With a host of World Championships and major events on the horizon, we’ve picked out 10 sporting stars to look out for in 2023. These hot prospects are best placed to take their respective sports by storm and could provide punters with some good betting opportunities.
We’re posting our sports quiz of the year for 2022 to test your knowledge of what happened in some of the key events over the past 12 months. There were tears of joy at thrilling victories – and also a few shed over the near miss of what might have been.
England are fancied to beat Pakistan at the MCG and become the first team to hold both white-ball World Cup trophies at the same time. The Three Lions prevailed over 50 overs in 2019 and are worthy favourites in the shorter format after demolishing India in the semis.
The men’s T20 World Cup is set to get underway on October 16, with Australia aiming to defend their title from last year on home soil. The tournament is still relatively new – this is the eighth staging since it was first played in 2007.
We’re tracking the Commonwealth Games odds for the best bets at Birmingham 2022 and are providing a daily look at the major events. Despite the summer’s hectic sporting schedule, 72 nations will compete during just under two weeks of action, including some modern-day greats.
We’re just over halfway through 2022 but a number of sporting world records have already been broken. Here we have analysed five with the most compelling stories behind them.
New Zealand and Australia were both underdogs for their Twenty20 World Cup semis, highlighting the unpredictable nature of this format. Each side looked up against it during those matches until some big hitting late on turned things around, so the final could go either way.
Pakistan put their 100 per cent record on the line in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals against Australia. The Shaheens surged into the last four with five wins from five en route to topping Group 2 and look the team to follow again in Dubai.
England are two wins away from becoming double world champions. Having beaten New Zealand in a thrilling 50-over World Cup final at Lord’s in 2019, Eoin Morgan’s side are looking to go one better than in 2016, when they lost in the T20 World Cup decider to West Indies.
England and Australia have both claimed a couple of victories at the T20 World Cup ahead of their heavyweight clash in Dubai. However, the feeling is that the Three Lions have been more impressive so far here and have the better long-term form in this sphere.
With cricket’s greatest rivalry set to be resumed in Australia at the end of 2021, we’ve taken a look back over 139 years of The Ashes history. As one of sport’s oldest trophies, these regular battles with England have produced plenty of memorable moments.
Following the announcement of six contenders, we’re taking a look at the 2020 Sports Personality of the Year odds to see who is fancied to claim this prestigious award. The winner will be announced on December 20 via a live broadcast from Salford, with voting open to the public during that programme.
England’s Test series against Pakistan got under way in thrilling style as the hosts secured a dramatic fourth-day victory at Old Trafford. However, the tourists will have been encouraged by their performance in Manchester and look good value to hit back in Southampton.
When international sport is finally allowed to resume there will be an enormous amount of world titles waiting to be decided. Even without the rescheduled Olympic games, the sporting calendar will be packed, keeping us glued to our screens as all the unfinished business is resolved.