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England return to competitive action on Friday evening when they travel to Crete to face Greece and here are William Hill’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 European qualifying play-off predictions. The prices leave little doubt over the expected outcome, with England just 1/33 to win, while Greece are a huge 150/1 and the draw is 12/1. The goals market also points towards an entertaining evening, with Over 5.5 goals priced at 4/5 and Under 5.5 at 17/20. The Prediction England are the overwhelming 1/33 favourites and should have too much quality for Greece across the 90 minutes. The bigger question…

Valtteri Bottas has revealed the details of an incident-packed 418km bike ride including encounters with snakes, being chased by dogs and the eerie atmosphere of riding through the jungle at night as the Cadillac driver cycled between Malaysia and Singapore this week.The 37-year-old is a keen cyclist and after a suggestion from his girlfriend, the Australian Olympic cyclist Tiffany Cromwell, he decided to take on the challenge of riding from the last round in Sepang near Kuala Lumpur to this weekend’s grand prix on the street circuit in Singapore, under his own steam.He managed the journey, which the rest of…

West Indies bowling coach Ravi Rampaul wants his pedigreed willow-wielders to bat long and avoid sudden collapses.“Definitely, rotation of strike [is needed]. Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer are really good players of spin bowling. When they bat through the middle, we have put up big totals. So, the onus is on our better spin batters to bat long,” Rampaul said on Thursday, the eve of the second T20I against India at the JSCA Stadium.In the first T20I, the visitors went from 38 for no loss to 44 for three, and 107 for three to 135 for eight, which ultimately cost…

OUR ultra-competitive EFL League Two returns to a full programme of fixtures this weekend following the depleted international break offerings. Three teams remain unbeaten thus far and merely three points cover the 11 leading sides. Accordingly, League Two betting is ever popular. Here is my considered analysis of the upcoming fixtures with score predictions to assist your football betting… Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra Prediction Kick-off: 12.30pm Rankings: 13th versus 3rd Swindon Town preview – Undefeated at home throughout 2026/27 but dropping three points below Play-Off discussions reflecting four winless matches. Their boss Ian Holloway has described himself as a…

Manchester City continue to shorten in William Hill’s Premier League relegation market, with the Sky Blues now 5/4 to go down. Enzo Maresca’s side are favourites among the non-newly promoted sides to be relegated to the Championship, with only Coventry (1/2), Hull (8/13), and Ipswich (6/5) ahead of them in the market. With the Premier League back for the first time since City’s financial charges, all eyes turn to Sunday’s trip to Anfield, where Liverpool (8/5) have attracted more bets to win than the visitors. Coventry – 1/2 Hull – 8/13 Ipswich – 6/5 Manchester City – 5/4 Manchester City…

SIGNIFICANT managerial changes are impacting the build up to this weekend’s League One programme. Furthermore, merely three points cover the leading six teams. So our League One betting odds are responding accordingly. These are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside my considered score predictions to assist your football betting… Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon Prediction Kick-off: 12.30pm Rankings: 1st versus 9th Plymouth Argyle preview – Argyle hit pole position on goal difference thanks to last Saturday’s 2-0 triumph at Leyton Orient. It cemented four wins from five ongoing attempts. AFC Wimbledon preview – Enjoying a four game unbeaten…

James Hopes and Brad Haddin have left their roles as bowling and fielding coach of Punjab Kings respectively.Both Hopes and Haddin are coaches in Australian domestic cricket. Hopes has taken on the role of Queensland and Brisbane Heat head coach, while Haddin will serve as New South Wales’ head coach.Their departure means that PBKS has now lost three members of its support staff from the 2026 season, after Sairaj Bahutule left to become spin-bowling coach with the Indian men’s team.ALSO READ: Mahli Beardman’s rapid return: The Australian quick turning heads against India AHaddin joined PBKS in 2022 as part of…

DUBLIN-BORN football journalist Tony Incenzo previews Friday night’s SSE Airtricity League of Ireland fixture between Shelbourne and Sligo Rovers. IN the words of legendary sports commentator David Coleman, an incredibly tight League of Ireland Premier Division title race is “quite remarkable.” Three of Dublin’s clubs head into this weekend tied on 59 points at the summit. Therefore betting interest is hitting incredible levels. But for now, the focus is on two of the teams fighting at the bottom of the table – so here is my football betting preview ahead of Friday’s big game under the floodlights. Shelbourne v Sligo…

When the Vinoo Mankad Trophy gets underway on Thursday, young cricketers from Arunachal Pradesh will miss out on the national U-19 tournament.The side is scheduled to face Sikkim in the Plate Group, at the KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar, but Sportstar understands that the Arunachal Pradesh Association (ACA) has not fielded a team this season due to an ongoing legal case.Confirming the development, Devajit Saikia, the BCCI secretary, told Sportstar: “We have seen that Arunachal Pradesh is not fielding teams in some of the age-group tournaments. From what we have gathered, there is a court case going on in the Gauhati High…

When India takes to the field for a T20I on October 22, it will be exactly three years and 11 months since Bhuvneshwar Kumar last took to the field for India.There is, however, every chance that the streak will end before it can hit four years, with the 36-year-old named in the squad for India’s upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, marking the culmination of a remarkable turnaround for a bowler who seemed nowhere near national contention even this time last year.The player himself had made his peace with not representing India. At a select media interaction during IPL 2026,…