European skipper Nick Faldo has dropped a right bombshell by shunning in-form Darren Clarke for Ian Poulter at this month´s Ryder Cup.The world and his wife (even Poulter´s wife) expected Faldo to name the 40-year-old Clarke as one of his Captain´s Picks.Because in tandem with good mate Lee Westwood the ...

It was bound to happen. King Kev is no more. The silver haired and apparently mild mannered gaffer of Newcastle United has departed the club after eight months in charge. To be fair noone expected the ex England manager's reign to last as long as it did.Rumour has it that ...

 Amir Khan’s getting just a little bit boring. It’s been four pretty long years since he starred at the Athens Olympics and still we’re waiting for the guy to fight someone decent. Even Khan himself must be getting more than a little hacked off by the softly-softly approach taken by ...

It is time to wheel ourselves around the expansive shelves of the Bodog library and only hit the brake when we hit the section marked 'Poker History of the Wild West'.Ah, here we are.Welcome to Deadwood. Fans of quality American television may remember the series in which Ian McShane plays ...

Man Utd may have finally signed Dimitar Berbatov, but it was their city rivals who stole the show on transfer deadline day with the amazing signing of Robinho from Real Madrid.The Brazilian striker was expected to either sign for Chelsea, or stick it out at Real – until Man City ...

It is appropriate that one of the richest cities in the world should host a poker tournament with largest (guaranteed) prize pool in Asia. Macau, the first and last European colony in China, is home to the Galaxy StarWorld Casino, an establishment that is 'thirty-eight storeys tall as an emblem ...

Okay we may have flogged the Andy Murray dead horse more times than we reckon is good for us, but we just can't help seeing where our boy is going? But this is the US Open what else can we do but root for homegrown talent? We're sure as hell ...

Arsenal served timely notice to those of us who considered the 2008/9 Premier League title a two horse race at the weekend.The Gunners´ 3-0 spanking of improving Newcastle United was without question the performance of the season from any of the "Big Four" sides.Dutch ace Robin van Persie bagged a ...

There a quite a few chin-stroking veterans of the poker circuit who like to tell you that it is possible to learn a lot about life from time at the table. They tend to be the kind of people who, whatever situation they find themselves in, think they could write ...

Not since the jellied eel draught of 1952 had there been such wailing and gnashing of teeth in the East End of London Town.But the day Paul Ince posed in a Manchester United shirt whilst still a West Ham player will never be forgotten by those unforgiving citizens of Upton ...