The second major of the year starts tomorrow and what a tournament it promises to be with Tiger Woods out injured and a whole plethora of rivals jostling for the world number one ranking. Australia’s Adam Scott currently holds that honor but...
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WGM’s tip for 10 Jun: Portugal
The World Cup is getting closer and the competing teams are playing their final warm-up games before the real deal gets underway. Tonight sees Portugal face off against the Republic of Ireland having beaten Mexico a few days ago, and although there...
F1 rivalry nothing new
The 2014 Formula 1 Season might have been dominated by Mercedes over the opening seven rounds, but at least the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has added to the intrigue. F1 has a proud history of teammates disliking one another and...
ACOP schedule released
PokerStars LIVE Macau has released the 2014 schedule for its flagship event – the Asia Championships of Poker (ACOP) – which will run from 24 October to 9 November. The 17-day schedule features 21 events including 14 ACOP Title Events...
WGM’s weekend wrap
Another eventful weekend in the sporting world with the French Open reaching its culmination in Paris, Mercedes’ stranglehold on the Formula 1 season broken in Montreal, the NBA Finals well underway in San Antonio and more international...
WGM’s tip for 9 June: Canberra Raiders
There is some good value to be had tonight in Australia as the Canberra Raiders host Brisbane in Round 13 of the National Rugby League. It’s been a pretty awful start to 2014 for the Raiders, who have won just four of 12 games so far, but the...
WGM’s tip for 8 June: Lewis Hamilton
We’re off to Canada for the seventh race of the Formula 1 season and as usual it looks like being a race dominated by Mercedes. The only question is Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg? Hamilton has won four races so far and Rosberg two, but the...
WGM’s tip for 7 June: Cameroon
Cameroon hosts minnows Moldova in their final warm-up game before heading to Brazil for the World Cup and at around $1.44 for the win we think they represent the best value of all of today’s international friendlies. The African trailblazers...
WGM’s tip for 6 June: Novak Djokovic
The semi-finals of the French Open are upon us and while both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are warm favorites to win their respective semis, we’re going to jump in early and back Djokovic to go all the way. Despite having lost their...
So near, so far for Hellmuth
In the end it wasn’t to be for Phil Hellmuth, who reached his 50th career World Series of Poker final table earlier in the week in the US$1,500 Seven-card Razz but couldn’t quite convert it to a record 14th bracelet. It wasn’t for...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s a huge weekend of sport on the American continents where the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals are both taking place, the intriguing Formula 1 season continues its global pilgrimage, the World Cup warm-ups pick up heat and the final PGA Tour...
WGM’s tip for 5 June: San Antonio Spurs
It’s the first game of this year’s NBA Finals as the San Antonio Spurs look to end the dominance of the Miami Heat. Tonight represents a great chance for San Antonio – they’ve been strong at home right through the playoffs and...
WGM’s tip for 4 June: England
England’s World Cup preparation step up a notch as they face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ecuador in Miami. This is the first game the English have played outside of England these past few months and conditions will be somewhat different to...
WGM’s tip for 3 June: Switzerland
Another important lead-up match to the World Cup for Group E team Switzerland takes place tonight as they host Peru in Luzern. All eyes will be on their two main strikers, with Haris Seferovic under pressure to break a year-long goal drought for his...
WGM’s weekend wrap
Another huge weekend of sport has come and gone, but let’s start with the NBA where our 2014 Finalists have now been determined. Defending Champions Miami proved too strong for Indiana, coming from a game down to take their Eastern Conference...
Solid WSOP start for Asia-Pacific
It’s been a pretty decent start to the 2014 World Series of Poker for Asia and Asia-Pacific as a whole with a bracelet and a number of strong finishes. It all began with Event #1 of this year’s WSOP – US$500 Casino Employees No-Limit...
WGM’s tip for 2 June: Japan
Today sees one of the more intriguing games of the weekend’s international friendlies with Costa Rica and Japan – two teams headed to Brazil later this month – set to do battle in the Unites States. The fact that this game is being played...
WGM’s tip for 1 June: Marc Marquez
Another week, another nightmare for Marc Marquez’s rivals. The Spanish youngster has already won the first five races of the 2014 season and there is no reason to suspect he won’t make it six in Italy today. Local hero Valentino Rossi...
WGM’s tip for 31 May: Portugal
The weekend of international friendlies continues on in earnest today and this is our pick of the games. Portugal and Greece will both feature in Brazil so this is a particularly interesting match-up. That said, the home ground advantage should come...
WGM’s tip for 30 May: England
A huge weekend of international friendlies kicks off today in the lead-up to the World Cup, with England among the big names getting in early when they face Peru at Wembley. The hosts have chosen this game in the hope that Peru will play somewhat...
WSOP underway
And we’re underway! Yep, our favorite time of year has arrived again with the 45th World Series of Poker now underway. Tuesday saw this year’s series begin with the traditional Casino Employees Event kicking off proceedings, closely...
WGM’s tip for 29 May: Justin Rose
There is no slowing down on the PGA Tour as we head to Ohio for the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance. We’re just a few weeks away from the US Open so we expect the big guns to stand up in the coming weeks much like Adam...
WGM’s weekend preview
It’s a busy weekend in the footballing world as the 32 teams set to compete in next month’s World Cup complete final preparations before heading to Brazil. Between Friday and Sunday, a total of 24 international friendlies will take place...
WGM’s tip for 28 May: Mexico
We were surprised to see Mexico paying a generous $1.50 in their only home warm-up game before heading off to the World Cup. Playing in South America is never easy for foreign sides and it’s hard to see the 78th ranked Israel causing too many...
WGM’s tip for 27 May: San Antonio Spurs
Having taken a 2-0 series lead, the Spurs couldn’t make it 3-0 when the series moved to Oklahoma City on Sunday with the home side scoring a crucial victory to keep the match-up interesting. Nevertheless, we’re tipping the Spurs to...
WGM’s weekend wrap
With the domestic leagues in Europe all coming to an end, it was all about the UEFA Champions League over the weekend as Spain’s two Madrid sides Real and Atletico went head to head in Lisbon. Having wrapped up their first La Liga title in 18...
Leaving it late
For the losing side or player it’s usually labelled a “choke”, for the winners it’s remembered as a brilliant comeback. But whichever way you view it, there are certain sporting moments that live long in the memory when the...
China wins again in Macau
It was at APPT Macau last year – after almost seven years of waiting – that China finally captured an APPT title when Alexandre Chieng bested a field of 388 players to break his nation’s duck. Last night that record improved to two APPT...
WGM’s tip for 26 May: Serena Williams
The French Open gets underway today and although we think the men’s side of the draw could be the most closely fought in years, we can’t go past Serena Williams on the women’s. Williams pulled out of Madrid with injury a few weeks...
WGM’s tip for 25 May: Lewis Hamilton
If there is one race that can throw up a few quirks it’s the famous Monaco Grand Prix. With its tight streets and the renowned difficulty in overtaking, a bad start or slow pit stop can make it extremely difficult to recover. That said...