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London Marathon 2013: Mo Farah the main draw; Geoffrey Mutai the value
A profitable event for followers of betting.betfair over the years, Jack Houghton thinks Geoffrey Mutai is the value ahead of rac...
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Diamond League Athletics: Bolt and Blake certainties; Luguelin a lay
Aiming to cap a widely profitable season of athletics punting on betting.betfair, Jack Houghton thinks Mariya Savinova can prove...
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Diamond League Athletics: Bolt, Blake and Rudisha headlining Zurich
All eyes will be on Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and David Rudisha in Zurich, but even if they weren't competing it would be a fantast...
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Diamond League Athletics: Okagbare a 15.0 Birmingham Blessing
The attention will be on Mo Farah in Birmingham, writes jack Houghton, but when it comes to betting value, Blessing Okagbare coul...
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Diamond League Athletics: Bolt tops bill in medallist-stuffed Lausanne
Usain Bolt and Mariya Savinova should win in Lausanne, but their likely odds are nothing to get excited about. There is value to...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Ten: Last gold to go to Ayele Abshero
The last gold medal is decided on Sunday morning in the Men's Marathon, and with the betting coffers full-to-the-brim after a suc...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Nine: Semenya vs. Savinova; Good vs. Evil
Coming off the high of his
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Olympic Athletics - Day Eight: Delectable Dibaba the bet of the Olympics
Having shown her well-being when winning the 10,000m, Jack Houghton is having his biggest bet of the Olympics on Tirunesh Dibaba,...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Seven: Rudisha unbeatable; world record could go
At the end of Day Five of the Olympic athletics, followers of the tips in this column were sitting on an 11.93-point profit, and...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Six: 85.00-shot Moline can cause upset in 400m Hurdles
Whilst the favourites, Ashton Eaton and Aries Merritt, look solid in the Decathlon and 110m Hurdles respectively, it is worth loo...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Five: Robbie to grab Team GB's next gold in high jump
In an open event, Team GB's Robbie Grabarz looks like the value call to win the men's high jump, writes Jack Houghton, and Kenyan...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Four: Greene looks to have lost it; Isinbayeva too short
It's looking unlikely that Dai Greene will add to Team GB's medal haul in the men's 400m Hurdles, but rather than looking to thos...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Three: Bolt looks enormous at 1.92
Despite no longer looking invincible, the odds on Usain Bolt retaining his Olympic 100m title are just enormous, writes Jack Houg...
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Olympic Athletics - Day Two: Farah no certainty in stacked field
Mo Farah is the most likely winner of the 10,000m, writes Jack Houghton, but at [2.36], it's worth looking elsewhere for a bettin...
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Olympic Athletics - Day One: 80.0-chance Savitskaya could shock Ennis
Although poster-girl Jessica Ennis is the most likely winner of the Heptathlon, she is no certainty, writes Jack Houghton, and mi...
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Diamond League Athletics: Isinbayeva and Merritt both vulnerable in Monaco
On an evening that features seven reigning world champions, six reigning Olympic champions, and a host of others with aspirations...