Sports News and Betting Previews

Carling Cup Final - Manchester United vs Aston Villa

2010-02-04T06:40:00.000-08:00

It's the time for Carling Cup final Clash at Wembly stadium on 28th February. A week after Aston Villa into finals, Manchester United confirmed their bearth in the finals of the Carling Cup by defeating Manchester City. Once again it's Wayne Rooney's impressive performance that helped United to seal their place. After the match the boss of the Manchester United, Sir Ferguson praised Rooney as "truly world class" performance.

Most of the online bookmakers have made their betting odds in favour of Manchester United to lift the trophy.

February 2010 Sporting Fixtures

2010-02-02T02:26:00.000-08:00

Below is the information on the sporting fixture for the calendar month February.

Feb 2nd, 2010 Football – Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-final

Feb 3rd, 2010 Football - Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-final

Feb 2-5th, Snooker - China Open qualifying

Feb 5-7th, Badminton - English National Championships

Feb 6th Rugby Union - Six Nations, Ireland v Italy, Croke Park, and England v Wales, Twickenham

Feb 6th Football – Scottish FA Cup fifth round

Feb 7th American Football - Super Bowl XLIV, Miami

Feb 7th Rugby Union - Six Nations, Scotland v France

Feb 6-7th Tennis - Fed Cup first round

Feb 9-14th Squash - British National Championships, National Squash Centre,

Feb 10-14th Rallying - Swedish Rally

Feb 12-28th General - Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver

Feb 13th Football – FA Cup fifth round

Feb 13th Rugby Union - Six Nations, Wales v Scotland, Millennium Stadium, and France v Ireland

Feb 14th Rugby Union - Six Nations, Italy v England

Feb 14-15th Athletics - Aviva World Indoor trials & UK Indoor Championships,

Feb 15th Football Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Finals second leg

Feb 16-17 FOOTBALL – Champions League last 16 first legs

Feb 16-21 BADMINTON - European Team Championships, Warsaw

Feb 18 FOOTBALL – Europa League last 32 first legs

Feb 18-21 GOLF - WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Dove Mountain

Feb 19 CRICKET - Pakistan v England, First Twenty20 International, Dubai

Feb 20 CRICKET - Pakistan v England, Second Twenty20 International, Dubai

Feb 20-21 ATHLETICS - Aviva Indoor Grand Prix, Birmingham

Feb 23-24 FOOTBALL – Champions League last 16 first legs

Feb 24-Mar 9 SNOOKER - Betfred.com World Championship qualifying, Sheffield

Feb 25 FOOTBALL – Europa League last 32 second legs

Feb 26 RUGBY UNION - Six Nations, Wales v France, Millennium Stadium

Feb 27 RUGBY UNION - Six Nations, Italy v Scotland, TBC, and England v Ireland, Twickenham

Feb 28 RUGBY LEAGUE - World Club Challenge, Leeds v Melbourne, Elland Road

Feb 28 FOOTBALL – Carling Cup final, Wembley

Feb 28 CRICKET - Bangladesh v England, First one-day international, Mirpur

Feb 28-Mar 13 HOCKEY - Men's World Cup, New Delhi

Punters start placing your online bets !

Spread Betting on sports

2010-01-31T10:59:00.000-08:00

Most of the online bookies offer spread betting on sports. Spread betting on sports produce good returns on small stakes. The chances of winning more holds if you are right in your approach.

If you go wrong, you may potentially lose. Spread betting provides a huge choice of betting opportunities. So before placing a spread bet, first understand the market and then follow-up with your own research interms of the players, play conditions, weather etc, and as always try to control your risk.

Enjoy spread betting on sports.

Andy Murray into Semi-finals of 2010 Australian Open

2010-01-27T04:23:00.000-08:00

Andy Murray has bet the defending champion and the world number two, Rafael Nadal by 6-3 7-6 (7/2) 3-0 in the quarter finals of the 2010 Australian Open. Andy Murray is yet to win a grand slam in his career. A win at Australian Open is something he would love to cherish. In-form Marin Cilic of Croatia stands between Murray and the final. The semi-finals would be on Thursday, 28th at 8:30 GMT. Murray is confident that he is ready to end his wait for the first grand slam title.

