Month: December 2017

  • All Joe Root wants for Christmas this year is to avoid an Ashes whitewash.

    All Joe Root wants for Christmas this year is to avoid an Ashes whitewash.

    Iain Spragg, cricket betting expert, previews the fourth Ashes Test… All Joe Root wants for Christmas this year is to avoid an Ashes whitewash. Santa might be late delivering, given there are two Tests still to play Down Under. But it’s the season of goodwill and the England skipper can only hope Saint Nick is […]

  • Manchester Duo Set For Carabao Cup Crackers

    Manchester Duo Set For Carabao Cup Crackers

    The League Cup might be the lowest priority for every top-flight club at the start of the season, but as the quarterfinals loom into view, the shimmer of silverware starts to sparkle a little brighter for the last eight in the competition. The first cup of the campaign to be awarded gets serious for the […]

  • Xmas Chart Topping Game Changers

    Xmas Chart Topping Game Changers

    It used to be easy predicting the Christmas Number One single. A generation ago any record with a festive slant had a chance of topping the charts on the 25th of December. More recently, the X-Factor winner’s first post-success song was a near-certainty to outsell any other artist, as fans of the show rushed to […]

  • City to Continue Festive Fear Factor

    City to Continue Festive Fear Factor

    Our football odds expert Dan Roebuck previews this one… It’s always a problem ahead of Christmas. What do you get the team that has it all? Manchester City are 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League with bookmakers running for cover as punters take advantage of some gift-wrapped profit courtesy of the […]