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The Arkle’s betting market took another twist with the Nicky Henderson trained Sir Gino suffering a setback that ruled him out of the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury on Saturday. The 5yo has only had the one race over the larger obstacles on Boxing Day when he beat Ballyburn comfortably, the Donnelly owned gelding has a few options before the big one in March. …

The weekend’s Boxing came from Manchester where Derek “Del Boy” Chisora was up against Otto Wallin in what was named “The Last Dance”. The British heavyweight was a slight favourite with non UK casinos and obliged the odds with a home soil victory, the 41 year old came into the contest with 48 fights to his name but 13 defeats.  He had a reputation…

We have four fixtures from La Liga in Spain this Saturday, the first game comes from the Municipal de Balaidos where Celta host Real Betis. Claudio Giraldez’s side have lost three of their last four matches in the league and picked up a point in the other. The last victory for the homeside was before Christmas at home to Real Sociedad. When the two…

This week we had the second leg’s of the two EFL Cup Semi-Finals with four Premier League sides hoping for a place in the Final at Wembley on the 16th March. The first one came from St James Park where Newcastle hosted Arsenal.  Eddie Howe’s Newcastle side were heading into the second leg with a 2-0 advantage from The Emirates so they were much…

We had the start of the Six Nations last weekend so in this article we will look into Saturday’s two matches, the first being from Stadio Olimpico where Italy hosted Wales.  When the two sides met in last year’s competition it was Italy who came off better, they took a 11-0 advantage going into the break before scoring an early try and conversion in…

In this article we will look at the first games of the Premier League season, the first match to begin the evening is Chris Dobey vs Gerwyn Price. When the two met in the PDC World Championships it was Chris Dobey that won 5-3 which ended a 8 match losing run against the Welsh player. The Englishman got to the Semi-Finals of that competition…

It’s the second batch of Copa de Rey Quarter-Finals this evening and we will be looking at who will be joining Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in the last four.  The first of tonight’s games comes from the Reale Arena where Real Sociedad welcome Osasuna, the last two times these teams have met its been Osasuna that have come off better, Sociedad lost 0-2…

This weekend we have some top quality races from Newbury and Warwick but in this article we will look at the William Hill Handicap Hurdle which is a £87000 prize over 2m 1/2 f.  Heading the entries is Secret Squirrel trained by Hughie Morrison, this 6yo gelding won a good prize at the Windsor last time justifying market confidence to win by two lengths…

We have three more televised games to look at,  the first being the evening tie on Sunday where Aston Villa will host Tottenham at Villa Park. Unai Emery’s side have been rock solid at home in the league this season, their only defeat was a 2-0 loss to Arsenal back in August. They came from a goal down to beat West Ham here in…

This weekend we are lucky to have various FA Cup ties available for you to watch, in this article we will preview the remainder of the matches.  Firstly is the match from The American Express Stadium where Brighton and Hove Albon host Chelsea, Fabian Hurzeler has side sit 10th in the table but arrive at this game on the back of two consecutive defeats…