Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Mar 26th, 2009
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Representatives from AC Milan will fly to Los Angeles this week for further negotiations concerning a permanent move for David Beckham to the San Siro. A transfer deadline imposed by Major League Soccer to come to an an agreement has passed but contractual talks are set to continue.
Galaxy are understood to be unhappy with Milan after they failed to meet a Major League Soccer deadline over any move on Friday for the 33-year-old midfielder. He is due to report back for training with LA Galaxy in early March, when his loan spell at Milan comes to an end, but he has made it very clear that he wishes to stay at the San Siro on a permanent deal.
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Milan, who have had an official £5m bid for the 33-year-old turned down, have so far failed to meet the Galaxy’s valuation of the player, which is apparently in excess of £10m.
In an attempt to resurrect his international career, Beckham joined Milan on loan after England manager Fabio Capello said he needed to be playing more competitive football on a regular basis. Beckham has not admitted defeat just yet and feels he has done all he can to secure an extended stay in Italy. He is keen to stay at the San Siro on a permanent basis and Milan are also hopeful of completing a deal.
The England international, who recently equalled outfield player Bobby Moore’s England record of 108 caps in last week’s 2-0 loss to Spain in Seville, has become a regular starter for Milan since his arrival on loan back in January. However, with England set for a busy schedule of nine internationals from the end of March until October, which also includes six qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, a return to the MLS could see Beckham omitted from the national squad.
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star has quickly settled in at the San Siro, impressing both his manager Carlo Ancelotti, his team-mates and opposition managers with his professionalism and work ethic.
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Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Tuesday Mar 24th, 2009
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Every year when the race diary is released for a season, there are three dates that everybody heads straight for, one of them being the Grand National, secondly is the Derby and finally is the big one, the Cheltenham Festival. Millions of pounds are bet every year during Cheltenham week with the Gold Cup on the final day being the main race in the week. This week is an absolute dream for the bookmakers and this is why you see the ones who don’t advertise as much or as big really come out of the woodwork.
This advert is for Ladbrokes and was taken from the Daily Mail newspaper. The main focus on the advert is the fact they have picked three races from the day and listed the odds that they offering on every horse in those three races. They are also offering a fantastic welcome promotion where if you sign up and place a bet of £10 you will receive £30 in FREE bets. All you have to do is register your details, enter the promotion code and then place a bet of £10, they then credit your account with 3 £10 bets for free. You can also watch every race live on LadbrokesTV.
Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Mar 19th, 2009
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Just when you thought it could not possibly get any worse than the last six months then England’s latest performance in the tour of the West Indies certainly does not make for good reading for the travelling barmy army and all those watching the events that embarrassingly unfolded in the 1st test match in Jamaica.
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After England opened the batting and reached a modest looking 318 in the 1st innings of this game they looked to have done very well in reducing the home side to 392 all out when at a time during the West Indies reply they had threatened to score well in excess of 500 runs.
So with a lead of just 74 runs you would have thought the English batsmen would just bat out the rest of the day and make this game seemingly end up as a draw and go for a win in the 2nd test match which starts next week, but how wrong could I and every other person could possibly be from the truth!
England came out and threw there bat wildly at balls which any International player normally leaves and looked like local Sunday league players that were there just too make up the numbers and when you consider all rounder Andrew Flintoff was the only player in their side that reached double figures in the 2nd innings ridiculous score of 51 runs. The West Indies bowlers too be fair are nothing like the ones that graced the sport 15-20 years ago and the bowler that did the damage looked like he had just been plucked from school with his youthful look.
Jerome Taylor finished the innings with remarkable figures of 5-11 from nine overs before Sulieman Benn took over to finish the job off with his second four-wicket haul of the match against the shocking England batsmen.
With only three tests left in the series I would now look at a 2-1, 3-1 victory for the home side and all these prices are all available at Ladbrokes.com.
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Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Mar 12th, 2009
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The Coca Cola Championship. This is the second tier in English football and is what some people refer to as the “hardest” league in the world. This is because the main aim of the league is to gain promotion into the Premiership, the best league in the world. Normally about 75% teams are good enough to gain promotion to the Premiership and in this league anyone can beat anybody.
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The league consists of 24 teams all battling it out over the season which starts in August and finishes in May. All teams play each other twice, once at home and once away from home, the bottom three teams in the league are relegated into League One and three teams win promotion, The top two teams automatically win promotion into the Premiership and the format in which the third team goes up is a format that is fantastic for the neutral fan but nerve wrecking for the fans of the teams involved.
What happens is the team who finish 3rd play the team who finished 6th in what is called a play-ff, they play each other twice. The same thing also happens between the teams who finish in 4th and 5th, then the two winners go into a final and contest what is known in the game as the “worlds most expensive match” this is because the two winners play each other at Wembley Stadium and the winners win promotion into the Premiership. The reason it is known as the expensive match is because Premiership teams get so much more sponsorship money and television rights, rumoured to be in excess in £40million.
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Posted by Trix @ 12:00 AM, Thursday Mar 12th, 2009
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With Manchester United now two points clear and with a game in hand do not expect any more favours from them, and with this week’s fixture away too the ever improving West Ham who now look like a good side under the Italian Gianfranco Zola’s leadership I can see this game being very tight with united winning by a goal to nil with Berbatov grabbing the goal.
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Liverpool who need to get back to winning ways very quick if they are to challenge for the title make a trip to the South coast to face a really out of form Portsmouth side who cannot buy a win from anywhere at the minute and I fancy Liverpool to walk away comfortable winners 2-0 with Torres getting amongst the goals.
Tottenham who will be encouraged by the return of Robbie Keane in the transfer window face Arsenal in the North London derby that promises to be a cracker, with so much tension between two clubs and what promises to be a great atmosphere I reckon this will end up even with a 1-1 draw looking favourite and do not be surprised to see Keane get a home debut goal as well.
The other two teams in the top 4 at the moment should see both pick up three points. Chelsea entertain Hull City and Aston Villa travel to Blackburn and both have key players back in their line ups which I feel will see both clubs get the wins.
Man City should overcome Middlesbrough at Eastlands especially now the harmony looks to be restored after Robinho went on his excursion to Brazil without permission.
A few games look like certain draws for the Pools coupon as well. West Brom V Newcastle and Everton V Bolton for me a destined to finish as draws with Sunderland’s home game with Stoke also looking like a possible score draw as well.
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