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Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 08:01 AM
Watch Cavs VS Wizards Live Online Full Free Stream Former Eastern rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Washington Wizards, revisit their rivalry this season. Last year, the Wizards finished one of the worst record in the league, and were playing most of the season without Gilbert Arenas. This year, Cavs vs Wizards play the second game of their season series. LeBron James and the Cavs defeated the Wizards last Nov 3rd (102-90). Will the Cavs make it 2-0 tonight vs the Wizards? On the other hand, the Wizards are trying to avoid a seven game losing streak, and an impressive win vs the Cavs tonight would definitely get the Wizards back on track.
Watch Cleveland Cavaliers VS Washington Wizards LIVE from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Cavs vs Wizards NBA game tips off at exactly 7 PM ET. Don't miss the full live coverage of Cavs vs Wizards from local TV channels FSO and CSN-W, and through ESPN live NBA streaming.
Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 01:40 AM
NFL Power Rankings Week 11: Indianapolis Remains Undefeated
Based on
Monday Night Football game, NFL power rankings - Week 11 are subject to change. New Orleans and Indianapolis still continue to control the NFL Power Rankings in Week 11.
On Monday Night, it is being assumed that the Ravens defeat the Browns. If the Browns win, these power rankings will be updated Monday night.
Honorable Mentions : Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans, New York Giants.
NFL Power Rankings Week 11Out of Top 10: Denver Broncos (7) and Atlanta Falcons (9)
The Monday Night Football game is between Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns .
NFL Power Rankings Week 11: (1) Indianapolis Colts (9-0)
The Indianapolis Colts remain at ONE. They do not have any depleted defense. Still, Peyton Manning has looked unstoppable in pursuit to a 9-0 record.
NFL Power Rankings Week 11: (2) New Orleans Saints (9-0)
It appeared as though the Saints overlooked the St. Louis Rams. With the Patriots coming in two weeks, they might overlook the Buccaneers.
NFL Power Rankings Week 11: (3) Cincinnati Bengals (7-2)
After sweeping the Pittsburgh Steelers, its time to accept that the Cincinnati Bengals are a serious contender in th...
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Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 01:41 AM
Clear Thoughts for the Cloudy Minds
Check out sports betting community for
NFL Power Rankings Week 11 betting tips & picks, free nfl picks at BetRepublic.com
Cincinnati took a big jump in the standings and is now one of the AFC favorites to make it to the Super Bowl, along with New England, and Indianapolis.
The Steelers without Polamalu is like a day without sunshine. Gloomy and dark.
Your number one team in the NFL is. The New Orleans Saints.
No. two, is Peyton Manning and the Colts. They are undefeated unless New England gets them tonight, then the Colts drop two spots, and New England goes up one to two positions.
No. three position is held by the Minnesota Vikings ar 8-1. There is no explanation here. They have the third best record in the league against some quality teams.
No four are the Cincinnati Bengals. A big win over Pittsburgh, sweeping that series, and a 7-2 record that should in all reality be 8-1. This team is all about the W.
Deep breathe here now. Relax. Clear your mind of all barriers and let the truth flow. Hang on not to past dreams, but today’s reality. Denver has lost three in a row. Dallas got shut out in Green Bay, who can't beat Tampa Bay.
No one else is eligible for this number five spot so welcome back Patriots the the top five of professional football. Fear Bill Belicek and Tom Brady ...
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Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 01:11 AM
Live Streaming New Zealand Vs Pakistan 2nd T20. Pakistan won the 1st Twenty20 against the New Zealand by 49 runs and have proved that they are the T20 Champions.
They started off brilliantly and teams looks to be very confident under the captaincy of Shahid Afridi. They know their strengths quite well and have used them against the kiwis attack. Pakistan showed an overall team performance, they were upto the mark in batting n balling and doesn’t gave any room to the kiwis. Now they need this consistency to win the
2-T20 match series and take some revenge.
New Zealand on the other side looks to be very inconsistent in both bowling n batting. Their bowlers was not delivering the right length which results in too much runs. They need to play like they have played in the last 2-ODI against the Pakistan in order to level the 2-T20 match series. The top batting order collapsed without major contribution. They slaughtered the 1st over of Aamer but from the very next over they start loosing wickets and was not able to hold up their innings.
