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On a good note, today is National Youth Day in Zambia. On a bad note, the life expectancy in Zambia is about 40 so there's no National Old People Day. There isn't even any point having a National Middle-Aged Day. An interesting, if somewhat depressing little tidbit. Enjoy a little light-hearted fun with today's racing action from Wincanton, Clonmel, Wolverhampton, Southwell and Carlisle? Don't forget, we also pay out on disqualified winners and official result on all UK & Ireland races.
WGC - CA Championship Odds
Groovy Baby!
Apart from Tiger Woods being a very horny Buddhist and Paddy Power offering him a $75 million sponsorship deal, the only other story in golf worth talking about is the exciting matter of the players' clubs. As exciting as a night in with Delia Smith – a sober Delia Smith, we mean. A legal loophole ensured that Phil Mickelson could use a square groove ping wedge that normally would be banned under new PGA rules. Rather than bore you further with the details of the ban, we're glad to tell you the club is now also outlawed. Scott McCarron can now stop calling his fellow American a cheat. Lefty is defending his WGC-CA Championship title this week and he hasn't yet found his stride this season. Can he get back in the groove at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral? Thurs 2pm SS1
Lille v Liverpool
Fools Rush In
We all know how rare it is for a former Liverpool player to come out and make comments in the media about what they think is going on at the club and how to fix it, but legendary striker Ian Rush has broken the mould by suggesting that selling Craig Bellamy was a mistake. And so was selling Xabi Alonso and doesn't that Peter Crouch have a good touch for such a big man? *sigh* Not the most mind-blowing insight from Rush but as one of the staunchest and more positive supporters of the club amongst the ex-player fraternity, the negativity of his comments cannot be ignored. It'd take more than the return of Bellamy to ignite this lacklustre Liverpool side. Rafa will be looking for a reaction away to Lille but after the Wigan performance, few will be Rushing in to back them. Thurs 6pm Five
Europa League Betting
Spain-ful Memories
"Oh! Not them bloody Germans again," David Albelda may have groaned lately. The Valencia captain hadn't just looked out the window of his Torremolinos hotel room to see the pick of the poolside sunbeds reserved with a series of neatly placed beach towels, he was reliving the bad memories of German sides Los Ches have amassed down through the years. Bundesliga sides have only lost 4 of 19 games against Valencia and Werder Bremen effectively knocked them out of the Champions League a few years back with wins home and away in the group stage. "Hearing the name Werder Bremen as our next rivals didn't exactly give us a good feeling," he admitted. The Werd on the street suggests Bremen are good value to maintain the hoodoo with a win. Thu. 8.05pm ESPN
Europa League Betting
Eur In To The Big(ish) Time
After 73 rounds, several thousand matches and all the excitement you'd need to make a gerbil giddy, the Europa League has reached a point where we actually know where these teams come from. For some it's an opportunity to compete`against European giants and pretend they're in the Champions League. "Playing against the Bianconeri is like a final for us, there aren't many teams left in the competition who can match the pedigree of Juventus," chirped Roy Hodgson ahead of a trip to Turin. For others it's simply a reminder of how badly their season is going: "Winning the Europa League?...that would not be enough to get over the disappointment of not having challenged for the Scudetto," curmudgeoned Juve's Del Piero. Will the Italians be in a different league? Thurs 8.05pm ITV4/Setanta
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A Thinly Veiled At-ack
Games in the latter stages of European club competitions can be more cautious than a cat who's already had eight tastes of a Goodyear in full motion. In fairness, games at the early stages of European club competitions can be equally cautious. The point is, there's every chance that the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final between Atletico Madrid and Sporting Lisbon will be cautious, but at least Atletico defender, Juan Valera has done his bit to spare us 90 minutes of wishing we were doing something else. "Sporting are a great team and have quality players. I hope they come to play and take some risks," he 'come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly'-ed. Is it a risky business to think the game will finish scoreless @ 17/2? Thu. 6pm ESPN/Set. Irl
Premier League Darts
The Time Is Now
We've all used the flawed logic which explains how if the past had occurred differently, things would have turned out in our favour. "Tonight I started slow, if I had started well I would have won," explained Adrian Lewis after coming back from 7-4 down to draw against James Wade. The flaw in the logic being that he did in fact start slowly and as the only way to manipulate time is to go and watch a Liverpool game, where two hours stretches on for eternity, or at least seems to, he can't go back in time and hurry himself up. It's like a fat person saying they'd be slim if they didn't eat all that cake. Well you did, so you're not. Lewis can at least make sure he gets off to a better start this week and after his weekend win, he looks the logical choice against Whitlock. Thurs 7.10pm SS1
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