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Day 1 at the Australian Open sees former Australian Open Champion Stan Wawrinka taking on Alex Molcan, with Stefanos Tsitsipas also on the match card. We have predictions for every day 1 men's and women's match in Melbourne here at Last Word on Tennis. Shane Black: Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the favorites to win this event. He did not drop a…

Arsenal look to continue their title charge as they head across north London to take on rivals Tottenham in another massive north London derby. The Gunners currently sit with a slender lead at the top of the Premier League, with Antonio Conte's Spurs side sitting precariously in fifth, two points outside a Champions League spot and 11 points behind…

Fixture: (2) Casper Ruud vs Tomas Machac Date: 17 January 2023. Tournament: Australian Open 2023. Round: First round (Round of 128). Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Surface: Hard. Prize Money: A$76500000. Second seed Casper Ruud will face Czech Republic's Tomas Machac in the first round of the Australian Open. Ruud started the 2023…

Spurs have an extremely poor defensive record in front of their own fans and their arch rivals will be aiming to take full advantage Sunday evening sees another instalment in one of the Premier League's fiercest rivalries as Arsenal make the short trip to Tottenham for the north London derby. The visitors are top of the table and 11 points clear of…

Celtic have been linked with a move for South Korean international striker Cho Gue-sung, but they face a battle for his signature. After scoring twice against Ghana at the 2022 World Cup, the 24-year-old has become hot property and Celtic Park has long been mentioned as a potential destination. There are, however, other teams involved in this…

After successfully tipping up Jon Rahm to win the Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour last week, the GolfMagic team are back with their selections for this week's Sony Open once again in Hawaii. Jordan Spieth and defending champion Hideki Matsuyama are both in the field, but Andy and Matt are looking elsewhere this week. GolfMagic Editor Andy…

Scottie Scheffler's lead has dropped from five strokes to three at the 2022 Masters, but he's an even larger favorite following his third-round 71 on Saturday. After finishing Round 2 at even money, Scheffler is now listed at 4-9 (-225) in the latest 2022 Masters odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Australian Cameron Smith is the only other golfer within…

The PGA Tour remains in Hawaii this week for the second of two events, this one featuring the first full field of 2023. Waialae Country Club in Honolulu hosts the Sony Open in Hawaii, where Tom Kim will look to hold off a strong field as the consensus favorite. Check out below for our top Sony Open golf picks based on the odds from our best…

South Korea gradually becoming major player Already boasts annual turnover of over $6 billion Officials hope to entice American horses to September's Korean Cup CNN - Horse racing and K-pop might not be traditional bedfellows but, then again, you don't often see an equine theme park in the center of a racecourse. South Korea is doing things…

The PGA Tour makes its way to the capital of the Aloha State for the 2023 Sony Open this week. Taking place at Waialae Country Club, players will be faced with a much different task compared to last week's Plantation Course at Kapalua. Measuring just over 7000 yards and playing to a par 70, this Seth Raynor design puts an emphasis on keeping the…

When betting golf, you have to be prepared for some pain or "sadness" as Collin Morikawa called it after Sunday's final round at Kapalua. Morikawa looked like he was going to be a wire-to-wire winner at the Sentry Tournament of Champions as he had a nine-shot lead on the field with 17 holes left to play. At the turn, Morikawa was -20000 to win. He…

Nottingham Forest-owned striker Hwang Ui-jo is the subject of interest from MLS outfits Atlanta United and Minnesota United, according to Greek outlet To10. The South Korean signed for the Reds during the summer but was immediately loaned out to Olympiacos. His time in Greece hasn't gone according to plan. The 30-year-old striker has failed to find…

The Premier League resumes hectic action after the weekend's FA Cup fixtures, and for this round of league play, our fantasy decisions are going to be a bit interesting. The champions have a double in GW-20, first facing United in the Manchester Derby before welcoming Spurs. Two tough, high-profile matches so close together means fantasy managers…

The PGA Tour heads to the famed Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, HI for the Sony Open this week. Our Sony Open power rankings highlight the golfers to target in pools based on the latest odds via our best sportsbooks. Waialae Country Club has been hosting this event since 1965, and the Sony Open concludes the two-week Hawaiian Swing. Seventeen of…

Almost half the PGA Tour field from last week will make the short hop over to Honolulu for the 2023 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. Nineteen of the 39 players from the Sentry Tournament of Champions are scheduled to tee off Thursday. The top names are three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, defending Sony Open champion Hideki Matsuyama, and…

Some of the biggest European clubs are set to arrive in countries such as Thailand and Singapore for pre-season Asian football tours before their respective 2022-23 seasons commence. Football stars enjoy a commanding fan following in Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, the UAE and India. Icons like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have…

