Andy Murray scraped through into the 3rd round of the French Open 2009 yesterday, after a torrid game against the Italian, Potito Starace, ranked 104th in the Tennis world seedings. Murray had started well, with his serve overpowering Starace to take the 1st set, easily 6-3. But things turned sour for the young Scot in the second set with Murray’s short game crumbling on the clay surface.

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Perhaps your a fan of ‘Susan Boyle’, or you like the witty poetry of oddity ‘Eugene’ or maybe you have a soft spot for stage-frightened ‘Jamie Pugh’? No matter where your loyalties lay, this years Britains Got Talent Betting is the toughest yet. The semis start this weekend on Britain’s Got Talent and here we look at a selection of acts who have entertained us over the previous 6 weeks of auditions for the Britains’s Got Talent show…

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On Sunday, the English Premiership and the Scottish Premier League (SPL) brings their seasons to a conclusion and a lot of questions will be answered. Two teams out of Sunderland, Hull, Newcastle and Middlesbrough could lose their Premiership status and join West Brom in the Championship next season. While up in Scotland, Rangers and Celtic, go into the last game of the season still fighting to be crowned SPL Champions. It is bound to be a nervy end to the season for all the clubs and their fans involved and for Premiership betting and SPL betting neutrals it makes for a classic last day scenario.

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Formula One racing giants, Ferrari, have spectaculary claimed they will quit the sport next season if the FIA successfully impose a budget cap. Renault have also made it clear that they will follow Ferrari, out-the-door, if the FIA get their way. But is it really just toys thrown from fuel-injected prams from Ferrari and Renault or are their threats real? Could Formula One survive without Ferrari? Is this the beginning of the end for the troubled sport?

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It’s here, again! The Eurovision Song Contest comes live from Moscow this Saturday on BBC1 at 8pm. 42 countries will participate in 2 semi finals, where 25 countries will then proceed to the final on Saturday night. The first semi-final will take place tonight and the second semi on Thursday night. British hopeful, Jade Ewen, will be signing “It’s My Time” penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who knows a thing or two about music, but this is The Eurovision, where music sometimes takes a second place to political voting.

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Most of the chat today is centered around John Gosden’s, DeBussy, ridden by jockey, Jimmy Fortune. With the track Good to Firm it favours DeBussy, who has some stiff competition from Masterofthehorse and Golden Sword in the big race today at Chester.

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Jenson Button is confident he can add to his fantastic start to the Formula One championship and make it 4 wins out of 5 by winning the Spanish Grand Prix (10 May 2009). The Brit and his Brawn-Mercedes team are currently sitting 12 points clear, with his team mate, Rubens Barrichello 2nd with 19pts and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull-Renault on 18pts. Lewis Hamilton is currently languishing in 7th position with a solitary 9pts after a dissapointing start to his defence of the championship.

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