Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: The race nobody wants to win, De Gea’s errors mounting and Blues’ over-reliance on Hazard April 28, 2019 It’s the race nobody seems to want to win. With Manchester City and Liverpool streaking away at top speed in the Premier League, the efforts of those below them to finish in the Champions League spots is one being defined by the bad, rather than the good. While Chelsea looked more than happy to take [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Uncle Steve out to impress for connections at Sha Tin April 25, 2019 TRAINER John Moore and jockey Zac Purton have been one of the most successful partnerships in Hong Kong this season. The duo have combined 38 times, with an impressive record of 15 wins and eight places, and look certain to improve that tally at Sha Tin on Sunday. Beauty Generation looks an obvious winner for [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Santa to make Christmas come early for punters April 25, 2019 EARLY risers will be rewarded with a fantastic card of racing on Sunday morning as Sha Tin hosts FWD Champions Day. There is almost £7 million and three Group Ones up for grabs and the headline act will be Beauty Generation, rated the joint-best racehorse on the planet, when seeking his ninth successive victory in [...]
Football Betting Tips: Spurs to cement top-four spot with a Hammers win April 25, 2019 TOTTENHAM will have one eye on next week’s Champions League semi-final against Ajax, but first they must see off West Ham this weekend to go one step closer to securing a top-four spot. Mauricio Pochettino’s men sit third in the table, ahead of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, and it would be a surprise to [...]
Football Betting Tips: Expect United and Chelsea to continue their failure to fire April 25, 2019 LIVERPOOL fans were worried Manchester United’s players wouldn’t play to their best ability against Manchester City on Wednesday night in a bid to stop their fierce rivals winning the title. But that couldn’t have been further from the truth, with a determined United side getting stuck in early on at Old Trafford and the fans [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Man to give Frost an end of season Present April 25, 2019 AS WE draw the curtain on another National Hunt season, there have been a number of memorable moments. One of those was certainly Altior’s world record-equalling 18th straight win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Nicky Henderson’s superstar is a once in a lifetime horse and we are lucky to have [...]
Horse Racing: David Pipe’s Column April 25, 2019 THIS season comes to an end at Sandown tomorrow where I'm hoping for a bit more rain for RATHLIN ROSE in the bet365 Gold Cup (3.35pm). There is bits and bobs forecast, but whether that's a sufficient amount to help him enough remains to be seen. He actually ran a good deal better than his [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bangkok set to pass Classic Trial April 25, 2019 IN JUST over a month’s time, the very best of this season’s three-year-old crop will assemble on Epsom Downs for the Investec Derby. Late April is therefore a time for sorting the wheat from the chaff and this afternoon’s 1m2f bet365 Classic Trial (3.00pm) may provide us with some further Derby clues. Granted, this race [...]
Relentless excellence of Manchester City and Liverpool makes this the best ever Premier League title race April 25, 2019 This is by no means the first close title race of the Premier League era. Blackburn set an early benchmark when they pipped Manchester United by a solitary point in 1995, and Arsenal, United – twice – and Chelsea have all done the same since, while nothing has yet matched the drama of Sergio Aguero’s [...]
Ollie Phillips: Newcastle face do or die fixture against Northampton in bid to beat the Premiership drop April 25, 2019 What a difference a year makes. Last season Newcastle were toasting a Premiership semi-final place; this time they are staring down the barrel of relegation. It has reached do or die time for the Falcons, who are bottom of the table, seven points behind 11th-placed Worcester with just three matches remaining. Newcastle still have their [...]