EURO 2012

Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts has his sights set on a Ryder Cup debut later this year, with Europe evens with bet365 to beat the USA at Medinah in September.

Colsaerts won the Volvo Match Play Championship in Spain at the weekend to… Graeme McDowell by one hole in the Match Play final: “It’s very big, it’s always been a dream of mine as a kid to play the Ryder Cup.
“There’s still a long way to go, still a dozen tournaments and a lot of candidates. I’m well-placed – a lot better after this – but …

подаръциVictoria Azarenka has been forced to pull out of the Rome Masters with a shoulder problem, casting doubt on her participation in the French Open.

The world number one, who is 7/2 with bet365 to win her second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros, surprisingly withdrew from the Rome tournament after convincingly beating Shahar Peer in straight sets on Wednesday night.
The French Open begins in less than two weeks, meaning the 22-year-old faces a battle to be fit in time to take her …

…, who are 1/1 with bet365 to win the three-match series, will find their world number one Test status challenged when the second-placed tourists take them on.
Pietersen conceded the South Africans have world-class bowlers in Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, but pointed out …, and I played against Dale in Delhi the other day and they are absolute world-class bowlers. Philander has started his career brilliantly.
“Our batters are going to …

…, who are 1/1 with bet365 to win the three-match series, will find their world number one Test status challenged when the second-placed tourists take them on.
Pietersen conceded the South Africans have world-class bowlers in Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, but pointed out …, and I played against Dale in Delhi the other day and they are absolute world-class bowlers. Philander has started his career brilliantly.
“Our batters are going to …

…co-host, hasn’t played a competitive match since 2010 World Cup qualifying. But the team has performed well in friendlies against some top-tier opposition,…who took over as coach in late 2009 from Leo Beenhakker after Poland’s failed World Cup qualifying campaign. ” OK, so we didn’t win,… the right flank. Auxerre midfielder Dariusz Dudka, who is a veteran Poland’s 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 teams, and Bordeaux player Ludovic Obraniak aren’t flashy, but provide…

Franz Beckenbauer said he believes manager Joachim Loew is in charge of the best Germany squad in the nation’s football history.

The Bayern Munich legend lifted the World Cup as a player in 1974 and then as a manager in 1990, but he is of the opinion that neither group had the same strength in depth as the squad Loew is leading into Euro 2012.

“We have …

Huddersfield Giants coach Nathan Brown believes this season’s Challenge Cup could be won by any of the teams left in the competition.

Wigan Warriors face Leeds Rhinos, while Brown’s Giants will play Warrington Wolves at neutral venues in the semi-finals.
Leeds are 9/2 with bet365 to win the competition this season, while Huddersfield can be backed at 11/2.
“It is an exciting draw whoever you get in the semi-finals, as all of the teams in the hat at this stage of the competition are immensely…

…”It’s nice when my mind is empty and I can do what it is I love to do, and that’s go out there and play golf. It’s a little demanding out there and I played very well.”
World number one Rory McIlroy and his closest challenger in the world rankings Luke Donald could only return level-par 72s while Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson shot 71s.

…thrashing of Champions League finalists Chelsea on Tuesday evening, taking some revenge for a 2-1 FA Cup final loss to the Blues at Wembley on Saturday.
Liverpool also won the Carling Cup earlier this season, while they are 11/10 with bet365 to finish their Premier League campaign with…re back in Europe at the first time of asking, we were near to winning the FA Cup final. Not a bad first season (in charge for Dalglish).”
The Reds have won eight times…

…The three-time Major winner told the PGA Tour website: “It will be my 19th appearance in this event and I have only four top-10s to show for it, but I like the golf course and always look forward to teeing it up here.
“Shooting four good, solid rounds of golf is my primary goal. We’ll see where that leaves me on Sunday afternoon.”
A high-quality field at Sawgrass sees nine of the top ten players in the world rankings in action, with only Masters champion Bubba Watson opting to miss the event.