By Sean Goff | Sports writer The three-day Curragh festival ends on Sunday with the Pretty Polly Stakes (4.20) taking centre-stage. Aidan O’Brien relies solely French Oaks seventh Up in the Group One contest as Was and Maybe were withdrawn due to ground conditions. The Ballydoyle trainer’s wife Ann-Marie tweeted earlier: “Maybe and Was are both non runners at the Curragh […]
Archive | June, 2012
Deschamps favourite to replace departing Blanc
By Sean Goff | Sports reporter Didier Deschamps heads the market to replace Laurent Blanc as French manager in Paddy Power’s online betting after he quit his post on Saturday. UEFA President Michel Platini had publicly backed the Marseilles manager to take over should Blanc decide to walk away. The former French captain won acclaim for his handling of national team’s 2010 […]
Camelot chases third Classic in Irish Derby
By Sean Goff | Sports reporter Camelot will face just four rivals in the Irish Derby on Saturday night as Aidan O’Brien’s colt bids to win his third Classic of the season. The impressive Newmarket 2,000 Guineas and Epsom Derby winner is set to run at the Curragh despite the heavy ground ahead of a possible tilt at the English […]
Can Brits avoid Les Bleus in Tour de France?
By Lee Dover Here’s a turn up for the books – the Brits are doing OK in sport this year. A handful of the country’s tennis stars have dodged defeat in the first-round of Wimbledon, England’s cricket stars are hitting cricket balls for sixes for fun and there is plenty of optimism heading into London 2012. Really, […]
Mario is powering up: Money back if Balotelli scores last
Paddy Power punters have been lapping up the Money-Back Specials over Euro 2012, many of which have left Paddy out of pocket. Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Gomez and Wayne Rooney are just a few of the names that have cost Paddy over the last few weeks and now Mario Balotelli can join that elusive club. If […]
LeBron James: The King gets his crown
By Jay Webster The parade is over. The trophies are shined up and ready for stashing in their cases. It’s been a week now since LeBron James and the Miami Heat disposed of Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma Thunder in five games for the NBA Championship. Seven days to reflect on what it means for […]
Nadal Czechs out and punters cash in
Paddy Power is grumpier than Andy Murray today after punters had him emptying his pockets time and time again during a storming week at Wimbledon. Paddy Power’s Money-Back Special to refund losing bets if your player was beaten in a deciding set has clicked a whopping 20 times already! Not only that but yesterday Paddy’s flop insurance […]
Andy Murray step aside, Heather Watson’s the new hero in town
By Lee Dover | Wimbledon The also-rans of the Wimbledon Championships are starting to get rounded off, as the business end of the tournament comes more and more into focus. However, one name buzzing around the All England Club is a woman who was hardly known to the tennis scene just a few days ago […]
Robbie Fowler: Hodgson needs to get the best out of Rooney
There were a lot words being thrown around as England lost to Italy on penalties. ‘Heart-breaking’ and ‘agony’ were a couple, but I wasn’t overly surprised. It was on the cards. I had my doubts about England getting out of the group and I was thankfully proven wrong about that, but not by much. Everyone […]
VIDEO: Balotelli – The sublime to the ridiculous
Describing Mario Balotelli as a maverick is like saying Sara Carbonero is ‘alright looking’. The Manchester City striker is a loose cannon but as he showed against Germany when he’s in the mood he can be unstoppable. When asked why he often refuses to celebrate Balotelli replied ‘When I score, I don’t celebrate because I’m only doing […]
Euro 2012: Germany v Italy Live Blog
Spain booked their place in the Euro 2012 last night thanks in part to Ronaldo’s cunning plan not to take a penalty until it wasn’t needed. Now Germany and Italy meet with the other place up for grabs. Previously I would have snarkily said ‘they’re playing for the right to get a beating from Spain’, […]
Euro 2012: Paddy Power’s Big Game Bingo
With England and Ireland out we understand that it’s difficult to build the same yourself up in to the same fevered state, even with with added alcohol. Especially when the games are as dull as last night’s 0-0 borefest between Spain and Italy. That’s why we’ve come up with our revolutionary new game, Paddy Power’s […]
Why Wolves can eat up their Championship rivals
By Aaron Bains | Diary of a Wolves optimist The 2011/2012 campaign proved to be one of the saddest in the modern history of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Having defeated ‘second season syndrome’ and beaten relegation two seasons running, there was a real sense of optimism around Molineux. Everybody was excited to see what the future had […]
PADCAST: Rory Smith on why the three lions failed to roar
Listen here Rory Smith is one of the top football writers in the Times and joins the Padcast to dissect where it all went wrong for the three lions. From grass-roots level to Roy’s tactics, Rory tells us what needs to change if England are to start producing the goods on the big stage. He […]
Pamela Ryan whips them out for Paddy Power AGAIN
Twitter almost had a meltdown yesterday evening when the super-fit Pamela Ryan posted this picture of herself sporting some Paddy Power lucky pants. The bang tidy model whipped on a pair of Paddy’s finest, much to the delight of fellas across the world. So imagine our excitement in Power Tower when we discovered the gorgeous […]
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