You can’t have too many complaints when you’ve won an international game 8-0 – unless of course you’re San Marino. The little nation took the hump at some of ITV’s ‘patronising’ coverage of Friday night’s defeat and unable to respond on air – or on the pitch – took to the next best thing: the […]
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Betting news on the Champion Hurdle, Rio Ferdinand and Six Nations
THE HEADLINES RACING MOURNS DEATH OF DARLAN RIO FERDINAND WANTS ENGLAND RETURN TUILAGI FIT AND READY FOR IRELAND ASSIGNMENT ================================================= Horse Racing What had been a very good bonus day of high quality racing on Monday turned sour with the death of Darlan in the Champion Hurdle Trial at Doncaster. The JP McManus owned six […]
Ashley Cole’s mum celebrates Rio Ferdinand’s coin injury
The most embarrassing thing most of young men have to contend with from their mums is the occasional ‘cleaning of the face in public’ or the bombshell of ‘he thought he was a quiet masturbator, but the whole house could hear him bashing away’ being dropped – most likely timed perfectly for a quiet moment […]
Twitter reaction to Manchester United’s shock away defeat to Norwich
With Chelsea losing earlier in the day Alex Ferguson had a chance to increase Man United’s lead over a rival and remain at the at of the table. He doesn’t seem to have explained this properly to his Manchester United players because they had it in their heads that losing is the fashion of the […]
Betting news on Terry, Ferdinand and Ricky Hatton
Football John Terry will be expected to wear an anti-racism armband tonight when Chelsea take on Shakhtar Donetsk. Terry is currently serving a four-match domestic ban and paying a £220,000 fine for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. Paddy is expecting tonight’s game to be close with the hosts at 8/5 and Chelsea at 7/4 in the betting. Terry has a habit of performing exceptionally when surrounded by […]
Could Rio be nearing a Manchester United exit?
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Talking about t-shirts in football is nothing new. From Robbie Fowler’s support of Liverpool’s dockers to Mario Balotelli’s rhetorical question with a whole lot in between, they’ve regularly been a topic of discussion. On Saturday, the garments received attention once more. A handful of players refused to endorse […]
Betting news on Frankel, Rio Ferdinand and the Heineken Cup
Horse Racing There was doubt about his lining up at Ascot, but Frankel showed up and for the 14th time in 14 attempts – he delivered. The Qipco Champion Stakes will go down the record books as one of the narrowest victories of his career, but on ground that wasn’t ideal, it didn’t matter and […]
Cole favourite to be king of the Twitter twits
Ashley Cole has made a tw*t of himself again and Paddy Power is betting on who will be the next England international to be charged for tweeting. With Cole facing FA charges following his #bunchoftw*ts tweet, the ever unpopular Chelsea defender is the bookie’s favourite to re-offend at 8/1 followed by Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe at 10/1. […]
Netbusters video! United’s five best goals against Liverpool
The rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool has always been one of the fiercest and there is no better feeling than a last minute winner or a thumping victory over your greatest rivals. We’ve gone through some of the more memorable derbies to bring you the best five United goals against their Merseyside foes. Ryan […]
Premier League betting preview: Manchester United
Manchester United Summer Summary Despite spending £17m on Shinji Nagawa, United’s summer transfer dealings were on the underwhelming side of uninteresting. Until Alex Ferguson decided to buy a player he probably doesn’t really need in Robin van Persie. At least he prevented Manchester City from getting their hands on him and getting one over on […]
Betting News on London 2012, Ferdinand and Galway
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Caitlin McClatchey leads Britain’s medal hopes in the women’s 200m freestyle swimming heats earler today after qualifying for the semi-finals. The former 2006 Commonwealth champion was joint seventh fastest for Monday evening’s contest. Great Britain’s women’s hockey captain Kate Walsh will find […]
Betting news on Arsenal, Michael Owen and Luke Donald
Every lunchtime Paddy Power brings you the latest betting news! #lunchfillers Football Rio Ferdinand has sparked up the race-row again after comments on Twitter. Police are investigating alleged racist comments made against Ashley Cole on the social networking site. Somebody tweeted Ferdinand calling Cole a ‘choc ice’ to which the Manchester United defender responded ‘I hear […]
Betting news on Amir Khan, Ferdinand and Wiggins
#MORNING UPDATE By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer Boxing Amir Khan promised us a knockout in Las Vegas and he certainly delivered. Although being on the receiving end of it wasn’t part of the plan. Khan (25) suffered a shock defeat at the hands and gloves of American, Danny Garcia (24) earlier this morning. […]
Roy Hodgson explains ‘footballing reasons’ over Rio
England manager Roy Hodgson has hit back at criticism over his decision to leave Rio Ferdinand out of his Euro 2012 squad. Paddy Power Blog columnist Robbie Fowler was among those dismayed at the decision to ditch the experienced Manchester United centre-half when Gary Cahill got injured. Speaking today BBC Radio 5 live, Hodgson hit […]
England land in Poland but no Rio questions
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh in Poland THE team might sing God Save the Queen before every game, but this week it’s been a case of God Thank the Queen, as the Jubilee kept some of the spotlight off Roy Hodgson and his men. England’s backroom staff have been relieved at the timing of the quintessentially […]
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