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• Tennis

  Saturday, March 7th, 2009

  Tennis is a sport played between either two players (“Singles”) or two teams of two players (“doubles”). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponent’s court. In some places tennis is still called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis [...]

• Snooker

  Friday, March 6th, 2009

  Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12′ × 6′) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and [...]

• Motor sports

  Thursday, March 5th, 2009

  Fernand Gabriel driving a Mors in Paris-Madrid 1903 Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing, and it can further include motorboat racing and air racing. It is one of the world’s most popular spectator sports and perhaps [...]

• Ice hockey

  Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

  Ice hockey, referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is one of the world’s fastest sports, with players on skates capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces. The most prominent ice hockey nations are Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, [...]

• Horse racing

  Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

  Horse racing is an equestrian sport which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. It is often inextricably associated with gambling. Forms of horse racing One of the [...]

• Greyhound racing

  Monday, March 2nd, 2009

  Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure (an artificial hare or rabbit) on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner. In many countries, greyhound racing is purely amateur and conducted for enjoyment. In other countries (particularly the US, UK, [...]

• Golf

  Saturday, February 28th, 2009

  The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf [...]

• Darts

  Friday, February 27th, 2009

  Darts in a dartboard Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term ‘darts’ usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific [...]

• Cross-country skiing

  Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

  Tartu Marathon 2006 cross-country ski race in Estonia. Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. The popularity of the sport has been quickly growing in the United States. Finnish soldiers on skis. Like most of the other Fennoscandinavian armies, [...]

• Biathlon

  Saturday, February 7th, 2009

  Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. Biathlon, however, usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Another popular variant is summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery.Unsurprisingly, biathlon events are broadcast most regularly [...]

• History of baseball

  Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

  The New York Giants baseball team, circa 1910. Origins of baseball The distinct evolution of baseball from among the various bat-and-ball games is difficult to pin down. However, it is mainly agreed that modern baseball is an American development from earlier British games, such as rounders, with possible influences from cricket. 886 baseball demonstration at [...]

• Baseball

  Friday, January 23rd, 2009

  A view of the playing field at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game was developed in the United States from early bat-and-ball games played in Britain, and it has become the national sport of the United States. It [...]

• Fixed-odds gambling: types of odds offered

  Friday, January 16th, 2009

  There are three widely-used means of quoting odds: Fractional odds Favoured by bookmakers in the United Kingdom, fractional odds quote the net total that will be paid out to the bettor, should he win, relative to his stake. Odds of 4/1 (read “four-to-one” or “four-to-one against“) would imply that the bettor stands to make a [...]

• Fixed-odds gambling

  Sunday, October 19th, 2008

  Fixed-odds gambling is a form of gambling against odds offered by a bookmaker, an individual, or on a bet exchange. Calculating fixed odds It is customary with fixed-odds gambling to know the expected odds at the time of the placement of the wager (the “live price”), however this category also accommodates wagers whose price is [...]