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Superbowl XLII from Phoenix on Sunday evening sees the New York Giants play a New England Patriots side who are aiming to win their fourth title in seven years, as well as trying to become the first team in NFL history to have an unblemished 19-0 season. Pats quarterback Tom Brady is 4/9 favourite to win the MVP but at betdirect you can bet on over 100 markets on the game. The last time the sides met the Patriots came from 12 points down in the third quarter to win 38-35 and they have not scored less than 20 points in their eighteen game winning streak this season. There is no love lost between the two sides and it promises to be an epic encounter. New York have been the buzzers on the handicap this week and we are still seeing heavy support for the Giants with a 12 point start on the handicap market.

There's a Tiger on the loose in the Dubai Desert with the great man 2/5 following this morning's opening 65. Henrik Stenson the current Champion is five under at time of going to press and Woods may not get things all his own way. We will be Betting In-Running throughout the four days of the Dubai Classic and will be betting without Tiger Woods after the opening round this afternoon.

Whilst the debate continues on Ronaldo's wonder goal in last night's game against Portsmouth, we've priced up an enhanced acca on the Big 4 in the Premiership (yes that still includes Liverpool). Leaders Man U to win at Spurs, Arsenal to win at Man City, Chelsea to win at Pompey and Liverpool to beat Sunderland at Anfield. The acca should pay just over 6/1 but we are enhancing this to 7/1.

Special K will be looking for his first Newcastle goal when the Magpies entertain Middlesbrough in the Tyne-Tees Derby at St James's Park on Sunday. The Geordies are 5/6 to gain Keegan's first win in his new regime with the draw at 9/4 and Boro at 3/1.

The Twenty20 International between Australia and India looks like being another volatile encounter between the two best cricket teams on the planet. A full house of 90,000 is expected at the MCG for the game which begins at 8.35 tomorrow morning UK time. Expect some fireworks from the Aussies who have not taken the decision to rescind Harbharjan Singh's three match ban lightly. Adam Gilchrist is 8/11 to outscore Virender Sehwag who is even money in the match bet.

Doncaster stages the most valuable meeting of the weekend's horse racing action but there is cracking fayre from Sandown and Wetherby, with Sunday's card from Punchestown likely to be full of Cheltenham clues (watch out for Captain Cee Bee taking on Sophocles in the novice hurdle).

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An incredible week in football is coming to an end. Walking bank vault Nicolas Anelka switched clubs for a massive transfer fee, Spurs are linked with signing nine strikers despite already having too many and Newcastle found a man to save the club from its impending doom- a plucky young manager by the name of Kevin Keegan. Anybody else getting a sense of déjà vu?
Away from football, we have Australia hunting down a new world record (chasing 413 to make it 17 Tests in a row) in the cricket, Andy "Upstart" Murray getting dumped out of the Aussie Open by the French no.5 on Day One, and Ronnie O'Sullivan failing to defend his Masters title after going down 6-5 in a thriller at the Wembley Arena.
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Now don't get me wrong I love bettingzone which is run by the guys at Sportinglife, but are they nicking our tips? It seems they also fancy Birmingham on the asian handicap as tipped by us..hopefully great minds thnk alike, or we are both being mugs thinking the Brummies can stave off the challenge of the mighty Blues. But his does look like a good bet and I'll be putting some off my hard earned betting dosh on Birmingham +1 at around 8/11.

After two back-to-back wins, Everton are challenging their hated rivals Liverpool for a spot in the top four. This week Liverpool takes on Villa, in an effort to regather their form after three straights draws. Everton, meanwhile, travel to JJB Stadium, with the intention of beating up on out of form Wigan. Can Benitez inspire his men to their first win in four matches to hold on to the number four spot? Or will Aussie midfielder, Tim Cahill find the back of the net to lead the Toffees further up the ladder?

Man City v West Ham: FA Cup Weds 16th Jan Live on BBC 8.05pm
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Ricky Ponting is in a precarious position.

Of course, IF what Harbhajan is alleged to have said was said he should be banned- no question. Racism is absolutely deplorable and there is no place for it in any part of society. It has been argued in some quarters that Symonds mis-heard a Hindi phrase which, although pretty harsh, had no racist connotations. But for Australia to take a team to task for sledging is like Reggie Kray complaining to the next-door neighbour for having the telly on too loud. Australia somehow ended up winning the 2nd Test when whiny, cheating, jumped-up little squirt Michael Clarke took 3 wickets in the penultimate over of a match which India would've at the very least drawn had there been any justice whatsoever."Man of the Match" Andrew Symonds- who apparently had questioned Harbhajan's sexuality before the alleged remark (nice guy)- was out no fewer than three times during a first innings knock in which he made 162 "not out".

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Weekend Betting Overview Saturday 12th Jan 2008
An excellent weekend so far, hope you got on our tips of Birmingham +1 on the asian handicap @ 8/11. The Brummies held the league leaders Arsenal 1-1. Despite Tottenhams great form we again predicted a Chelsea win @4/5, and also just missed out on the correct score of 2-1. The game finished 2-0 to the blues. Middlesbrough also came in for us on the asian at 4/5 +0.5. The Boro managed to hold a misfiring Liverpool to a score draw 1-1.

All in all a very profitable day!

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Another frantic week draws to a close. Newcastle's board read last week's e-mail and rightly concluded to sack Sam Allardyce, India and Australia threw Test cricket into turmoil and Martin Adams cried like a girl after winning his first round match in the BDO darts.

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The weekend ahead is, as usual, packed to the rafters with stuff you can bet on. South Africa are hammering the Windies, managerless Newcastle are going to get hammered by Man United, someone's going to win the BDO darts and, for a nice change, every Premiership side is playing over the weekend. As if that wasn't enough, the Masters Snooker starts on Sunday (Ronnie and his magic spoons wins all day long) and the Aussie Open tennis starts on Monday.

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