#21st Century

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is the overwhelming favorite in the season's first Grand Slam. Read on for our women's Australian Open tennis odds and picks. (WTA rankings as of Saturday, Jan. 14). Four of the last five winners of the Australian Open will not have a chance for repeat success this season. Caroline Wozniacki (2018 winner) and Ashleigh Barty…

Hockey World Cup LIVE: After a great start to the Hockey World Cup, quadruple-header action is set to continue on Day 2… By Hockey World Cup LIVE: After a great start to the Hockey World Cup, quadruple-header action is set to continue on Day 2 of the tournament. On 14th January, Defending champions Belgium will headline the action. They will face…

If you are tired of YouTubers stepping into the boxing ring to fight a myriad of opponents, then don't look now, because another match will take place this weekend. Popular YouTuber and social media influencer KSI will box esports athlete FaZe Temperrr. Fans of celebrity boxing will have another fantastic card of Internet personalities and C List…

Scoring a hat trick is one of the most celebrated accomplishments in football. The scorer makes all the headlines the following day, earns a pat on the back from teammates and even opponents; and most notably, gets to take the match-ball home. Scoring even a single goal is a difficult task, and doing it thrice over the course of a game is nothing…

It's finally happening. After years of petty back and forth on social media, Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Tank Davis are finally set to settle their differences in the ring. While there's still no definitive date for the fight, the two lightweights are slated to face off against each other in April, according to sources. So, what's better than a rare…

How it qualified: Gold medal 2021 EuroHockey Championships: 1971 - 6th, 1973 - Champion, 1975 - 9th, 1978 - Runner-up, 1982 - 4th, 1986 - 7th, 1990 - Champion, 1994 - Runner-up, 1998 - Champion, 2002 - 3rd, 2006 - 7th, 2010 - 3rd, 2014 - Runner-up, 2018 - Runner-up. World Cup record against India: 7 Wins, 0 losses. 1973: The Netherlands 2(4)-2(2)…

Why do we keep destroying our harness racing Industry in New Zealand by allowing ridiculous standing starts, especially in maiden trot fields? What century are we in? Who is our handicapper? This is the 21st Century and we are supposed to put on an exciting, modern and fair race for all to enjoy. The handicapper has a lot to answer for - lacking…

No. 1 Georgia faces off against No. 3 TCU in one of the unlikeliest College Football Playoff National Championships of all time. Georgia went 41 years without winning a national championship until coach Kirby Smart led the program out of the wilderness in 2021. Already, the Bulldogs are back with a chance to become the first team of the College…

2pts double Justin Thomas to beat Scott Stallings & Scottie Scheffler to beat JJ Spaun (both 8/15) at 1.35/1 (General) A question for you: what did Sam Burns achieve when winning last June's Charles Schwab Challenge which not one PGA Tour winner since then has repeated? In truth, of course, there will have been many unique aspects of his triumph at…

The TCU Horned Frogs are hoping to make history on Monday night as they try to pull off one of the biggest upsets in NCAAF National Championship Game history. Here are five other teams that beat the odds in college football's title game. When Texas Christian runs out onto the field against Georgia on Monday night to compete for college football's…

RIYADH: Forget Real Madrid's win over Liverpool for now, on Monday night Africa takes center stage as the CAF Champions League final sees defending champions Al-Ahly of Egypt face Morocco's Wydad AC in Casablanca. Here are five talking points ahead of the big game. 1. Al-Ahly channeling Real Madrid Al-Ahly are by far the most successful team in the…

The 2022/23 La Liga season resumes on Thursday with Matchday 15. Friday will feature four games, with Real Madrid bringing the curtains down on the action when they lock horns with Real Valladolid at Estadio Jose Zorrilla. Real Valladolid returned to La Liga after finishing second in the Segunda Division last season. And the Albivioletas have been…

Although Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Tuesday wasn't perfect, it was one of the better performances the team had given in quite some time. More importantly, it halted the Blues' five-game domestic losing streak in a matchweek that saw nearly every other top-half side take all three points. Kai Havertz and Mason Mount both needed boosts…

When we think of horse racing, many of us think of placing a Grand National bet on one of the many online betting sites. This is the most common way to bet on horses today, but we shouldn't forget its long and rich history. Before betting on horses became a thing, horse racing was an event in and of itself that dates back to - unsurprisingly -…

Every Tuesday, Matt Hayes tackles the 10 hottest topics in the Big Ten … With Ohio sports betting apps launching this week, you can pre-register today and get hundreds of dollars in free bets to use on the Buckeyes, NFL games and other sports: Nothing about it feels right. This is the most unpredictable moment of Ohio State football in decades. And…

