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 […]
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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 […]
VIDEO: New Zealand darts players do the Haka
It doesn’t quite have the same level of intimidation as the All Blacks’ Haka in rugby. But the New Zealand darts team gave it a shot yesterday in the PDC World Cup of Darts. Did it work? Well, no. Last year’s beaten finalists Australia were 5-2 winners. Still, fair play. Betting: PDC World Cup of […]
PREVIEW: Week 2 of the Autumn Internationals
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer It was a great start to the Autumn Internationals for the teams of the Six Nations. Provided they’re called England or France. For the others, it was a combination of the infuriating, the inevitable and the inept. As a result of the varying results, week two of the […]
Match of the century: Del Piero v Heskey
Forget going out on the lash tonight and set your alarms for 7.35am Saturday morning. The international break has robbed us of a Saturday afternoon filled with Premier League action but we have something even better streaming live on PPTV. Imagine the Champions League final, The World Cup final and Christmas rolled into one and […]
Betting news on Liverpool, Mark Webber and Templegate’s tips
Football Brendan Rodgers was left frustrated after watching Liverpool fall to a 3-2 defeat to Udinese at Anfield. ‘Lazy, loose and sloppy’ are the words he used to describe his teams performance and it now leaves the reds with a tricky test to qualify from group A of the Europa League. Elsewhere Spurs picked up a point in […]
Betting news on Mark Hughes, the Twenty20 and Templegate’s tips
Football QPR remain rock-bottom of the Premier League after a 2-1 home defeat to London rivals West Ham. Rangers now have two points from their opening six games and are still looking for their first win of the season. Matt Jarvis and Ricardo Vaz Te put the Hammers in control before the break before Adel Taarabt […]
Betting news on United, Benitez, T20, Kerry National
Football Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United join Chelsea and Celtic in Champions League action tonight as Paddy Power eased Manchester City to 12/1 to be crowned European kings after the 3-2 defeat at Real Madrid while Arsenal are 18/1 after their 2-1 win away to Montpellier. City were 2-1 up with four minutes left at the Bernabeau before […]
The Twenty20 in 20 words
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Some people still say Test cricket is the best form of the game. Those people clearly haven’t paid 200-odd quid to spend four and half days looking at drizzle pouring out of a grey Nottingham sky. Twenty20 is where it’s really at. It’s the most unpredictable format of […]
England’s golden era of cricket shines on
By Lee Dover Ever since they thrashed the Aussies and snatched the Ashes trophy in 2005, England’s cricket scene has been going from strength to strength between the stumps. Don’t just take our word for it – the stats say it all. Top rated in the ICC Test Championship rankings, sitting atop the perch of […]
Robbie Fowler: Spain win puts Irish game in context
After Ireland’s exit from Group C everyone had an opinion on how bad the results were. But Robbie Fowler argues that after Spain’s Euro 2012 triumph the results have to be seen in context . Ireland should take some comfort from Spain’s 4-0 win over Italy in the Euro 2012 final last night. I remember when […]
You’re the ton that I want: Money-Back if there’s a century
England face Ashes rivals Australia in another one-day series and Paddy Power is hoping the bowlers come out on top. That’s because if any player scores a century, Paddy will refund all losing top runscorer selections on his team in that match. There’s nothing quite like the Aussie rivalry and the English fans love nothing […]
Us against the world. Money-Back on the home nations
The home nations came so close to victory last week only to suffer heartbreak at the death. Well not England, they got battered. But Ireland and Wales were only minutes away from famous wins. Paddy Power doesn’t believe the home-nations have any chance going into the weekend’s games and is rolling out a massive Money-Back […]
Southern hemisphere rugby giants await the pride of Britain and Ireland
By Lee Dover The eyes of the sporting world are shifting their attention to Ukraine and Poland, as there is a little football tournament about to kick-off there. However, with a glorious summer of sport on the horizon, there is so much more to look forward to in the weeks and months ahead. Sports […]
Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals Betting Preview
For a lot of people, England and Ireland’s World Cup exits will have signalled the end of their interest in the tournament and getting up early on Saturday and Sunday morning’s nursing hangovers that’d make Madonna seem bearable. But while the Irish bandwagon has lost its wheels and the English partying with midgets has stopped, […]
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