Teams:
Pakistan (possible): 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Shoaib Malik, 4 Shahid Afridi (capt), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Fawad Alam, 7 Abdul Razzaq, 8 Mohammad Aamer, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Iftikhar Anjum/Sohail Tanvir, 11 Saeed Aj...
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Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 07:52 AM
Live Cricket Streaming and Score of
South Africa vs England, 1st T20I at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday 13th November Day/Night, Timing:18:00 local | 16:00 GMT 21:30.
England will face South Africa in the first T20I between the two sides on the tour. This game will the first international game of the long, two moth tour for England, which will have see two T20Is, five ODIs and four test matches played between the two sides.
The English side has made a good start to the tour by winning both their opening warm-up games against the Warriors and the Eagles in a rather convincing manner. More importantly, it is the fact that almost all their batsmen and bowlers had a decent outing, with Andrew Strauss leading from the front and hitting form immediately.
The game will be played at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, and it will be interesting to see the kind of playing eleven that the English team goes to the field with. Strauss should open the innings with Joe Denly, but the biggest piece of news that comes in for the English team is that Kevin Pietersen is fit and should be ready for the T20Is. This will make the English side much more potent that they were in the shorter format of the game against Australia. Pietersen should bat at the number three position.
Jonathon Trott should be selected as well, and as was evident in the Ashes,...
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Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 01:47 AM
Claridge and Eastham target this weekend's Internationals for betting value...
As there are no Premier League matches this weekend
Bet Republic TV hosts Steve Claridge and James Eastham are covering this Saturday and Sunday's last few World Cup Qualifiers in their
Premier League Preview Show.
As well as the World Cup Qualifiers there is also a full schedule of International friendlies including an enticing encounter in Qatar between England and Brazil.
Sports betting expert James Eastham presents the show - that is streamed onto bet republic on Thursday evenings - alongside Steve Claridge, a former professional footballer with clubs including Portsmouth and Leicester.
Each week the two betting-mad pundits trawl through bookmakers' prices to hunt out the weekend's best bets. They have a formidable record of picking winners every week from among the 100 or so markets that are available on every game of football with most bookmakers.
These are the games that they are focusing on this weekend, with stats and betting recommendations. You can watch the show on www.Betepublic.com from Thursday evening at 9pm UK time. Alternatively video clips of the game will run on the BetRepublic YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/slicker66.
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Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 07:56 AM
Sri Lanka Test Team Arrives for India Series
India Vs Srilanka - Sri Lankan Test team arrived on Sunday to play 3 test matches, 2 T20 matches, 5 one day matches and also one tour match with Indian Board President's XI.
Sri Lankan Test team, seeking its first win in India, arrived on Sunday to play a three-match series, commencing on November 16.
The Kumar Sangakkara-led squad landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at around 2.30 AM.
The team will begin their campaign with a three-day game against Board President's XI starting on November 11 in Mumbai, from where they will move on to Ahmedabad for the first Test starting from November 16.
Kanpur (November 24-November 28) and Mumbai (December 2-December 6) will host the second and third Tests respectively.
Both the teams have played each other 29 times in Test matches with India having won 11 matches, while the visitors have won only five. The remaining 13 matches have ended in draws.
Interestingly, none of Sri Lanka's five wins have come in India though the visiting team has played 14 matches in the country.
India beat Sri Lanka 2-0 the last time these two teams met in the country in a three-match series in 2005-06.
After the Test series, Sri Lanka will play two Twenty20 Internationals Nagpur (December 9) and Mohali (December 12) and five One-daye...
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Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 02:01 AM
Pakistan v New Zealand 1st T20 Match Live Pakistan After losing the series in the nail biting 3rd ODI need to comeback in the first t20. Pakistan Vs Newzeland 1st T20 will be held on 12 Nov 09 at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium at 20:00 local | 16:00 GM.
For all the Pakistan Fans & T20 Cricket Lovers this match will definitely provide great entertainment. For Pakistan Afridi, Misbah are the key players & stroke makers. Especially Misbah who knocks in the deep middle order has great potential in the T20.
