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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

BETSSON closes all Spanish registered accounts

I received a note in my email inbox today that European betting giant Betsson is closing all accounts for players registered in Spain.

Registrations from Spain have already been closed and removed from the Betsson signup forms.

And all player accounts from Spain will be closed at Betsson as of 28th November 2012.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Chelsea sack Roberto Di Matteo as manager after defeat at Juventus

BBC Sport are reporting that manager Roberto Di Matteo has been sacked after just six months in the job.

Di Matteo won the Champions League and FA Cup as caretaker manager last season and was given a two-year deal in June.

BBC are reporting that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has made contact with former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez to gauge his interest in taking charge at Chelsea on a short-term basis - and that he made contact with Benitez even before the defeat in Italy as he assessed his options.

"The club will be making an announcement shortly regarding a new first-team manager," a statement said.

A list of Chelsea managers under Roman Abramovich
Claudio Ranieri : Sep 2000 to May 2004
Jose Mourinho : Jun 2004 to Sep 2007
Avram Grant : Sep 2007 to May 2008
Luiz Felipe Scolari : Jul 2008 to Feb 2009
Guus Hiddink : Feb 2009 to May 2009
Carlo Ancelotti : Jun 2009 to May 2011
Andre Villas-Boas : Jun 2011 to Mar 2012
Roberto di Matteo : Mar 2012 to Nov 2012

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Betfair pulls out of Germany over 5% gambling tax

The Betfair betting Exchange has withdrawn its online sports product from Germany, blaming a 5 percent turnover tax for making its main product unviable in Europe's largest economy.

Betfair released an announcement saying "The company is disappointed that to date the tax authorities have not been able to agree to an interpretation of the law that would allow Betfair to continue to offer the exchange product ... Consequently, Betfair has decided to withdraw its exchange product from the German market".

OTHER BOOKMAKERS ALSO PULL OUT :
William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, said it no longer offered any kind of service to German residents because of the tax situation.

Bwin has amended its business model in Germany, its largest market, by no longer accepting very short-odds bets on sports events there.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

FOOTBALL : Arsenal beat Tottenham 5-2 again - video highlights

Emmanuel Adebayor made a nightmare return to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, scoring and then being sent off as Arsenal cruised to a 5-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby.

Spurs opened the scoring, beating the Arsenal offside trap, for Emmanuel Adebayor to eventually score from the rebound after a good save by Szczesny. From hero to zero, Emmanuel Adebayor was then sent off for a late, high two-footed tackle.

Per Mertesacker atoned for his offside trap fail with a looping header to make it 1-1.

Lukas Podolski gave the Gunners the lead going into the half-time break. Olivier Giroud made it 3-1 right on half-time.

Santi Cazorla finished off a great move between Arsenal’s front 3 to make it 4-1. Gareth Bale pulled it back to 4-2 in the 71st minute.

Theo Walcott put the gloss back on the scoreline in injury time to make it 5-2 - to repeat last seasons North London derby scoreline for Arsenal.


Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

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English Premier League, November 17, 2012 - Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham

Saturday, November 10, 2012

BetVictor offers FREE treble on Sunday's Premier League games

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So that's a treble bet on these three games :
- Manchester City v Tottenham
- Newcastle v West Ham
- Chelsea v Liverpool

Personally, I'm taking all three home sides which pays out at a nice little price of 6.30 - and I'll get a freebie next weekend.

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Thursday, November 01, 2012

FT : Chelsea 5-4 Manchester United - video highlights

OK - so there were "only" nine goals in this Captial One Cup tie - another cracker of a game as Chelsea beat Manchester United 5-4 in extra time.

Ryan Giggs Opened the scoring for ManYoo, and David Luiz equalised from the spot before Javier Hernandez put United 2-1 up at the halftime break.

Gary Cahill made it 2-2 but it appeared Nani's chipped finish would win it, before Eden Hazard scored in the 94th minute from another spot-kick to make it 3-3.

Daniel Sturridge and Ramires both scored for Chelsea in extra time before Giggs grabbed a late penalty in the last minute.

This video has 10 minutes of highlights from Match-of-the-Day


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