hierarchy of world golf tournaments the Players Championship has a special position. At the top of the pile come the four Majors, and nobody can really question the validity of their existence there. The biggest aspect setting them apart is history, and this is all that leaves it...
Italy v Scotland: Only an extreme optimist would give any hope to the Scots in Milan this weekend. Walter Smith's first match in charge will be a real baptism of fire and to compound his worries he is without a lot of key players. Dickov, McFadden and no Darren Fletcher are all out of the starting line up and their...
Wales v Austria: It seems Old Tosh has lost his copy of How To Win Friends and Influence People. He seems to be ruffling a few feathers in Welsh football recently, but does have a point about re building the set up. He's inherited an old squad and although experience is invaluable, he must look to the future and...
England v Northern Ireland Preview: England look a very solid bet to win Group Six and should not have too many problems dispatching a Northern Ireland side low on points and but not low on confidence. The Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez is doing his best to remain upbeat but you can't help feeling that there is a little bit...
The Players Championship at Sawgrass - Stan James oped: It's that time of year again.....park the derriere in the armchair, put your feet up and enjoy the spectacle of a host of pampered golfers quivering in their Footjoys as they tee up on the 17th at Sawgrass. The pleasure is almost perverse but exhilirating nonetheless. All the pain and angst of your...
Kicking King's Gold Cup Victory Rewards 999-1 Backers: Kicking King's victory in today's Cheltenham Gold Cup rewarded five lucky Betfair punters who managed to back the winner at a staggering 1000 (999-1) in Betfair's ante-post market. The bets were placed earlier this month when it was reported that Kicking King was a non-runner following a dirty...
Bundesliga - La Liga - Series A Weekend Betting Preview: Bundesliga PreviewSchalke's win over Bayern last week has given them a three point lead at the top and it seems unlikely that the three point gap will change over this weekend. Both have relatively easy games on paper against lowly opposition. It's back to the nitty gritty for Schalke, who will...
Liverpool V Everton Fixed Odds Betting Preview: While making progress in the Champions League has been fairly simply for Liverpool, actually qualifying for the same competition next season is proving far more troublesome. The latest setback came at Anfield on Wednesday evening. The failure of Benitez's side to break down a doggedly defensive...