Brandon Mc Cullum, Jessy Rider are key players for NewZeland. Jessy Rider who knocked brilliantly in the IPL/Champions T20 have lot of potential. All over the Pitch is very much friendly to the batsman. no rains. so the Paksitan Vs NewZeland 1st ODI will definitely a high scoring match. Watch out the Pakistan Vs Newzeland 1st T20 Live Streaming.
Paksitan needed a big innings from the top like the Kiwis did in 3rd ODI, It's always good to see youngsters perform, it's a good sign for Cricket.
After a superb performance of India, Australia, Newzeland, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe the power of ODI kept on high. But now Its Time to cheer with the T20 - Lets watch Pakistan v New Zealand 1st T20 Match Live Streaming.
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:18 AM
India v Australia 7th ODI Live Streaming,
Australia have won the series and the 7th ODI just becomes significant from a
statistician’s point of view; probably another last chance for India to play
their best.
The mighty Aussies (they deserved to be called
so) have come to the subcontinent with no big names and played with almost a
second rated team and have gotten unassailable lead of 4 games to 2 and the
7-match ODI series will conclude with the last one day match in Mumbai
on Wednesday.
If the 5th ODI had been a close finish and seen a
swinging of fortunes until the last over, the 6th ODI had been a boring one to
say the least. India won the toss and elected to bat at Nehru
Stadium, Guwahati only to disappoint the fans who thought that they would see
the top order fire. The first 5 wickets fell under 30 runs and it must have
taken resilience on part of youngsters like Jadeja and Praveen
Kumar to take to 170 runs. The small total was chased with little effort by
the Aussies.
So the Indian team would go to the Mumbai’s
Bradbourne Stadium with least memories of the disastrous 6th one dayer. Mike
Hussey had been the highest run getter in the series and he will not like
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Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 07:37 AM
Watch
Pakistan Vs New Zealand Cricket Live Streaming 3rd ODI Cricket Match.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand Final ODI Today Live Streaming, The Cool & Cool Cup is all set for a thrilling finale with Pakistan, taking in New Zealand in the decisive third day at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium on Today.
Watch Live Cricket With both teams having won one game each, the head decides its climax with lights.
While Pakistan had a crushing 138-run victory in the opening match on Tuesday, New Zealand hit back in style, winning the second game by 64 runs on Friday.
All-rounder Shahid Afridi still cornerstone of Pakistan in their aspirations to win a number of days after an interval of one year. Pakistan have not won an ODI series since beating West Indies ? here last year.
Afridi was at his devastating best in the first game, breaking 70 of 50 balls and then took two points of the star in the team’s victory. Although not scored in the second game, the leg-spinner took a couple of points.
Pakistan reflection would be looking at another brilliant display of his all-terrain, including Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq in the final.
In the positive field, the team is excited to be joining their starters. Khalid Latif was an impressive tournament, scoring 64 and 45 in two games.
After a disappointing start on Tuesday, Salman Butt successf...
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Posted Saturday, November 07, 2009 03:10 AM
Watch Live Match Now
India vs Australia 6th ODI Live StreamingIndia vs Australia 6th ODI Nov 8 Sunday
Nehru Stadium
Guwahati 09:00
So, whom do you think will win 6th ODI India Vs Australia Match? It’s the 6th ODI of the Series and let me make you know that the last match which was 5th ODI India Vs Australia at Hyderabad was won by Australia with 3 Runs and Australia lead the series with 3-2.
The lack of Consistency is making india loose all the matches.
After courting defeat in the 5th ODI from the jaws of victory, Indian captain M S Dhoni said that India could not win the mental battle against Australia in Hyderabad.
I don`t think it was the talent part. I think it was the mental part, where you know you can play a big shot and you back yourself to do that,??? Dhoni said. ???At times you just go through the motions, you don`t know if such a shot is needed or not.???
Dhoni also said that India could not come up with one last minute knock-out punch which might win them the close game. ???We came very close, but the one last effort that we needed as a team we couldn`t put in???, Dhoni said after the match.
Dhoni also conceded the fact that dropping so many catches is one of the reasons behind India???s downfall. ???We dropped thre...
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Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 01:31 AM
Autumn Internationals Week One
Betting PreviewsSaturday, 07 November 2009
England v Australia, 14:30
Wales v New Zealand, 17:15
No Australian team made the finals of the Super 14 this season. Australia have lost five of their last six games, and not only that, but they were losers on the bookmakers’ handicaps, too. And yet, the layers believe that the Wallabies are a considerably better team than England in the opener to the autumn international series at Twickenham on Saturday.
