One of the real contenders to dethrone Miami in this year’s Championship battle, the Thunder have flexed their muscle of late to move past both San Antonio and Portland with the best record in the Western Conference at 38-11. They travel to...
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Not your average tournament
Last week we took a brief look at Sit n Go’s – which are basically mini tournaments – and why they are not only great fun but also the perfect way to hone your late tournament game. Today we’re going to look at another type of...
WGM’s weekend preview
Let’s start with some golf this week as we gear up for the popular AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. This annual event has carved out a unique niche on the calendar with both the world’s top golfers and a number of notable...
WGM’s tip for 6 February: Xiao Guodong
The European Snooker Tour heads to Poland today for the Gdynia Open and we’re going to go with China’s young gun Xiao Guodong to spring an upset and win this event. Okay, so it’s going to be a tough ask for him, but he has shown...
WGM’s tip for 5 February: Sydney Sixers
We’re off to Sydney, Australia as the semi-finals of cricket’s highly popular Twenty20 Big Bash League continue with the Sydney Sixers hosting the Perth Scorchers. There is a lot on the line here with the winner guaranteed a spot in the...
WGM’s tip for 4 February: Sri Lanka
Having drawn their recent Test series against Pakistan, Sri Lanka showed their class with a whopping innings and 248 run win over Bangladesh in the first Test last week. They’re back for the second Test starting today in Chittagong and...
WGM’s weekend wrap
Super Bowl XLVIII was one of the most highly anticipated in years as the NFL’s most lethal offense went head to head with its most miserly defence, but in the end it was all one way traffic as the Seattle Seahawks claimed their maiden Super...
Aussie Millions Main Event underway
It has been another eventful week in the Crown poker room in Melbourne, Australia as players from around the world have converged for the 2014 Aussie Millions. Of course, the star attraction is the AU$10,600 Main Event which kicked off on Sunday...
WGM’s tip for 3 February: Manchester City
Arguably the biggest game of the EPL season so far sees Chelsea travel to top of the table Manchester City needing victory to prevent the Sky Blues from breaking away. Unfortunately for them, the stats suggest they are in for a torrid time. Chelsea...
WGM’s tip for 2 February: Australia
It’s hard to believe just how good the cricket has been to us the past few months – particularly in Australia where we are yet to get a game wrong across the Test and One Day series! Today represents the final game of England’s awful...
WGM’s tip for 1 February: Everton
The Toffees were brought back to earth with a thud during the week when thrashed 4-0 by local rivals Liverpool in the Merseyside derby. It was the first time all season Everton had been torn apart in defence and they have no doubt done plenty of...
Super Bowl time!
It’s the event that stops a nation, and if the numbers are anything to go by this could well go down as one of the greatest season finale’s of all time. Yep, it’s Super Bowl weekend – the most watched single day sporting event on...
WGM’s tip for 31 January: USA
The Davis Cup begins today with a number of fascinating ties – none more intriguing than Great Britain’s trip to the United States. The visitors have the luxury of world number six Andy Murray on their side which should be good for at least...
The Sit N Go school
When it comes to poker, there can be no greater thrill than running deep in a tournament. As more players fall by the wayside and the lure of a big score looms large as the final table approaches, the adrenalin rush that accompanies it is one of...
WGM’s tip for 30 January: Indiana Pacers
It’s a quiet day in the NBA with only three games on today and our pick of the bunch is the Indiana Pacers who continue to set the pace with a season best record of 35-9. They host a Phoenix outfit tonight who sit precariously in mid position...
WGM周末预览
就在日历翻到2月，我们庆祝中国农历新年之际，不同橄榄球规则的粉丝们将要在接下去的几周内开始他们的新赛季 －...
WGM’s weekend preview
As the calendar ticks over into February and we celebrate the Chinese New Year, fans of the various rugby codes are preparing for the start of their new seasons over the coming weeks – starting this weekend with the first round of Europe’s...
WGM’s tip for 29 January: Manchester City
A huge match looms in the EPL as Tottenham looks to stay in touch with the competition leaders and Manchester City aims to continue their devastating march towards the title. Spurs have made great strides under new manager Tim Sherwood with six wins...
WGM’s tip for 28 January: Liverpool
A midweek round of the English Premier League sees the Merseyside derby headline as local rivals Liverpool and Everton go head to head. This is one of the most important derbies in years with the Reds sitting in fourth just one point ahead of the...
Italy dominates Aussie Millions
One of the biggest tournaments in the world, the Aussie Millions, is well underway in Melbourne and WGM will be here to provide weekly updates of all that’s going on in the lead-up to the Main Event which starts on 2 February. It’s still...
WGM’s weekend wrap
The Australian Open came to a thrilling conclusion over the weekend with China celebrating a memorable victory in the women’s draw by Li Na. The 2011 French Open champion added a second grand slam title to her resume after downing...
Poker Legends: Phil Ivey
It would be remiss of us to run a series on the legends of poker and not include the great Phil Ivey. While there are no doubt many contenders for the title of greatest player on earth, the widely held belief among many of the world’s top...
WGM’s tip for 27 January: Chicago Bulls
It’s been a tough old season for the Chicago Bulls. Tipped to challenge for the title, they have instead suffered a series of injury setbacks – none more telling than the loss of star Derrick Rose for the season. The Bulls fell in a slump...
WGM’s tip for 26 January: Australia
We haven’t given England much love on their Ashes tour of Australia and with good reason given they’ve struggled so badly to find any sort of form. The Aussies rested a number of players from the fourth game of this ODI series on Friday...
WGM’s tip for 25 January: Manchester City
Red hot Manchester City is back at Etihad Stadium and this time it’s poor old Championship side Watford given the task of trying to halt their incredible home form in the FA Cup. City brushed Blackburn aside here 5-0 last week and it’s...
WGM’s tip for 24 January: Roger Federer
It was only a week ago that most predicted Roger Federer’s Australian Open campaign would be well and truly over by now given his struggles in 2013, but back to full fitness it has been the Federer of old as he has steamrolled his way past Jo...
WGM speaks with UFC’s Cung Le
Having first visited these shores in October 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Macau on 1 March as England’s John Hathaway and South Korea’s Hyun Kim do battle in their long-awaited welterweight bout. But the event will...
Red Dragon breaks records
They came, they saw and they conquered. Having promised record numbers for the 20th running of the Macau Poker Cup, the team at PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams well and truly delivered with huge fields filling the room over the past two...
WGM’s weekend preview
The Australian Open reaches its conclusion this weekend and what a finish it promises to be. After a relatively uneventful opening week, the past few days have seen a plethora of seeds fall by the wayside – particularly in the women’s draw...
WGM’s tip for 23 January: Atletico Madrid
The quarter finals of the Copa del Ray have arrived and today sees in-form Atletico Madrid hosting Athletic Bilbao in the opening leg of this interesting tie. Athletic currently sit fifth on the ladder in La Liga so they won’t be easy beats...