The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012 will be announced this Sunday. For once, it’s more competitive than a paternity test on the Jermey Kyle Show, with a whole host of athletes who have had stellar years battling it out for the accolade. Bradley Wiggins is the red-hot odds-on favourite after his incredible year on […]
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VIDEO: Incredible Paralympic table tennis tekkers!
Without question probably the best Paralympic table tennis shot you will ever see. 22-year-old David Wetherill represented Team GB at the games and has become an online sensation after pulling off an unbelievable right-handed ‘Superman shot’. The world number five was unfortunately beaten by Italy’s Raimondo Alecci and is out of the tournament but nobody will forget […]
Golden girl Katie Taylor considers turning pro
by Rob Dore | sports writer Despite the seeming inevitability of Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold medal win, the Bray boxer had to show her battling qualities in the final to overcome the defensive Russian Sofya Ochigava. This was on top of living up to the high expectations of the boisterously supportive, success-starved Irish fans who […]
Betting news on Rory McIlroy, Manchester City and the Olympics
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football – Manchester City have won the Community Shield in a surprisingly feisty game at Villa Park. Chelsea took the lead courtesy of a Fernando Torres goal, but soon after lost Branislav Ivanovic was given his marching orders for trying […]
Betting news on Manchester City, Rory McIlroy and the last day of the Olympics *sob*
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics The Olympic athletics programme came to a fantastic climax last night. That’s fantastic if you’re Mo Farah or British or Jamaican. For everyone else it was probably a bit annoying. London’s East End was rocking as Farah (29) won […]
Betting news on Rangers, Blackburn, the US PGA and the Olympics
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics – Despite my gloomy predictions earlier today, Tom Daley has qualified for the final of the men’s 10 metre platform. He put some poor form behind him to throw himself into the pool flamboyantly better than he was doing […]
Kenny Egan: ‘This is John Joe Nevin’s time’
By Kenny Egan | Olympic silver medalist and boxing pundit It’s already been a fantastic Olympics for the Irish boxing team. It’s one of the best boxing teams that’s ever travelled. At the start, all they were asked to do was perform to the best of their abilities and that’s exactly what they’ve done. Each […]
Betting news on Tiger Woods, Liverpool, Man City and the Olympics
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Golf The wind finally blew at Kiawah Island yesterday and the US PGA Championship came to life. We’re only at the halfway point, but already dreams of a Tiger/McIlroy shoot-out on Sunday evening are hard to ignore. On a tough […]
Kenny Egan previews Ireland’s boxing semi-finalists
With Katie Taylor securing gold on Thursday, Kenny Egan looks at Ireland’s three remaining male fighters as they all look to book their final places today. Will they be able to upgrade their bronze medals to at least a silver and maybe more? Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan gave us his views on all three fights. […]
Betting News: Liverpool, Bolt, Taylor, McIlroy
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Liverpool will know their Europa League opponents at around lunchtime today when the draw is made for the competition proper. The Reds overcame Gomel 3-0 last night with goals from new signing Fabio Borini, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnston to run out […]
Kenny Egan: It’ll be tight but Katie to win gold
Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan talks to us about Katie Taylor and her Olympic final opponent the Russian Sofya Ochigava. This is what it’s all about now, there’s no turning back so to speak. It’s a great day in Irish sport and for Katie Taylor and her family and her friends and her father. She’s a […]
Betting News: Sunderland, Fletcher, Adams, Nathaniel
Lunchtime update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill is keeping mum on a possible move for Wolves striker Steven Fletcher. The 25-year-old has handed in a transfer request at Molineaux but the relegated Midlands club are not prepared to release him until their valuation […]
Betting News: Van Persie, Celtic, Bolt, Woods
Football Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that efforts to bring Robin Van Persie to Old Trafford have stalled mainly because of Arsenal’s refusal to sell to a Premier League rival. The Manchester United manager had earlier said he didn’t have a gut feeling that RVP would be a United player come August 18. One battle he […]
PADCAST: Can the Premier League learn from the Olympics?
Listen here | The Olympics are like a drug. Living in Britain this last fortnight, you would think that there’s not only nothing wrong with the country, but the world. We’ve landed on Mars, there are thousands dying in Syria and it’s been lost completely because the Olympics are on. Every four years it seems […]
Betting News: Liverpool, FIFA rankings, Tiger, Awde
Football Craig Bellamy could be on his way back to Cardiff City after Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers confirmed the clubs are in discussions about the Welsh international’s future. England have climbed to third in the FIFA World rankings despite exiting at Euro 2012 to Italy on penalties. Roy Hodgson’s side now sit behind Spain and Germany […]
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