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When UFC 141 kicks off in Las Vegas the fireworks get started early when the menacing Alistar Overeem fights Brock Lesnar in the heavyweight division. Lesnar is already looking past Overeem as the two have given a bit of verbal jousting but Overeem wants a rematch against Cain Velasquez despite Velasquez ‘s loss to Junior [...]
Yuvraj Singh’s respiratory infection, shoulder injuries to Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar‘s wish to spend time with his family are big setbacks for India’s already-depleted squad for the tour of the West Indies. Four players have moved out of the whole trip. Cheteshwar Pujara picked up a knee injury in the IPL [...]
The Vancouver Canucks will face the Nashville Predators in one of the more competitive second round matchups of this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. There has been little room for error in the playoff matchup with two of the three games having gone to overtime and all three having been a one-goal game. The Canucks are [...]
Many people are excited to see which horses will take the position as favorite in the biggest race of the year as the Kentucky Derby approaches. Soldat is one of the horses that many people will be counting on to succeed. In Horse Racing odds, Soldat is at 15-1 to win the 2011 Kentucky Derby. [...]
For the first time in the 2011 MLS season, the New York Red Bulls will take on the Philadelphia Union On Saturday April 9th. It is hard to make definite predictions about what is going to happen in this game since it is so early in the season. About the form of the Red Bulls [...]
Novak Djokovic aims for a place in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, as he takes on compatriot Viktor Troicki in the ATP World Tour 1000 event being played here in Key Biscayne, Florida. Currently Djokovic is the hottest player on the globe. Novak Djokovic is aspiring for the fourth title of the [...]
On Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the Illinois Fighting Illini squaring off against the Michigan Wolverines, March Madness officially gets going this week with the conference tournaments including this one. While Michigan has no odds, Illinois is a 50-1 long shot to win the NCAA Tournament in March Madness betting Odds [...]
Winners of six of the previous eight Dubai Championships, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic continued on course to play for the title by winning quarterfinal matches Thursday in straight sets. In three matches, Federer was broken for the first time but he overpowered Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4. The two-time defending title holder, Novak [...]
England will meet Netherlands in the Group A league match of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup on Tuesday, Feb 22 in Nagpur. In the opening match of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Netherlands famously beat England at Lord’s and England captain Andrew Strauss has cautioned his teammates that if they are only slightly off their [...]
The NASCAR lid lifter will be our first glance at NASCAR Sprint Cup cars in competition on the new asphalt at Daytona International Speedway as the 2011 Bud Shootout is fast approaching this weekend. Kevin Harvick will have Bud on his hood when he takes the green flag as he is the defending Bud Shootout [...]