By Josh Powell | Monaco Grand Prix It’s Christmas come early for motor racing fans this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix. If you’re not into motor racing but you enjoy some celebrity spotting or checking out hot girls in bikinis it’s probably Christmas come early for you as well. Bernie Ecclestone takes his merry […]
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From 7/4 to 1/12: What price did you get on Arsenal finishing in the top four?
By Josh Powell | Betting news Piers Morgan calling for Arsene Wenger’s head. Tottenham stretching clear before ultimately crumbling quicker than a rich tea biscuit in a hot brew. Arsenal sweeping in, claiming fourth with some solid performances and celebrating like it was an actual trophy. Just another season in the Premier League then. Arsenal […]
Five bets worth looking at for the Heineken Cup final
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer No Irish or English interest makes the Heineken Cup more disappointing than anything 2Unlimited have done after 1993, but it’s still going to a fascinating game between two European powerhouses. The money-bags of Clermont take on the slightly bigger money-bags of Toulon and there’s more than enough English […]
Liber Nauticus has to win the Musidora at York to have any chance in the Epsom Oaks
Matt Chapman | Day One York preview Sir Michael Stoute’s stable mightn’t be the force it once was but you’d want to be mad to think he’s going to York’s three-day Dante fixture without some serious chances. Mind you, it won’t be in the Dante, with the news that Telescope is out of the big Derby […]
12 players who put money back in your pocket at Sawgrass
Golf | Lining your pockets Tiger Woods settled another score at Sawgrass at the weekend putting gobby Sergio Garcia in his place. Spaniard Garcia’s 76 left him outside the top five and, from being in contention to win £1.2 million, he collected under £200,000. But golf punters shut up Paddy Paddy too as 12 players […]
Scrum and get it: Paddy Power’s Justice Payout on Lions players who didn’t make the squad
By Paul Mallon | Justice Payout It seems not everyone is happy with head coach Warren Gatland’s squad selection for the Lions tour to Australia where they are seeking a first series win since 1997. There were a number of high-profile absentees today including Jonny Wilkinson, Rory Best and Chris Robshaw as he named his […]
How Twitter reacted to Gatland’s Lions squad
After all the speculation, now we know who can start getting the jabs and building up their tolerance of that unrelenting Aussie confidence. In keeping with his persona of a gruff, single-minded Kiwi who does what he wants, Warren Gatland named a Lions squad that won’t please most people outside of Wales, but one that […]
GIF: Khan comes back from this 4th round knockdown to win
It was meant to be the triumphant return of of a conquering hero and ultimately it was, but not for the first time in his career, Amir Khan (26) gave his fans a fright. Looking to rehabilitate his record after two defeats in his previous three fights, he was hoping a comprehensive win over Mexican […]
Lions Tour 2013: Why Ian Madigan now looks a cert to make the trip
By Paul Mallon | British and Irish Lions Tour 2013 Warren Gatland is not a man who likes leaks. The British and Irish Lions coach wants to keep things tight ahead of the squad announcement next Tuesday. Speculation on the chosen few who will represent England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, will reach fever pitch this weekend […]
Saturday’s best-backed horses to take Paddy to the cleaners
Sean Goff | Horseracing The last time an Aintree Grand National winner followed-up in the 4m Scottish National the Godfather II was in post-production, Leonardo Di Caprio hadn’t been born and a pint would set you back 20 pence. It was 1974 and men in ridiculously flared trousers cheered on the little-known Red Rum who had won the first […]
Lions Tour Betting: The leading contenders for a trip Down Under
We’re into the last weeks of the northern hemisphere’s club rugby season. Unless of course you’re in France where you’ll be asked to play incessantly until about late August, take a day off and then start the 2013/14 season. If anyone is hoping to book a place on the Lions Tour to Australia, now is […]
EXCLUSIVE: John Parrott: ‘Forget rusty Ronnie and row in with Robertson’
We’re in for one of the most open and exciting World Snooker Championships in a long time says John Parrott and he wasn’t even being sarcastic. In an exclusive column, the 1991 World Champion looks ahead to fascinating fortnight at the Crucible. This is the most open World Championships I’ve ever seen. There’s a dozen […]
Man United, Chelsea and Man City: How to turn a 15/8 treble into a 10/1 shot
By Josh Powell | Sports writer Punters will be licking their lips ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League games with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all well fancied to pick up three points. The three favourites will be well supported and if they all come in Paddy will take one hell of a midweek spanking. […]
[video] How Ruby Walsh won £465,000 on 25/1 Blackstairmountain
The Paddy Power Blog has acquired this shaky iphone footage of Ruby Walsh’s remarkable victory on eight-year-old Blackstairmountain in the Nakayama Grand Jump in Japan on Saturday, the second most valuable jumps race in the world. The Racing Post reports that only the £975k Grand National is worth more. Ruby Walsh picked up a very […]
Andy Carroll, Fernando Torres and seven other players more prolific than Robin van Persie
By Josh Powell | Sports writer Ok so the headline might be a little misleading. Robin van Persie has 23 goals in 38 games wearing the ‘picnic-table’ red of Manchester United so implying he isn’t prolific makes as much sense as Made In Chelsea winning a BAFTA. There is a healthy element of truth in […]
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