Donegal stormed into the All-Ireland Football Final last weekend and come Sunday evening we’ll know who’ll be joining them. Croke Park hosts the second semi-final this Sunday (3.30pm). It’s a cracker as reigning champions Dublin go toe to toe with the perennial ‘close but no cigar-ers’ of Mayo. It’s a huge game between two of […]
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Senan Connell’s tips for Cork v Donegal
Cork v Donegal, Sunday 3.30pm, RTE2 This is the most eagerly anticipated All-Ireland semi-final for the last decade. Two cracking teams coming in with a lot of confidence and people have said that this is the side of the draw were the champions will come from and you have to agree. These two teams are […]
Betting Update: City, Chelsea, Kaka, Mirallas
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Manchester City started where they left off last season by coming from behind to win 3-2. The champions sensationally beat Southampton 3-2 after going 2-1 down with 20 minutes left at the Etihad Stadium. City took the lead through Carloz […]
All-Ireland betting preview: Kilkenny vs Tipperary
By Damien Fitzhenry | All-Ireland winner The biggest hurling clash of the year and it’s going to be a real mouth-watering contest in the All-Ireland semi-final between Kilkenny and Tipperary. It’s nine years since two of the top counties in hurling have faced each other in a semi-final though Kilkenny won their Allianz League clash […]
Money-Back Special in GAA betting on Kilkenny v Tipperary
Is this the end of the greatest hurling side of our time? That’s the question many GAA fans are asking this Championship season as The Cats have been licking their wounds since that shock Leinster Final defeat to Galway. Kilkenny’s opponents this Sunday, Tipperary, didn’t display the goalscoring fireworks of recent years in their Munster Final […]
Damien Fitzhenry: ‘Galway will be crowned All-Ireland champions’
By Damien Fitzhenry | All-Ireland winner Cork haven’t been overly impressive in their last few games, but they’re getting the job done and in that respect, they’re a lot like the Dublin senior football team. They’ve haven’t been outstanding, but they’re still winning the games and that’s a good sign. For a team not to […]
A Money-Back Special on the All-Ireland Football quarter-finals
There’s no more second chances, there’s no more back-door. It’s quarter-final time in the All-Ireland Football Championship and we know it’s getting serious because they’re bringing all eight teams to Croke Park. To celebrate and show that we’re just nice people, we’re running a great Money-Back Special across all four games. If there’s a red […]
Senan Connell’s weekend GAA betting tips
Mayo v Down, Saturday 5pm, Croke Park Both teams will be confident that they can win this game so it might be a difficult one to call. Mayo had a hard-fought win over Sligo in the Connacht Final and that’s got to count for something. It was a dismal game of football but Mayo at 4/7 seems […]
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 […]
Senan Connell’s GAA football betting preview
By Senan Connell | Paddy Power GAA pundit The games are, as always, not that easy to call this weekend. Some of the teams are coming in with just a six-day turnaround and we know what the stats say. In the past 11 years only one team has lost a provincial final and won the […]
GAA betting: Hurling takes centre-stage
By Sean Goff | Sports Reporter The GAA season is warming up nicely and the football and hurling qualifiers take centre-stage this weekend. Cork’s hurlers play Waterford at 2pm on Sunday while a shell-shocked Kilkenny face Limerick at 4pm still wondering how they lost to Galway in the Leinster final. The All-Ireland quarter-final at Semple […]
Betting news on Lucas Moura, Dale Steyn and ‘The Power’
#eveningfeed Football Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed his interest in the young Brazilian star Lucas Moura. The 19-year-old has been tipped as the hottest property in Sao Paulo and in a press conference today Fergie confirmed that United were very keen to sign the youngster. The United gaffer was keen to emphasise that no deal has yet […]
A great Money-Back Specials on three big GAA matches
By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer Providing there’s no replays in the provincial finals, the back door will slam shut meaning from here on in, there’s no safety net. It feels like the Championship season has moved up another gear and we’ve got some cracking games and a fantastic Money-Back Special to boot. We’re […]
Money-Back on a weekend packed full of GAA
It’s an unbelievable weekend of GAA with Sligo facing Mayo, Limerick taking on Clare and Waterford trying to upset the odds against Tipperary. You couldn’t ask for more top-quality, fast-paced action and Paddy Power has got a stunning Money-Back Special lined up for the games. If the last score is from a placed ball, Paddy […]
The Nearly Men: 10 of the best who tried but failed
Andy Murray’s heart-breaking loss to Roger Federer in the Men’s final at Wimbledon yesterday is in danger of making him one of sport’s most recognised nearly men. Murray is now 5/4 in Paddy Power’s online betting NOT to win a Grand Slam. But Murray can look on the bright side despite losing his fourth Grand […]
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