If there is one thing we’ve learn from Rory McIlroy of late, it’s that he is just about impossible to beat when at his very best. Having overcome a near crippling form slump in early 2013 and regained full focus on his golf game after...
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WGM’s tip for 20 August: Guangzhou Evergrande FC
Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande FC head to Australia for an AFC Champions League clash against the Western Sydney Wanderers and despite the long trip all signs point to a win for the visitors. The 2013 AFC Champions League winners have been near...
WGM’s tip for 19 August: Napoli
A lucrative Champions League berth is on the line tonight as impressive Italian side Napoli host Spain’s Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of their Champions League play-off at the San Paulo. Rafael Benitez’s highly fancied side finished...
WGM’s weekend wrap
The English Premier League season is officially underway and as far as the big guns are concerned it was business as usual over the opening weekend of their 2014/15 campaigns. With Chelsea’s trip to Burnley the only game yet to be played...
WGM’s tip for 18 August: John Isner
The final warm-up tournament before the US Open gets underway this week and having watched the form of the field over recent weeks we’re going to put some of our hard-earned on world number 14 John Isner to go all the way at the Winston-Salem...
MPC21 sets summer records
With the Red Dragon Main Event crowning its latest champion in China’s Zhenru Xie last week, the 21st Macau Poker Cup officially came to an end on Sunday with Chen Lin’s victory in the HK$20,000 No Limit Hold’em event capping...
WGM’s tip for 17 August: Chelsea
Newly promoted Burnley couldn’t have asked for a tougher initiation into the Premier League than a clash with powerhouse Chelsea. Having finished in third last season, Jose Mourinho has been active in the transfer market and has bolstered his...
WGM’s tip for 16 August: Manchester United
The new English Premier League season kicks off tonight with Manchester United hosting Swansea at Old Trafford. United struggled to seventh spot last season under the brief tenure of David Moyes, but with Dutchman Luis van Gaal now in charge they...
WGM’s tip for 15 August: Parramatta Eels
We’re off to Australia and the National Rugby League tonight for a Round 23 blockbuster between old rivals Parramatta and Canterbury. It’s only a month or so ago that Canterbury would have been red hot favorites to win this one but...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s back! Forget everything else this weekend – the new English Premier League season gets underway on Saturday in what could well be the most intriguing title race in the 22-year history of the competition. After Manchester City stole the...
Zhenru Xie wins Red Dragon
China’s Zhenru Xie is the latest Red Dragon champion after claiming the 21st Macau Poker Cup overnight. Zhenru outlasted a huge field of 808 players – the biggest ever at a summer edition of the MPC – to claim the prestigious Red Dragon...
WGM’s tip for 14 August: South Sydney Rabbitohs
Round 23 of the NRL in Australia gets underway a day early this week with South Sydney hosting Brisbane tonight. This is another huge clash for both sides with Souths still chasing the minor premiership and Brisbane trying to secure their spot in...
WGM’s tip for 13 August: Sri Lanka
We’ll get in a day early for this one given the early start tomorrow as Sri Lanka hosts Pakistan in the Second Test. We correctly picked Sri Lanka to win the opening Test last week and their powerful batting line-up and more consistent squad...
Kozlov wins Sydney Championships
It’s been a busy week for poker in the Asia-Pacific. While the Macau Poker Cup is well underway in Macau, another major event has just finished up in Australia with the sixth edition of Sydney Championships at The Star. The AU$3,000 buy-in...
WGM’s tip for 12 August: Real Madrid
It’s an all-Spanish affair as Champions League winners Real Madrid face Europa League victors Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. Real didn’t enjoy a particularly productive Champions Cup campaign in the USA earlier this month but it’s...
WGM’s weekend wrap
Rory McIlroy has continued his stunning run of form to win his second major of the year and third tournament in a row with a one stroke victory in the PGA Championships at Valhalla overnight. Fresh from his British Open success – which was...
Another big field at MPC
The 21st running of the Macau Poker Cup heads into Day 2 today with 221 players returning to the PokerStars LIVE Macau room at City of Dreams with aspirations of lifting the coveted Red Dragon trophy. However the big talking point was the huge field...
WGM’s tip for 11 August: Sydney Roosters
It’s been a turbulent week for Australian rugby league club the Gold Coast Titans, having suffered their second straight loss and sacking long-serving coach John Cartwright. The departure of a coach often prompts teams to put in a big...
WGM’s tip for 10 August: Marc Marquez
The MotoGP is back after a month off and we’re keen to see if the hiatus has had an impact on unbeaten Marc Marquez. Our money says no. The Spaniard has won nine races from nine starts in 2014 and it’s hard to see anyone beating him to...
WGM’s tip for 9 August: Sydney Swans
We’ve already placed our bets on the PGA Championship and the US Tennis Open, and with the European football season still another week or so away we’re off to Australia today where there are a number of big games across the football...
WGM’s tip for 8 August: Stanislas Wawrinka
It’s the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto as Swiss star Stanislas Wawrinka takes on South Africa’s Kevin Anderson this morning Macau time. Anderson started slowly this week, coming from a set down against Thanasi Kokkinakis...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s all about the US PGA this weekend with the final major of 2014 also promising to be the year’s most intriguing. Although the ongoing back problems of Tiger Woods have dominated headlines the past few days following his final round...
WGM’s tip for 7 August: Rory McIlroy
What a tournament this promises to be! The final major of the year sees the world’s golfing elite gathering at the famous Valhalla course looking to add this prestigious piece of silverware to the trophy cabinet. There is no shortage of...
WGM’s tip for 6 August: England
It’s been a disastrous year so far for England. Having been thrashed 5-0 by Australia in the Ashes in January, they then lost to Sri Lanka in England for the first time ever and fell 1-0 behind in their current series against India in what was...
Teng takes APOY lead
Emerging talent Victor Teng has taken the lead in the Asia Player of the Year race early in this week’s Macau Poker Cup series after a runner-up finish in the HK$2,000 Deep Stack event at City of Dreams. Teng, who won the NPL500 in Sydney two...
Let the show go on
For many of us throughout the Asia-Pacific region, the Commonwealth Games pass by once every four years without registering a blip on our collective radar. After all, this mini-Olympics is reserved for the 53 nations that are or once were...
WGM’s tip for 5 August: Sri Lanka
We’re getting in a day early this week as we prepare for a busy time in the cricketing world. Tomorrow sees two sub-continent sides going head to head with Sri Lanka hosting Pakistan in the First Test of their short two Test series. We love...
WGM’s weekend wrap
With the English Premier League season just around the corner, we’re set for an early preview of how two of the big guns might fare when Manchester United face Liverpool in the final of the pre-season Champions Cup in America. The English...
WGM’s tip for 4 August: Roger Federer
The US Open is just a few weeks away and now is a great time to get in early on the Futures markets. We like the look of Novak Djokovic to make it two grand slams in a row following his win at Wimbledon, but we love the value Roger Federer is...
WGM’s tip for 3 August: South Sydney
This is a good time of year for betting on the major football codes on offer in Australia – even if you don’t follow all or even any of them – and we love the look of today’s NRL clash between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle...