Darren has worked in the horseracing and gambling industries for over thirty years and has been writing about sport for most of that time. He has been the Tipster Competiton ... Manager at OLBG for over fifteen years, as well as overseeing our sister site, Grand National Guide. Darren's specialist areas are National Hunt racing, snooker and golf.
Darren Brett's blogs
The thirteenth season of the Diamond League is heading towards it's conclusion with the final meeting taking place in Zurich on the 7th and 8th of September. With $60,000 on offer in each event there will be one million, nine hundred and twenty thousand dollars up for grabs for the finalists.
Continue Reading...Kyren Wilson took the lastest renewal of the European Masters by beating Barry Hawkins 9-3 in a low quality final.
Continue Reading...The eighteenth renewal of the World Athletics Championships will take place in Oregon, USA between the 15th and 24th July 2022. 192 nations are due to take part with fifty gold medals to be won.
Continue Reading...Wigan Warriors defeated Huddersfield Giants in the 2022 Challenge Cup Final and are favourites to retain their crown in 2023 Be sure to see who is fancied in OLBG's top Rugby League tips section.
Continue Reading...The 2023 Super League begins in February and Rugby League fans are in for a treat as St Helens try and win their fifth consecutive title.
Continue Reading...March Madness is a knock-out competition for 68 teams to decide the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. There are seven rounds of knockout games including the famous Final Four round at the semi-final stage. What are the dates of...
Continue Reading...A bit of frost and a smattering of snow and then, yes, it’s time for the arrival of those rare National Hunt birds; the ‘Jumpers' Bumpers’. A lot of punters may well swerve these curious races, perhaps rightly believing that...
Continue Reading...The Masters will take place at Alexander Palace in London from the 8th to the 15th January. Due to the recent suspensions of Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, the field is now completed by David Gilbert and Hossein Vafaei First...
Continue Reading...The NBA 2022/23 season kicks off on 19th October with a double-header as Championship favourites the Celtics go up against the 76ers. Later that day reigning NBA Champions, the Warriors take on the Lakers in a great start to the new season.
Continue Reading...The Home Nations Series is a combination of four snooker tournaments where there is a £1,000,000 bonus if one player wins all four events. The four tournaments in question are: The Northern Ireland Open (October) The Scottish Open (November/December) The...
Continue Reading...Final Mark Allen 10 Ding Junhui 7 Semi-Finals Mark Allen 6 Jack Lisowski 5 Ding Junhui 6 Tom Ford 3 Quarter-Finals Mark Allen 6 Sam Craigie 4 Jack Lisowski 6 Shaun Murphy 1 Tom Ford 6 Joe Perry 4 Ding...
Continue Reading...The St Leger will be run at Perry Barr in September 2022and begins with six first round heats. A week later the three semi-finals take place and then a week after that is the final.
Continue Reading...World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth Champions of Champions title beating Judd Trump 10-6 in the 2022 final
Continue Reading...The Greyhound Derby reaches its finale this evening at 9.15 when the six dogs who have made it through five gruelling qualifying rounds to contest the Final: Trap Number Name Fastest Derby Sectional Fastest Derby Time Trainer 1 Savana Beau...
Continue Reading...Quite an informative week that's given us a lot more insight in to most of the league, as well as some big questions regarding injuries and how teams will cope.Without wanting to go too far in to how the weekend...
Continue Reading...The 2023 World Championship takes place in Sheffield between Saturday 15th April and runs through until Monday 1st May. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the defending champion.
Continue Reading...After 5 long months, 256 regular season games and 10 playoff clashes we are down to the final two teams remaining. The San Francisco 49ers represent the National Football Conference and the Kansas City Chiefs will suit up for the...
Continue Reading...Let me introduce the gang, The Experts are made up of myself (Lazarus76), Jim Brown, Gman84, Arniehi, Toadie21 and Touchdown Tips, we’re all NFL mad and come together each week to take a look at the slate of games, we
Continue Reading...I imagine if you ask any National Hunt fan, they will know that the Aintree Grand National fences are the hardest jumping test in the UK, but which other tracks offer a stern test of jumping? Are there some tracks
Continue Reading...With bookmakersdesperate to get more customers, more and more are now offeringfree to enter competitions offering cash prizes for the winners.The trend was started by the well-known Super 6 competition on SkyBet, but now there are loads on offer for
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