Carlo Ancelotti has been elected for the AS Sport Award after a brilliant 2022 that saw the Real Madrid head coach win his fourth Champions League and reach the milestone of being the only coach to win all five major leagues. With 450 top-flight appearances at club level (three seasons at Parma, eight at Roma and four at Milan), Ancelotti…

New York is coming off a 101-61 season and an appearance in a National League Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. The Mets won 24 more regular-season games in 2022 under first-year manager Buck Showalter than they did the year before under former skipper Luis Rojas. That raised expectations for 2023, and Mets owner Steve Cohen and…

The Celtics look, quite literally, unstoppable. After falling short in the NBA Finals a year ago, Boston has returned with an angry, relentless energy. All that production on the hardcourt has them grasping at the coattails of NBA scoring history. The C's are dominating unsuspecting opponents with a historic offensive pace that has shot them right…

Once, they charmed the month of March. Once, the nation's college basketball fans cheered their names - except maybe those whose brackets they busted. The NCAA tournament draws a lot of its heart from Cinderella teams, who celebrate their days in the sun. But the clock always strikes midnight, which ushers in tomorrow. And tomorrow ain't always…

The Queen owned numerous superstar horses during her remarkable life in racing. Here are some of the best. . . The Queen had relatively few colts try their luck at Epsom in the Derby and none finished better than Aureole who, but for an inspired Sir Gordon Richards on Pinza, would have carried off the great prize just four days after the…

The next England manager odds are shaping up, as everyone looks to guess who will become the next England manager following Gareth Southgate's six-year stint. It's been a successful tenure for Southgate. Originally getting the job on an interim basis following the shock departure of Sam Allardyce in 2016, the former defender led the Three Lions to…

Thirty-three mostly uneventful days have passed on the Major League Baseball calendar since Ryan Pressly induced a Nick Castellanos popup to end the 2022 World Series. But as the baseball world descended on San Diego for the winter meetings this week, the transactions arrived in a flurry. So let's take stock of the first month of the offseason with…

The greatest rivalry in college football is set to kick off as Army and Navy renew their hostilities in the Week 15 regular season finale on Saturday. As always, expect some good old-fashioned ground and pound running football as the service academies rely on their respective battery of gifted tailbacks to carry the day. Army comes in at 5-6 on the…

To commemorate the 100th season of Arkansas basketball, I took on the task of ranking the top-100 basketball players in program history. It was very much a passion project, and I'm sure there will be plenty of disagreements, but I tried to be as objective as possible while also taking into account stats and accolades from individual players across…

France went into World Cup 2022 in a curious position. The defending champions found themselves as one of the leading contenders to win the tournament with fans and the best online sportsbooks alike, and simultaneously as many people's tip to the big underachievers in Qatar. We do not know yet how far Didier Deschamps's side will go, but it is safe…

Not only was Shohei Ohtani one of the top pitchers in MLB this season, he was one of the premier hitters in the game, too. He's the Babe Ruth of the 21st Century. And he might be on a new team for the 2023 season. It seems unfathomable that the Los Angeles Angels would ship away the game's transcendent star. But Ohtani is a free agent after 2023.…

Not only EA's servers for FIFA 23 are a mystery sometimes, now we even have some mysterious challenges in FUT, where we don't really know what to do. But we have all the solutions for the history mystery lesson. For the current World Cup, EA Sports are overloading us with content. For Black Friday, we still have crazy special packs, in which we can…

Five horses who could star in the Sydney Autumn The Autumn Carnival is Sydney is almost upon us with the Golden Slipper, Doncaster Handicap and Queen Elizabeth Stakes among the features in store over the coming months. Who are the horses to follow and what are the horse racing tips predicting? Which unknown quantities could emerge as stars of the…

Rugby League's men's World Cup kicks off on Saturday when England take on Samoa in Newcastle. It's the 16th iteration of a tournament first played in France in 1954. But, if 10 years previously, you'd asked any French player taking part in that inaugural competition whether they'd ever foresee playing a World Cup on home soil they'd have laughed…

While other U.S. sports leagues battle another Covid outbreak, Major League Soccer ended its 2021 season with some good news as it attempts to convince TV networks they should pay $300 million a year to carry its games. ESPN said this week the 2021 MLS Cup on ABC averaged 1.14 million viewers, peaking at 1.6 million viewers, delivering the…

New seasons lunge into action with vigour and excitement, and the old fade into antiquity; such is the speed of time in football. The finale of that past age was a year kneecapped by exhaustion visible in the legs and minds of players, even up to the eyes of the fans. There was barely time to close off the sentimental balance sheet before transfers…

One football team absent from the World Cup in Qatar is Hungary, who failed to qualify having finished fourth in a group containing England and Poland. This will displease none more than Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán. For him, football is at once a passion and a political tool. Orbán, a nationalist, populist leader who came to prominence as…

