Sports Blog

€500 Charity Bet with Paddy Power

€150 each way on Dirar at 6/1

€100 each way on Slieveardagh at 14 to 1

Galway Wednesday

€500 Charity Bet with Paddy Power

Galway Plate 5.25

€150 each way on The Last Derby at 10/1

€100 each way on Lucky Wish at 25/1

An injury-time goal scored in a game in Iceland.  The celebration is supposed to be salmon fishing and the guy being caught is Jóhann Laxdal - Lax means salmon in Icelandic.. pretty funny

Gaelic Games

Sunday 25th July

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final

€30 on Galway to beat Tipperary at 13 to 8

Saturday 24th July

All Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifier

€15 on Monaghan to beat Kildare at 5 to 4

Golf

Canadian Open (Starts Thursday Lunchtime)

€5 each way on Ricky Barnes at 33/1

€5 each way on Kevin Na at 66/1

€5 each way on Spencer Levin at 125/1

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Gaelic Games

Ulster Senior Football Championship Final (Sunday 18th July)

€40 on Monaghan to beat Tyrone at 11/8

This is surely the unluckiest own goal of all time.

Mervue United's Kenny Farrell was attempting to clear the ball out of defence in a tense match against Waterford, but his punt up field instead caught team-mate Mike Elwood smack in the face.  Elwood fell to the floor, stunned by the blow - leaving the players and crowd to watch in amazement as the ball ricocheted off his nose and arched back towards the goal, dipping just under the bar beyond the reach of goalkeeper Ger Hanley.

Mervue had kept their title-chasing rivals at bay until the own goal, but Elwood's misfortune opened the floodgates as Waterford went on to win 3-0

Golf

Open Championship, St Andrews (Starts Thursday 15th July)

Outright Betting

€10 each way on Rory McIlroy at 16/1

€10 each way on Geoff Ogilvy at 66/1

€10 each way on Robert Allenby at 80/1

€10 each way on Peter Hanson at 100/1

First Round Leader Betting

€5 each way on Peter Hanson to be First Round Leader at 100/1

1-4 the First 7 Places is available...

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Tennis

Wimbledon Men's Singles

€20 on Andy Murray to win at 27/10

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New Barcelona signing Juan Mata shows a nice little touch during Spain's warm up before the game against Honduras

Thursday 24th June

Leinster Senior Football Championship Semi Final, Croke Park, Sunday

€40 on Meath to beat Dublin at 13/8

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We've just discovered a brilliant Twitter aggregator (would that be a Tweetagator?) where you can keep up with all the action in the World Cup - very handy for the next few days when the remaining games in each group are played simultaneously.

Check out the World Cup feed on tweetbeat and never miss a kick.

Golf

U.S. Open at Pebble Beach

(Starts Thursday at 3pm)

€20 each way on Camilo Villegas at 50 to 1

€10 each way on Padraig Harrington at 28 to 1

€5 each way on Martin Kaymer at 80 to 1

Hard to escape the hype around soccer's World Cup 2010 but it's finally underway. Who do the experts reckon will emerge victorious. Brazil are the old reliables but who's set to seriously challenge them? Some of Ireland's best known soccer experts have been sharing their views.

Soccer

World Cup

Outright

€20 on Brazil at 9 to 2

To Reach Quarter Final

€20 on Serbia at 11 to 4

Top Goalscorer

€10 each way on Robin Van Persie at 12 to 1

Today FM have secured yet another three year deal with the Barclays Premier League to offer exclusive live radio coverage of the most exciting league in the world.

The deal, which runs from August 2010 to May 2013 will see the return of Premier League Live with Michael McMullen, Mark Lawrenson, and the best selection of commentators on Irish radio, as well as the usual 'Live After Five' segment where listeners get to air their views on all things football.

For more information, click here.

Soccer

World Cup

Group A

Mexico v South Africa (Friday 11th June)

€25 on Mexico at 8 to 5

Epsom Derby (4.00 Saturday)

€10 each way on Midas Touch at 13 to 2

Gaelic Games

€40 on Cork to beat Tipperary in the Munster SHC on Sunday at 13 to 8

Golf

€10 each way on Steve Marino in the Crowne Plaza Invitational on the US PGA Tour at 50 to 1

Horse Racing

Irish 1000 Guineas 

(Curragh, Sunday)

€20 euro each way on Music Show at 4 to 1

Golf 

Byron Nelson Championship, US PGA Tour (Starts Thursday)

€5 euro each way on Rickie Fowler at 33 to 1

€5 euro each way on Andres Romero at 50 to 1

€5 euro each way on Ricky Barnes at 80 to 1

GAA

All Ireland Senior Football Championship

€20 win on Cork at 9 to 4

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

€20 win on Galway at 11 to 2

Golf

The Players Championship, Sawgrass (Starts Thursday)

€20 each way on Paul Casey at 35 to 1

€10 each way on Padraig Harrington at 25 to 1

€10 each way on Justin Rose at 100 to 1