Who will win the cheltenham gold cup 2010

2010-01-26T05:53:00.000-08:00

Cheltenham gold cup is an important event on the day four of the cheltenham festival. Online bookmakers have started predicting the competition would be mainly between the Paul Nichols trained horses - Kauto Star and Paul Nicholls. Who do you think is going to win the cheltenham gold cup?

1. Kauto Star

2. Denman

3. Imperial Commander

4. Cooldine

5. What a friend

6. Carruthers

7. Money Trix

8. Madison Du Berlais

9. Notre Pere

10. Taranis

11. None of the above

Football Betting

2010-01-25T08:17:00.000-08:00

Football is an exciting sport and most of the people would love to bet on football because of the passion for the game and also due to the knowledge of the sport. If you are serious about winning on the bets placed on football, here a few football betting tips for you.

The first and foremost tip is to look into the state and condition of the football team on which you want to place your bets. Emotional state of the teams plays a crucial role. The second tip is to look at the past performance of the competing teams. The stats would definitely give you an idea on how many times both the teams have competed and how many times the particular team has won. Also look at the most recent performance of both the teams.

If you do considerable research on the above things, it'd be easier for you to make some profits on your football bets. Before placing the bets also look at the betting odds of the bookmakers, this also will give an insight into whom the bookmakers are favouring as the bookmakers do considerable research at the time of computing betting odds

Cheltenham Festival Betting

2010-01-25T07:58:00.000-08:00

Cheltenham Festival is an important horse racing event for every National Hunt racing fan. The four days of exciting cheltenham racing festival begins on March 15th. The opening day features Champion Hurdle and the Queen Mother Champion chase is the most important event on the second day of the cheltenham festival. Day three features Ladbrokes World Hurdle. The main event of the cheltenham meeting falls on the day four, the cheltenham gold cup where Kauto Star and Denman will be competing for the Gold Cup. With other major Cheltenham racing highlights such as the RSA Chase, Ryanair Chase, Festival Bumper and Arkle Chase, the 2010 cheltenham festival is going to prove every bit as exciting as any Cheltenham racing event in recent memory. So what are you waiting for, get started with the cheltenham horse racing betting

Cricket: Team India on Top against Bangladesh in the Second Test Match

2010-01-25T07:26:00.000-08:00

Team India is in a very dominating position in the second test match at Mirpur. Having won the toss, bangladesh failed to utilize the good bowling condition and went into the bat in the first innings and collapsed for 233 in the first day of the test match. India responded with 459 for 5 at the end of the second day with centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Cricket Betting Odds are totally in facvour of India as India is heading for another test victory at Mirpur.

Aston Villa headed to Wembly for the Carling Cup Final

2010-01-22T02:21:00.000-08:00

Aston Villa defeated Blackburn Rovers in an exciting carling cup semi-final match. The star of the match was James Milner, who played exceptionally and his all-round performance highlights why he should be selected in the England squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

In an another exciting carling cup semi-final match, Man United is going to face Manchester city on wednesday, 27th January. The winner of the two is going to face Aston Villa in the Carling Cup final at Wembly. However, the carling cup final betting odds are in favour of Aston Villa because of their recent success and their attacking and composed style of play.

William sisters advances into the Third round of the 2010 Australian Open

2010-01-22T01:46:00.000-08:00

Serena and venus williams won their second round matches and cruised into the third round of the 2010 australian open tennis grand slam.

Serena william is going to face Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in her third round. Navarrow has defeated Venus williams in the second round of the 2009 Australian Open.

Venus williams is facing Casey Dellacqua of Australia. Whereas in Men's Singles, Federer, Djokovic and Davydenko have advanced into the third round of the 2010 Australian Open Grand Slam.