On the face of it, it is easy to see why the layers have taken that particular view. The November internationals have been a happy hunting ground for the Tri Nations teams in recent times. The Six Nations teams have won just four of those 23 matches going back to the autumn of 2006. It’s a shocking record, and it shows quite how far ahead the southern hemisphere teams are at the moment.
Australia come into this weekend’s fixture with the heartbeat of the team ripped out of them. Their skipper, Stirling Mortlock is still absent through injury, and if that wasn’t enough, his midfield partner and vice-captain Berrick Barnes also misses out. It’s quite an absentee list, and one that England coach Martin Johnson will appreciate. The former world-cup winning skipper has named three of ...
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Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 03:26 AM
Watch out, It’s
Billie Jean vs. Bobby Riggs all over again this weekend, except for the fact that this Billie will have to beat TWELVE Bobbie’s. The 5-year old female sensation Zenyatta will race against twelve males in the
Breeders Cup Classic, second only to the Kentucky Derby as the biggest race of the year. It will be the mares first time in the Classic and first time running against the boys.
No female has ever won this race and only three have even tried, with Jolyphya’s third place finish in 1992 being the best finish by a female so far. But this is a very un-girl like girl - the mare stands at a massive seventeen hands (for readers who are unfamiliar with horse latitudes and longitudes seventeen hands is freakishly large.)
In addition to running against males for the first time, it will also be her first time running the distance of a mile and a quarter, but apparently both facts are overshadowed by her 13-0 lifetime record, because she is still the betting favourite at odds of 5-2.
Between now and Saturday, I will work on whittling down the field to isolate my play in The Classic and the other races on the card. Handicapping the thoroughbreds is very unlike ‘capping other sports, with your picks changing right up until post time. ...
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Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 02:41 AM
Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to leave
Formula One motor racing, a person close to the Japanese auto maker said Wednesday, in the latest blow to the popular global sport.
Toyota follows Honda as the second major Japanese automaker to withdraw from Formula One.
Toyota is expected to call a news conference in Japan later today to announce the decision, which follows the end of this year's racing season this past weekend, the knowledgeable person said.
The exact reason for the move wasn't immediately clear. But it comes at a time when Toyota is struggling with losses following the collapse of car sales in the U.S. and other major markets. Running a
Formula One racing team is extremely expensive, costing as much as hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Toyota's expected announcement could deal a major blow to the future of Formula One, which in recent months has also seen BMW AG and Honda Motor Co. leave the sport to cut costs amid sluggish global auto sales. Formula One also has been suffering from declining attendance, internal power struggles and a poor environmental image.
Although a marginal sport in the U.S., Formula One has established itself as the pinnacle of international motor racing and attracts huge television audiences in Euro...
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Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 01:17 AM
The 2009
Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions is a singles-only tennis tournament that will be played on indoor hard courts. Watch the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions at the Bali International Convention Centre in Bali, Indonesia from November 4 through November 8, 2009.
The field has been set for the inaugural Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, a season-ending event featuring top ten highest-ranked players who have won an International tournament during the 2009 season but who are not competing at the
Sony Ericsson Championships, which features the top eight singles players of the season.
LIST OF THE PLAYERS PARTICIPATING IN BALI
Direct Entrants
RANK (as of 10/26/09) / PLAYER / INTERNATIONAL TITLE/S WON
No.12 Marion Bartoli (Monterrey)
No.13 Samantha Stosur (Osaka)
No.19 Yanina Wickmayer (Estoril, Linz)
No.27 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Fes)
No.31 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Bogota, Bastad)
No.32 Shahar Peer (Guangzhou, Tashkent)
No.39 Melinda Czink (Quebec City)
No.42 Agnes Szavay (Budapest)
No.44 Aravane Rezai (Strasbourg)
No.46 Magdalena Rybarikova (Birmingham)
Wildcards
No.25 Sabine Lisicki
No.100 Kimiko Date Krumm
The $600,0...
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Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 07:42 AM
Tuesday sees the latest games in the group stage of the Champions League and there is a betting feast in store. At fast-growing
sports betting community, bet republic you can find out where the betting value lies and where the UK's top tipsters are putting their money.
Sports betting expert James Eastham has picked out the best bets from Tuesday's fixtures and he has a fantastic record of hunting out the right bet from the 100 or so markets that online bookmakers like to price up, be ready to tune into bet republic television (BRTV) for watching
champions league matches on Tuesday.
Out of 143.5 points that Eastham has staked in his popular blog, written under the nom de plume "papinade", he is showing an impressive profit of +31.71 points. That represents a return on investment of just over 22% which you would never get in a bank in this low interest rate environment.
This is where James believes the value lies in Tuesday's games. Out of the 8 Champions League matches that are taking place he has selected 3 bets that he feels will give sports bettors an excellent run for their money.
Champions League matches on Tuesday, 3 November 2009
AC Milan v Real Madrid, Gp C, 19:45
Apoel Nicosia v FC Porto, ...
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Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 02:11 AM
Australian stayer Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million dollar (five million US) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington so check out more
Melbourne Cup Horse Racing Betting Picks or Online Horse Racing Betting.
The Irish-bred four-year-old Shocking (9/1) raced three wide for most of the two-miler but finished too strong for Godolphin's Crime Scene (40/1).
Shocking had three-quarters of a length to spare over Crime Scene with the South African-trained Mourilyan (20/1) another one-and-a-half lengths away third.
It was a triumph for Australian jockey Corey Brown, who was beaten by a nose on English galloper Bauer in last year's Melbourne Cup.
It was another
Melbourne Cup heartbreak for the global Godolphin stable with its third second-place finish in Australia's iconic horse race.
Crime Scene, Godolphin's only starter after deciding not to enter Kirklees, now joins Central Park (1999) and Give The Slip (2001) as the stable's runners-up in the Melbourne Cup.
Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Crime Scene looked set to draw away inside the final 200m (furlong) but could not go with Shocking in the last bit and was well beaten at the post.
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Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 05:10 AM
The Week 10
NCAAF College Football Schedule has some key match-ups this week. Games are scheduled for just about all week long, including a Sunday Night match-up. Look for some sparks to fly in this weekend's top 25 games scheduled as well. It all starts on Tuesday evening with a Bowling Green Vs. Buffalo match-up.
There are 3 games scheduled on Thursday and one game Friday, and Sunday. On Saturday, there is a full slate of games scheduled, as usual. LSU at 7-1 on the year meets the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide. The betting line and odds show Alabama laying 9 points against the spread at home. Ohio State and Penn State will face off Saturday afternoon with a point spread favoring the Nittany Lions at home by 3.5 points. Both teams are a combined 15-3 on the season.
All of the games on the week 10
NCAAF College Football schedule are ready to go at BetRepublic so check out more NCAA Football Betting Tips and NCAA Football Predictions & Football Betting Picks. .
There are not many undefeated teams left in the rankings, but the ones that are will be scheduled in week 8. Boise St. will play on the road at L Tech on Friday Night. Boise is 8-0 on the season, and looking for a ninth straight win. Some of the other 8-0 teams show Texas, Alabama, TCU, Florida, and Cinc...
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Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:56 AM
Las Vegas NHRA Nationals
Motor Sports, Larry Dixon wanted to gain enough ground on Top Fuel point’s leader Tony Schumacher to give his team a legitimate chance to win the championship.
Dixon failed to win at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, but he closed to within one point of Schumacher with the season finale in Pomona, Calif., left on the schedule.
Sunday's NHRA Nationals
Motor Sports Winners were Spencer Massey in Top Fuel, Robert Hight in Funny Car and Larry Morgan in Pro Stock.
Dixon erased most of the 47-point deficit he had at the start of the weekend after Schumacher lost in the second round to teammate Cory McClenathan.
"Man, that was a tough way to go out," Schumacher said. "You have to tip your hat to Cory and his team. They did what they had to do.
"I'm actually pretty upset with myself. I probably did too much thinking out there. That's not how you should perform when you're going for a championship."
Dixon reached the final but smoked the tires of his Al-Anabi Racing dragster off the starting line against Massey's U.S. Smokeless dragster. Massey posted a 3.827-second pass at 314.53 mph to Dixon's 5.503 seconds at 174.87 mph.
