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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 elite flat racing season has barely begun and with no major summer events to worry about this year the bookies are firmly focused on the racing. For the feature races, like the 19 group races at Ascot this year, this means punters can get some fantastic added value if you wait until a day before to place your bets.

Ascot is synonymous with high level racing having seen horses running there since the early 1700’s. It is close enough to London to draw big crowds, and, of course, a lot of royalty, who can easily trot back to their local Windsor Castle afterwards.

Racing begins on Tuesday 16th June and continues over 5 days ending Saturday 20th June. Over ten million will be paid in prize money, and probably the same amount spend on outfits for the spectators attending. With so little else going on there are some exceptional bookie odds and deals to be had if you shop around, especially for new customers who they want to try to get on board for the new season.

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With the US PGA having moved from August to May, to accommodate the NFL season, the US Open is the third rather than the second golf major of the year these days. This has done nothing to diminish the event, and in fact last year resulted in more leading golfers coming into the zone having come hot on the heels of the PGA Championship.

The 2026 incarnation is the 126th US Open in history and will be played at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New York.  The course hosts for a the sixth time and is one of the oldest courses still in use today.  In fact, the course opened 135 years ago in 1891 hosted only the second ever US Open back in 1896. It has seen some great players win the US Open there including Phil Mickelson (2004) and Greg Norman (1995)..  The last winner in 2018 was Brooks Koepka.

Golf is hard to predict at the best of time but over the last couple of years there has been no clearly dominant player, this means for the US Open you can find some pretty good odds on top players if you do have an inclination. Whether you think Rory McIlroy is due another major crown, John Rahm will make it back to the top or house-hold names like Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka or Justin Rose will come good, then it can pay to wait until a few days before the event to claim the best prices and linked offers.

Watch: Sky Sports Golf

Wimbledon is the pinnacle of the tennis season, the third grand slam of the year and the only one still held on grass. 2025 will be the 138th edition of The Championships, which started back in 1877 and will see 128 men and 128 women players compete for their respective titles.

Each singles winner is expected to pick up in the region of £3M from a prize pool of around £53.5M, making this one of the biggest events to win in the sport for both prestige and earnings.

Broadcast each year on the BBC at a time when other sports are in a quiet period it captivates the attention of the public like no other event outside of major football and the Grand National. This means the bookies absolutely love it making it one of the most competitive events on the calendar, which ultimately means better value prices and offers for punters. If you want to bet it is generally best to wait until a couple of days before the event starts to get the best outright deals.

This year the men’s game is as competitive as ever, with Djokovic as ever all on good form and having won 4 of the past 7 men’s titles.  In recent years, however, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz beat Djokovic in the final in both 2023 and 2024 and then lost a final to Jannik Sinner in 2025 – he could become the next to dominate on grass. The Women’s game has never been more open with nine different winners in the past 9 years, eight of whom won it for the first time.

Watch: BBC