Vegas is the place to be this weekend as Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao put their respected belts and reputations on the line this Saturday. The MGM Grand will host the fight of the year so far and the bookies have made it clear they fancy the Philippino over the Englishman. Pacquiao’s speed and ability to throw stinging cluster punches makes him favourite in the early rounds. However, if Hatton can weather the early Pacquiao storm and take the fight to the later rounds then you have to fancy Hatton’s superior physical ability will wear Pacquiao down.

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Tonight (Tuesday the 28th April) and tomorrow will see the first leg matches take place between the 4 competing teams in the Champions League semin finals. Barcelona vs Chelsea and Manchester United vs Arsenal. 4 giants of the game pitted against each other to see who will be crowned Kings of Europe. The Champions League really doesn’t get much better than this. Of course there is a likely chance that last years finalists, Manchester United and Chelsea, could meet each other again this year in Rome. With this in mind here’s the latest betting odds for the Champions League Semi Final 1st Legs…

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It’s been a traumatic week in Hell’s Kitchen as the pressure of the competition rises. However, one major shocker was the quitting of the show by former Liverpool goalkeeper, and bookies favourite to win the competition, Bruce Grobbelaar. The 51-year-old offered himself up for eviction, instead of one the remaining competitors being sacked, stating that he wanted to be reunited with his wife as his reason for leaving.

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As we enter into the business end-of-the-season, the nerves begin to jitter some, and as usual the mind games start. Messrs Ferguson and Benitez have been throwing sly comments back and forth all season. But now, as usual, Fergie has upped the anti. He (Ferguson) spoke of Benitez’ ‘Arrogance’ towards fellow Premiership manager, Sam Allardyce, when after Liverpool scored the 2nd of the game, Benitez signalled that the game was over. Hardly, shocking or dragging another managers name through the mud is it? But this is Ferguson, this is his way, this is how he normally wins these mind games. With the Premiership betting stakes beginning to sear, this has now become the expected norm for a title challenge to Man U.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan starts his defence of the World Championship Snooker title this coming weekend, and who’d bet against him retaining his crown. Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ is without-doubt the biggest character on the snooker scene today and also the best player, which makes a welcome change. O’Sullivan (9/4) will meet fellow Englishman, Stuart Bingham (200/1), in the First Round proper at the Crucible this Saturday the 18th.

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Television has a plethora of good shows happening or about to happen this month and next, that whets the appetitie for a good bet on the eventual winner. These highly addictive and watchable shows attract high audience ratings, decent press coverage and most importanly are being talked about in the office and on social media sites constantly. Here we highlight some of the best TV Betting shows that are on air at the moment or are about to hit our small screens soon.

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The 2009 US Masters gets underway today, with the bookies making Tiger Woods hot favourite to win his fifth US Masters success. Tiger has admitted that he is mentally and physically fit for the pressures of winning the US Masters after an 8 month absense due to injury. British and Irish hopes are with the inform Paul Casey and 2008 Open winner Padraig Harrington.

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The first leg of the Champions League Quarter Final kicks off tonight and tomorrow night, with the Premiership holding a very strong hand with all four English clubs still in the mix. Manchester united, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are now just 4 games away from a Final place. With Chelsea and Liverpool meeting each other again for the 5th consecutive season, one thing is guaranteed, there will be 1 less English team in the Semis. Lets have a look at the latest Champions League 2009 Betting offers.

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Finally, Newcastle United land Alan Shearer as manager and has 8 games to help avoid them slipping into the Championship. Newcastle fans are of course ecstatic, as the Geordie Messiah takes his rightful place in charge of this massive, troubled club. Till the end of the season anyway! Shearer has been given 1 target : avoid relegation! Something, even the great Alan Shearer doesn’t want to see happen, as Shearer said, “It’s a club I love and I don’t want them to go down. I’ll do everything I can to stop that.” Newcastle’s destiny now lies in the hand of a BBC pundit, with no managerial experience and a big heart.

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