Gauti's century helped India to dominate the First Test

2010-01-20T07:44:00.000-08:00

Gautam Ghambir's excellent form continued into the first test match with Bangladesh at Chittagong. India having struggled in the first innings of the test match with some excellent bowling of Shakib Al Hasan in the first innings made a come back into the match in the second innings with some quality batting display from Gautam Ghambir and Laxman. This is Gauti's fifth century in the five test matches he has played recently. Thursday is the final day of the test match and Bangladesh is already two wickets down. They need to bat the remaining 90 overs on the last day to escape defeat and the betting odds are strongly in favour of team India.

Australian Open 2010: Andy Murray into the third round

2010-01-20T07:28:00.000-08:00

An update on the Australian open tennis, World Number five, Andy Murray cruised into the third round of the 2010 Australian open grand slam with 6-1, 6-4, and 6-3 victory over Marc Gicquel of France. Britan's Andy Murray is one of the favourites for the Australian open grand slam and today with his straight sets victory over Marc Gicquel, most of the online bookmakers altered their Tennis betting odds in favour of Andy Murray.

2010 Six Nations Championship

2010-01-20T06:27:00.000-08:00

Six Nations Championship is an important international tournament for European rugby sides and the competition is held every year. France, England, Italy, Wales, Scotland and Ireland compete for the six nations tournament. Until 2000, this tournament was known as Five Nations Championship and with Italy joining the tournament, it's called as the six nations championship.

England has the most outright wins and grand slams in this tournament and is followed by Wales and France. Ireland is the 2009 six nations champion and England finished off as the runners in 2009 six nations championship. The betting odds for 2010 six nations championship are in favour of France. Let's see who is going to walk away with the championship trophy.

Australian Open 2010: Competition wide open

2010-01-15T07:47:00.000-08:00

The first grand slam tennis tournament of the year, The Australian open starts on 18th of January. This hardcourt grand slam event ends on 31st January. Betting odds for 2010 Australian Open Grand Slam favour the top-ranked serena williams and Roger federer. However, the other contenders in Men's single are in good form too. Andy Roddick has won the first title of the season at the Brisbane International by defeating Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic and Rafael Nadal might try to defend his title. In women's singles, it's good to see Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters back in action at the Australian Open after their retirement from International Tennis.

2010 Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam Championship

2010-01-12T08:57:00.000-08:00

Australian open tennis grand slam is one of the biggest sporting events in the month of January this year. It's going to be an interesting contest this year in both Men's single's and Women's single's championship.

In Men's singles, with Del Potro, Murray, Djokovic and Andy Roddick in good form, it's not going to be easy for the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. In Women's singles, is Serena going to repeat her 2009 peformance? This year it's very hard to predict. Watch out who is going out win the 2010 Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam championship.

Cricket - Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh

2010-01-11T08:25:00.000-08:00

India and Srilanka to compete in the finals of the Tri-Nation Tournament. Having made into the finals already, India has thrashed Bangladesh today reaching 249 in 43 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Kohli has made an unbeaten centures to take India home comfortably. Bingo ...Let's see who is going to win in the finals. However the cricket betting odds favour India.

Jimmy White out of The Masters

2010-01-11T03:35:00.000-08:00

Jimmy White made first round exit from the masters. It was more of a one sided game in which Mark King ousted Jimmy White by 6-2.

Mark King is going to face Stephen Maguire in the next game.

Below are the latest results of the The Masters

First Round: Mark King bt Jimmy White 6-2

Second Round: Mark Selby bt Ding Junhui 6-1 & Peter Ebdon bt Marco Fu 6-2

Snooker - January 2010 Fixtures

2010-01-11T03:29:00.000-08:00

January 2010 Snooker Fixtures

The Masters
Event Date: January 10-17
Event Venue: Wembley Arena

Welsh Open
Date: January 25-31
Event Venue: The Newport Centre

FA Cup Fixtures

2010-01-08T05:40:00.000-08:00

FA Challenge Cup Third Round 12th January, Tuesday 2010
Accrington v Gillingham
Brentford v Doncaster
Bristol City v Cardiff City
Notts County v Forest Green