Current World Cup favourites Brazil will attempt to book their place in the quarter-finals by beating South Korea on Monday evening and at BettingOdds.com we have picked out an eye-catching 17/2 bet builder for the game... Brazil may have suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Cameroon in their last group game, but having fielded effectively his B…

After a six-week hiatus, the PGA TOUR returns to kick off 2023 in Hawaii on the island of Maui at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. A field of 39 players, including 17 of the OWGR Top 20, are here this week as this event at Kapalua has opened the PGA TOUR calendar year for the last 25 years. Cameron Smith kicked off our profitable season last…

The pressure is mounting on Tottenham ahead of their trip to south London tonight as Antonio Conte's side face Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Spurs dropped out of the Premier League top four after the last round of fixtures, with the Lilywhites falling to a 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa. The result left Spurs in fifth place, and after…

FIFA World Cup 2022 continues with Group H action as South Korea and Ghana square off on Monday at Education City Stadium in Qatar. The two teams are meeting for the first time since 2014 when Ghana defeated South Korea 4-0 with a hat-trick from Jordan Ayew. It's now a battle for position in the group after Ghana lost their World Cup opener 3-2…

Uruguay and South Korea will get their World Cup 2022 campaigns underway on Thursday at the Education City Stadium. Uruguay and South Korea are part of Group H, with Portugal and Ghana. The match between Uruguay and South Korea is massive for both teams' chances of qualifying for the knockout stages. The Uruguayans and South Koreans will feel like…

One of the most hotly contested markets is the Golden Boot. Many bettors assume selecting a player likely to reach the final is the best strategy, yet goals understandably dry up later in the tournament as games get tighter and the price of failure grows greater. History shows that performance in the Group Stage goes a long way to determining which…

2022-04-14Lacazette among the strikers to look out for this weekend but in-form Son could be one to avoid Heung-min Son took his tally to 17 on Saturday with a hat-trick in Tottenham's 4-0 Premier League win over Aston Villa and is now a genuine challenger to Mohamed Salah at the top of the goalscoring charts. However, those expecting him to carry…

Let's travel back in time to the early 1990s. (Cue eerie sound effects.) Professional golf at the start of that decade was in the middle of The Great In-Between Era. Jack Nicklaus was done winning major championships. So was Tom Watson, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Jerry Pate, Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd and assorted other semi-legends. But…

With the Round of 16 games now over, we now head into the last eight in Qatar. As the tournament begins to draw to a close, now is the time for the tournament favourites to show their true colours they look to book their place in a World Cup Semi. Friday's action kicks off with an enticing encounter as 2018's beaten finalists Croatia face off…

It was impossible not to be impressed by Brazil's display in the round of 16. Facing a South Korean side that would have been feeling quietly confident after their last-gasp qualification for the knockout phase, Tite's team blew their opponents away with a stunning first-half performance. The win was in effect wrapped up after just 13 minutes. That…

The latest Celtic and Rangers transfer news and headlines on Monday. Celtic and Rangers are back in training ahead of the return to Scottish Premiership action and with both clubs out of European competition full focus will be on the title race. Here are the latest headlines involving the two Glasgow sides today: Ange Postecoglou insists his team…

For those arriving in the fourth inning of the ongoing saga of Yasiel Puig, the former MLB outfielder, the troubled athlete was set to plead guilty to lying to federal investigators who were looking into a gambling case, but Puig has now changed his mind based on new evidence. Puig was set to plead guilty to misleading IRS agents and HIS Officials…

Tottenham will be trying to keep pace at the top of the English Premier League table on Saturday when they host Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs (6-2-1) are in third place, four points behind league leader Arsenal and three behind Manchester City. Reigning league champions City have by far the best goal differential in the league, so…

When Yasiel Puig burst into the league nearly a decade ago, he was touted as a player of the future. However, he now faces allegations of illegal betting that could place the former All-Star in prison. Throughout his career, controversy followed Yasiel Puig. In 2013, he was charged with reckless driving and speeding in Tennessee. In 2021,…

Manchester United have not played a domestic game for some time - but there is still plenty going on for the club on and off the pitch as the countdown to January continues. Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw have started all three matches for England at the World Cup in Qatar and teammate Marcus Rashford made a big impact against Wales on Tuesday night.…

The group stages are now behind us in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and it becomes a surprise to many that the Korean Republic are still fighting in this competition. The Taegeuk Warriors edged into 2nd place of their group dramatically to book their ticket into the round of 16. Celebrations will now have to be put back on hold as they have the task of…

Ex-L.A. Dodger Yasiel Puig has come out fighting after announcing a new plea of not guilty of lying to federal agents over illegal sports bets. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Ex-Los Angeles Dodger Yasiel Puig has thrown the Department of Justice a curveball after he announced a new plea of not guilty of lying to federal agents. about-face comes less…

