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The top 20 sporting events by bets placed in 2025, according to Entain Sport Business Betting behemoth Entain has revealed the sporting events punters bet on the most during 2025. The iconic Grand National, run at Aintree, maintained its top spot but the number of footballing events in the top 50 fell slightly, largely down to 2025 being a year without a major men’s tournament. The Grand National was joined [...]
Exclusive: BBC makes late swoop for Open highlights deal Sport Business The BBC has secured a last-minute deal to show evening highlights of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush this week. The R&A has agreed a new three-year deal with the BBC for highlights in a contract that also covers the Women’s Open, starting with the 2025 edition at Royal Porthcawl at the end of the [...]
Masters: McIlroy closes in on $121m Tiger Woods prize money target Sport Business Masters champion Rory McIlroy has closed the gap to Tiger Woods in the PGA prize money rankings after completing golf’s career grand slam on Sunday at Augusta National. It was the Northern Irishman’s first major since 2014 and he won it with victory over Englishman Justin Rose in a play-off. The feat at the iconic [...]
Entain reveal sports events punters bet on the most in 2024 December 26, 2024 Betting giant Entain has revealed the biggest sporting events of 2024, using their global sportsbook to identify which events saw the most bets placed. The Grand National was the runaway winner but 60 per cent of the top 10 featured matches from the summer’s Euro Championships in Germany. The NFL, Champions League final and golf’s [...]
Masters golf major to go ahead despite Hurricane Helene October 3, 2024 Golf major the Masters will go ahead as planned despite falling victim to Hurricane Helene this autumn. The iconic Augusta National suffered “a lot of damage” due to the Category 4 hurricane hit the United States, according to chairman Fred Ridley. “The Masters will be held, [and] it will be on the dates it’s scheduled [...]
London T100 can do for triathlon what Wimbledon does for tennis, say organisers July 29, 2024 Forty of the world’s top male and female triathletes took to the city’s streets and the water of Victoria Dock on Saturday and Sunday.
LIV Golf champion Gooch set for US PGA after invite to major May 7, 2024 The reigning LIV Golf League individual champion Talor Gooch has received an invite to the US PGA Championship at Valhalla in an interesting move for golf. Gooch has received an invitation from the PGA of America, who have invited the American based exclusively on his LIV Golf results. He was not invited to the Masters [...]
Sam Torrance: Scottie Scheffler was sublime but Ludvig Aberg has arrived April 15, 2024 Scheffler is the full package but a new challenger emerged at the Masters.
‘I was shaking’: Masters debutant Ludvig Aberg conquered nerves to win £1.7m April 15, 2024 The 24-year-old Swede, who only turned professional last summer, was winner Scottie Scheffler’s nearest challenger.
‘Golf will be fourth in line’: Masters champion Scottie Scheffler reveals change in priorities April 15, 2024 The world No1 raced to be with his pregnant wife after wrapping up victory at Augusta National.