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While it has not been expected that Woods would be playing his best game since news about his sexual escapades broke in November last year, yet nobody expected that it would be as bad as it is right now. He has played his worst 72 holes on a PGA Tour ever, and ended up 18 over par in the last game. Woods said: “Shooting 18-over par is not fun....

The Texas Rangers baseball team has been sold. The team was sold for $600 million in an auction, and went to Nolan Ryan, the Hall of Fame pitcher. Ryan was fronted by a group that bid on his behalf. Ryan won the battle to buy the Texas Rangers, which were also being very sought after by the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, Mark Cuban. The auction took place...

The winner of this year’s Tour de France, Alberto Contador, has decided to leave Astana, and move over to the Danish Saxo Bank team for the next cycling season. Andy Schleck, who lost to Contador by 39 seconds, is leaving the Saxo Bank team. It has been reported that Contador was offered a place with his previous team, Astana, which was worth about £3 million a year. Contador has...

After a major event like the Football world Cup it is common to witness critical changes in the favorite teams that have fared badly. Diego Maradona seems to be the victim of this policy. The “hand of God” did not work for Maradona this time and he was sacked from his position as the chief coach of the Argentinean football team. Maradona was hired by the Argentine Football Association in...

Lewis Hamilton, who is currently leading the Formula 1 Drivers Championship, has had to clear the air on an important issue with his team boss Martin Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh is the chief of McLaren, which is leading in the Constructors Championship. Till the start of the 2010 Formula 1 season Anthony Hamilton, Lewis’ father, was also his manager. They split at the start of this season and since then Lewis has...

News and gossip are hotting up ahead of the American football season. Dez Bryant and Tom Brady figure prominently, though for different reasons. Last week, just before closing date, the Dallas Cowboys signed up first round pick Dez Bryant. Bryant is said to be promised a base salary of $320,000 this year and a five year contract worth $11.8 million. In a statement released by the Dallas Cowboys, Dez Bryant said,...

With the World Cup out of the way the next big event in football is the English Premier League (EPL). This highly popular league will start in August 2010 and run till March 2011. The sports betting sites have already begun to offer odds on the various teams winning the EPL. The London team Chelsea managed by Carlo Ancelotti is the defending champion having defeated Manchester United by the narrowest margin...

The leading online sports betting organization, bwin, announced that it had reached an understanding with the Italian Serie B football league organizers and the 22 soccer teams that participate in that league. As a result, with immediate effect, the Serie B will be known as Serie bwin. This sponsorship agreement will run till June 30, 2012. The official announcement was made at the office of Lega Serie B in Milan by...

It is still not certain that the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao will be held as scheduled in November 2010. The fight was earlier to be held in March 2010 but there were differences over procedures for testing for drugs. Now all that appears to be sorted out and Pacquiao has confirmed the schedule but Mayweather is holding out. On Saturday the fight promoter Bob Arum set...

The Tour de France is well underway. This cycling tour is exciting as always, and is certainly keeping the bookmakers busy. Today, the 13th stage of the Tour de France was completed, with the riders completing a 121.8 mile course, cycling from Rodez to Revel. The 121.8 mile course include five low-level climbs. The winner of stage 13 was Alexandre Vinokourov, from Kazakhstan, who completed the stage in 4 hours,...