United States striker Jozy Altidore has admitted that he holds no fear of England ahead of the opening World Cup Group C clash on 12 June. (England 4/7, draw 14/5, USA 5/1 with bet365).
Altidore currently has bigger things to worry about as he is embroiled in a Premier League relegation battle with Hull City (1.99 to go down with Betfair), but he has stated that, on their day, the USA could beat anyone.
England manager Fabio Capello has said he believes Spain will be the team to beat at this summer’s World Cup.
The current European Champions are the 4/1 favourites to win the competition with Bet365 after an impressive qualifying campaign and an equally impressive unbeaten run in all types of competition.
England have already been beaten by Spain since Capello took over, the Furia Roja having comfortable overcome England 2-0 in a friendly last year.
Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha says he is considering whether to ask if he can play for Nigeria in a bid to feature in this summer’s World Cup.
The 23-year-old has represented England at Under-21 level but finds himself behind a number of players in the pecking order to feature in Fabio Capello’s squad.
However, having featured in the last two games for City the centre back hopes he might be able to play his way into contention for Nigeria’s World Cup squad.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is hopeful Wayne Rooney could be on the bench for Sunday’s game at Blackburn.
United’s topscorer this season picked up an ankle injury during the 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last Tuesday and had to sit out last weekend’s clash with Chelsea.
Reports on Monday had indicated that Rooney could make a surprise comeback to the side for the return leg against Bayern on Wednesday night.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has admitted that winning the title this time around would be far sweeter than it was in 2006, the last time the Blues picked up the crown.
The London side are currently in the driving seat in the title race after their 2-1 defeat of Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. This has put the Blues two points above United at the summit of the Premier League and they are 1.67 favourites to net the title with Betfair.
Newcastle could secure promotion back to the Premier League on Monday evening if they pick up at least a point against Sheffield United at St James’ Park. The Magpies are 4/9 for the win whilst 10/3 to pick up the one point they need.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that he has noticed a few weaknesses in Barcelona’s armour and is hoping to exploit these in Tuesday evening’s Champions League clash at the Nou Camp.
The Gunners go into the game without many of their key players, most of whom were injured in the first leg at the Emirates.
Darren Bent is setting himself a target of 30 goals this season, despite missing two golden opportunities to take his tally considerably nearer to his goal on Saturday. He is 20 with Betfair to win the Premier League Golden Boot.
Chelsea took the initiative in the Premier League title race on Saturday after recording a 2-1 success against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Didier Drogba came off the bench to fire home the winner as United clearly suffered without their inspirational striker, Wayne Rooney. Joe Cole had put Chelsea in the lead in the first half before Drogba doubled the visitors’ advantage. Federico Macheda pulled one back for the Red Devils nine minutes from time but there was to be no comeback on the cards.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that he will sit down with the Gunners board to discuss his future over the summer, despite having another year left on his contract. His side are currently 7.8 to win the title with Betfair.
Wenger has been credited with reviving the fortunes of the North London side during his 14 year tenure at the club. However, he has also not won a trophy with the Gunners for five years and believes that it will be difficult to leave now without some silverware.
Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko insists he is thankful to the fans for believing in him and wants to repay them by scoring the goals to fire his side into the Champions League.
The North London club currently sit in fourth spot in the Premier League and are two points clear of Manchester City behind them, and their recent success has been helped by the Russian striker scoring nine goals in his last nine games.
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 [...]
