Some weeks are ugly in the World of Sport – last week was one of them. Hardened gamblers were turned to quivering shells as Man City somehow managed to lose to Burnley. If that wasn’t bad enough, Chelsea did…
The title race is pretty much over. Wolfsburg fell eleven points behind Bayern Munich at the weekend and kissed whatever slim hopes they had of catching the German champions goodbye. Wolves were one of the two supposed German powerhouses…
I took another sound beating in the FA Cup this weekend – that’s why betting on the FA cup is a mugs game. I made some money back thanks to Wayne Rooney’s strike against Arsenal, but Villa’s progress came…
The Champions League reaches a crucial stage as teams look to book their place in the quarter-finals of the competition, with Porto odds on to qualify for only the second time in their history, although Swiss outfit Basel are…
ABSA Premiership | Saturday 7 March | FNB Stadium | 15:30Soweto DerbyIt’s Soweto derby time, where the majority of South Africa is split into either gold or black. Runaway leaders Kaizer Chiefs own the bragging rights having beaten Orlando Pirates twice this…
The top of the Bundesliga table remained largely unchanged as Bayern, Wolfsburg and Gladbach all recorded wins. Leverkusen leapfrogged both Schalke and Augsburg to put themselves firmly in contention for another stint in the Champions League, while the latter…
The first silverware of the season has been doled out and we’re onto bigger and better things. I’m not saying that the Capital One Cup doesn’t matter (I don’t need to), what I’m saying is that the FA Cup…
Capital One Cup Final | Sunday 01 March | Wembley Stadium | 18:00Premier League leaders Chelsea collide with their London rivals Tottenham in the 2014-15 Capital One Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Spurs hold some bragging rights in being one…
It would hardly be fair to refer to Bayern as a German steam train, chugging its way merrily through the Bavarian countryside. Mighty Munich are a swift and merciless adversary, scoring freely in contemptuous fashion. Their 6-0 destruction of…
Two teams will not play in the Champions League next season – Spurs and Southampton. That much is clear beyond all doubt. They are imposters, doomed to fail like Mourinho’s ploy to get the FA to alter their ludicrous…