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Top Champions League tipper predicts both teams to score in final

SBC News Top Champions League tipper predicts both teams to score in final

One of the most successful tipsters on this season’s Champion’s League competition believes that both Barcelona and Juventus will score in normal time during tomorrow night’s final in Berlin. bettingexpert.com, a free tipping network that has members all over Europe, has been displaying tips on the competition all season and is expecting some of its best members to have their …

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English Premier League to become a ‘Clean Brand’ in 2016-2017

SBC News English Premier League to become a ‘Clean Brand’ in 2016-2017

The English Premier League will have no title sponsorship from season 2016/2017. Premier League governance decided to no longer seek for a title sponsor for its competition and present itself as a ‘clean brand. The move reflects the organisation desire to mirror major US pro-leagues’ the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL. The Premier League confirmed that it would not renew …

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Football streaming websites to be banned from UK browsers

SBC News Football streaming websites to be banned from UK browsers

Streaming the football in the UK has just gotten that much trickier. A court order has deemed that a number of live football streaming sites, including the popular Rojadirecta, LiveTV, and Drakulastream have been placed on a blocklist following pressure from the Premier League, and the FA. These blocks will be gradually added, bringing the total list to 128 separate …

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Dafabet nets Sunderland AFC shirt sponsorship

SBC News Dafabet nets Sunderland AFC shirt sponsorship

North East football club Sunderland AFC has confirmed that UK licensed betting operator Dafabet will replace food distribution business Bidvest, as official club shirt sponsor for the 2015-2016 Premier League season. The shirt sponsorship sees Philippines’ based Dafabet increase its marketing coverage within English football, as Sunderland AFC joins English football clubs Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa as Dafabet betting …

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Betfair – Blatter odds on to retain FIFA Presidency

SBC News Betfair - Blatter odds on to retain FIFA Presidency

International football governing body, FIFA has been shell-shocked this week following the charges made against 9 senior ranking officials with regards to bribery and corruption by the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation Unit. The charged officials are accused of taking in excess of $150 million in bribes stretching back 24 years. US prosecutors said the officials conspired with sports marketing …

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Liverpool and Everton biggest flops compared to spread betting expectations

SBC News Liverpool and Everton biggest flops compared to spread betting expectations

Spreadex’s Andy MacKenzie analyses how teams performed compared to their pre-season odds, and finds that it has been a miserable season on Merseyside. The Premier League may be done and dusted for another year – but how does the final table look when it comes to teams’ performances based on their pre-season betting odds? We all know that Chelsea ended …

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Ipswich Town’s Teddy Bishop charged with FA betting breach

SBC News Ipswich Town's Teddy Bishop charged with FA betting breach

Ipswich Town FC and England Under 19 teenage midfielder Teddy Bishop has been charged with breaching Football Association rules in relation to betting. The 18-year-old, who came through the academy system at Portman Road, faces a charge of committing “alleged multiple breaches” of the guidelines. Bishop has until June 1 to respond to the charge, the FA said on its …

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Worldpay – Champions League final set to boost Britain’s bookies

SBC News Worldpay - Champions League final set to boost Britain’s bookies

Following a tough run of customer-friendly results, Britain’s bookies will be hoping for a favourable boost from next week’s UEFA Champions League Final. Data collected by global payments leader, Worldpay, during the 2014 Final between fierce rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid reveals that the volume of transactions processed by Britain’s online bookies spiked by a massive 23 per cent on the …

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