#eveningfeed Football Despite being ‘injured’ and having to pull out of team GB for the Olympic games, Gareth Bale not only played for Spurs against LA Galaxy last night but scored as well! The Welsh winger received plenty of criticism on Twitter and was condemned by Robbie Savage and Gary Linekar. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has waded in on the argument […]
Archive | July 25, 2012
Victory for Paddy Power in fight with LOCOG
In a gold medal winning U-turn, London 2012 organisers LOCOG have reversed their position from yesterday which demanded the removal of Paddy Power’s latest advertising campaign from poster sites around the Olympic city. Our ads are staying put. Coincidentally today’s change of heart by LOCOG, which was communicated by their law firm Freshfields was taken just moments […]
Could Mighty Mike stun the world of darts?
The second round of the World Matchplay gets underway tonight and fans will have to brace themselves for some more of the most exciting arrow-chucking action around. The players in Blackpool haven’t failed to deliver and we’ve been treated to some of the best tungsten-tossing the Winter Gardens has ever seen. Last week we tipped […]
Can Britain make a glorious return to Olympic football?
By Lee Dover Football in July? No, we are not talking about a very early start for the new Premier League season, or those pre-season games that see your team playing in towns and cities you have never heard of and can’t pronounce. Instead, it’s Olympics Football and the only jersey the various Premier League stars will be […]
PADCAST: Who will have a golden summer at London 2012?
Listen here | ‘She’s the face of 2012, the face of Team GB and she hasn’t let it get to her’, says the Olympics editor for the Guardian, Owen Gibson. ‘But you can’t afford to have a weak event in the heptathlon and she’s got two very tough challengers. It won’t be easy but she’ll win a […]
Betting News: Team GB, Thierry Henry, Sandown
Lunchtime update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport #lunchfillers Olympics Team GB’s women footballers kick-off at 4pm against New Zealand in the opening game AND the opening contest of London 2012. Two days before the are officially due to begin 22 women who actually know how the offside rule […]
Paddy’s taking on Olympic organisers LOCOG!
Paddy Power is seeking a court order against London 2012 organisers LOCOG after they ordered the removal of Paddy’s latest cheeky adverts. The Paddy Power billboards in question promote their sponsorship of the largest athletics event in London this year (London, France of course!) It takes place on 01 August 2012 and is part of […]
Betting News: London 2012, Liverpool, Beckham, Naas
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport #morningupdate Olympics The English capital’s massive transport plan swings into operation this morning with dedicated traffic lanes for the athletes, their families and the media ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony for London 2012. Swimmer Rebecca Adlington will hope to dominate the swimming lanes after […]
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