The US Open is probably my favourite tennis grand slam event so I was pretty excited this morning to be heading to the opening day of the tournament. I had a grounds ticket for the day session which meant I could come and go as I pleased around any of the courts except for the Arthur Ashe Stadium. (read more…)

Being in a different timezone sucks for watching live sport in Europe but there was no way I was going to miss this year’s Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, so up I woke at 6am and boy was it worth it! (read more…)

Three wins out of three in the group stages. In the quarter-finals they completely outplayed arch-rivals Italy and eventually won on penalties. They demolished Russia in the semi-finals and then today they outclassed Germany in the final, winning 1-0 for their third consecutive clean sheet in the knockout stage. (read more…)

Most of the major soccer tournaments in recent years have been rubbish. Generally just one or two good teams and then a load of dross. Hopefully this one will be a bit better. (read more…)

One of the great spectacles in sport happens today - the English Grand National at Aintree Racecourse. A lot of people mistakenly think that the race is a bit of a lottery, what with having 40 horses in it but that’s not the case. Every year there can be many horses who can be pretty confidently ruled out to narrow down the field and this year is no exception. (read more…)

I caught a couple of fish over on Letsbet.ie when I posted a fake article from the Racing Post which said that the famous Grand National race this coming Saturday was in danger of becoming a four and a half mile flat race! (read more…)

The best week of the year is upon us once again - the four day Cheltenham horse racing festival. I’ll be posting on the Letsbet.ie Cheltenham Forum every day with my thoughts and tips (under the username ‘Flyingbolt’). There’s also a free tipping competition on that site so make sure to check it out! (read more…)

Woooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Our first trophy since winning the same cup in 1999. Chelsea thought they could win four trophies this season. Well they can scratch this one off the list. Spurs outplayed them and deservedly won. (read more…)

We all know the old saying - what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! So obviously I can’t reveal too much about the last few days which I spent there. We stayed in the Planet Hollywood which was quite nice. A discreet $20 tip to the check-in clerk got us a room upgrade. Sleeping was kept to a minimum each day and only occurred a couple of hours each side of noon. (read more…)

(Prologue: I’m a Spurs fan.) Oh happy day! We didn’t just beat the enemy, we walloped them 5-1!!! One, two, three, four, five. Count them! (read more…)