It is do or die for England today as they end their Group C campaign
June 23, 2010
Come 3pm the streets, schools and workplaces around our great nation will be quiet. save hopefully for the sound of elation as goals roll in as England take on Slovenia in the final game of England’s Group C campaign. Fabio Capello’s side make the journey to Port Elizabeth to take on Matjaz Kek’s Slovenia side at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium from 3pm today, the match can be watched live on BBC1.
Team England will have to put aside the recent poor performances against the USA and Algeria where many expected England to pick up all 6 points on offer we have only came away with a measly 2 and will need all 3 points on offer today to guarantee our continuation in the tournament so that we can progress to the knockout stages which beings with the round of 16.
The Irish bookmaker PaddyPower who must be elated that France are now on their way home after stealing Irelands rightful place in the tournament are showing their jubilation by offering to refund bets made on the match today if the game ends 0-0. The company shelled out a record amount in refund following the England v Algeria game and hopefully will not be doing the same today.
England v Slovenia match odds
All odds are kindly supplied by Paddy Power.
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Odds slide for France as it looks like an early World Cup exit for them
June 21, 2010
By the close of business today all of the 32 teams in the World Cup will have each played two of their group games and so far only Holland, Argentina and Brazil have definitely qualified for the next stage of the competition.
Results all around the tournament in South Africa have seen some shock results and surprises that have left several of teams that were heavily tipped to win the competition not even likely to get to the round of 16. Among the worst hit in tournaments casualties are France who thanks to the sending home of Nicolas Anelka and the refusal of the team to train over the weekend have seen their odds of winning the tournament go from 20/1 to 150/1 and are at odds of 10/1 to qualify from their group.
Tournament outright odds
With the likes of England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany are all in danger of exiting early the odds for the winner of the tournament have dropped quite a bit for Argentina and Brazil. Below are the odds for the original seeded teams supplied by Paddy Power.
- 4/1 – Brazil
- 9/2 – Argentina
- 5/1 – Spain
- 8/1 – Holland
- 10/1 – Germany
- 10/1 – England
- 22/1 – Italy
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Odds pointing to an increase in VAT in Osborne’s first budget
June 21, 2010
The new Conservative/Liberal coalition Government has been in power for just under 2 months and the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will be delivering his first budget to the house of commons tomorrow.
The new Government has already outlined cuts of £6 billion that it needs to make and the budget is normally a way to claw in much needed revenue, however among the items on the agenda will be the much talked about freeze on council tax charges as promised in the Conservative manifesto.
However to gain revenue there is expected to be rise in VAT (Value Added Tax) and bookmakers William Hill are now offering odds of 1/7 that the rate will go up and 4/1 that is will stay at the current rate of 17.5%.
What colour will Osborne’s tie be?
Will the first joint government budget see Osborne choose a neutral (not party) colour?
- 2/1 – Blue
- 4/1 – Green
- 6/1 – Pink
- 6/1 – Red
- 8/1 – Purple
- 12/1 – Yellow
- 16/1 – Black
- 16/1 – Orange
- 16/1 – Yellow
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Day Of The Eagle favourite for the Buckingham Palace Stakes from Royal Ascot
June 18, 2010
Day four of Royal Ascot concludes with the Buckingham Palace Stakes handicap race which is a class 2 race for horses aged 3 years and older. It will feature 32 runners who will be covering a distance of 7 furlongs with the going for the race being set to good to firm.
The favourite for this race is the Kieren Fallon ridden Day Of The Eagle who is showing at odds of 13/2, the second favourite is Bangalore Gold ridden by Frankie Dettori. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Himalya ridden by jockey Ryan Moore at odds of 10/1 which is a great price for an each way bet.
The Irish bookmakers Paddy Power are offering five star value on this race by paying out on each way bets on up to 5 places, so if your horse finishes in space 1,2,3,4 or 5 your a winner at 1/4 the odds.
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Cash back offer if England do not win against Algeria tonight
June 18, 2010
England fans will be hoping that England are not the latest big team to be defeated by the underdogs as both Spain and France have faced defeats against for want of a better word lesser teams. Fabio Capello’s team are the clear favourites to win their second Group C game and are being quoted at odds of 1/4 to win and 9/2 for the draw, Algeria are looking at a massive 12/1 should they win the game.
England v Algeria match odds
The bookies Boylesports are running a similar offer to that off the England v USA game where they are offering to refund losing bets on certain markets on tonight’s game between England and Algeria.
