The Paris Olympics and Euro 2024 will underpin next year’s sporting calendar. Here we pick out 10 sporting stars in 2024 who could shine.
Erling Haaland, Max Verstappen and Novak Djokovic were among the stars to produce historic statistics in a memorable year of sport. Here we look back at 2023 in numbers.
Saudi Arabia and sport have become increasingly intertwined in recent years and the growing influence of the country took arguably its most significant step yet last week. The LIV Golf series, backed by the finances of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), is merging with the PGA and DP World Tours to create a new vehicle which will manage the commercial interests of top-level golf.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is once again rated the man to beat in the 2023 World Snooker Championship odds. The Rocket is quoted at 4/1 to secure a record eighth title of the modern era, having joined Stephen Hendry on seven Crucible triumphs 12 months ago.
Neil Robertson is second favourite in the Masters snooker 2023 odds and looks a value bet to retain his title at Alexandra Palace. The Australian ace beat Barrie Hawkins 10-4 in last year’s final after seeing off Jack Lisowski, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams.
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.
It takes a rare combination of talent and effort to win a major sporting title, but it requires a particularly unusual quantity of both to defeat all challengers year after year. We’ve looked at some of the champions who maintained the highest level of dominance over a period of 10 years.
Snooker fans were among the first to enjoy a flagship event in 2021 as one of the sport’s prestigious ‘triple crown’ events – the Masters – took place in January. Attention now turns to another: the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in April, where the planet’s best snooker players will go head to head for the final time this season.
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.
Ronnie O’Sullivan has been stuck on five World Snooker Championship titles since 2013 but is fancied to add to his tally of Crucible triumphs this year. The Rocket may now be a veteran performer at the age of 42, but he has had one of his best ever campaigns, picking … Read more
The Masters odds > BET HERE! Ronnie O’Sullivan has claimed a record seven Masters titles and looks a worthy 5/2 favourite to add to that tally at Alexandra Palace this month. It is hard to believe that the Rocket first lifted this trophy way back in 1995, but he seems … Read more
UK Championship odds > BET HERE! The UK Championship is rated second only to the World Championship in terms of prestige on the snooker calendar and we’re taking two players against the field in the outright winner market. Ronnie O’Sullivan heads into the York tournament as 4/1 favourite and is … Read more
It is 20 years since Ken Doherty was crowned world champion when he became the first player to beat Stephen Hendry in a Crucible final. Ahead of this year’s tournament, the Irishman assesses the state of the sport and gives us his World Snooker Championship tips.