There are sports like football, tennis and basketball that are followed by a large global population, both as spectators and at betting sites. But there are many lesser known sports that have their own championships, heroes and fan following. One such sport is darts, which is especially popular in the United Kingdom and a part…

Chelsea is currently sitting at the fourth spot in the Barclays Premier League. In a bid to boost its chances of winning the title, Chelsea paid a whopping amount to get the services of the Spanish striker Fernando Torres. The amount paid for a five year contract was £50 million. This is a record amount…

Cricket is not a globally popular sport and therefore the Cricket World Cup 2011 will never match the fever of the FIFA World Cup 2010. But in many of the countries where cricket is played, the Cricket World Cup is the biggest event on the sporting calendar. Cricket is played in three different formats. The…

The tennis pundits and the bookmakers were both proved wrong at the Australian Open tennis championships yesterday. The top two seeds and the favorites at the tennis betting sites, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, crashed out of the Men’s Singles event. In the Women’s Singles the top seed Caroline Wozniacki lost unexpectedly. Nadal lost in…

The Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament will be played from Thursday January 27 to Sunday January 20. The venue is the Torrey Pines golf course in La Jolla California. The Farmers Insurance Open is the fourth event of the PGA 2011 tour. The third event, The Bob Hope Classic, just got over and was won…

The quarter finals in the Men’s Singles and the Women’s Singles in the Australian Open tennis championship have been lined up. The event is currently in progress in Melbourne. In the Men’s Singles six of the top eight seeds have made it to the quarter finals, including the top three of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic….