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Sandown 1.20 – Lithic Lithic has crashed and burned a couple of times at Sandown, but has also run a couple of stormers here. This looks an easier race than the one in which he would have been placed in last time & the rider takes seven off an already fairly handicapped horse. Big chance. […]

New Year’s Day review and weekend insight from the Tizzard stables Lostintranslation I couldn’t have been more pleased with his win at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. He’s a horse we hold in high regard and we couldn’t be more pleased with the way he travelled and jumped. He’s clearly learned from the mistake he […]

Top jockey looks ahead to his weekend rides I started the year as I mean to go on with a treble at Exeter on New Year’s Day. It was tremendous and I was delighted. They are three nice young horses too. It was a really good day. I was thrilled with White Moon. The way […]

Is Cherries ace set for a January switch? Our trading team have slashed the odds on Callum Wilson switching the South Coast for West London. The AFC Bournemouth striker is now just Evens to join Chelsea. His odds were 2/1 earlier today, but strong support in the betting has seen odds of a move tumble. […]

Image credit: Flickr FA Cup third round day is a magical one for all concerned. For people of a certain age, FA Cup football was all that was shown on live TV and it still holds a certain lustre as the day when anyone can beat anyone. That makes it ripe for betting as a weekend when […]

Giant killing is written into the folklore of the FA Cup and this weekend will be no different. To help you build an accumulator for this year’s third round, here are five potential giant killers to keep an eye on. We start on Tyneside where Newcastle torrid recent FA Cup record is put to the […]

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Invincibles no longer, yet enhanced in defeat. Manchester City inflicted on Liverpool a first loss of the season. Liverpool inflicted on City the more powerful idea that they might just be the better team, the side against which all others must now be measured. They require the confirmation of a Premier League title to substantiate […]

There is a scene in the Sherlock Holmes’ short story A Scandal in Bohemia where the protagonist has deduced something meaningful based on apparently incidental observations, and Dr Watson declares himself to be extraordinarily impressed. “When I hear you give your reasons,” Watson tells Holmes, “the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that […]

There was always destined to be refereeing controversy when Manchester City hosted Liverpool at the Etihad. Before a ball had even been kicked, Liverpool fans were raging about the appointment of Anthony Taylor as referee. Taylor, from Wythenshawe in Greater Manchester, seemed like an unnecessarily controversial choice, though he has refereed both Manchester clubs before […]

Leroy Sane grabbed the winner as champions Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race with a tense 2-1 win over leaders Liverpool, but who were the standout performers and who let themselves down in the season’s biggest game so far. Manchester City Fernandinho was one of Manchester City’s standout performers in the win over […]

Despite losing to Crystal Palace on Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers are enjoying a fine season back in the top flight. However, they will have to go on a remarkable run in the second half of the season to better the achievements of these four promoted outfits… Nottingham Forest 1994/95 After finishing bottom of the Premier League […]

The year was 1985. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, the Live Aid movement was in full swing and, unthinkably, the Scottish championship had been won by a club outside the Old Firm for the third year running. For a team other than Celtic or Rangers to mount a prolonged title tilt may seem scarcely believable […]

The come down to Earth is a lofty one for the horse racing fan this week, with a very quiet schedule following the Christmas period not providing much inspiration. But if the racing calendar has any pillars of consistent solidarity, Wolverhampton and Dundalk on a Friday night are certainly a part of the brickwork. Wolverhampton […]

Charlie Adam also linked with Glasgow side A flurry of bets in the last 24 hours has forced our traders to slash the odds on Jermain Defoe joining Rangers this month to just 8/13. The Scottish Premiership club are also 7/4 to capture Charlie Adam from Stoke in what could be a busy month for […]