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Duo meet this weekend The big game in the Premier League this weekend is Arsenal versus Chelsea, with both sides still harbouring hopes of a top-four finish. It’s a time of transition for both clubs. Chelsea are forging a new path under Maurizio Sarri, while Arsenal are entering a post-Arsene Wenger world with Unai Emery. Both managers have found it tough-going at times. But…

Odds and previews of this Prem double-header There’s a double-header from the Premier League this afternoon, with Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur hitting the road to face the division’s basement-dwellers. Ahead of an big pair of Super Sunday clashes, we check out whether the big guns can keep up the momentum on their travels… Huddersfield Town v Man City The Terriers won admirers by…

Test your knowledge with our Premier League quiz Over five years have passed since Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur last met in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. Plenty has changed in that time – not least the starting line-ups. Only three players involved in Spurs’ 2-1 victory back in December 2013 have any chance of featuring in West London this time around. Take our…

Odds and preview for Premier League clash We’re still in January but are Arsenal’s chances of finishing in the top four already hanging by a thread? One win in their last four Premier League matches has seen the North Londoners fall six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. If that gap extends to nine points tonight, it’s hard to see a side as inconsistent as the…

Saturday racing odds, tips and preview With the 2019 Cheltenham Festival now less than two months away, things are really getting interesting at the races. Ed Chamberlin and the gang will hopefully bring us more clues about this year’s four-day showpiece with another afternoon of racing live on ITV4. With four races from Ascot, and should Haydock come through a 7.30am inspection, we’ll have…

Latest exclusive insight from the Tizzard stables Battle of Ideas – Coral Champions Club We are going to look for a race for him now as he’s in great form at home. He schooled really well this week. He had a snotty nose after his last run, but that’s always because the cold is coming out of them and is leaving the body, so…

Saturday – Haydock 1.30 – Slate House Slate House has some very good novice hurdle form last year. I schooled him last week and he jumped well. It was a hot race he ran in first time out at Plumpton and we can now build on that. Colin has found the right race for him, so it’s up to me now. 2.40 – Pingshou…

Odds and in-depth look at Championship clash There’s plenty at stake in East Anglia tonight, as third-placed Norwich City host a Birmingham City side sitting just four points off the Championship play-offs. While both have big hopes this season, neither are in great form. The injury-hit Canaries are winless in four, while Blues are three games without victory. Can either get back on the…

Tottenham talisman is out for six weeks After a brief glimpse at a Premier League title tilt, Tottenham Hotspur might find themselves at the front of a fierce four-way scrap for a Champions League place. And the North London club, still struggling to open their new stadium, must go through a crucial phase of the campaign without their star man. Harry Kane has been…

Betting preview and odds for matchday 20 in Serie A After the midweek Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana action, it’s back down to business this weekend as Serie A returns for the first time in 2019. Things get going with AS Roma v Torino on Saturday afternoon. Then in the evening Inter Milan host a Sassuolo side that have more than had their number…

Preview and odds ahead of Bundesliga weekend The Bundesliga is back so we are too! The action returns from its winter break with a host of huge storylines to tie up in the second half of the season. The fixture computer has conjured up a corker of a weekend with five of the top seven all locking horns. Bayern Munich’s trip to Hoffenheim kick…

Check out who made our winter wish-list The January transfer window is a chance for clubs to take stock of their season and look to fill some much-needed gaps in their squads. Whether it be finding the goalscorer to fire them to the title or grab a bargain to plug a leaky defence. There have been plenty of big-money since the early-noughties arrival of…

There have been plenty of famous winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup down the years. Arkle, Kauto Star and Denman have all trotted away with the famous pot in National Hunt’s most iconic race. But who’s come out on top over the last half-decade? We’ve rounded up the five most recent Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, starting with Native River’s incredible win in 2018. Gold…

Odds and talking points on AFC and NFC clashes We’re down to the final four in the race to the Super Bowl, and offence truly is king right now. The four highest-scoring sides in the NFL regular season all head into the NFC and AFC Championship games. But will it be the regular heavyweights or the new upstarts who triumph this weekend? Are Chiefs’…

Odds and preview ahead of welterweight clash Manny Pacquiao puts his WBA World Welterweight title on the line against Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this weekend. The Pac Man is looking to dish up a third match without a win for Broner and retain his belt. This will be Broner’s first chance to win back the strap he grabbed against…