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McCoy hot favourite to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year
Published on 15/12/2010 15:54
With Sunday 19th December drawing ever closer it's time to look at the main contenders for this years Sports Personality of the Year Award that will be broadcast live on BBC One from the LG Arena in Birmingham.
Current favourite at a best priced 2.00 with Paddy Power is jockey Tony McCoy. Momentum has really started to gather behind the fifteen times champion in recent weeks and who will ever forget the emotional scenes shown at Aintree back in April when he finally won…
Miss Brazil Is The Miss World 2010 Favourite With Most Bookmakers
Published on 20/10/2010 17:53
Miss World 2010 is being held in the Chinese city of Sanya after the original venue pulled out of hosting the 2010 pageant. China is now beginning to host these types of event more and more and the ceremonies are getting increasingly lavish. 2010 will be the fifth time that China has held the Miss World Finals and this year a record amount of girls are in the running for the coveted Miss World crown which will be awarded in a glittering ceremony on the 30th October.
The Miss…
Can McCoy really win Sports Personality of the Year?
Published on 19/10/2010 12:19
Currently topping the Sports Personality of the Year Awards betting for 2010 is fifteen times National Hunt Champion Jockey Tony McCoy at a best price 7/4 with William Hill and Coral/Eurobet.
This strikes me as looking rather short considering he's only once finished third before despite breaking all sorts of records and a jockey has never won this award in it's fifty-six year history. Indeed even housewives favourite Frankie Dettori could only manage third place in…
XX Have The Mercury Music Prize In Their Grasp But Outsiders Better Value
Published on 03/08/2010 15:29
A short priced favourite the xx look to be in a very strong position to follow Speech Debell as the next winner of the prestigious Mercury Music prize sponsored by Barclaycard. All the money reported from the bookmakers has been for the London indie trio who were formerly a four piece before Baria Qureshi left the band. William Hill had the xx at 4/1 at the start of the Mercury Music Prize betting but quickly this was cut when a deluge of cash was wagered on them. One word of…
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