Cricket

This year's IPL has been excellent so far and as we reach the business end of the season, i wanted to correlate success with team's aggressive search for power, or patience. Royal Challengers Bangalore Starting with the league's highest scores, RCB have scored 1993 runs, powered mostly by Chris Gayle, who has well over 25% of those runs. This has turned itself into 7 wins from 12, despite a shocking bowling attack that couldn't defend 190 in its last game.... more

Football

Wigan have been excellent at escaping the drop. Ever since their first season in the league, when they flirted with Europe, they have struggled for the majority of the season to establish themselves before miraculously winning seemingly very tough games right when it matters. Here's a closer look at those years of escaping the drop. 2006-07 With 8 games to go, there was no real fuss surrounding the teams just outside the relegation spots.... more

Football

I'l start by qualifying this blog and ensuring no one believes this to be the answer to gambling. Accumulators are for low stakes and a bit of fun when parting with a couple units seems to risky or pointless on certain nights. For me, internationals are boring evenings and i get more excitement watching the goals roll in than actually worrying if Portugal will ever break past Azerbaijan's 'mighty' defence.... more

Horse Racing

14:10 Lingfield The prices put PRINCE OF BURMA way ahead in the betting here, currently priced around evens depending on where you shop. The horse did not impress at all last time out however, finishing 10th of 11 at kempton. The horse has subsequently been dropped in class and now leads the ratings by a substantial amount here.... more

Football

It's that time of the year again when Qualifying for the world cup comes around. Most true football fans find these mundane, and a horrible break from the thrills of club football. However, for the punter, it offers us the chance to forget about betting singles, and delve into the murky waters of the 7 match accas that yield, if we're lucky, a 100% return. I have such an acca this Friday. It's 7 teams, and it pays 10/11.... more

Last Comment: 25 March 08:53

Horse Racing

I'm looking forward to a weekend's racing at Doncaster, and i'm going to pick out 3 races that should garner the most interest from punters today. It must be noted that the course has another inspection at 12pm, so fingers crossed we can get a full days racing.... more

Last Comment: 23 March 21:44

Horse Racing

We have a competitive day's racing ahead at Wolverhampton, and i'm going to look at the first 3 races in particular, as the prices suggest each race will be fascinating to watch. Let's hope for a profitable day! 2:30 Even the previews call this one a wide open race, and for that reason i'mm going to look first at the 'steamers'. ANGELO POLIZIANO has come in from 10/1 in the opening prices and now sits around the 6/1 mark.... more

Golf

Tiger Woods comes in here around the 3/1 mark, heavily favoured, and in turn, heavily backed by the punters. It's hard not to see him in the mix come Sunday or 5 shots ahead like the margin of winning last year here. That was his 7th win at the course, but is there a way any of the outsiders, i.... more

Last Comment: 20 March 12:29

Horse Racing

Having gone from Wolverhampton to Southwell, i'm looking at the fencing side of things with Haydock, and some intriguing races early in the day. The fields increase during the day's racing, but the first three races catch my eye as they're more akin to picking a football result. This is due to each race having just four horses in them, distorting the odds somewhat, but perhaps throwing up some value.... more

Last Comment: 20 March 09:28

Horse Racing

Admittedly my plan for yesterday's betting took a turn for the worse, with a loss of around 4 LSP. It becomes even worse when looking at Fanning's stats. Not a single win i think, and on top of that, lost with two favourites that would have turned an overall profit had just one of them won.... more

Horse Racing

I've had a lot of success in one areas of horse racing over the past 12 months. That is: paying close attention to Joe Fanning, the jockey who has a 15% win rate and 33% place rate this year, and also is third in terms of flat racing wins this year with 34. I've been quiet on the horse racing scene this year, but with a successful Cheltenham - +8.... more

Last Comment: 18 March 14:07

Horse Racing

Yesterday was definitely a day of 'what could have been', with a number of second place finishes including Dynaste, Captain Sunshine and Vino Griego. Luckily, the 5:15 turned it into a profitable day with Big Shu coming up trumps at 12/1.... more

Horse Racing

1:30 All eyes seem to be focused on DYNASTE in the opener today and i can't blame any punter who places their money on this horse. He has looked exceptionally hard to beat and consistently comes in to races odds on or thereabouts. The key here is no matter the distance, this horse has the burst of speed when needed to pull clear.... more

Football

Manchester United vs Real Madrid We may have had three 'El Classico's' in recent weeks, but even in Madrid i think all eyes turned on this contest as soon as the draw came out. With Madrid very much out of the title race, and scrapping just to get second spot over their city-rivals Atletico, the King's Team must be thinking to is do or die for the season.... more

Last Comment: 05 March 21:37

Football

As the Playoff Race Heats Up, Which Teams are set up Best for a Run This years race for the Championship title and playoffs is heating up perfectly, and once agin, we can look all the way down to 12th spot for teams who have a serious shot at getting into the top 6. For those looking at the automatic spots, realistically, anyone within the top 6 has a real shot at the top 2 this year.... more

Golf

Rory McIlroy's antics this week have certainly left a whole raft of folks embarrassed, disappointed and even angry with the 23 year old, World Number 1. The Honda Classic is a prestigious tournament on the circuit, with ever increasing prize money and sponsor awareness, coupled with an early season test on the Florida Circuit.... more

Football

Juventus travel to Celtic on Tuesday knowing that any route to the last 8 will not be easy when Celtic get in the way. Whilst 'The Buoys' have not got the best record of going far in the competition, they do open up their last 16 leg at home, where they have already beaten Barcelona and Spartak Moscow, plus a draw with Benfica. They seem to rise to the occasion and do not make it easy on anyone.... more

Football

A lot is asked about the worth of the League Cup. it has been bashed by managers galore and appears almost as pathetic as International friendlies. That has all changed this year as we've had a flurry of wonderful 'cupsets' with the likes of Bradford being joined by Milton Keynes, Luton and others who have defied the odds, and the barriers of the football league system, to give beatings to the big boys.... more

Last Comment: 07 February 17:27

American Football

So another year has gone by since SuperBowl 46 and this year offers up yet another intriguing contest. We all expected Denver or New England to face either the Packers or the 49ers, so only one team's entry here is not a shock. See below for some angles on the game: Harbaugh vs Harbaugh Brother Vs Brother, Older John vs Younger Jim.... more

Football

Liverpool Liverpool may only have brought in two players, but they have the potential to be very good signings indeed. Daniel Sturridge has already come in and made a huge impression, and his goals and assists so far have been top class. The 12m spent on him seems fair value, considering his English credentials and having played at Chelsea and Man City prior to this arrival.... more