August 30th, 2011 by Lukas B
The US Open is tennis’ last Grand Slam of the year. It goes for the next two weeks and culminates with the men’s final on September 11. 128 men and women will each contest the singles competition. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are the top three men’s seeds. Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva and Maria Sharapova are the top three women’s seeds. Tennis betting fans can expect to find Djokovic as the top men’s favourite with Wozniacki the most favoured female, and should keep a lookout for the incredible special bets available at Titan Bet throughout the tournament. Read More »
August 23rd, 2011 by admin
The Final of the Challenge Cup sees the Wigan Warriors take on the Leeds Rhinos. Despite Wigan being the most successful side in the Challenge Cup with 17 wins they haven’t actually tasted cup glory since 2002. Leeds have won it 11 times with the last victory coming in 1999.
Led by Kevin Sinfeld and Jamie Peacock, the Rhinos have a talented side. As do Wigan who boast the likes of Sean O’Loughin, Pat Richards, Ryan Hoffman and Brett Finch.
Wigan are currently top of the Super League ladder and are having a great year. Their path to the final began with a 52-0 thumping of Barrow Raiders. They followed this up with a narrow 26-22 win over the Bradford Bulls. They smashed Warrington in the quarter finals before sneaking past St Helens in the semi’s.
Leeds began with a win over the Crusaders and then took out Harlequins and Hull. In the semi-finals they were really put to the test and required extra time to overcome Castleford. Leeds are in 7th place on the Super League ladder and would love nothing more than to avenge the back to back Challenge Cup final losses they suffered at the hands of Wigan in the early 1990s. They lost the final last year to Warrington and a win here would be the perfect tonic.
August 10th, 2011 by admin
Down 2-0 with two Tests to play, how will India respond? They came to England as the number one Test side in the world but haven’t played like it and now run the risk of the English capturing that title.
Injuries haven’t helped their cause and they have lost Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh for the remainder of the series.
Virender Sehwag missed the first two tests but should return as will Gautam Gambhir.
Rahul Dravid has been playing a lone hand for India and has 262 runs from the two Tests. VVS Laxman is the next best Indian with 124, but as a wholem the team just haven’t coped well with the conditions or the spicy English bowing; even Sachin Tendulkar is struggling. In Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Ian Bell there are three Englishmen whot have over 200 runs whilst Stuart Broad has an impressive 182.
Broad is having a fantastic series and hit a series high of 15 wickets including a hat-trick. Praveen Kumar has bowed well and is the next best with 13.
Simply put, India have been outplayed in every department of the game. They won both tosses but chose to field first both times which backfired. The third Test at Edgbaston will indicate if they are going to be able to mount a serious comeback or whether they have no fight left to give – watch this space and enjoy!
