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Analysis: 2010 will be the year of the float

20.11.09
From the London Eye to a Saga holiday and from cat and dog supermarket Pets at Home to Betfair, the second decade of the 21st century is to open with a flurry of flotations ... more

Kauto Star’s still the best bet to blow his rivals away

20.11.09
The dual Gold Cup winner will take all the beating on his return in the Betfair Chase... more

Soft ground won't trouble Imperial Commander

19.11.09
Imperial Commander won't mind the likely soft ground when he takes on Kauto Star in the Betfair Chase at Haydock, according to his trainer... more

Nick Gifford hopes spin at Ascot will get Straw Bear roaring

18.11.09
Nick Gifford is mulling over the possibility of aiming Straw Bear at the World Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, should the gelding rediscover his old sparkle... more

I'm ready to topple vulnerable Kauto Star, insists Tom Scudamore

17.11.09
Tom Scudamore believes that Kauto Star will be at his most vulnerable in the Betfair Chase at Haydock... more

Sporting Miscellanies

16.11.09
In a fetching little irony, the man who began his career as Barcelona's interpreter falls victim to a pesky translation problem himself... more

Match this for a great view

23.10.09
The world’s biggest sofa, 33 feet by 15 feet and weighing over a ton, will tour Premier and other league grounds, starting with Sunday’s game between Liverpool and Man Utd... more

Betfair set fair for a float

05.08.09
The odds shortened today on a flotation of Betfair after the world’s largest betting exchange reported soaring revenues and profits ... more

Red-hot Sir Michael Stoute set to hit the target with Main Aim

27.07.09
Main Aim can put backers on the path to a profitable week at Glorious Goodwood by landing the Betfair Cup (3.25), the highlight of the first day's action... more

Sir Mark Prescott is hoping Prescription can cure his ills

16.07.09
Sir Mark Prescott is ready to take the wraps off the majority of his powerful string after a season blighted by a virus... more

History tells us we're about to be left hanging around

07.07.09
Historians of modern politics are wearing out the corduroy on their elbows pondering whether we are on the verge of 1979, 1992 or 1997... more

Investigators launch probe over match-fixing at SW19

24.06.09
Championships at the centre of a match-fixing investigation involving £1million worth of bets after suspicious betting patterns on a first-round matches... more

A premature case of green shoots?

05.06.09
Green shoots in the housing market? Don’t bet on it, says Nick Hopkinson of Property Portfolio Rescue. “The blazing headline statistics from Halifax indicate that the property market is booming at first glance,” he says, of figures showing prices rose 2.6% last month. “While this may be great PR for the now mainly public-owned bank, unfortunately this is not correct. House sales volumes remain at an all-time low, making trend analysis of monthly data from just one lender statistically meaningless.” Doesn’t sound like househunters have missed the boat just yet. ... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Betfair in test-case clash with the Dutch

07.05.09
Hammersmith-based online betting exchange Betfair is going to war with the Dutch government in a test case to allow punters throughout Europe to access to its gambling markets ... more

Mikael is set for Ballymore

06.03.09
Horse racing: Sustained money for Karabak has seen the Alan King-trained gelding take over as favourite for the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham... more

Findlay: Denman back on track for Gold Cup

02.03.09
Horse racing: Connections of last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Denman were left feeling optimistic after the nine-year-old pleased in a workout this morning... more

We really are a shower when it comes to snow

04.02.09
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Who knew? BBC in storm over bets on the new Doctor

05.01.09
The BBC was at the centre of a row after its announcement over who will play the new Doctor Who was preceded by suspicious betting patterns... more

Master Minded has all the answers for Nicholls

05.12.08
Paul Nicholls will bid to end an unusual lack of success in the headline race on a Saturday with the seasonal debut of champion chaser Master Minded in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown... more

Thomas loses out as Smith books McCoy

02.12.08
Owner Clive Smith has defended his decision to let Tony McCoy ride Master Minded ahead of under-fire Sam Thomas in Saturday's Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown... more

Bookies react as Nicholls hits sticky patch

24.11.08
Bookmakers have reacted to an unusually unsuccessful weekend for Paul Nicholls by lengthening Big Buck's odds for the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup... more

Exotic Dancer tries again but Kauto's got his number

21.11.08
There have been many great sporting rivalries over the years - Coe-Ovett, Ali-Frasier, Nicklaus-Watson - but none has been so one-sided as Kauto Star versus Exotic Dancer... more

Dean McKeown quits after race chiefs ban him again

05.11.08
Dean McKeown's controversial ride on Rascal In The Mix at Southwell will prove to be the last of his career... more

Pizza king with a firm base to get through downturn

30.10.08
Former Pizza Express owner Hugh Osmond has been nominated as the best credit crunch survivor in Esquire's 2008 Man At The Top Awards... more

Yes, this could be a real page-turner for HMV

09.09.08
Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader — the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores... more

Golf needs Tiger like King Lear has to have a monarch

20.06.08
Anyone unsure about the crushing grip a certain golfer exerts over his sport are hereby directed to the Betfair website, where the current 12-1 favourite for next month's Open Championship is Tiger Woods. Ernie Els, who is actually expected to play, is next best on 14s. ... more

Election Diary

07.04.08
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Betfair wins key Oz court ruling

27.03.08
Internet gambling exchange Betfair has won a key victory in Australia... more

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

29.08.07
With the Rolling Stones and Prince, the O2 has become London's most exciting new venue. Find out what's coming up at the former Dome here.... more

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