Football

Proud the autobiography of ex Wales Rugby Union Captain Gareth Thomas leads the charge to win the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize. William Hill and Graham Sharpe the Founder of the award announced on Friday the seven book shortlist for this year’s prize.   The William Hill Sports Book of the Year, aims to recognise the best …

Sky Bet Title sponsor of the English Football League introduced wireless location based technology, iBeacons to Championship Football Stadiums Elland Road (Leeds United) and The New York Stadium (Rotherham United) this weekend. iBeacons, are Bluetooth transmitters, which allow for localised messaging when customers/consumers are in-range with a beacon signal. Sky Bet trailed the new Apple proximity messaging technology, sending ‘push’ …

In six months time the greatest, and most lucrative, TV rights battle will begin as various parties vie for the right to broadcast matches from the golden goose that is the Premier League. The current deal runs until the 2015-16 season, and when the auctions begin early next year firms will bid for various packages featuring three year contracts. These …

Gregor Terboven, a football tipping specialist on Bet Advisor, takes us through how he provides constant positive returns for his subscribers with 6 profitable months since March and +9.54% yield on his last 241 tips. How did you first get into sports betting ? I was in school. I watched and followed only football and knew all the details of …

French operator France-Pari has announced that it has made a profit for three consecutive quarters. During the third quarter 2014, the company’s revenues grew up to €4.1 million compared to €3.2 million for the same period in 2013. Company EBITDA for the quarter amounted to €115,000 and net income to €70,000. Cumulative revenues for the first three quarters of 2014 …

SBC News’ Sam Cooke revisits the Indian Super League after its glitzy opening weekend and notices the absence of local footballing stars. So it begins… The much anticipated Indian Super League (ISL) kicked off its debut season on Sunday at the Salt Lake Stadium in West Bengal. Atletico De Kolkata, a team subtly affiliated with Atletico Madrid, were the victors …

The Soccerex African Forum, 4-5 November, Durban, South Africa, will feature leading African sports governance figures discussing impacts and strategies on match fixing and sports corruption within African football. Soccerex have confirmed Sam Nyamweya, President of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) and Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghana Football Association as key football governance speakers attending the forum. The leaders …

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw the first winners of the £500,000 bonus leg in its £1,000,000 HDA15 football jackpot yesterday evening. Barnsley’s come from behind win at home to Bradford saw six winning bonus leg tickets, the highlight of which was a ticket costing just 40p which added £50,000 …

The latest Online Gambling Quarterly report from MECN has had a number of unusual events to assess, given that the first half of 2014 was marked above all by the FIFA World Cup and some events, such as the PokerStars acquisition, that shook up the industry. This new report covers online gambling industry benchmarks, KPIs, and related topics and comes …

French licensed sports betting operator France-Pari, reported a 28% increase in revenues for its Q3 2014 performance. The Paris based sports betting operator posted revenues of €4.1 million (£3.2 million) up on from €3.2million (£2.5 million) recorded for the corresponding quarter of 2013. The improved performance in gaming revenues saw the company post EBITDA of €115,000 France-Pari senior management reported …