Manchester United fans’ fear that their team may have to field a weakened line up for tonight’s crucial derby clash has been allayed by the news that a host of players who had been struck down with a virus have now been given the all clear. Paul Scholes, Namanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Dimitar Berbatov, Darren [...]
Carlos Tevez has been reported as telling friends that he fears that he may have to miss the Manchester derby between his previous club Manchester United and new paymasters Manchester City. Tevez is reported to be carrying a thigh injury and has apparently rated his chances as 50/50. The loss of their leading scorer would [...]
With 26 runners remaining on the card in the run up for the Paddy Power Gold Cup on Saturday, Long Run remains firm favourite and has even been described as “a certainty” by Great Endeavour trainer David Pipe. Whilst punters continue to pile on, Paddy Power cut Great Endeavour from 5/1 to 4/1 despite Pipe [...]
Manchester City entertain neighbours United this Wednesday in one of the most important Manchester derbies for years. Whilst this fixture has always taken high prominence with both sets of fans, the recent elevation of City to potential title contenders has added even more spice to the upcoming game. Not only are bragging rights up for [...]
It’s a fairly non-descript Saturday in the Premier League calendar, but still there are a few storylines. The table is so close at the moment that any team can move up or down in the blink of an eye. Is this parity? FOR SURE. Is it mediocrity? YOU BET. Is it the fall of former [...]
It appears that Wayne Rooney is definitely on his way out of Manchester United, with the main focus of debate being when he will go and which club he will go to. There has so far been less discussion on who might replace him, however Betfred have created an interesting set of odds for Rooney’s [...]
In the last few days, a number of bookmakers have listed odds for Wayne Rooney to leave Manchester United. Manchester City are the current 7/4 favourites (Totesport) to be Rooney’s destination club should he get his wish to leave United. The odds for Rooney to leave the club in the January transfer window are just [...]
Another busy night as the second part of international week begins, following Friday’s matches, as teams try to stay in contention for qualification to the European Championships. England didn’t play last week, so at least there will be only one postmortem to deal with rather than two. Injuries are affecting the side, with supposed first [...]
Caroline Wozniacki has become the No.1 on the WTA Tour. The girl from Odense, Denmark who now resides in Monte Carlo is the 20th woman to have achieved this feat. However, on the back of just 11 career titles (and 5 to date so far in 2010) it’s open to debate whether the 20-year-old deserves [...]
In the past 30 years, some of the best players ever to have walked the fairways have claimed the title as the ‘Number 1 Player In The World’. Of course, Tiger Woods heads the list. The American currently tops the rankings as he has done, off and on, for some 600-odd weeks since his domination [...]
It took a major performance from a major winner to see Europe over the finishing line in the Ryder Cup. It was this year’s US Open champion, Graeme McDowell, who eventually guided Europe to a thrilling 14.5-13.5 win at Celtic Manor, defeating Hunter Mahan by a margin of 3&1 at the 17th hole. Going into [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
Paul Nicholls was delighted to see Kauto Star show plenty of enthusiasm as the veteran chaser enjoyed a spin with stablemates Big Buck’s and Mon Parrain after racing at Exeter. The 11-year-old Kauto Star has enjoyed a stellar career, winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton on four consecutive occasions and taking Cheltenham Gold [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
