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The third biggest race of the National Hunt’s Calendar gets underway today : The Champion Hurdle also known as the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge. It of-course announces the arrival of 4 fantastic days of Cheltenham betting, culminating with the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

Last year’s winner, Punjabi, will be looking to make it a double success, however, he faces stiff competition from early race favourite, Go Native and the much fancied Solwhit. Khyber Kim and last year’s Champion Hurdle race favourite Binocular look also to be in the mix come the finishing post.
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To help celebrate this year’s Cheltenham Festival betting fans can now imagine what it would be like to sit upon either Denman or Kauto Star and attempt the fences of the perilious fances at the Cheltenham Gold Cup clash.

William Hill, the makers behind War Of The Wolds, stated, “”We have developed the game to celebrate the epic third clash between Kauto Star and Denman … We fully expect this game to publicise the real Gold Cup, and two of National Hunt Racing’s biggest stars to the google generation.”
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It doesn’t get much more meatier than a Scotland vs England Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield. This Saturday the 13th of March sees these two “Auld Enemies” once again lock horns in the second last weekend of the 6 Nations Championship. This year Scotland are once again playing for pride, while England have an outside chance of winning the competition as long as they prevail against the Scots and then carry that momentum forward to Paris against a very strong and fast French side.

Perhaps, it is a game too far for England, to even conceive that they will win in France but by a handsome scoreline as well, leaves most Six Nations betting punters shaking their heads at the task ahead. Still, England have to overcome the Scots on their own turf, something they haven’t been too good at in recent years.
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With the wind-up of the jump season in the not-too-far-off distance, most punters will be thinking of Cheltenham betting odds or even the Grand National betting. However, before we get ahead of ourselves there is the 2010 Imperial Cup to take place this weekend at Sandown.

Paddy Power, who sponsor the Imperial Cup, are again offering a £75,000 bonus to the winner of the race on top of the £70,000 they’ll already receive if they can go on and win a race at next week’s Cheltenham Festival.
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This Sunday I’ll be brushing down my tuxedo and glossing up those bashed in winkle picker shoes I bought back in the early 90’s for a grand night in front of the TV to watch The 2010 Oscars ceremony.

Considering myself to be an aveage film buff type (hey, if Johnathon Ross can get away with it, then so can I) I’d thought I’d share my views on who’ll pick up the “golden nuddy man bling” for all you Oscar 2010 betting punters.
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March heralds the start of another exciting Formula One season. Bahrain hosts the big start on Sunday the 14th of March and this year looks to be a close fight between McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. Williams, Sauber and Renault will no doubt play their part in this years F1 Championship as well. The good thing is, we are starting this seasons campaign without all the neg press that was hanging over the sport this time last year.

Of course, we welcome back a Formula 1 great in Michael Schumacher, who’ll be driving for Brawn-Mercedes. Jenson Button, last years winner, joins forces with Lewis Hamilton as the pair go all out to make hat-trick of F1 successes for Britain. Fernando Alonso joins forces with the fit again Felipe Massa at Ferrari. Red Bull have a seriously srtong pairing in Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber who both finished 2nd and 4th respectively last season.
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England seem to be breaking apart from the inside-out as the biggest football stage on the planet draws ever closer. England’s World Cup betting odds haven’t yet suffered. Despite growing, negative headlines in the press and media surrounding certain individuals private lives. You begin to wonder just how much these stories hampers squad bondmanship.

The latest story centres around Manchester City defender, Wayne Bridge, and his announcement that he no longer wished to be part of the current England set-up, his exact words were, “It has always been an honour to play for England. However, after careful thought I believe my position in the squad is now untenable and potentially divisive“. this of-course all stems from ex-England captain, John Terry’s affair with Bridge’s ex-girlfriend.
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Aston Villa will be playing to win their first piece of silverware since they last won the league Cup back in 1996. They will have to overcome Manchester United, of-course, but Villa have taken 4 points from Alex Ferguson’s team already this season. Martin O’Neil will be asking his players to give one last effort and help Villa finally get some bling for the trophy room.

It is not clear, yet, if Manchester United will start with their top players. Rooney may be rested ahead of a gruelling March fixture list for United including the return leg of their Uefa Champions League game with AC Milan. Predicting the outcome of an Aston Villa vs Man Unt match is never easy, and if your looking for some free bets action before the game, then as usual sign-up to the Free Betting Online Alerts for all the best sports betting advice available today.
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We’ve all been there, down the local pub, pint in hand, debating (sometimes, not quietly) about what era produced the best ever team, or scored the best goal – ever. Now, seeing as we are in a World Cup year, we thought it would be a good idea to start running some football focussed polls and today we are going to kick off with : The Greatest Football Manager Ever Poll.

We have trimmed the list to just 7 potential candidates, that’s right just 7. Believe me, we could have added a helluva lot more, but then we remembered that this poll is about Great Managers, not just the good ones. Have a look through our nominees and give us your vote. Comments are more than welcome and don’t forget to spread the word and tell your mates down the pub.
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The Mens contest for Ice Hockey Gold at this years Winter Olympics is undoubtedly the main event. It is Ice Hockey’s answer to football’s World Cup. Such is the intensity of winning Gold, that back in 1980, the USA and the then named Soviet Union fought what many seen as a mini battle during the infamous Cold War period. The USA were victors that year, but have since failed to replicate their 1980 Winter Olympics success.

When most people think of International Ice Hockey they tend to think the sport is dominated by the top three teams : USA, Canada and Russia. Ice Hockey, however, especially at the more recent Winter Olympics, has seen Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic win more of the medal share than the much more fancied big three.
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