Boylesports cashback offer
The offer applies to the following betting markets on Boylesports:
- First, last and anytime goal scorers
- Score and win
- A player to score 2 or more goals/Hat-Trick
- Scorecast
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Cash back offer available on France versus Mexico with BetFred
June 17, 2010
France take on Mexico in their second match of Group A and both teams will be going out in force to garner the 3 points on offer. Uruguay have taken the surprise lead in the this group and even a win for France this afternoon will only take them to the runners up place (unless they win by 3 goals or more) with one more game left to go in the group stages before we find out who will progress to the round of 16.
The bookmakers BetFred are offering one of their cash back offers on this game. If Raymond Domenech’s French side can defeat Javier Aguirre’s Mexico team by 2 clear goals or more then they will refund all losing first and last goal scorer bets as well as correct score and scorecast single bets made on the game.
France v Mexico match odds
All match odds are supplied by Bet Fred and are correct at time of publishing but are likely to change closer to the game.
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Will there be snow in Africa this World Cup Time?
June 16, 2010
Hum the title to the Band Aid single and you might get a little chuckle on your face but quite surprisingly it may actually happen during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and more importantly it could even happen in the England versus Algeria came this coming Friday night. The weather out in South Africa has come as a shock to some of the travelling fans who were quite surprised how cold it is in South Africa at times, the opening ceremony itself had freezing temperatures of below zero degrees centigrade.
It is currently winter in South Africa and bookies William Hill could be forced to pay out a five figure sum to some canny punters who got in on the idea quite sharpish. Before the tournament started William Hill was dishing out odds of 12/1 for snow to fall any time during the 90 minutes of the England game against Algeria, those odds have now been slashed to just 4/1!
England v Algeria Snow Specials
- 4/1 – Snow to fall during the game.
- 100/1 – The game to be abandoned due to snow
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Has former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin had a boob job?
June 16, 2010
There is a question that needs answering that is causing a stir around the world of politics, its not when BP will fix the oil spill and sack Tony Hayward nor is it who out of the Miliband brothers will win the Labour Leadership battle it is of course whether or not former US Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has had a boob job! Political bloggers all over the world are putting in more man hours since the healthcare debate to find out the answer.
Sarah Palin to admit to boob job before 2012 election
Will the former Governor of Alaska admit to going under the knife before the next US election?, all odds supplied by bookmaker Paddy Power.
Tongues have been wagging about the politicians breast sizse since she attended the recent Belmont Stakes and was looking a lot more voluptuous that she had done in the past. She has always denied having any kind of surgery on her chest but the camera never lies, or does it?
Palin to become underwear spokes model
Will she give up on the political world and become a spokesperson for one of the big underwear companies?
- 10/1 – Playtex Wonderbra
- 20/1 – Ultimo
- 25/1 – Victoria’s Secret
- 25/1 – Triumph
- 50/1 – Calvin Klein
- 100/1 – Walmart
- 500/1 – Marks and Spencer
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Group of death begins today who will prevail?
June 15, 2010
Today sees the start of matches in Group G which has been nicknamed the Group of Death, with only the winners and runners up of the group going through to the next round it should be a tough but inevitable Brazil as winners but the runners up place will be fiercely contested between the Ivory Coast and Portugal.
Internet bookmakers Partybets are running a cash back offer on this deadly group. If any of the four teams that play in this group today come from behind to go ahead and win the game then they will refund of the losing bets placed on the first, last and anytime goal scorer markets.
Ivory Coast v Portugal match odds
Both teams here have great potential to come as runners up of the group, with Portugal having the slight advantage.
Brazil v North Korea match odds
After this match you can feel for North Korea as they still have to face Portugal and the Ivory Coast.
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Who will be in goal for England against Algeria?
June 15, 2010
Following the shocking mistake by West Ham goal keeper Robert Green in the opening game of England’s World Cup campaign against the United States when he let in an easily stoppable shot from Clint Dempsey that cancelled out Steven Gerrard’s earlier goal.
Football pundits around the United Kingdom are wondering whether England coach Fabio Capello will drop the player in favour of the more experienced David James for England’s next game on Friday against Algeria. Although Green was the reason the game ended in a draw he still produced a fabulous save in the second half that prevented a shock England defeat.
Online bookmakersVictor Chandler have now made it a 9/4 shot that Fabio Capello will let all three of the England goalkeepers grab a game in South Africa.
Who will start in goals against Algeria?
- 5/6 – Robert Green
- 5/6 – David James
- 5/6 – Joe Hart
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