It’s Friday at the time of writing this sentence and that can mean only one thing – apart from all those other things. It’s Amy Eustace’s Friday column and this week she puts some perspective on the Professional Footballer’s Association (PFA) Awards. If football was one of those clichéd American teen movies, the PFA Player of […]
Listen to our hidden mic: Rafa needs to guard against John Terry and Eden Hazard
By Josh Powell | Hidden Mic Chelsea entertain – and we use that term loosely – Brentford in their fourth-round FA Cup replay at noon today. They’ve won it four times in the last six years and Rafa Benitez would love to get his hands on a fifth trophy on the off-chance he keeps his job until […]
Listen to our hidden mic: JT’s dodgy texts and Eden Hazard is at it again!
By Josh Powell | Hidden Mic Chelsea head to Czech Republic tonight to face Sparta Prague in the last 32 of the Europa League. It’s the trophy that everybody pretends they want to win but secretly nobody actually enjoys playing Thursday nights on Channel 5. Keeper Petr Cech drew the short straw out of the Chelsea boys […]
Looks like Ashley could be in a Cole lot of trouble
Ashley Cole might be renowned as one of the best full-backs in the country but he certainly isn’t the brightest. The 31-year-old cheated on Cheryl Cole, shot a work experience student with an air rifle and has now probably landed himself in some very hot water with the FA following this tweet from his official […]
Betting News on the Ryder Cup, Terry and Newmarket
Golf Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will tee of Europe’s challenge for the 39th Ryder Cup at Medinah today. The pair face veteran Jim Furyk and recent FedEx winner Brandt Snedeker at 1.20pm (GMT) Next up Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald take on Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley while Lee Westwood and Francesco Molinari face Zach […]
Betting news: Terry, Jovetic, NFL, Doncaster
Football The highly-charged atmosphere at tomorrow’s West London derby between Chelsea and QPR has risen a few notches as both John Terry and Ashley Cole could start for the Blues. Officials are holding talks to ease tensions before the pair clash tomorrow at Loftus Road. QPR players have indicated they won’t shake Terry’s or Cole’s […]
Betting news on Murray, Lampard and Templegate
Tennis It’s judgement day for Andy Murray at Flushing Meadows. The Scot comes up against reigning US Open champion Novak Djokovic in the final and attempts to end the 76-year wait for a British Grand Slam winner. Murray, who has recently reached the Wimbledon final and then gone on to win gold at London 2012, […]
Premier League betting preview: Chelsea
Chelsea Summer Summary When little Roman Abramovich was growing up in the USSR, he dreamed of one day taking advantage of the disarray in the USSR’s transition to capitalism to buy up large amounts of Russia’s natural resources cheaply. Then, in a strange addendum to that dream, he also hoped to one day he would […]
Betting update: Hodgson, Fletcher, Pietersen, Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football The worst-scheduled friendly internationals in the world take place tonight with England taking on Euro 2012 conquerors Italy and while a Shay Given-less Ireland face Serbia in Belgrade. The pre-World Cup 2014 qualifier fixtures have left most Championship and Premier […]







