By Lee Dover This time next month it will all be over. The mania, the rows, the having to put up with the in-laws for more than 20 minutes before the football and racing punt-fest bring out the true spirit of Christmas. But Paddy Power has plenty of festive-themed bets on offer to tide you […]
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Betting news on Rory McIlroy, Pietersen and Djokovic
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Golf Rory McIlroy is the USPGA Championship winner after a final round performance so commanding we had enough time to check out the Spice Girls at the Olympics closing ceremony. Sadly. The 23 year old claimed the second major of […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Betting News: Ennis, Liverpool, Goodwood, Tiger
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics The attention switches to the track and field events at London 2012 with Team GB heptathlon favourite Jessica Ennis running in Heat 5 of the 100m hurdles. Ennis is 8/11 favourite in Paddy Power’s online betting to win the seven-event […]
Betting News: Murray, Phelps, Liverpool, Galway
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Andy Murray has reached the Olympic semi-finals after beating Spain’s Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-1 on Court One at Wimbledon this afternoon. Murray will play Novak Djokovic who beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Gemma Gibbons secured Great Britain’s first medal in judo for 12 years […]
PADCAST: PSG can win the Champions League at 14/1
Listen here | The arrival of Ancelotti in January was a good thing because he had six months to get used to the team, the club and the mentality of the French League. Depending on the draw of the group stages they could easily get through to the last sixteen and go on to surprise a […]
Sporting glory of the egg and spoon kind in London…France
Robert Dore reports Rarely is the world treated to the kind of mind-blowing spectacle which has been experienced in London this summer. London, France, that is. Athletes from all over Burgundy have been preparing for weeks to get themselves in to shape. Some of the competitors are rumoured to have trained for up to 45 […]
Deep divisions over Ye Shiwen’s stunning performance
By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer Drugs in sport. That’s bad. And racism. No-one likes that either. Asking an unpalatable question that carries undertones of both? That’s going too far. The stunning performance of Ye Shiwen in the final of the women’s 400m Individual Medley has provided London 2012 with its first major controversy. […]
Betting News: Murray, Wiggins, Bilic, Galway
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Andy Murray swept past Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4 today to keep up his gold medal prospects. The Scot now plays Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus who he beat last month at Wimbledon. Bradley Wiggins (32) aims to add Olympic gold […]
Betting news: London 2012, Agger and Hamilton
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics It’s been a cracking morning for Team GB on the water with Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins setting a new Olympic record in the double sculls rowing competition. The pair absolutely nailed their heat setting a time of six […]
5 hot reasons why you should watch London 2012
By Josh Powell London 2012 is in full swing after last night’s spectacular opening ceremony. Here at Power Tower we have taken time out from our hectic day to point you in the direction of the five best reasons to be glued to the games. 1. Lolo Jones 29-year-old American hurdler. She holds the American […]
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