James Eastham

From 1993 to 2000, James Eastham was editor of the UK's first and only English-language fanzine, Aux Armes!

Since 2000, he has interviewed many of French football's leading personalities, including Aime Jacquet, Nicolas Anelka and current France coach Laurent Blanc. He has written about French football for a number of publications around the world, including When Saturday Comes and Four Four Two.

Since joining the Betfair team in 2008, he has made a healthy profit on Ligue 1 outright markets and matches. He dreams of making enough money from football betting to buy a small fourth division French club.

• Botswana v Mali: Favourites will see off group whipping boys
• Ghana v Guinea: Underestimate these Elephants at your peril
• Ivory Coast v Angola: A stalemate's the smart way to play
• Sudan v Burkina Faso: Underdogs set to cause an upset
• Botswana v Guinea: Favourites to win high-scoring thriller
• Ghana v Mali: Group favourites to move towards the quarters
• Ligue 1 Betting: Lille set to struggle without Sow's goals
• Ivory Coast v Burkina Faso: Favourites to grab a second win
• Sudan v Angola: Black Antelopes set to leap towards quarter-finals
• Mali v Guinea: Underdogs set to spring a surprise
• Ghana v Botswana: Black Stars to make flying start