At last, after about 5 years of dominance, we have a real Christmas Number One betting war on our hands and it sounds surreal to say this, but the X Factor winner might not be number one at Christmas time.

It's that time of the year again, when we hope the fluffy, white stuff will fall from the sky on that very special day of the year. Yep, it's White Christmas weather betting. And it is a very welcome distraction

I'm writing this article, not as a bitter Scotsman, but as a football fan. Can England really expect to win the World Cup in South Africa 2010? The bookies have installed England as third favourites, behind Spain and Brazil after

And here we are, finally, at the end game for the X-Factor 2009. The three remaining contestants, Olly Murs, Joe McElderry and Stacey Solomon will be singing for a million pound recording contract this Saturday night. Who do you think

On Saturday night, the 5th of December, 2009, Amir Khan (22 Fights, 21 Wins, 15 KO's, 1 Loss) makes his first defence of his WBA World light-welterweight championship against the unbeaten Ukranian-born American, Dmitry Salita (31 Fights, 30 Wins, 16

What an incredible year it has been for UK sport. British sport has had a rather successful 2009 and when you look over your shoulder at the year almost gone, you can see why the betting for Sports Personality of

From its inception, back in 1951, it's been attacked by femenists, criticised by the media, boycotted by countries, has had all its participants seek "World Peace", it is of course, "Miss World". To understand just how powerful this beauty pageant

One of the most exciting races of the racing calendar takes place on Saturday the 28th of November at Newbury : The Hennessy Gold Cup. Hot favourite for the race is the well-travelled, Denman ( 2007 winner of the Hennessy

There are fewer big sporting stories around this morning than Thierry Henry's France qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa next summer. I watched the game live on Sky while monitoring the real time feed coming from

A new era is due to begin with the Scottish International football team. Yesterday, the SFA terminated George Burley's contract and you can be assured there was no tear wept by this Scotsman. Harsh perhaps but when it comes to

It's the show that gives you the willies as you watch things that are creepier than the creepiest thing imaginable crawl all over a C-List Celebrities head. Yep it's "I'm A Celebrity Get me Out Of Here 2009" and it

Everywhere you look over the last few days, has The X-Factor stamped all over it - and it's not all good either. Simon Cowell's descision to allow John and Edward (Jedward) to sneak through via the public telephone votes, when

On Saturday, the WBA Championship is up for grabs between the current World Champ, Russia's Nikolai Valuev and Britain's David Haye. Billed as 'David Vs Goliath', it's easy to see why this fight has captured the publics interest. In the

Liverpool are playing for Champions League existence tonight at Lyon's Stade de Gerland. Rafa Benitez's team are on their knees and are a poor shadow of the team that played other teams off the park last season. Liverpool quite frankly

The first Tuesday in November sees the richest two-mile handicap in the world take place, billed as the race that "stops a nation" it is widely known as the Melbourne Cup.An anticipated 100,000 people will flock to Flemington Racecourse to

The British public love a laugh, and right now there playing one of the biggest nationwide pranks on a certain Mr Cowell. Over the weekend, the X-Factors double act of John and Edward, were reported to have received the highest

Imagine, if you will, Manchester United and Chelsea playing week in, week out in The English League 1. No matter if they won the league or finished second they didn't get promoted. What affect would this have on the clubs?

Four more European teams will be looking to secure a World Cup 2010 place alongside England, Holland, Italy, Spain and co. Between the 14th and 18th of November, over home and away ties, the 8 best runners-up from the European

This weekend sees the second round of games for Rugby Unions European Cup also widely known as the Heineken Cup. 24 teams from 6 nations will contest for this premier prize. Last years winners, Leinster (Ireland) have already gotten off

This Sunday is the penultimate race in the F1 season. We visit Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix and with Jenson Button stuttering to wrap up this competition, Sebastian Vettel looks a great outside bet to become champion with