Eurovision 2013 | The winners and losers So there we have it for another year as Denmark win comfortably with 281 points and Paddy will have to dig deep on the entry that cornered a third of the market. The story of the night – apart from the winner – was was the abysmal showing […]
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Eurovision 2013: Who have you been backing?
By Josh Powell | Eurovision 2013 betting The Eurovision Song Contest returns on Saturday for our annual dose of cringe-worthy performances which make us appreciate the stretch of ocean that separates us from everybody else. An estimated 600 million people will spend their Saturday night sat in front of the box watching the continent’s most deluded performers put on […]
Trapattoni must pull a rabbit from the hat to halt Cesare
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh “The ball is always round and sometimes there’s a rabbit inside it.” One of Giovanni Trapattoni’s many, many wonderful philosophical/metaphorical word plays was mentioned in Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport today. But will the Italian have a surprise for Ireland fans tonight? They’ve already had plenty to sing about – […]
Group C Conspiracies: Calling a fix is 2-2 much
By Rob Dore The irony of Italy fearing a fix in tonight’s Group C game between Spain and Croatia hasn’t been lost on anyone who has read the story. A country whose domestic league seems to reel from one match-fixing scandal to another may fear the fix more than most because they understand how it […]
Euro 2012: Group B live blog
Group B was instantly branded the ‘Group of Death’ and tonight the bell will toll for two of the teams. The Germans have already gone and put their towel on a quarter-final sun lounger after two wins from two. They face the Danes who will need to get a better result than Portugal to qualify and will […]
Group B preview: Great Danes have plenty of bite
By Josh Powell | Paddy Power sports writer Group B betting preview: Denmark v Germany Sunday 7.15 The Lowdown Germany have been as impressive as expected winning both their opening group games. But the job is not yet complete and they could still be eliminated before the knock-out stage. Denmark have to win by a […]
Video: Nicklas Bendtner flashes his Paddy Power lucky pants
Nicklas Bendtner has been given a slap on the wrist by the Danish FA and is due another from UEFA on Monday for displaying his Paddy Power lucky pants as he celebrated his second goal against Portugal. He was just giving credit where credit was due. However UEFA, it seems, hates luck. Or pants. Maybe […]
Bendtner scores twice with Paddy Power’s lucky pants
Portugal may have finished 3-2 winners in tonight’s Group B clash with Denmark in Lviv but Nicklas Bendtner enhanced his reputation with a brace of headers which kept his side in the game. And he happened to be wearing a pair of Paddy Power lucky pantsas he did it. We here on the Paddy Power […]
Euro 2012: Group B Live Blog
After the tentative first group games we’re expecting fireworks tonight in Group B. Denmark can secure surprise qualification to the knock-out stages with a win over Portugal which could lead to Germany knocking out the heavily fancied Netherlands. It’s 20 years since the Danes shocked the world or at least Europe by winning Euro 1992, […]
Group B preview: Danes to sink Ronaldo’s Euro dreams
By Sean Goff Group B Betting preview: Denmark v Portugal, Wednesday 5pm, ITV1 and RTE2 THE LOWDOWN Hands up who predicted that Denmark would top Group B heading into the second game? Liars. But the nation that gave us Caroline Wozniacki (Rory McIlroy’s Mrs) Carslberg and horned helmets, are one win away from the quarter finals after their […]
Group B Preview: Netherlands v Denmark
By Robert Dore Group B betting preview: Netherlands v Denmark Saturday, 5pm (BBC and RTE2) The lowdown Both teams qualified top of their groups to get to Poland and Ukraine. Denmark, surprisingly, finished ahead of Portugal. It was a smaller group though with just five teams, two of which, Cyprus and Iceland, were particularly weak. Nicklas […]
Euro 2012 – Bluffer’s guide to … Denmark
Fun Fact… Denmark is the happiest country in the world according to the United Nations World Happiness Report 2012. For a long time it was thought wide-spread bacon consumption played a part in causing this happiness, but it later transpired it mainly caused heart disease. Wikipedia ‘Fact’… Denmark is flatter than a week old bottle […]
Download: Euro 2012 Sweepstakes Kit
Fancy a bit of friendly rivalry with your office pals or, better still, your family? Download Paddy Power’s Euro 2012 Sweepstakes Kit for the big kick-off and soon you’ll be fighting like Joey Barton at a Monopoly party. Just print off the kit from the link below, cut out the teams, and drop them into […]
Punters cool on England’s Euro 2012 chances
IT could have something to do with national stereotyping or maybe it’s just common sense but Irish and English punters have very different ideas about how their side will perform at Euro 2012. England fans fear a Group D exit at 5/4 which is by far the most popular stage of elimination bet for Roy Hodgson’s team with […]
Euro 2012 Group of Death: Will Ronaldo B a hero?
By Aidan Elder It’s a phrase often thrown around, but rarely has it been so apt. Group B of Euro 2012 is one of the most difficult ever thrown together. Unless you get a lethal injection for not qualifying, calling anything a ‘group of death’ is a misnomer, but this is a pretty close proximation. […]
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