Colin Montgomerie is 12/1 to captain Europe in the 2012 Ryder Cup following his 2010 appointment today.
Bookies Paddy Power are betting on Europes future appointment and with Monty taking charge in 2010 the path now looks clear for his main challenger Jose Maria Olazabal to captain Europes challenge in 2012. The Spaniard is just 2/5 [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by admin
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Paddy Powers Robbie & Relegation Betting
Everton are the 5/2 favourites to be the next destination for Liverpools out of favour striker Robbie Keane.
Following requests from punters in Ireland and the UK bookie Paddy Power is soccer betting on Robbie Keanes next club after he failed to make the bench for Liverpools FA Cup stalemate with [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by admin
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With Newcastle keeper Shay Given rumoured to be the subject of a 10 million bid from Manchester City. Will Shay want to help his potential new pay-masters or show them what they might miss with a vintage performance?
As the two sides prepare to meet tomorrow night bookie Paddy Power is offer odds 9/2 Given keeps [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by admin
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Yao Ming’s sore right knee sidelined him for the Houston Rockets just as they welcomed back Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest.
Yao said his knee was “close” to being healthy enough to play Sunday night against the Detroit Pistons and hoped to be back in the lineup Monday night on the road against the New York [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by admin
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TORONTO 113, SACRAMENTO 97
TORONTO Chris Bosh scored 31 points and Andrea Bargnani added 24 as the Toronto Raptors used a huge third quarter to cruise past the Sacramento Kings, 113-97.
Toronto led 56-53 at halftime in a back-and-forth opening 24 minutes before outscoring Sacramento, 31-21, in the third. The Raptors led by as many as 22 [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by admin
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Lionel Hollins is clear about what steps he needs to take to succeed in the daunting task of leading the Memphis Grizzlies to respectability.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” Hollins said at a news conference on Sunday to introduce him as the Grizzlies new coach. “I believe that I have a vision of what it [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by admin
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Roger Federer doesn’t think he needs to be in a hurry to break Pete Sampras’ Grand Slam record.
Federer is bidding to equal Sampras’ 14 major titles by capturing the Australian Open.
The growing perception is that the 27-year-old Swiss will find it harder than in recent years to win a major, with Andy Murray joining Rafael [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by admin
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Results Monday from the$15,44 million (?11,64 million) Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Men
First Round
Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.
Tomas Berdych (20), Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by admin
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After struggling in her first match at the Australian Open since losing last year’s final, Ana Ivanovic finished with a flourish in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Julia Goerges on Monday.
Fifth-seeded Ivanovic was broken once in each set but fended off five other break points before finishing with consecutive aces against Goerges, a German ranked [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by admin
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Mike Montgomery would like nothing more than to keep the focus on his team, not on him.
Not this weekend.
“Who we playing this week?” the coach of No. 22 California asked as he opened his weekly news conference, his Golden Bears back in the poll for the first time since March 2003. “Huh? Oh, that’s right, [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2009 by admin
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