The UK's Celebrity Big Brother is not often controversial enough to make national headlines. However, this week has seen the Endomol show face a barrage of criticism following alleged racists remarks by some of the contestants. more
Arsenal may have left their title challenge a little late this season. An impressive performance by Henry and co. on Saturday showed Arsene Wenger's men are still a force in the English game. more
Following the news from Spain that David Beckham will leave Real Madrid this summer, bookmakers have opened markets on where the former England captain is heading next. Surprisingly, America is the current hot favourite. more
The Wild Card weekend produced victories for all four home teams, who advance to the divisional round, in effect the sport's quarter-finals, this weekend. Both AFC games produced comfortable victories for Indianapolis and New England more
Last night saw a remarkable match at Anfield with the delayed quarter-final tie between Liverpool and Arsenal being decided. Even though both sides played virtually their "second string" teams, no-one could have forecasted the scoreline of 3-6! more
The FA Cup fourth round draw took place this lunchtime. Several big name clubs have been drawn against each other but there are a host of third round replays to get through first. more
Ladbrokes, the leading European betting and gaming group, has announced a 50/50 Joint Venture Agreement with Cirsa Slot of Spain to develop a sports betting business in that country. more
For those of us growing up in the pre-Premiership era of British football, the first weekend in January was traditionally the day we all looked forward to whichever team we supported. This was and hopefully always will be the day of the third round... more
After the seventeen week regular season this weekend brings the start of the Play offs with the four match wild card weekend where the two lowest seeded divisional winners in each conference play the, in effect, two best runners up. more
If it was a boxing match, it would've been stopped weeks ago. England are on the brink of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash after Shane Warne rubbed England's nose in it with the bat this time! more
It has not been the intention of this sports betting website to concentrate on the trials and tribulations of West Ham United Football Club yet something keeps occurring in that part of London that makes for a good betting angle! more
Chelsea completed a stuttering festive period, last night, with another draw. A solitary point from their trip to Aston Villa sees the Blues a full six points behind leaders Manchester United and a huge 14 goals adrift in the goal difference column. more
The last programme of the busy Christmas football schedule takes place on New Year's Day with a couple of games the following evening. Many a club's destiny is shaped over this period where up to 12 points can be salvaged or lost. more
As first reported by Sportsbetting Pokernews on 24th August, Ladbrokes, the leading UK and European bookmaker, sportsbetting and online poker group, is making an early effort to establish itself in Italy more
The hectic football schedule continues this week for the Premiership and lower leagues in England and Scotland. Having played (generally) on 23rd and 26th December, the teams take up arms once more on 30th December and then 1st January... more
It's been a miserable Christmas for English cricket fans. The Ashes were lost well before Santa squeezed down the chimney and Australia have just completed victory in the fourth test to add further salt to the wounds of Flintoff & co. more
The last weekend of 2006 brings us the last weekend of the NFL regular season and the final few issues surrounding the composition of the play offs will be resolved by Sunday night. more
Last week was another blank at the bookies after Newcastle's last minute winner deprived us of a small income but overall it was a bad week of picks! more
With two weeks to go to the end of the regular season and the start of the month long play-offs the issues surrounding which teams will make it to post-season are gradually becoming resolved. more
Liverpool and Arsenal have struggled to compete with rivals Chelsea and Manchester United in the league this season. Despite Champions League progress, the lesser two from the "big four" will be looking towards the Carling Cup for silverware more