Remember Martin Vagner? Ivan Vishnevskiy? How about Scott Glennie, the eighth overall pick in 2009? Or pre-Toronto Jack Campbell, the first goalie taken in 2011? Or maybe pre-Cup champion Valeri Nichushkin? Those are just a few of Dallas' first-round picks from the 21st century that didn't work out. In fact, from 2000-2010, Steve Ott (848 games),…

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As we count down to the winter holidays, the world shifts into gift-giving mode. Whether you light a menorah, gather around a nativity scene, or simply look forward to quiet time with loved ones, the focus is on finding and sharing something special with those on your list. As you plan your holiday gifts, consider the ultimate consumable for the…

The Toronto Blue Jays turn 45 in 2022. They open the season Friday night at Rogers Centre, just four days after legal went live and mobile. It's a good time to be an fan in Toronto. The Blue Jays have eight former players in Cooperstown. But not all had Hall of Fame careers while playing for Toronto. Which players would make up the Toronto Blue…

The Opponent: Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873 and named after Cornelius Vanderbilt. Neil (I think we can call him that) lived a pretty amazing life, dominating land & sea shipping lanes in the second half of the 19th century. It was his second wife, also his cousin, who convinced him to donate $1 million to start Vanderbilt University. At…

The NASCAR Cup Series features the best stock car drivers in the world. It's tough for young drivers to step into the Cup Series and have success. However, we've seen multiple drivers buck that trend. Most of these great rookie seasons come from over 15 years ago. That's because drivers enter the Cup Series with less experience these days. In the…

Bet9ja offers odds on all Ligue 1 games this weekend, and we bring you the best tips to help you cash out this weekend. Ligue 1 action resumes this weekend with 10 games from Friday to Sunday for punters to stake on. Marseille vs. Ajaccio: Marseille to win @ 1.38 odds Reims vs. PSG: PSG to win @ 1.38 odds Montpellier vs.Monaco: Over 2.5 goals @…

We're not saying the chaos of the 2010 World Cup tilt is going to be repeated, but France's preparations for the 2022 tournament bear all the hallmarks of a team ready to implode on the grandest of stages. Injured midfielder Paul Pogba has been at the centre of a fraternal extortion scandal in recent months, while Kylian Mbappe led a boycott of a…

Malta will welcome Greece to the Ta' Qali National Stadium for an international friendly fixture on Thursday, 17 November. The hosts come into the clash on the back of a 2-1 comeback victory over Israel in an international friendly in September. The Israelis took a 32nd-minute lead through Bibras Natcho but Alexander Satariano and Ferdinando Apap…

There's been a tremendous amount of success from a handful of first-year coaches, but others have suffered bumps. This serves as an updated stock watch for first-year head coaches as we head toward the final stretch of the season. Pac-12 Kalen DeBoer, Washington The Huskies (8-2) have been rolling pretty much the entire season. They started 2022…

Embrace the chaos of the 2022 MLB postseason. Enjoy the upsets, the unlikely heroes, and seeing 100-win teams going down in a October inferno. Your attitude on this topic probably depends on your personal rooting interests. So I wouldn't expect much cherish-the-postseason sentiment from fans of the Dodgers, Braves, Mets and Cardinals. Their teams…

Not many gave it a second thought when Texas A&M entered the season ranked No. 6 in the preseason AP Top 25. Sure, it was rare leap for a team that finished unranked the season prior, but coming off compiling the No. 1 recruiting class of all time and with three new additions in the quarterback room, some viewed the Aggies as a dark horse College…

2022-05-19Top five Lockinge Stakes winners of the 21st Century including Frankel, Ribchester and more The Lockinge, a wonderful spectacle at just about the fairest track in the land, Newbury. Who couldn't love a race down that has delivered some of the greats of the past couple of decades, and perhaps the greatest of them all. The race was…

Olympique Lyonnais is going head to head with OGC Nice starting on 11 Nov 2022 at 20:00 UTC at Groupama Stadium stadium, Lyon city, France. The match is a part of the Ligue 1. Nice are currently in ninth place in the Ligue 1 standings and have been plagued by inconsistency so far this season. The away side edged Brest to a 1-0 victory last week and…

No need to stop and take a shower for this year's 50 things to know about the college basketball season. We don't care how dirty you are. Duke has a new coach, Jay Wright has a new job, and find out why they're giving out boxing lessons in Arizona. North Carolina is the No. 1 team, but there's plenty of parity and uncertainty out there which only…

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Technological advancements have had a significant impact on the online betting industry. In the past, bettors would have to visit a physical location to place their bets. However, with the advent of online betting, bettors can now place their bets from the comfort of their own homes and watch the action unfold from their couch. This has resulted in…

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