Spread betting firm Sporting Index has asked England fans to pick their preferred Euro 2016 starting XI, and the major revelation is that there’s no room for captain Wayne Rooney. In partnership with research agency Opinium, the survey revealed that Three Lions fans would leave midfielders Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling on the bench, alongside forwards Daniel Sturridge and Theo Walcott. …

DraftKings, the world’s leading Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform, is expanding its payment options in the United Kingdom through a partnership with Paysafe, a leading global payment provider. DraftKings’ UK customers can now fund their accounts with debit and credit cards. Through this agreement, Paysafe, a FTSE 250 company, will be the exclusive debit and credit card processor for DraftKings UK. Paysafe’s expertise in payment …

The eGames and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment have agreed a partnership to define European sponsorship strategy for the new international esports games, the inaugural event of which is to be staged in Rio this August. Five times Sport Agency of the Year winners M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment will provide strategic counsel and sponsorship advice to the International eGames …

With the announcement of England’s Euro 2016 squad due later this week, bettingexpert.com has made the bold assessment that United defender Chris Smalling is the ultimate England player. Bettingexpert utilised data which compared every England international from the past decade, and has found that the ‘ultimate footballer’ is around 24 years old, born in the south of England, played his first international at …

West Ham United has become the first Premier League team to officially sign an esports player in the form of Fifa star Sean ‘Dragonn’ Allen. Dragonn, who’s from Essex, was the runner up in the Fifa Interactive World Cup 2016 losing out in the final to Denmark’s Mohamad Al-Bacha. Allen said of his deal: “This is a massive move forward for me. …

Following on from the launch of the eGames and the associated International eGames Committee (IEGC) at the London Games Festival in April, the IEGC has now announced its first advisory board members. These are Dr Jo Twist Ukie CEO, Andy Payne OBE Chair of the European Gaming League, Jude Ower MBE Founder and CEO of Playmob, Daniel Cossi President of Brazilian National …

Sean Carr is Dafabet’s eSports Liaison. Having signed a partnership with one of the world’s leading esports organisations, Fnatic, Dafabet is clearly aiming to lead the line in terms of major bookmakers getting involved in this space.  We spoke to Sean about the partnership with Fnatic, being the industry’s sole esports liaison and Dafabet’s plans for the future. SBC: How …

Amir Khan will head into the toughest fight of his career on Saturday night as the Brit faces the much fancied Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in what will likely be the biggest boxing match of 2016. Khan a former British Olympic Silver Medallist (Athens 2008) has jumped up two weight classes and will be fighting for the WBC middleweight world title, …

Team Betsafe has participated in the Gumball 3000 Rally for years now but this time around it’s stepped things up a gear by bringing an F1 car to select locations. This year’s route features two new locations, with the journey from Dublin to Bucharest and the bookmaker’s BGF1, as seen below, will be on hand. The rally got underway in Dublin …

The French government has made serious moves to regulate and push forward the esports industry nationwide as part of a wider digital reform bill which is currently being considered. The projet de loi pour une République numérique, or Digital Republic bill, has been in discussion since last year but only yesterday did France’s Digital Minister, Axelle Lemaire, announce a number of measures …