It’s been a while between drinks for Italian sides in Europe – particularly in the Europa League where they haven’t lifted the trophy since 1999. While Juventus would have had desires on the Champions League at the start of the year...
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WGM’s tip for 2 April: Real Madrid
It’s quarter-final time in the UEFA Champions League and tonight sees a blockbuster between Spanish giants Real Madrid and last year’s finalists Borussia Dortmund. This is a rematch of last year’s semi-finals when Dortmund’s...
EPL set for spectacular finale
With just six weeks of the 2013/14 season remaining, the English Premier League looks set for the closest finish in its history. Not once since the EPL was formed in 1992 have four sides been separated by so little at this stage of the season with...
WGM’s tip for 1 April: Ding Junhui
The penultimate rankings event of the season gets underway this week with the China Open taking place in Beijing. Local favorite Ding Junhui didn’t fare so well at the Players’ Championship last week with a shock first round exit but he...
WGM’s weekend wrap
There was plenty happening over the weekend in the world of sport, but we’re going to start in Malaysia where we successfully tipped Lewis Hamilton to win the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion dominated from start to...
WGM’s tip for 31 March: Gold Coast Titans
As much as we love watching the North Queensland Cowboys at their best, they have been perennial underachievers in the NRL for a number of years and sadly it doesn’t seem like much has changed despite a new coach in 2014. They came from 16-0...
WGM’s tip for 30 March: Lewis Hamilton
He was looking good in Australia until an engine failure cost him the chance to show off his new Mercedes but we like the look of Lewis Hamilton here in Malaysia today. Hamilton started on pole in Melbourne and there is no doubt that the Mercedes...
WGM’s tip for 29 March: Manchester City
The fact that high-flying Manchester City are paying more than $2.00 in this one make it too good to pass up. Having put five past Fulham last weekend then belted rivals Manchester United 3-0 mid-week, it seems City are making full use of the extra...
WGM’s tip for 28 March: Hawthorn
Round 2 of the AFL sees a Friday night blockbuster between Essendon and Hawthorn in a clash that will tell us a lot about these two sides in 2014. Essendon surprised many with their impressive display against North Melbourne last week and...
WGM’s weekend preview
The second race of the 2014 Formula 1 season takes place this weekend in Malaysia with championship leader Nico Rosberg looking to continue his great start and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo hoping to put the disappointment of his...
WGM’s tip for 27 March: Richmond Tigers
It wasn’t the ideal start for either Richmond or Carlton to the 2014 AFL season with the Tigers going down to the Gold Coast and Carlton to Port Adelaide. Both sides have a lot to prove this season and big questions remain as to whether they...
WGM’s tip for 26 March: West Indies
The T20 World Cup continues in Bangladesh tonight with the home side taking on the erratic but always exciting West Indies. This is an interesting match-up between two sides capable of moments of brilliance as well as some truly awful performances...
Poker Legends: Erik Seidel
For a man immortalized in the cult poker film Rounders – and not in a positive way – Erik Seidel has a lot to feel good about. The veteran tournament professional produced a remarkable performance to finish second at the 1988 World Series of...
WGM’s tip for 25 March: Manchester City
It’s been a rare good week for Manchester United. After the humiliation of their 3-0 loss to rivals Liverpool, they produced a stunning comeback against Olympiakos in the Champions League to progress to the next round then won away to West Ham...
WGM’s weekend wrap
It was another huge weekend of sport around the world but it would be remiss of us to start anywhere else than in Spain where the latest rendition of El Classico took place between old foes Real Madrid and Barcelona. The contest certainly lived up...
Twenty20 vision
Although cricket is hugely popular in countries such as India, Australia, England, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka, it remains somewhat of a foreign concept in many other places around the world. In particular, eastern Asia has rarely been...
WGM’s tip for 24 March: Melbourne Storm
What a contrast the start of the 2014 NRL season has been for these two sides. The Melbourne Storm have prevailed in two thrilling contests thanks to dramatic late field goals, while Newcastle remains winless and in need of some good fortune to come...
WGM’s tip for 23 March: Barcelona
It’s time for El Classico! Bitter rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona meet at the Bernabeu tonight in a clash that could well determine who wins the La Liga title this year. Barcelona find themselves four points adrift of Real after some...
WGM’s tip for 22 March: Arizona Diamondbacks
The Major League Baseball season officially gets underway today in Sydney with the LA Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks playing two games at the Sydney Cricket Ground. These sides finished first and second in the National League West last season and...
WGM’s tip for 21 March: North Melbourne
An intriguing opening round clash in the AFL sees North Melbourne hosting Essendon in a game that could set the tone for the year ahead. The Kangaroos were the unluckiest side in the competition last year – losing 10 games by less than three goals...
Sydney latest stop on Asian poker schedule
With the Macau Millions, which wrapped up over the weekend having attracted a record Asian field of 1,804 players, now out of the way, attention in the Asia-Pacific region this week turns to the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour and one of the most...
WGM’s tip for 20 March: Tiger Woods
His form might be a little up and down at the moment but it’s hard to go past the one and only Tiger Woods at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. Woods has absolutely owned this event over the years, having won it eight...
WGM’s weekend preview
One of the biggest sporting events of the year takes place in Spain on Sunday as bitter rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in the latest rendition of El Classico at the Bernabeu. There is no love lost between these two sides but this week’s...
WGM’s tip for 19 March: Olympiakos
What better time to go against the grain and take the outsiders as Olympiakos travel to Old Trafford to take on a desperate Manchester United side? The Greeks won the first leg of this tie 2-0 and it’s remarkable to think they are paying $6.50...
WGM’s tip for 18 March: Chelsea
Having stolen a valuable away goal in their 1-1 draw with Turkish side Galatasaray in the first leg, Chelsea returns to Stamford Bridge tonight in a clash they will expect to win to progress to the Champions League quarter finals. Despite a shock...
Macau Millions breaks records
Last week the crew at PokerStars LIVE Macau had expressed cautious confidence that they would break the all-time record for the biggest poker tournament field in Asian history at the 2014 Macau Millions. With six Day 1 flights, the early signs were...
What we learned at the Oz GP
1. Mercedes is the team to beat. Okay, so we figured that might be the case after they dominated pre-season testing, but until we saw them in race conditions we couldn’t be too sure. As it turned out, Lewis Hamilton took pole position and...
WGM’s weekend wrap
It was a remarkable weekend in the sporting world with some huge results in the EPL and La Liga, a controversial disqualification in the Formula 1, a veteran winning in the women’s tennis and some crazy upsets in the NRL and AFL. We’ll...
WGM’s tip for 17 March: Canterbury Bulldogs
It was a tough opening round for both of these sides in the NRL last week with Canterbury losing to Brisbane and Cronulla losing to the Gold Coast. That makes this game particularly important but the signs aren’t good for Cronulla, who will be...
WGM’s tip for 16 March: Lewis Hamilton
The 2014 Formula 1 season begins today with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The traditional season opener is always an exciting event with each new year bringing a whole raft of possibilities with it and 2014 looks particularly intriguing...