Barnet is a more than fair bet to land Ayr Gold September 18, 2014 THE William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50pm) takes centre stage this weekend and I’m going to put my faith in sprint king David Nicholls landing the race for a seventh time with his sole entry BARNET FAIR. The six-year-old was a decent winner at Goodwood last month and promising apprentice Cam Hardie is reunited with [...]
Aggregate markets spread betting September 18, 2014 FOOTBALL accumulators are part and parcel of the betting game and sports spread betting makes this concept even more exciting. Sporting Index create a wide range of markets covering a selection of matches every week. For example, traders have pitched total goals across all six of tomorrow’s Premier League matches at 14.6-15.2. You can also [...]
Theatre Review: Billie Piper stars in Great Britain at the National September 18, 2014 ★★★★★ With inquiries, investigations, MP select committees and dodgy dealings between opaque institutions, phone-hacking was a very broadsheet kind of scandal. Sex was there, but it was in the background: at root, this was a story about people being in each other’s pockets, not beds. Great Britain gives phone-hacking the tabloid treatment. It ratchets up [...]
Champions League: Chelsea boss defends call to cull Costa September 17, 2014 CHELSEA 1 SCHALKE 04 1 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho last night revealed star striker Diego Costa will struggle to be part of their assault on both the Premier League and Champions League titles this term. The Spain striker has hit seven goals in four Premier League games so far, including a hat-trick against Swansea on [...]
Spurs spare Rose return to Serbia September 17, 2014 TOTTENHAM manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he omitted defender Danny Rose from tonight’s trip to Serbia purely with playing time in mind. The left-back was subjected to racist abuse while on duty for the England Under-21 side in the eastern European state two years ago and was sent off for his subsequent angry reaction. Spurs kick-off [...]
Wages increase hoped to lure England stars home September 17, 2014 PREMIERSHIP rugby chiefs hope a rise in team’s salary caps by £500,000 per season can end the exodus of English players to foreign climes. Potential England stars such as Steffon Armitage and Toby Flood are currently plying their trade in France and are consequently not eligible to play for the national team under its own [...]
Seven charged on race fixing allegations face 10-year bans September 17, 2014 THE BRITISH Horseracing Authority last night charged seven people, including Scottish Grand National winner Richie McGrath, with breaching betting regulations. The allegations relate to the use of inside information in order to predict the performance of horses that ran between October 2009 and April 2012. Ex-trainer Kate Walton, as well as Mark Aspey, Carl Flint, [...]
Champions League: Wenger left seething by flat Gunners September 16, 2014 BORUSSIA DORTMUND 2 ARSENAL 0 ANGRY Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger slammed his side’s abject performance as they got their Champions League campaign off to a losing start. Ciro Immobile and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck either side of half-time to earn Dortmund the points, though the margin of victory could have been far greater with the Germans [...]
Hazard poised to sign new long term contract at Stamford Bridge September 16, 2014 PLAYMAKER Eden Hazard is close to committing his long-term future to Chelsea, according to manager Jose Mourinho. The 23-year-old, who has scored 31 goals in 115 games for the Blues, has three years left to run on his current deal at Stamford Bridge. But Mourinho is keen to tie down his prized asset rather than [...]
Hamilton-Rosberg war expected to intensify September 16, 2014 MERCEDES team boss Toto Wolff expects the relationship between warring team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to become even more fractious as the Formula One season nears its finale. The top two in the World Championship standings renew hostilities in this week’s Singapore Grand Prix with Rosberg leading Hamilton by 22 points with six races [...]