ALL eyes will again be on the fastest man of the planet today as Usain Bolt goes in the 200m semi-finals at the World Championships.
The Jamaican legend will once again vie with Justin Gatlin for glory after beating him in the 100m and is 8-15 at William Hill to land the title in Thursday's final against the American (28-17, Unibet).
There are medals to be won today in events including the women's 400m hurdles – where Scotland's Eilidh Child flies the flag – and men's 400m and javelin.
Away from Beijing, South Africa and New Zealand do battle in a cricket ODI in Durban and there's also the likes of tennis, cycling and baseball worth a punt.
Good luck with your bets and let's hear your sporting tips and thoughts.
NFL Pre-Season
MIN Vikings @ DAL Cowboys (Saturday 29/8 )
* Minnesotta Vikings + 3.0 @ 20/23
Pre season betting should not be taken too seriously but this one has caught my eye. What you have in this game is 2 coaches who have the complete opposite opinion of how serious pre season games should be taken. Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer won all 4 pre season matches last season and has won his first 2 this season aswell. Zimmer has got the Vikings looking solid on defence thus far and has given sensible minutes on the field to the Vikings starters and has them looking in preety good shape at the moment. On the other hand Jason Garrett and the Cowboys lost all 4 of last years pre seasons games and have lost there opening 2 this season and have struggled on offence. The Vikings have a lot more depth than what the Cowboys have in my opinion and the second and third stringers for the Vikings have looked a lot more impressive than the Cowboys . Cowboys backup QB brandon Wheadon is also out through injury so you’re looking deeper down the depth chart on the QB situation as Romo is certainly not going to be given much time on the field to make any sort of impact. Final thoughts i think vegas got this spread wrong and I doubt it will be + 3 for long
Your right, didn’t stay for long its down to +1 and +1.5 now
Red Sox o8.5 hits @ 1.86 *lost*
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Cubs o7.5 hits @ 1.83 *won*
Double @ 3.42 *lost*
1 hit short on the Red Sox game, so very disappointing.
***Posted Yesterday***
MLB Bets For Tonight
Single @ 9/4 (£10) WON
NY Mets @ Philadelphia Phillies
NY Mets & Over 9.5 Runs (Win 6-5)
4 Fold 20.54/1 (£5) LOST
Toronto Blue Jays ML (Win 6-5)
Pittsburgh Pirates -1.5 (Lost 5-2)
Kansas City Royals -1.5 (Win 3-2) 1 run short
Tampa Bay Rays -1.5 (Lost 11-7)
Dazzler unlucky there, more annoying when its just the 1 hit short
Tonight’s mlb
Astros o7.5 hits @ 1.83
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A’s o7.5 hits @ 1.9
Double @ 3.49
Yeah Dazid definitely more frustrating when it’s just the 1 and the other pick wins. Nice single again for you though.
I did have some lucky off my £2 inplay bet (cashed out for £134) yesterday though so I’m not going to moan too much!
Ad any Tennis today?
@dazzler which bookie?
The week before the US Open proper starts tends to be quietish other than for the qualifiers and small tournaments where favourites often exit before you’d think as they think of the bigger & more lucrative tournament to follow.
Will surf in-play markets instead.
Bet365 ate the only bookies I know who offer the market
Let’s get them today
Red Sox that was close
Men’s 400m winner – kirani james @5/6 with bet365. Get on!! Race is at around 2:30pm today!!
Im on that danbrow. 1/1 with sky, has a good lane and thats what swung me, will be close though
South african out of nowhere. 4th quickest in history.
Brian that spread should drop down even lower come Saturday mate it might even drop drown to Vikings being favourite. +1.5 is still decent but I just a browse a few minutes and it’s droped even lower a lot of places now giving the Vikings + 0.5
Astros done the business!
Dazz
The king looks good so far
Let’s hope our A S wake up
Good spot on the Vikings Picksix mate. You’d think that Packers spread would be on the decline, but nope. Out to -7 in some places now. People would rather take a Nelsonless Packers than Culter haha
Some guy tried trading his Cam Newton, Victor Cruz and Kevin White for my Odell Beckham Jr, Antonio Brown and Amir Abdullah today. Couldn’t believe it haha
Also found the Hard Knocks series last night. Great insight into pre season.
MLB Bets For Tonight
Single @ 7/4 (£10)
Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox – 2.5
4 Fold @ 11.5/1 (£5)
Colorado Rockies ML
Pittsburgh Pirates ML
Kansas City Royals ML
St Louis Cardinals ML