Champions Chelsea can prove their class August 14, 2015 ACCORDING to the bookies the title is set to be fought out between these two clubs and just a week into the new season we have the first big battle. It just shows how fickle the betting markets have become that the favourites for the league have flip-flopped after Chelsea drew at home to Swansea [...]
Aston Villa v Manchester United: Expect goals galore at Villa Park August 14, 2015 The after work drinks crowd will come face-to-face with an unusual sight tonight: Premier League football. A one-off for this season it will give a flavour of things to come next year, when Friday evening fixtures are part of the new TV deal for 2016-17. The clash between Aston Villa and Manchester United looks an [...]
PGA Championship: Dustin Johnson sets pace in quest for Major title August 14, 2015 Major-chasing Dustin Johnson insisted he will not be weighed down by past near-misses after setting the pace during the opening round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits yesterday. Johnson, who was given a two-stroke penalty with victory in his sights at the same course in 2010, carded a six-under-par round of 66 to top [...]
England’s Jonathan Joseph tips Bath team-mate Sam Burgess to make World Cup statement August 13, 2015 England centre Jonathan Joseph has backed rugby league convert Sam Burgess to seal his place in head coach Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup squad with a breakthrough performance against France tomorrow. Former South Sydney Rabbitohs star Burgess has a prime opportunity to press his claims for inclusion after Lancaster named him in an experimental England XV [...]
England’s Jos Buttler: Final Ashes Test will not be a dead-rubber as history beckons August 13, 2015 England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler insists the opportunity to make history will remove the threat of next week’s fifth Investec Ashes Test at the Kia Oval turning into a dead-rubber. Victory over an abject Australia at Trent Bridge last week ensured that Alastair Cook’s England have regained the Ashes after surging into an unassailable 3-1 series [...]
Reprimanded Nick Kyrgios apologises for lewd girlfriend remark to Stan Wawrinka August 13, 2015 Australia's Nick Kyrgios has apologised after being fined for making an insulting and lewd remark to US Open champion Stan Wawrinka about his girlfriend during the duo’s Rogers Cup tussle in Montreal earlier this week. On-court microphones recorded Kyrgios walking to the net and telling his opponent: “Kokkianakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you [...]
Tottenham set to cut transfer losses on Roberto Soldado after goal-shy spell August 13, 2015 Tottenham are set to cut their losses on goal-shy forward Roberto Soldado as the Spaniard moved closer to finalising a move to La Liga outfit Villarreal. Soldado has failed to live up to his billing since Spurs paid Valencia £26m for his services in August 2013. The 30-year-old has netted just seven Premier League goals [...]
Warren Gatland offers lifeline after axing Lions Hibbard, Phillips and Hook August 13, 2015 Wales head coach Warren Gatland insists the Rugby World Cup dream remains alive for Richard Hibbard, Mike Phillips and James Hook, despite axing the three British and Irish Lions stars from his squad. Hooker Hibbard, scrum-half Phillips and fly-half Hook were among eight players released to their regions yesterday as Gatland pruned his training party [...]
Happy Hammers can outfox Leicester at the Boleyn August 13, 2015 If there was a manager of the week trophy then Slaven Bilic and Claudio Ranieri would have been strong contenders after the first round of matches. Having masterminded the result of the opening weekend with a 2-0 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Bilic would have got my vote, but with Ranieri a close second [...]
Russ wiseman August 13, 2015 THIS is always a really exciting time of year and everything looks set for a fantastic few days of football. Sportingbet are dangling a rather large carrot to punters – we’re going to add 25% to winning football accumulators this weekend. It’s great that we’ve got a Premier League game to get stuck into tonight [...]