The ATP Tour heads to Colombia, among other places this week, and we like the look of big-serving Ivo Karlovic to go all the way this week. He is currently listed third favorite in the betting behind world number 14 Richard Gasquet, but Gasquet...
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WGM’s weekend wrap
Germany are World Cup champions for the fourth time after beating Argentina 1-0 in a World Cup thriller this morning, with 22-year-old Mario Gotze scoring the winner deep into extra time. A vastly difference clash than their 7-1 triumph over Brazil...
A wonderful World Cup
Off the field, the 2014 World Cup will go down as one of the most controversial of all time. Rushed infrastructure projects, hugely inflated costs, missing billions and nationwide protests over the amount of cash spent by the Brazilian government...
WSOP nearing November Nine
The World Series of Poker Main Event is reaching the business end of the tournament and while our CEO Andrew W Scott, who wrote this update on his progress at the end of Day 3, was ultimately eliminated shortly after making the money, there are...
WGM’s tip for 14 July: Penrith Panthers
We’re off to Sydney, Australia for tonight’s NRL clash between the Penrith Panthers and the Brisbane Broncos. Both sides face some obstacles in this game – the Panthers are without injured halfback Peter Wallace while Brisbane have a...
WGM’s tip for 13 July: Germany
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for – the World Cup final – and what a contest it promises to be with Germany up against Argentina. The path to the final couldn’t have been much more different for these two sides. The...
WGM’s tip for 12 July: The Netherlands
Tonight sees Brazil and the Netherlands face off in the play-off for third at this year’s World Cup and it will be interesting to see how each side responds after the disappointment of losing their respective semi-finals during the...
Main Event kicking along
The World Series of Poker Main Event is well underway and after the relative calm of the three Day 1 flights, things are gradually starting to heat up in Las Vegas’ Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. A total of 6,683 players contested this...
WGM’s tip for 11 July: Marc Marquez
With so much sport on this weekend, we thought we’d get in early for Sunday’s German MotoGP – and there are no prizes for guessing where our money will be going. Marc Marquez has won the first eight races of the 2014 season in a...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s time! A month after the World Cup kicked off in Sao Paulo with host nation Brazil against Croatia, it’s come down to just two teams remaining with Germany up against Argentina in the 2014 final. We couldn’t have seen two more...
WGM’s tip for 10 July: Zach Johnson
There is just one week to go until the third major of the year, the British Open Championships, tees off and the world’s best are either having a much-needed rest to prepare or fine-tuning their game at the John Deere Classic in Illinois. We...
WGM’s tip for 9 July: Argentina
A fascinating clash to determine the second finalist at this year’s World Cup takes place tonight as powerhouses Argentina and the Netherlands face off in Sao Paulo. The loss of Angel Di Maria is a significant blow for the Argentinians...
Duong stages epic APPT comeback
Vietnam’s Thanh Ha Duong is the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s newest champion after overcoming a six to one chip deficit in heads-up play to win APPT Manila overnight. The 31-year-old outlasted a solid field of 260 players at The Metro Card...
WGM’s tip for 8 July: Germany
Having survived a real scare in the Round of 16 against Chile, Brazil produced one of their better performances of this World Cup to dispatch the dangerous Colombia and reach the semi-finals last weekend. But as luck would have it, they will have to...
The love of Le Tour
There is nothing quite like the Tour de France. A grueling three week race through the mountains and countryside of Europe, this year’s course actually started in England on Saturday and will spend time in both France and Belgium before the...
WGM’s weekend wrap
A stunning fourth set comeback wasn’t enough for the great Roger Federer to claim his fifth Wimbledon crown with Novak Djokovic winning a five set thriller to celebrate his second title on the London grass and his ninth grand slam...
WGM’s tip for 7 July: South Sydney
It’s a fairly quiet day in the world of sport so we’re headed back to Australia where the South Sydney Rabbitohs host the Gold Coast Titans in Monday Night Football. We can’t see anything other than a Rabbitohs win in this one...
WGM’s tip for 6 July: Penrith
We’re off to Australia and the National Rugby League today for what we consider to be a pretty good value bet in the battle of the big cats – Wests Tigers v Penrith Panthers. Under normal circumstances we would always tip the Tigers at their...
WGM’s tip for 5 July: The Netherlands
The Dutch will be thankful that they have been handed the “easiest” quarter-final tie of this year’s World Cup against surprise packets Costa Rica after their miracle escape in the Round of 16 against Mexico. As dangerous as it has...
WGM’s tip for 4 July: Roger Federer
It’s semi-final time at Wimbledon and Roger Federer continues to defy the critics by reaching the final four in pursuit of a record eighth Wimbledon crown. Can he go all the way? Perhaps, but we’re confident he will at the very least...
Colman wins the Big One
With the exception of the Main Event, which starts this weekend, the tournament everyone was waiting to see at this year’s World Series of Poker was the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop. First held two years ago, popular poker pro...
WGM’s tip for 3 July: Jason Day
We’re only two weeks away from the next major of the year – the British Open – and the world’s best will be out to find top form before heading over to England. This week the focus of the golfing world will be White Sulphur Springs...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s quarter finals time both at the World Cup and Wimbledon which means more than a few sleepless nights for us sports fans in Macau and across the Asia Pacific region. We’ll start in Brazil where the Round of 16 has just concluded...
WGM’s tip for 2 July: Colombia
The World Cup is taking a break for a few days but we’re going to take the opportunity to get in early with what we think could be one of the upsets of the tournament this coming Friday. Host nation Brazil has traditionally been one of the...
Rising Ding emerging king
This article first appeared in the Jul/Aug 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. Having hinted at his unbridled potential over the past 10 years, China’s snooker superstar Ding Junhui etched his name among the game’s greats in 2013/14 by...
WGM’s tip for 1 July: Roger Federer
Spain’s Tommy Robredo is enjoying his best ever run at Wimbledon and is into the fourth round, but it’s going to take the performance of his career tonight to go any further. The traditional clay-courter is not only coming off a tough...
Can a Tiger change its stripes?
We ask this question after seeing two players from different footballing codes fall back into old habits over the past week, having previously appeared to have turned the corner following some pretty serious mistakes in their past. The first, of...
WGM’s weekend wrap
The World Cup is down to the business end of the tournament with the first knock-out games being played over the weekend. Not surprisingly, they have already been high on drama with two penalty shoot-outs and a stunning late comeback highlighting...
Phil Ivey wins 10th WSOP bracelet
The great Phil Ivey joined illustrious company over the weekend when he won his 10th bracelet at the World Series of Poker. It had been eight years since Phil Hellmuth became just the third player to win 10 WSOP bracelets back in 2006 – joining...
WGM’s tip for 30 June: France
A week ago we wouldn’t have wasted our time with this clash given the irresistible form of the French, but after a dour 0-0 draw with Ecuador last start and Nigeria’s impressive performance against Argentina we’re getting much...