FA Challenge Cup Third Round Replay
Birmingham v Nottm Forest
Coventry v Portsmouth
Derby v Millwall
QPR v Sheff Utd

FA Challenge Cup Third Round Replay Wednesday 13th January 2010
Liverpool v Reading 19.45
Newcastle v Plymouth 19.45

FA Challenge Cup Fourth Round Saturday 23rd January 2010
Accrington Stanley/Gillingham v Fulham
Aston Villa v Brighton
Bolton v Sheff Utd/QPR
Bristol City/Cardiff v Leicester
Everton v Nottm Forest/Birmingham
Millwall/Derby v Brentford/Doncaster
Notts County/Forest Green v Wigan Athletic
Portsmouth/Coventry v Sunderland
Preston NE v Chelsea
Reading/Liverpool v Burnley
Live on FA website

Scunthorpe v Man City
Postponed - now being played Sun, Jan 24

Southampton v Ipswich
Stoke City v Arsenal
Postponed - now being played Sun, Jan 24

Tottenham v Leeds Utd
West Brom v Plymouth/Newcastle
Wolves v C.Palace

FA Challenge Cup Fourth Round Sunday 24th January 2010
Scunthorpe v Man City
Stoke City v Arsenal

2010 World Cup Match Schedule

2010-01-08T01:48:00.000-08:00

Group Matches

South Africa - Mexico Fri 11.06.10 1 Johannesburg - JSC 16:00 hrs
Uruguay - France Cape Town 20:30 hrs

Korea Republic - Greece Sat 12.06.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 13:30 hrs
Argentina - Nigeria Johannesburg - JEP 16:00 hrs
England - USA Rustenburg 20:30 hrs

Algeria - Slovenia Sun 13.06.10 Polokwane 13:30 hrs
Serbia - Ghana Tshwane / Pretoria 16:00 hrs
Germany - Australia Durban 20:30 hrs

Netherlands - Denmark Mon 14.06.10 Johannesburg - JSC 13:30 hrs
Japan - Cameroon Mangaung / BFN 16:00 hrs
Italy - Paraguay Cape Town 20:30 hrs

New Zealand - Slovakia Tue 15.06.10 Rustenburg 13:30 hrs
Côte d'Ivoire - Portugal Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 16:00 hrs
Brazil - Korea DPR Johannesburg - JEP 20:30 hrs

Honduras - Chile Wed 16.06.10 Nelspruit 13:30 hrs
Spain - Switzerland Durban 16:00 hrs
South Africa - Uruguay Tshwane / Pretoria 20:30 hrs

Argentina - Korea Republic Thu 17.06.10 Johannesburg - JSC 13:30 hrs
Greece - Nigeria Mangaung / BFN 16:00 hrs
France - Mexico Polokwane 20:30 hrs

Germany - Serbia Fri 18.06.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 13:30 hrs
Slovenia - USA Johannesburg - JEP 16:00 hrs
England - Algeria Cape Town 20:30 hrs

Netherlands - Japan Sat 19.06.10 Durban 13:30 hrs
Ghana - Australia Rustenburg 16:00 hrs
Cameroon - Denmark Tshwane / Pretoria 20:30 hrs

Slovakia - Paraguay Sun 20.06.10 Mangaung / BFN 13:30 hrs
Italy - New Zealand Nelspruit 16:00 hrs
Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire Johannesburg - JSC 20:30 hrs

Portugal - Korea DPR Mon 21.06.10 Cape Town 13:30 hrs
Chile - Switzerland Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 16:00 hrs
Spain - Honduras Johannesburg - JEP 20:30 hrs

Mexico - Uruguay Tue 22.06.10 Rustenburg 16:00 hrs
France - South Africa Mangaung / BFN 16:00 hrs
Nigeria - Korea Republic Durban 20:30 hrs
Greece - Argentina Polokwane 20:30 hrs

Slovenia - England Wed 23.06.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 16:00 hrs
USA - Algeria Tshwane / Pretoria 16:00 hrs
Ghana - Germany Johannesburg - JSC 20:30 hrs
Australia - Serbia Nelspruit 20:30 hrs

Slovakia - Italy Thu 24.06.10 Johannesburg - JEP 16:00 hrs
Paraguay - New Zealand Polokwane 16:00 hrs
Denmark - Japan Rustenburg 20:30 hrs
Cameroon - Netherlands Cape Town 20:30 hrs

Portugal - Brazil Fri 25.06.10 Durban 16:00 hrs
Korea DPR - Côte d'Ivoire Nelspruit 16:00 hrs
Chile - Spain Tshwane / Pretoria 20:30 hrs
Switzerland - Honduras Mangaung / BFN 20:30 hrs

Round of 16

1A - 2B Sat 26.06.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 16:00 hrs
1C - 2D Rustenburg 20:30 hrs
1D - 2C Sun 27.06.10 Mangaung / BFN 16:00 hrs
1B - 2A Johannesburg - JSC 20:30 hrs
1E - 2F Mon 28.06.10 Durban 16:00 hrs
1G - 2H Johannesburg - JEP 20:30 hrs
1F - 2E Tue 29.06.10 Tshwane / Pretoria 16:00 hrs
1H - 2G Cape Town 20:30 hrs

Quarter-finals

W53 - W54 Fri 02.07.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 16:00 hrs
W49 - W50 Johannesburg - JSC 20:30 hrs
W52 - W51 Sat 03.07.10 Cape Town 16:00 hrs
W55 - W56 Johannesburg - JEP 20:30 hrs

World Cup Semi-finals

W58 - W57 Tue 06.07.10 Cape Town 20:30 hrs
W59 - W60 Wed 07.07.10 Durban 20:30 hrs

Play-off for third place

L61 - L62 Sat 10.07.10 Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ 20:30 hrs

World Cup Final

W61 - W62 Sun 11.07.10 Johannesburg - JSC 20:30 hrs

January 2010 Sporting Calendar

2010-01-08T01:41:00.000-08:00

Punters can check out the important sporting events in January and place their bet on sports

Jan 2 FOOTBALL – FA Cup third round

Jan 2-10 DARTS - BDO Lakeside World Championship, Frimley Green

Jan 3-7 CRICKET - South Africa v England, Third Test, Newlands

Jan 3 DARTS - PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championship final, Alexandra Palace, London

Jan 4-24 BOWLS - World Indoor Championship, Hopton-on-sea

Jan 5-6 FOOTBALL – Carling Cup semi-finals first leg

Jan 9 FOOTBALL – Scottish FA Cup fourth round

Jan 9-10 AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Wild Card playoff games

Jan 10-21 FOOTBALL - African Nations Cup group stage

Jan 10-17 SNOOKER - The Masters, Wembley Arena

Jan 14-18 CRICKET - South Africa v England, Fourth Test, Wanderers

January 16-17 AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Divisional playoff games

Jan 17 BASKETBALL - BBL Cup final, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Jan 18-31 TENNIS - Australian Open, Melbourne

Jan 19-20 FOOTBALL – Carling Cup semi-finals second leg

Jan 19-20 FOOTBALL – Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Finals first leg

Jan 19-22 SNOOKER - Welsh Open qualifying, Prestatyn

Jan 23 FOOTBALL – FA Cup fourth round

Jan 24 AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Conference Championship games

Jan 24-25 FOOTBALL - African Nations Cup second round

Jan 25-31 SNOOKER - Welsh Open, Newport

Jan 28 FOOTBALL - African Nations Cup semi-finals

Jan 29 RUGBY LEAGUE - engage Super League regular season starts

Jan 30 FOOTBALL - African Nations Cup third place play-off, Benguela

Jan 30 ATHLETICS - Aviva International, Glasgow

Jan 31 FOOTBALL - African Nations Cup final, Luanda.

So whats stopping? gets started with sports betting today !

World Cup in South Africa

2010-01-08T01:28:00.001-08:00

Images at World Cup Draw

Its a carnival time in South Africa, with South Africa hosting the 2010 football World Cup