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The 23rd World Cup takes place in the US, Canada, and Mexico, the first time the tournament has taken place across three different countries in the same competition. It is also the first time the competition has been extended to forty eight teams, so there is a stronger chance that home nations will take part. Matches are due to begin on the 11th of June.

Teams play three times in the group stage, once against each opponent in a round-robin. The top 2 then qualify for the new round of 32, along with the 8 best 3rd placed teams. This is a knockout round, leading to another knock out round of the final 16 teams, at which point the competition looks the same as it has done for decades, with a quarter, semi, and then final game to determine the winner.

With England reaching the semi-finals in 2018 and the final of Euro 2020 there was a high expectation last time around, but hopes are slightly more muted since they were knocked out in the quarter finals in 2022. There is no bigger event for bookies in a four-year cycle than the World Cup. It is so competitive that bookies push out their best promotions and odds, often loss-leading to get your custom. There is rarely a better time to sign up to bookies either as they run their most lucrative sign up deals at this time.

The annual multi-stage cycling race takes place over 21 days in France (mainly) and will cover a distance of over 2071 miles. Twenty-two teams will ride over the twenty-one stages starting on the 4th July and finishing in Paris at the Champs-Élysées on the 26th July.

The 2026 race will be the 113th edition with the grand depart due to be held in Barcelona, the first time that the tour has started in the Spanish city.  It will be the third time the tour has departed in Spain (Bilbao 2023 & San Sebastian 1992).

The 2022 & 2023 winner Jonas Vingegaard who finished second in the two years after is still one of the favourites for 2026 with Team Visma.  In 2025 Tadej Pogačar won his fourth tour, this time for Team UAE.  He became just the sixth rider in history to notch up 4+ tour wins.  It is difficult to bet against him and his team winning again in 2026.

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Royal Birkdale is regarded as one of the best northern courses in golf, set on the north west coast of England in Southport it is a stunning links course that is very susceptible to changing conditions.  It is one of only four courses in England to host The Open ten times or more and it does so for the 11th time in 2026.

The course is regularly voted one of the top courses in the world and that is the reason it has been held there so often.  It hosted first in 1954, when Australian great Peter Thomson won his first Open, he went on to win five of them and the last one was also at Royal Birkdale in 1965.  Another five time winner, American Tom Watson, won his fifth Open here in 1983 too.  Other greats to have won here include two time champions Arnold Palmer (1961) and Pádraig Harrington (2008).  The last time it was held here American Jordan Spieth won with a commanding and dominant display to win his only Open and last major (of three) to date.

Founded in 1889 the course, unlike many others, has remained largely the same – testament to its great design.  The length was increased to 7,156 yards with a par 72.  It doesn’t feature many very long holes but it is known for having a lot of challenging par 3’s and 4’s in succession that can defeat golfers who can’t maintain laser focus.  The course favours golfers who are bold and brave, as shown by the people who have won here in the past, rather than technical golfers.  If you are looking for who to back then consider that – the winner last year Scottie Scheffler fits the bill perfectly and could go back-to-back.

One thing to note is no homegrown golfer has ever won here, Pádraig Harrington being the closest as an Irishman.  Maybe this is the year we finally see a winner from the home nations or more likely we won’t and it will continue to be dominated by those from abroad.

There are few dominant golfers this year you could bank on winning (other than Scheffler), but that can also be good as it makes the market more open with better odds for the leading pack. Whatever you bet on it is wise to wait until a few days before the start of the event to get the best prices and deals.

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Generally seen as the biggest PDC darts event after the World Championship, the Matchplay tournament features 32 players (16 seeded and 16 from the ProTour Order of Merit) playing in a straight knock-out legs format over five rounds. The first round is best of 19 legs, second best of 21, quarter-finals best of 31, semi-finals best of 33 and the final best of 35 legs.

Despite the tournament first starting in 1994 there have only been 14 different winners, this is largely due to the fact Phill Taylor won the event 16 times between 1995 and 2017. Michael van Gerwen last won 2022, an event he has usually struggled in, by his own standards, with only three wins (2015, 2016 & 2022) from five final appearances. This may partly be due to the fact half of players are made up from the Pro Tour, meaning top players like van Gerwen have less experience against them.

Luke Littler won this in 2025 and many expect it is the first of many for the highly talented young World Champion. Being a leading televised PDC event the total prize pool is a very decent £800,000 with £200,000 to the winner.

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The Goodwood Festival dates all the way back to 1802, and the Goodwood Cup back to 1812; it is as much a part of classic British summer time as the Henley Regatta, Wimbledon or Royal Ascot. With no less than 35 races over four days, 13 of which are group races (3 group 1), along with two classic heritage-handicaps, this is one of the biggest racing meetings on the flat racing calendar.

The three group 1 races of the week dominate the card for the first three days: the two mile Goodwood Cup Stakes on day 1, the one mile Sussex Stakes on day 2 and the one mile two furlong Nassau Stakes on day 3. On day 4 you can see two big races, the one mile Golden Mile heritage-handicap and the group 2 sprint over 5 furlongs, the King George Stakes. The final day features the Stewards Cup, a 6 furlong heritage-handicap loved by the fans.

It is not all about the racing with Goodwood however, it is called Glorious because of the typically grand weather it receives set among the Sussex South Downs. Anyone wishing to experience the best of British summer could do far worse than visit the picturesque course.

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