Kenny Egan Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan gives his thoughts on Irish gold medal hope Katie Taylor’s semi-final fight againt Mavzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan. Her quarter-final win over British fight Natasha Jonas: To go out and fight the way she did against Jonas in the quarter-final, it’s actually a shame that it wasn’t the final. She […]
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Betting news: Rooney, Huth, Farah, Taylor, Bolger
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Stoke hard-man Robert Huth has been admitted to hospital with what doctors fear is meningitis. The 27-year-old German defender must undergo further tests before the mystery illness is confirmed. Huth, a two-time Premier League winner with Chelsea was set to face Reading […]
Betting Update: Arsenal, Olympics, Brownlee, Hughes
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger looks to have taken criticism of the club’s transfer policy to heart and another summer signing has pitched up at the Emirates. Spanish international Santi Cazorla has joined from Malaga in a £16m deal and joins strikers Lukas […]
Betting news on Man Utd, Phillips Idowu and Victoria Pendleton
A morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football – Manchester United have been trailing Brazilian teenager, Lucas Moura throughout the summer, but it looks like the chances of him coming to Old Trafford are somewhere between ‘slim’ and ‘Madonna’s sex appeal’ aka none. He’s edging towards […]
Kenny Egan: Barnes and Conlon are semi-final bound
Katie Taylor and John Joe Nevin are already in to their semi-finals but Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes on the verge of guaranteeing bronze medals of their own. At least. Beijing silver medalist Kenny Egan gives us his thoughts on how both fighters will get on in their quarter-final bouts. Michael Conlon (Ire) v Nordine […]
Video: Usain Bolt and the next four fastest men ever
To list the five fastest men ever we have to look outside the top ten 100m times of all-time. In fact, thanks to Usain Bolt’s 9.64 second run in Sunday’s final, we now have to look outside the top 20. Such is the dominance of four men that Nesta Carter’s 9.78 in 2010 is now […]
Kenny Egan hails unbeatable Katie Taylor
Kenny gives us his thoughts on Katie Taylor’s Olympic quarter-final lightweight fight against Britain’s Natasha Jonas. Mon 2.30pm BBCi/RTE2 Natasha Jones is improving as a fighter. She fought Katie last year and she was only beaten 6-3 which is a small margin. The fact that it’s on her home soil means the stadium is going […]
Betting News: Greene, Taylor and more Olympics
A morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Boxing John Joe Nevin has guaranteed Ireland’s first Olympic medal in the boxing by qualifying for the bantamweight semi-finals but it is Katie Taylor who carries a nation’s hopes of glory on her shoulders. The Bray fighter is as […]
Will Olympic gold Open Murray up for US success?
Andy Murray’s Olympic gold medal win over Roger Federer on the very court that Swiss world number one had broken his heart just 28 days earlier could have been more dramatic. But it could not have been more impressive. There’s nothing like a back-and-forth five setter to get the heart pumping but there was no […]
The need for speed: Bolt battles to retain his 100m crown
Who knows what kind of damning indictment it is on the attention span of human species that the shortest final at the Olympics is also the most high profile? In all likelihood tonight’s 100m men’s final will be won in less than ten seconds but it will be a burst of excitement which will captivate […]
Kenny Egan gives his thoughts on John Joe Nevin’s 1/4-final bout
Ireland boxing medal hopeful John Joe Nevin faces Mexican fighter Oscar Valdez Ferrera tonight in the men’s bantamweight quarter-finals. The 23-year old from Westmeath is one win away from guaranteeing a medal but the way he has performed so far he will be aiming for a gold medal. Beijing silver medalist Kenny Egan gave us […]
Betting News: Murray, Bolt and some golf
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on top betting action of the day Olympics Team GB will be hard pressed to match Saturday’s success but there could very well be more gold medals on the cards for the home nations. Having made it to his first Wimbledon final this year Andy Murray has two […]
A Brit of alright: Team GB strike Olympic gold on day 8
It was a day of memorable performances for Team GB but sadly one which ended on a bum note with the elimination of the football team. It may be team Great Britain but they were taken down by England’s penalty curse. The defeat of Stuart Pearce’s side at the hands of South Korea still couldn’t […]
Betting News: Farah, Sharapova, Barton
Olympics After beating the Cube, Mo Farah will have no trouble doing something as easy as winning an Olympic gold. The Brit takes part in the final of the 10,000 meters tonight. He’s 6/5 to add to his previous World and European successes at this distance. Jessica Ennis goes in to the final day of […]
Betting news: Ennis, Adlington and Aquilani
An evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Jessica Ennis got off to a flying start in the heptathlon as the 26-year-old aims for gold. Jessica absolutely smashed the 100 metre hurdles, setting a heptathlon record and a British record with a time of 12.54 seconds. […]
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