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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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The 2010 Totesport Trophy runs at Newbury this Saturday and is turning into one of the most frenzied horse racing betting markets of the year so far. With any one of eight horses with a better than average chance of winning, makes the Totesport Trophy the hot race of the weekend, hopefully hot enough to keep the cold weather at bay.

With Cheltenham betting 2nd favourite, Denman, facing less stiff competition in the Aon Chase, attention has turned to the Totesport Trophy to help warm the cockles of betting punters up and down the country this Saturday.
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Chelsea ended Arsenal’s interest in winning the Premiership at the weekend, with a convincing 2-0 victory. Manchester United had put the Gunners intentions into serious doubt the week before, with a top-class display on how to finish, especially from that man, Rooney. There has been widespread rumours that John Terry’s far from persil-white public life could derail Chelsea’s title ambitions, so far that’s not happened, or better yet, so far no-one’s told Drogba.

How these two players, Rooney and Drogba, perform in the run-up to the end of the season will settle whose cabinet will hold the Premiership trophy, of that I have no doubt.
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It’s Six Nations time again, as the Northern Hemisphere’s most important Rugby Union tournament kicks off this Saturday. Plenty of Six Nation betting questions will soon be answered. Can Ireland repeat their Grand Slam success of last year? Can England mount a serious challenge and start going forward instead of backwards? Can Wales overcome Ireland and England in their own backdoors and become champions once again? Can France play to their strengths and repeat their 2007 Six Nations success? Can Scotland put to bed that ‘potential’ tag and start winning games instead of throwing them away. Can this be Italy’s year where they finally stamp their arrival into the Six Nations?
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It’s that razzmatazz time in America, as near enough the whole country will sit-down this Sunday and watch the final of Superbowl XLIV between the New Orlean Saints and Indianapolis Colts. If your looking for a free bet to help add some extra spice to the game then check out our £25 free bets page, where you can pick from a host of top bookies and their special Super Bowl betting packages.

This is the first time in their history, that the New Orlean Saints have ever made it to the Super Bowl final. Somehow, luck rolled their way in the NFC playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings. The Saints won the game in injury time, 31-28, after a string of incompletes and fumbles bounced in favour of the home side against the better fancied Vikings.
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Earlier today, Andy Murray booked his place in the 2010 Australian Open, after beating Marin Cilic (3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2) in the semi-final. Murray will play either Roger Federer or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final on Sunday the 31st of January. It is the British No.1’s second Grand Slam Final, after he lost 3-0 sets to against Federer, in the 2008 US Open.

The match itself between Murray and Cilic wasn’t that remarkable, but there were two or three moments from Murray that could go down in tennis folklore. The moment when Murray returned a lobbed Cilic effort was indeed a stroke of genius. The return was so accurately hit, that Cilic barely moved as it flew past. Murray roared his delight and the packed crowd jumped to their feet in appreciation.
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The Cheltenham Festival doesn’t start till March, however, such is the hype behind this premier racing card that with still 50 days to go till it starts the papers an online buzz surrounding the event is big, very big. I haven’t got an exact figure for how much money is bet at Cheltenham during the 4 day meet, but I’d imagine that somewhere between the £400 million and £500million mark would be a good estimate. It proves Cheltenham is HUGE!
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London’s Earls Court Arena, will play host to the 2010 Brit Awards, on the 16th February. And, as usual, there is a lot of Brit Awards betting speculation, surrounding this award show.

The most coveted prizes at the brit Awards are for Best British Album, British Single, British Male Artist and British Female Artist. Just a few days ago, the nominations for all the categories at this years Brit Awards 2010 were announced. Here we go over the nominees chances and their latest music betting odds.
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With the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 heading towards the quarter-final knockout stages, it’s looking more certain that the eventual winners of the tournament will come from either Egypt, Ivory Coast or Algeria. With the Ivory Coast on a collision course with Algeria in the quarter finals. Cameroon and Nigeria could become stronger as the competition progresses, but looking at their opening performances, both teams lack any real evidence that their names are destined to be etched on the trophy come the final game.
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Out of the blue, Ricky Hatton announced his comeback to boxing amid a flurry of raised eyebrows. Across all the media pieces I have read this morning, concerning Hatton’s comeback, I have yet to see a positive spin on the return. Aside from Hatton, himself, not one boxing journalist is too thrilled about this announcement, and I include myself amongst the head-shakers.

Ricky Hatton is a very likeable man and boxer. His metamorphosis between Ricky the bloke next door who likes a pint and pie into Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton, former WBA Welterweight Champion, is one that made him a modern icon to many boxing betting punters.

It seems that Hatton wants to erase the Manny Pacquiao fight like a blotted stain on a very gleaming fight CV. Yet, Hatton, should accept that defeat for what it truly is, a lesson learned, that there are now better boxers out there than you. Not many mind, but some.
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