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Betfair Big Interview: SPOTY nominee Dai Greene

It's been a great year for Dai, but 2012 could be something very special indeed

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards have never caused so much debate and controversy. With just a week to go, Betfair went to Bath University to meet one of the ten men on...

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Ralph Ellis

15 Dec 2011

World Athletics Championships Betting: Idowu can land us a profit

If Philips Idowu jumps like anythinglike his best, he should win another gold for Great Britain

Two final bets for the last day of what has been a thoroughly entertaining World Athletics Championships. Philips Idowu can claim another gold medal for Great Britain and a Russian can beat an odds-on shot...

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Bob Adams

3 Sep 2011

World Athletics Championships Day Nine: Beware or Believe?

An imperious Semenya should make them pay in the final

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Championship Betting: Vlasic can jump to it

Bob's backing Blanka for gold

Bob Adams selects the best bets from the track and field as the World Athletics Championship enters its final two days......

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Bob Adams

2 Sep 2011

World Athletics Championships Day Eight: Beware or Believe?

Chicherova: needs to prove her 2.07m was no fluke

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Championships Day Seven: Beware or Believe?

You have to hand it to Bolt, but Alonso Edward (left) can make the podium again

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Championship Betting: The ball and the baton

You wouldn't want to meet Chris Cantwell in a dark alley

Bob Adams attempts to find the best value from amongst a large group of very large Americans throwing a steel ball, as well as telling us why Belgium can come good in one of the...

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Bob Adams

1 Sep 2011

World Athletics Tips: Shustov to reach new heights

Aleksandr Shustov has been in exceptional form this Summer

An Ethiopian with incredible heart (and lungs) and a Russian high-jumper are Bob Adams' two picks for Thursday's action....

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Bob Adams

31 Aug 2011

World Athletics Championships Day Six, Part Two: Beware or Believe?

Thorkildsen: unstoppable this year and a big-time competitor

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Championships Day Six, Part One: Beware or Believe?

Antyukh: thrilled at the news that proper nouns are now allowed in scrabble

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Championships Day Four: Beware or Believe?

We believe you LaShawn, you don't have to show us

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

World Athletics Tips: The Pole and the pole vaulter

Yelena Isinbayeva in agony in Berlin in 2009 after failing to achieve a single successful vault

Ahead of day four, Bob Adams thinks he's found an unlikely podium finisher in the men's 400m and the woman who can beat the great Yelena Isinbayeva in the pole vault event....

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Bob Adams

29 Aug 2011

World Athletics Tips: Dodgy favourites in 400m and Hammer

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya is Bob's outsider in the 400m betting

Bob Adams isn't keen on the jollies in either the women's 400m final and men's hammer and has value alternatives in both events...

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Bob Adams

28 Aug 2011

World Athletics Championships Day Three: Beware or Believe?

Two years' younger and right on her shoulder: Chernova can make life difficult for Ennis

Athletics championships pose punters a problem. With a plethora of short-priced favourites, it's always hard to separate the genuine sporting titan from the overhyped chancer. During the nine days of World Championship action in Daegu,...

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