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Tour de France Stage 11 Betting Preview
Stage 10 saw Marcel Kittel take his second victory of the Tour as he came from behind to pip Andre Greipel on the line. Mark Cavendish was a distant third and received more attention for his role in a...
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Tour de France Stage 12 Betting Preview
As expected, Stage 11 was won by Tony Martin, but arguably it was Chris Froome that put in the most impressive performance, finishing just 12 seconds behind the German. It means that he now leads by 3...
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Discrepancies between Match and Outright Betting Markets
Betting on the outright markets in tennis can often prove a profitable source of income. While you are unlikely to hit regular winners, the bigger odds that come from putting your money into this...
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Tour de France Stage 14 Betting Preview
Stage 13 was meant to be a simple sprint stage. 150km or so or fairly dreary racing with the likes of Argos Shimano, Lotto-Belisol and Omega Pharma Quick-Step upping the pace into the finish for the...
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Tour de France Stage 15 Betting Preview
As expected, the breakaway stayed away on Stage 14 with Matteo Trentin outsprinting Michael Albasini and Andrew Talansky to take the victory. The GC contenders and their teams happily sat back in the...
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The Spectre of Doping: Parallels Between Lance Armstrong and Usain Bolt
It is impossible to deny that the 14th July was one of the darkest days in athletics for many years. During the afternoon, it was announced that Tyson Gay, the second fastest man in history, had failed...
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World Swimming Championship Betting Preview - Day 1
The 2013 World Swimming Championships get underway tomorrow morning from Barcelona. Over the course of the eight days, there are no fewer than 34 individual events and we shall have previews,...
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World Swimming Championship Betting Preview - Day 2 Women's Events
100m ButterflyThe defending Olympic champion and world record holder, Dana Vollmer, came through the heats with no problems, setting the second fastest time in the world this year in 57.22. She won her...
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World Swimming Championship Betting Preview - Day 3
Women's 100m BackstrokeThe Olympic champion, Missy Franklin, is the hot favourite in this race. Not only is she the gold medallist from London, she is also the fastest in the world this year dispelling...
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World Swimming Championship Betting Preview - Day 5
Men's 200m Individual MedleyRyan Lochte is the big favourite for this race, which is no real surprise given that he is the current world record holder and reigning World and Olympic champion. His...
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2013 Vuelta a Espana Betting Preview
The final Grand Tour of the year gets underway on Saturday with a 27km time-trial from Vilanova de Arousa to Sanxenxo in Galicia. In total, the peloton will cover 3,391 over 21 stages, culminating in...
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2013 Vuelta a Espana Betting Preview - Points, King of the Mountains and Teams
Unlike the Tour de France, the winner of the points classification in the Vuelta is usually one of the leading GC contender. There are few points for intermediate sprints and the majority come at the...
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Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 Betting Preview
The Vuelta opens with a 27.4km TTT from Vilanova de Arousa along the Galician coast to Sanxenxo. It is a pretty flat, non-technical course that will benefit from tailwinds along most of the route....
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Backing the Draws - A Profitable Strategy?
The Premier League is often touted as the ‘Greatest League in the World’. Whether you agree with that sentiment or not, there is one particular aspect of it that makes it a dream for punters. The key...
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Quiksilver Pro France Surfing Betting Preview
The Quiksilver Pro France 2013 gets underway in the early hours of Thursday morning. For those that don’t know how it work, there are 36 surfers that are divided into 12 heats of three. The winner in...
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World Championship Road Race Betting Preview
The World Championship elite men’s road race this year could be one of the most intriguing races for a long time with opportunities for a whole range of different types of rider to get their hands on...
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Backing the Draws - Enhancing the Strategy
Last month, I looked at the strange phenomenon where blindly backing the draw in the Premier League resulted in some quite impressive profits (read the article here). We found that simply backing the...
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Anett Kontaveit
Initial World Ranking: 439Current World Ranking: 2282013 Record: 38-122013 Titles: 4 ($10k Marathon, $25k Moscow, $10k Izmir, $25k Margaret River)Best Win: Olivia Rogowska (#159)Worst Defeat: Anna...
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Donna Vekic
Initial World Ranking: 109Current World Ranking: 942013 Record: 19-152013 Titles: 1 ($50k Istanbul)Tournament BreakdownITF $10k: 0-0ITF $25k: 0-0ITF $50k: 5-0ITF $75k: 0-0ITF $100k: 0-1ITF $125k:...
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Match Fixing in Tennis
The scourge of fixing is casting a growing shadow over a number of major sports. Cricket had the Pakistan no-ball scandal and football is seeing seemingly daily revelations about players fixing matches...
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