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Top online betting company Coral have stepped up to the oche to take on the role of the official sponsor of the Players Darts Championship 2009. The top 32 darts players from last years Players Championship will compete to hopefully lift the trophy of this inaugural Coral Players Darts Championship 2009. The action kicks off on Friday 30^th January at the leading darts venue, the Circus Tavern in Essex which was previously the venue for the PDC World Championships.

News from Oz reaches us that online betting and high street bookmaker, Ladbrokes has been expressing a keen interest in breaking into the Australian market. So much so that Ladbrokes MD of International Development, Kevin Hopgood has been on a recce of the Australian betting and gaming market and has been meeting influential people in the industry to see how the Ladbrokes group would fit in Australia. Ladbrokes has already expressed an interest in snapping up the Tabcorp licence for Victoria , this Australian betting licence isdue to expire in 2012.

The decorum that is usually associated with the game of tennis has been shattered at the Australian Open yet again by rival Serbian and Bosnian fans fighting and throwing missiles and chairs at each other. The fans were at the match to watch play between the defending tennis champion, Serbian Novak Djokovic and Bosnian born Amer Delic who plays for the United States when the violence broke out. One woman was knocked unconscious in the fracas that took place outside the centre court, after being hit on the head by one of the plastic chairs that were being used as missiles; luckily no serious injuries were caused. The police quickly took control of the situation ejecting 30 people from the grounds for violence and arresting two men for ‘riotous behaviour’.

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Chelsea Football Club have yet again affirmed that they will not sell the club to Arab billionaire Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim and a group of German investors, it is reported that Roman Abramovich will not entertain any idea of a sale, and has reiterated his long term commitment to the club. This comes in response to newspaper articles which wrongly stated that Roman Abramovich had been in talks with the Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim to sell Chelsea Football Club. Roman Abramovich had been so enraged by an article printed in the Sunday Times that stated both he and the club had lied, that court papers were filed against the newspaper for defamation on Monday morning. The Independent on Sunday were seemingly so concerned about the possibility of legal action being taken by Chelsea Football Club that they printed the following retraction

Well the New Year is here and the sporting calendar is chock-full of exciting events to look forward to, and whatever sporting interest that you have there will be a sporting event coming up to please. If you are a sports fan who has now decided that you would like to make watching sporting events just that little bit more exciting, then online sports betting is for you. 888 Sports provide odds for most sporting events throughout the year and a visit to their online sportsbook will be a real eye-opener, as every conceivable online betting market appears to be catered for including TV specials, awards and politics.

A boxing match of huge proportions has been announced and one which will get the British boxing fraternity both excited and a little bit worried in equal measures. The boxing match in question is that of the Marco Antonio Barrera versus our own Amir Kahn, to take place on March 14th 2009 to take place at the Manchester Evening News Arena.

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There doesn’t seem to be a day goes by recently without some sort of accusation of bet fixing. The most recent betting scandal story centres on Colin Montgomerie and the Captaincy of the Ryder Cup 2010. It has been reported over the last weekend that although Colin Montgomerie had previously been ranked a complete outsider as he had no interest in accepting the Ryder Cup Captaincy suddenly leaped up to become the odds on favourite at 4/9. This has caused controversy because word had been spreading fast that Montgomerie was offered the Captains position in principle and the sudden rise in betting on this market clearly fuelled the speculation that the Scot was in fact going to accept the position. A spokesman for Betfair has been quoted as remarking “Someone clearly had a whisper”.