Ferrari somehow ended up having to settle for third and fifth in Bahrain but the speed they showed that weekend weighs heavily on our Chinese Grand Prix predictions. Charles Leclerc should have won that race, but Sebastian Vettel remains the team’s number one and can now show his true worth.
The big guns are out in force on the PGA Tour this week for the prestigious Players Championship, with the world’s top 50 all in the field for the so-called “fifth major”, Phil Casey writes.
Chris Eubank Jnr has the energy, hunger and desire to outwork James DeGale in Saturday night’s grudge fight at London’s O2 Arena. At 29, the Brighton boxer is four years younger than his opponent and has significantly fewer miles on the clock from a well-managed career.
With the 20th iteration of the Six Nations now underway, we’ve analysed the data from the previous 19 tournaments to work out what we should expect in each round. We’ve also analysed the squads from the last four World Cup years to see how much Six Nations performances predict about the sport’s showpiece event in Japan.
Adrien Broner is nicknamed ‘The Problem’ and is rated a value bet to prove just that for Manny Pacquiao when they meet in Las Vegas for the WBA welterweight title. The American held this belt for six months back in 2013 and has every chance of getting it back if fully focused on the task in hand.
Carl Frampton looks a worthy favourite to prise the IBF featherweight title away from Josh Warrington at Manchester Arena on Saturday night. The 31-year-old Belfast fighter may be the challenger, but he has mixed in much better company than the champion, who is three years his junior.
Altior is a hot favourite for Saturday’s feature race at Sandown but we’re putting up Un De Sceaux as a value alternative in our Tingle Creek Chase preview. The iconic Grade 1 contest has attracted just four entries this year, but it is still expected to be a fascinating renewal.
We’ve analysed the fortunes of the six northern hemisphere sides who compete in the Six Nations, along with the four southern hemisphere teams who contest the Rugby Championship, to see how much their performances and squads can be predicted by their efforts in the Autumn Internationals.
We’ve reached the semi-finals stage with our bwin Grand Slam of Darts predictions and have a 99/1 correct score double for Sunday in Wolverhampton. This event features the top stars from the PDC and BDO codes and has £450,000 in prize money up for grabs, with £110,000 going to the champion.
Novak Djokovic has been outstanding in London, but we’re backing Alexander Zverez to give him a decent work-out. Zverev was beaten 6-4 6-1 by the world number one during the group stage, but he did have a slight chance to upset the Serbian superstar at 4-4 in the opening set.
For the 10th year in a row, the ATP Finals are taking place at London’s O2 Arena. We have looked at results over the past 10 years to see which players should be feared by their competitors, and how the culmination of the men’s tennis season tends to pan out.
The Grand Slam of Darts features the top stars from the PDC and BDO codes, with each player initially hoping to get through the group stage and reach the knockout rounds. bwin caught up with Michael Van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, world champion Rob Cross and an in-form James Wade to get their thoughts on the tournament.
We’ve got three autumn internationals predictions from Saturday’s big rugby matches and are hoping to land a 5/1-plus treble on the handicap markets. With the Rugby World Cup nine months away, Europe’s top nations will be keen to show they can compete with the southern hemisphere superpowers.
Tony Bellew is no stranger to upsetting the odds but we fear he may have bitten off more than he can chew by taking on undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian southpaw is widely regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.