Robert Dore reports Rarely is the world treated to the kind of mind-blowing spectacle which has been experienced in London this summer. London, France, that is. Athletes from all over Burgundy have been preparing for weeks to get themselves in to shape. Some of the competitors are rumoured to have trained for up to 45 […]
Archive | August 1, 2012
Betting news: Wiggins, Nevin, Team GB, Carroll
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Ireland’s John Joe Nevin will face Mexico’s Oscar Valdez Fierro in Sunday night’s quarter-final (8.45pm). If Nevin overcomes shock winner Fierro who beat World No 1 Anvar Yunusov of Tajikistan he’ll move to within one win of a medal at the London 2012. Bradley Wiggins is an gold medalist again […]
Ruby Walsh’s in-depth guide to the Galway Plate
Ruby Walsh gives you the inside track on the Galway Plate while Tom Lee profiles Goodwood and the Galway Plate. 3.00 Tote Six Pick Maiden Hurdle This cones down to around three runners with Ted Veale, Moiqen and the one I think we’ll all have to beat Too Scoops. Had a cracking run over hurdles on his […]
Betting news: Higuain, Frankel and gold for Britain!
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Team GB have a gold medal! It took until day five of the games but Britain has finally tasted gold and in emphatic fashion. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover destroyed the opposition to win the women’s pair, becoming the […]
Kenny Egan previews today’s Olympic boxing betting
Ireland’s Olympic silver medal winner Kenny Egan gives his thoughts to the Paddy Power Blog in today’s boxing betting featuring Irish and Great British fighters. Both camps have realistic expectations of winning medals in London and we see Ireland’s bantamweight prospect John Joe Nevin (23) taking on Kazakhstani fighter Kanat Abutalipov (29) early in the […]
Tom Lee’s top tips for Day Two of Goodwood
The Paddy Power Blog gets the lowdown from C4 & RTE racing presenter Tom Lee on the second day of Glorious Goodwood and the Galway Plate while Ruby Walsh gives an in-depth preview of his rides at Galway and the Galway Plate. 2.00 Goodwood Hnadicap 2m 5f “Cape Express returned to the the flat for the […]
Michael Phelps becomes the most successful Olympian … like ever
By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer As far as momentous sporting moments go, it was relatively devoid of drama. The hard work of Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer and Ricky Berens set up Michael Phelps perfectly for a virtual procession and pretty much all the record-breaking American needed to do was avoid drowning in his […]
Hughes owns Paddy with Money-Back on Artigiano at Goodwood (2.35)
Everyone at Glorious Goodwood today will have their eyes fixed on the world’s greatest horse Frankel but there’s plenty of high quality action across the card and Paddy has a belting Money-Back Special lined up. If you backed Artigiano come and collect as it finished second to Olympic Glory in the 2.35pm race at Goodwood, Paddy Power will […]
Inform your GAA betting on notoriously tricky quarter-finals
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer The GAA’s back-door route isn’t universally adored. Some don’t like it because it detracts from the purity of the All-Ireland. Others don’t like because it sounds like innuendo for frolics of which God would not approve. For others, your attitude will change depending directly on how fate benefits/hinders your […]
Betting news: Michael Phelps, Luka Modric and Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics It was a record-breaking night in the pool as Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time. The American swimmer won silver in the 200 metre butterfly and then along with his team-mates took the gold in the […]
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