Batting pair stand firm to frustrate the tourists March 15, 2010 A RESILIENT stand of 81 between Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim added to England’s frustration as Bangladesh battled bravely in hope of saving the first Test in Chittagong. Chasing an unlikely 512, the pair guided the Tigers to 191-5 at the close after England’s four-pronged bowling attack toiled in the blistering heat. The tourists added [...]
D’Arcy boost for Ireland March 15, 2010 IRELAND expect centre Gordon D’Arcy to return for their celebration match against Scotland on Saturday. The match will be Ireland’s last at Croke Park after spending four years at their temporary home, and could also bring a fifth Triple Crown in seven seasons. D’Arcy was forced off during the first half of the victory over [...]
Gatland vows to get tough March 15, 2010 WALES coach Warren Gatland has vowed to make changes in a bid to turn his side’s Six Nations fortunes around against Italy. Saturday’s 27-12 reverse to Ireland at Croke Park was Wales’ third defeat of a disappointing campaign and Gatland has vowed to get tough. “There will be a few changes,” he said. “We need [...]
Henderson’s Punjabi is Champion pick at 8/1 March 15, 2010 THERE may only be 12 runners in this afternoon’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, but the feature race on the opening day of the Festival looks one of the most open of the week. Irish raiders Go Native and Solwhit are justifiably market leaders, but the value call at this stage looks to be last year’s [...]
Get Me Out Of Here can get Festival off to a flyer March 15, 2010 WILLIAM Hill are as short as 4/6 about Irish raider Dunguib in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the opening contest of the four day meeting. Last year’s Champion Bumper winner could well be something special, but that is more than reflected in his price. I think he will probably win, but certainly wouldn’t be backing him [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS March 15, 2010 Betdaq are only charging 2% commission on all winning bets placed in-running during all UK and Irish races, so make sure you log on and trade your positions during this week’s Cheltenham Festival. The feature race from a trading point of view on the opening day is the Champion Hurdle. There is usually no hiding [...]
the INSIDER March 15, 2010 Take a leaf out of poker legend Chris Ferguson’s book and make sure you bet within your bankroll at Cheltenham this week. It is very easy to get carried away in all the excitement but it is worth remembering that there are plenty of races to win or lose your money on. Don’t go broke. [...]
Championship races may be tighter fought affairs than Sporting predict March 15, 2010 Sporting Index have produced a host of special bets for this year’s Festival and are predicting that the aggregate winning distances for the 26 races over the next four days will be between 96 and 104 lengths. However, I’m more keen on their quote for aggregate winning distances for the four Championship races. They are [...]
BECKHAM’S WORLD CUP DREAM OVER March 14, 2010 DAVID BECKHAM’S World Cup dream was shattered in Milan last night after suffering a horrific Achilles tendon injury which could keep him out for six months. The 34-year-old had to be stretchered off after collapsing in agony without any contact during AC Milan’s game with Chievo. He will now fly out to Finland this morning [...]
Alonso powers home as Ferrari show intent March 14, 2010 FERNANDO ALONSO enjoyed the perfect debut for Ferrari after he led team-mate Felipe Massa to a stunning one-two in a thrilling season opener in Bahrain. The Ferrari pair coasted by the Red Bull of pole-setter Sebastian Vettel after the German suffered a spark plug failure in the latter stages. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton also took advantage [...]