Posted by Crooksy on March 30th , 2009 under Golf | 
How good is it to have Tiger Woods back? Unless you’re one of his competitors obviously – what he did to Sean O’Hair at Bay Hill yesterday has got to leave a very big impression on a relatively young golfer. Although O’Hair is the owner of two tour titles he was unable to hold his nerve yesterday, squandering a five shot lead over the rampaging man in red.
Finding Form With The Flatstick
It wasn’t completely his fault…Tiger’s Scotty Cameron putter had a lot to say as well, draining putts down the stretch that would drive a heart through the toughest of men. He sank a 26ft birdie putt at 15 to draw level with the 26 year old, before sinking a 16ft birdie putt in failing light on the 18th to claim his 66th career title. Read more of this article »
Posted by Crooksy on March 28th , 2009 under Sports News |
After a five month wait The Formula One season is set to begin all over again on Sunday with drivers today gearing up for their final qualifying sessions in Melbourne.
Two Seasons Of Intensely Close Competition
The last two seasons have produced the most thrilling conclusions in the history of the sport, and in both years it was Lewis Hamilton who was at the centre of the action. Read more of this article »
Posted by Crooksy on March 27th , 2009 under Soccer |
If you had of looked at the betting markets for the English Premier League just over two weeks ago, you’d have seen that Manchester United were about as short as you can get in a race with 19 other challengers and a dozen rounds yet to be played. They were seven points clear of their nearest rivals Liverpool and to make matters even more difficult for their opponents they had a game in hand as well.
How could last year’s champions of Europe possibly lose from there?
Flash forward to the present and we have been given a great example of how quickly things can turn around in sport. It all began with Liverpool’s 4-1 thumping of Man U in Manchester, a game bookies had given Benitez’s men little chance of winning. It was followed up the very next weekend with Liverpool hammering top 4 candidate Aston Villa 5-0, and the shock loss of United to Fulham – their first back-t-back loss in the EPL since 2005. Read more of this article »
Posted by Rooster on March 24th , 2009 under AFL, Rugby League |
Footy tipping has become a serious past time with some people spending many hours studying the stats and ins and outs for each game to get an advantage for the weekends games. I’ve followed a few different tactics and stuck by them for the year to see if they are more successful than others.
L
et the Bookies do the work for you!
The bookies know best so look at the odds for each game and go for the favourite every time, odds are you will come out on top.
They employ full time staff to assess each game very closely and change the odds as injuries or late inclusions happen pre game so make sure to check the odds and place your tips as close to the start of the game or the tipping cut off point as possible. If there is a game where both teams are paying the same odds go with the team with the higher ladder position, this was my rule I stuck at to get my tip. Read more of this article »
Posted by Crooksy on March 22nd , 2009 under Cricket |
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 3rd Test Aus vs Sth Africa
South Africa have moved into the most commanding of positions in Cape Town, with their batsmen having displayed an absolute disregard for the talents of newcomers Bryce McGain and Andrew MacDonald.
At the close of day 2 McGain was staring down the barrel of owning one of the least desired of test records – the worst ever economy rate in a test innings. And while he was able to avoid that distinction by the end of the innings it will provide little joy having been taken for 149 runs from his 18 overs.
Unfortunately for McGain this may well end his chances of a trip to England later this year, and Australia will go back to the drawing board in their search for a tweaker. Read more of this article »
Posted by Rooster on March 21st , 2009 under Competitions |
This picture has Caption Competition written all over it!
So here it is! The best caption will get a $50 free bet voucher thanks to Sportsbet.
Posted by Crooksy on March 20th , 2009 under Sports News |
When talk of tennis turns to Rafael Nadal one of the things that immediately springs to mind is his dominance over the majority of his opponents and in particular Roger Federer. Watching him play it is hard to imagine that any player could dominate this Spanish superstar.
One player who has managed to gain an advantage over Nadal recently is the Argentinian David Nalbandian. In there previous two meetings he has beaten Nadal in straight sets, losing a combined total of just 7 games in those 2 matches – two more dominant displays against Nadal are hard to recall.
So when Nalbandian raced to a 6-3, 5-3 lead at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, the tennis world was beginning to wonder what voodoo magic was at work to give him an edge over this seemingly indestructible giant of the game. Read more of this article »
Posted by Crooksy on March 19th , 2009 under Sports News |
I’ll start of by saying this – I’m a red-blooded Aussie bloke who loves his homegrown sports. I’ve watched cricket, tennis, & rugby union live in many different parts of the world. I’m an NRL fan, love the swimming and will watch pretty much any sport where there is an Aussie involved in the action (except maybe hockey…I just can’t get into it)
But my favourite yearly sports tournament is the NCAA college basketball championships in the U.S, colloquially known as March Madness. Now obviously if you have no idea about basketball, or you can’t stand the sport, this tourney may not be your cup of tea.
But bear with me for a minute and I’ll explain what it is that makes this tournament so special. Read more of this article »
Posted by Rooster on March 17th , 2009 under Sports Betting News |
The Australian Government and lobbyists have been discussing banning free bet incentives in bookmaker advertising. The bans would likely cover all types of media including all print and TV.
When doing some study on the topic I came across an article from a leading newspaper. Its talks about banning free bet incentives from ads and includes comments from Centrebet’s Neil Evans saying “Its the right thing to do”. After reading the article I noticed on the right of the page was a completely contradicting advertisement from Centrebet which made me laugh out loud, check it out here! It features Neil Evans promoting a promo for a “free betting bank”. The banner goes on saying that a $100 free bet will be given!
The ad is randomly placed on different pages of the newspapers site and slaps all what the article has to say in the face. Read more of this article »
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Posted by Crooksy on March 16th , 2009 under Cricket |
The cricketing boards of Australia and South Africa have wasted no time in putting plans in place to take advantage of the growing rivalry between the top two ranked teams in world cricket. From the 2012 season onwards these two giants of the game will square off on an annual basis, avoiding the current situation of back to back test series.
While Cricket Australia has not yet released the exact details of the arrangement, it is understood that each country will host the other every second year, with possible separate tours for tests and one dayers.
One of the big complaints from the South African camp is that there was no time to come down from their historic tour to Australian shores earlier in the year. Read more of this article »