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Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 02:52 AM
If such a thing as poetic justice existed in horse racing, then Mark Kavanagh would win tomorrow's Victoria Derby at Flemington.
BetRepublic through its
free horse racing tips, giving a clue to all the horse racing betting people about the winning chances of Mark Kavanagh at Victoria Derby.
Kavanagh saddles up the favourite, Shamoline Warrior, in the $1.5 million event in a bid to extract some glory from a spring carnival that has yet to deliver all he had hoped.
In the past month the trainer has lost stable stars Maldivian and Cats Whisker to injury, and last week he watched his champion Whobegotyou go under in the Cox Plate as a short-priced favourite.
Whobegotyou ran second in last year's Derby behind Rebel Raider, which, ironically, is the half-brother to Shamoline Warrior which bolted in the Norman Robinson Stakes (2,000m) a fortnight ago.
Kavanagh told this morning's Derby media conference that he did not know whether Shamoline Warrior can stay the distance.
"It's a pretty strong Derby. There's a rap on a lot of horses and the 2,500 metres is certainly the key to the whole race," he said.
"We have set him specifically for this race and he's done everything to please us along the way. There's been no hiccups."
Rebel Raider had not won his Derby when Kavanagh spent his budget to buy Shamoline Warrior for a syndicate o...
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Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 09:44 AM
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Police have released CCTV of a European Football
hooligan who bit off part of a fan's ear at the Champions League final in Rome.
The yob lunged at his victim during
the start of May's European Cup clash between Manchester United and Barcelona before
disappearing into the crowd.
Greater Manchester Police have now
recovered mobile phone footage from a spectator who filmed the aftermath of the
savage attack.
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Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 02:39 AM
Panasonic Toyota Racing reaches the end of a successful season with a trip to the United Arab Emirates for the first-ever Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, held on the new Yas Marina Circuit. Not only is this weekend's race held at a new venue, it is also held in unique conditions with the race starting in daylight at 5pm local time but finishing in darkness and under floodlights 55 laps later.
The track, which will become the 67th to hold a
Formula 1 World Championship race, winds its way around Yas Marina through a series of 90° turns but also includes two long back straights where the cars are expected to reach over 300km/h.
Toyota is looking to add to the 54.5 points it has scored already this season, having been unfortunate to miss out in the Brazilian Grand Prix when Jarno Trulli was involved in an accident while challenging for another podium finish. However, the Italian racer is eager to end the season on a high...
"It's been an up-and-down season for us with such a strong start followed by some disappointing races in Europe then a really competitive end to the year,” he said. “As Abu Dhabi is a new track it's impossible to predict how we will perform but after the speed we showed in the last three races I am confident of finishing the year on a high. I was e...
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Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 08:51 AM
Where are the experts putting their money in tonight's
Carling Cup matches?
Carling Cup matches on Tuesday, 27 Oct
Barnsley v Man Utd, R4, 19:45
Portsmouth v Stoke, R4, 19:45
Sunderland v Aston Villa, R4, 19:45
Blackburn v Peterborough, R4, 20:00
Tottenham v Everton, R4, 20:00
BetRepublic BettingTottenham v Everton
3pts Tottenham to beat Everton at 4/6 with Eurobet, Bet365 and Blue Square
Portsmouth v Stoke
1pt on Stoke to beat Portsmouth at 11/4 with BetFred and Skybet
Barnsley v Man Utd
0.5pt on Draw/Barnsley half-time/full-time at 16/1 with Eurobet and Bet365
Betting Zone Betting
Barnsley v Man Utd
1pt Barnsley to beat Man Utd at 13/2 (Sportingbet, Blue Square)
Sunderland v Aston Villa
2pts Sunderland to beat Aston Villa at 6/4 (BetUK)
Racing Post Betting
Barnsley v Man United
Barnsley, 1pt 13-2 Blue Square
Portsmouth v Stoke
Stoke, 1pt 12-5, Bet365, Eurobet
Spreadwise
Buy Tottenham v Everton goals, 5pts at 2.9, Sporting Index
Betting.Betfair Betting
Barnsley v Man Utd:
Lay Man Utd @ 1.5 in Match Odds market.
Back Barnsley/Barnsley @ 15.0 in Half Time/Full Time market
Back Any Unquoted @ 6.0 in Correct Score market
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