As we say goodbye to a wonderful turf flat season here in the UK this weekend, horse racing betting fans will be turning their attention to the overseas market with two massive international racing events starting next week. First up we have the 2011 Melbourne Cup betting quickly followed by the Breeders Cup betting.

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Despite receiving their heaviest defeat, ever, to their derby rivals, City, Manchester United are still firm favourites – in the punters eyes anyway – to lift the 2011 Premier League title. At the Free Betting Online Blog, we’ve been running a special poll before the Premier League betting kicked off this season and the results are now in…

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X Factor Elimination Betting Week 3

Last week we said goodbye to boy band – Nu Vibe – after they were voted off by the judges after a sing-off against Frankie Cocozza. Neither act had really shone on the Saturday show, so it was fitting that these two should be placed in the bottom two of the public vote.

This week, their has been plenty of press about the X-Factor in the media – all bad! Seemingly, Simon Cowell is furious thanks to rating figures showing the show has dropped almost 2 million viewers plus producers have told the acts to up their game after branding them lazy during rehersals.

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It’s not quite the final most of us would have wished for, especially considering Wales’ hard luck story last week, however this is an appealing battle of the hemispheres as the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final will be contested between France and New Zealand.

New Zealand, probably one of the most stand-out teams of the Rugby World Cup betting, represent free flowing attacking rugby which is now synonymous with Southern Hemisphere Rugby. They’ve already wiped the floor with France in their Pool A match with a powerful 37-17 victory.

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Back in 1982, scotland released the classic toe-tapper, ‘We Have A Dream‘ which was sung by Gregory’s Girl actor John Gordon Sinclair ahead of their Spanish World Cup campaign. Tonight, in Alicante, Spain, a nation will almost certainly be propelled into a dreamlike status if Scotland can upset the odds and beat the World and European Champions – Spain – in their own backdoor.

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It’s the start of an important double headers for Scotland as they prepare to take on Lichtenstein on Saturday. If Scotland can defeat Lichtenstein (something they struggled to do back in September 2010 at Hampden, when they needed a 97th-minute injury time winner to see off the battling Lichtenstein) then they travel to Alicante on Tuesday looking to take something from the home of the World Champions – Spain.

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England travel to Montenegro on Friday night knowing that a draw will book their place at the Euro 2012 Championships next year. England will know doubt face a hostile crown in Podgorica on Friday but manager Fabio Capello believes this is the right place to blood some of England’s finest young talent in Man U’s Danny Wellbeck.

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Wales are playing for pride ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifier with Switzerland on Friday night. Wales finally got their first points of the campaign with a 2-1 win over Montenegro last month. That win is seen as a positive to move the Welsh international team forward under Head Coach Gary Speed.

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Northern Ireland enter the last 2 games of their Euro 2012 Qualifying campaign with a slim outside chance of making the runners-up spot. Northern Ireland will face Estonia this Friday (7th of October) and then travel to Italy a week today.

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