It's still early, but Real Madrid look to be on pace for another title and will try to win their fifth straight to open the 2022-23 Spanish La Liga season when they host Mallorca on Sunday. Los Blancos won their record 35th league trophy last season and also are the reigning European champions. They started their defense of the Champions League…

Bobby Green suspects he's being underestimated by Islam Makhachev ahead of their important lightweight battle in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green on Saturday, but he's happy to let his opponent look past him. Green took a short-notice opportunity for his first main-event appearance and will try to derail the No. 4-ranked…

Manchester City attempts to move closer to its fourth English Premier League title in five seasons when it visits Wolves on Wednesday. The Sky Blues won back-to-back crowns before finishing as runner-up to Liverpool in 2019-20 but returned to the top of the league standings last season. Man City (27-5-3), which needs to collect seven points over…

Arsenal have been nothing short of outstanding so far this season - but I can see them coming unstuck when they visit Chelsea on Sunday. The Blues have played a lot of different systems under Graham Potter with mixed results, while you tend to know exactly what you're going to get from Mikel Arteta's Gunners. However, I'm a firm believer that when…

Holly Holm continues her quest to regain the UFC women's bantamweight title when she squares off against Ketlen Vieira on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira. The current No. 2 contender, Holm won the championship back in November 2015 with a stunning knockout victory over Ronda Rousey, but her reign was brief as she…

Tiger Woods hosts a small but star-studded field for the 2022 Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Check out our preview and top picks for the Hero World Challenge. Woods was supposed to play for the first time since his disappointing missed cut at The Open Championship but announced via Twitter on Monday afternoon that he was forced to withdraw…

The 2022 Hero World Challenge tees off on Thursday from Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas. It's not an official PGA Tour event, but several of the top golfers in the world are in the Hero World Challenge 2022 field. The event is hosted by Tiger Woods and it benefits his foundation. There was plenty of buzz surrounding this event since Woods…

In a Group H battle Monday, South Korea (0 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw) will battle Ghana (0-1-0). Kickoff from Education City Stadium is set for 8 a.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the South Korea vs. Ghana odds, and make our best World Cup bets, picks and predictions. South Korea opened their World Cup up with a 0-0 draw with…

Save for the highly anticipated reappearance of Tiger Woods in the coming few weeks in a trio of events, the truly notable, compelling and consequential golf is over for 2022. How time flies when you're having … well, a total upheaval in the sport. No, we're not going to venture into those weeds. Expending further keyboard energy on the battle…

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly plotting a swoop for South Korean star Kim Min-jae. The 26-year-old only moved to Napoli from Fenerbahce last summer but has already got a huge list of admirers. And now United have allegedly joined the chase to sign the centre-back, who is currently in Qatar on World Cup duty. However, they face a fight with at…

The stage is set. The FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar on November 20th. For the first time, the world's biggest tournament is being played in November, bringing more unpredictability to an already unpredictable tournament. It's going to be a hard-fought battle in the hot Middle Eastern desert, and although it's bound to be a strange World…

Henry Cejudo has, as usual, offered his opinion, this time on the UFC's roster-wide ban on betting fights. The former two-weight world champion has offered his obligatory commentary on the unfolding. Dismay and confusion are the two terms that come to mind when watching Cejudo react. Many UFC fighters bet on the events, with James Krause being one…

NEW YORK -- A well-known MMA coach was sitting up against a locker room wall earlier this year with his fighter and other coaches as the fighter warmed up in preparation for his UFC bout later that evening. There were other fighters and teams in the room as well, a common occurrence backstage at UFC events. The coach observed one of the other…

The G1 Vodacom Durban July runs at Greyville Racecourse, South Africa on Saturday morning, July 6th, when Do It Again will attempt to become the fourth horse to achieve back-to-back wins. The four-year-old gelding also won the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate in January, earning a ticket to the Breeders' Cup World Championships where he can compete in the…

With the Genesis Open in the books, the PGA Tour moves on to new beginnings. The Florida swing gets underway this week with the Honda Classic, at PGA National Resort and Spa, in Palm Beach Gardens. The venue is the resort's Champion course, a water-laden layout with a demanding three-hole closing stretch known as the Bear Trap. Matt Jones navigated…

Thursday's north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal is the biggest game of the season for both sides, not just because of the rivalry but also for Champions League qualification. Arsenal go into the match fourth in the Premier League and a victory will guarantee that they and Chelsea join Manchester City and Liverpool in Europe's…

South Korea are making their 11th consecutive World Cup appearance, but have made it out of the group stage only twice in that span. The Taegeuk Warriors will look for a better result in Qatar, but it will not be easy when they take on Diego Alonso's Uruguay side in Group H. The two nations will square off on Nov. 24 at Education City Stadium with…