Denman set for Aon showdown November 29, 2009 CHAMPION chaser Denman will prepare for the Cheltenham Gold Cup by running in February’s Aon Chase at Newbury instead of heading to Ireland for the Lexus Chase. The Paul Nicholls-trained nine-year-old galloped to a sensational Hennessy Gold Cup win at Newbury on Saturday and will now be giving a well-earned break, sitting out the Christmas [...]
Dream United tie is the lure for Kettering November 29, 2009 NON-LEAGUE Kettering Town face the prospect of a dream tie against Manchester United in the FA Cup third round. The Poppies were 12 minutes away from beating League One leaders Leeds United at Rockingham Road yesterday, only for Jermaine Beckford to cancel out Ian Roper’s earlier goal. Elsewhere, 10-time winners Arsenal make the short trip [...]
Molinari brothers fire Italy November 29, 2009 GOLF: Brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari held of overnight leaders Ireland and defending champions Sweden to give Italy their first-ever World Cup success in China.The Molinaris began the final day a shot behind Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell but a round of 68 saw them rally to 29-under-par.This gave them a one-shot victory with [...]
Ibrahimovic settles “El Clasico” November 29, 2009 FOOTBALL: Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic climbed off the bench to score the only goal of a fiercely-contested “El Clasico” clash with Real Madrid at Camp Nou which sent the Catalans giants back to the top of La Liga. The £60m striker netted with a 56th minute volley before Barca had to play for 30 minutes with [...]
Casey Jones for Hennessy shock November 26, 2009 TOMORROW’S Hennessy Gold Cup is all about Denman. Yet, even though he is certainly the most likely winner, I just cannot bring myself to back him at 7/2 with Boylesports. He will not just have to be as good as he was two years ago to win, he will have to be better. The field [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS November 26, 2009 TOMORROW’S Hennessy Gold Cup looks sure to be run at a ferocious pace and in-running punters will remember how Denman traded well odds-on a long way from home in this very race two years ago. However, it is often overlooked that his main market rivals were all but out of the race with over a [...]
Gunners to start strong but beware of the Drog November 26, 2009 ARSENAL VS CHELSEA SUNDAY, 4.00PM SKY SPORTS 1 ARSENAL will be smarting after last weekend’s defeat at Sunderland and the loss of Robin van Persie is obviously a major blow to Arsene Wenger. A win against Chelsea would put them right back in the title race, but they lost 4-1 against the Blues here last [...]
BOOKINGS CAN HAMMER BOOKIES November 26, 2009 SUNDAY promises to be a hugely exciting day and all three games have the potential to be extremely fiery encounters. Sporting Index offer 10 ways to bet on bookings and the one most punters will recognise is the total bookings market where 10 points are awarded for a yellow card and 25 for a red. [...]
Gallas in fresh injury blow for Gunners November 26, 2009 ARSENAL have been hit with a major injury blow ahead of Sunday’s derby visit of table-topping Chelsea with the news that William Gallas is still struggling with a swollen eye. The French defender suffered a nasty clash of heads with team-mate Andrey Arshavin during Tuesday night’s 2-0 Champions League victory over Standard Liege, before eventually [...]
Defeat not tweet for Murray November 26, 2009 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray was cruelly knocked out of the ATP World Tour Finals amid farcical scenes last night despite winning his final round-robin match against Spain’s Fernando Verdasco. US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro’s shock three-set win over world No1 Roger Federer took the pair of them through and sent Murray crashing at the [...]