Barring an unlikely and remarkable comeback from Andy Hicks, the line-up for the second round of the Snooker World Championship is clear. As usual, several seeded players failed to make it through, indicating the obvious quality of the field. Former champions Graeme Dott, Steve Davis, Ken Doherty and Mark Williams – with 10 titles between [...]
Entries from April 2007
April 25, 2007
World Snooker – Doherty crashes out; Swail edges through
Former champ and provisional world number one Ken Doherty crashed out of the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield yesterday, going down to Northern Ireland’s exciting youngster Mark Allen. Sport Investor made some money in the early stages of the match but we’re very surprised that, after pegging Allen back to 7-7 from deficits of 4-0 [...]
April 23, 2007
O’Sullivan’s draw doesn’t get any easier
After the first few matches in this year’s Snooker World Championship, it is Matthew Stevens and Ronnie O’Sullivan who seem in the most ominous form. Ronnie was particularly impressive, imperiously brushing aside Ding Junhui’s strong title challenge with a 10-2 demolition of the Chinese teenager.
Yet we’re still not backing Ronnie because there are too many [...]
April 21, 2007
World snooker wide open
It’s that time of year again. The snooker world championship, arguably the BBC’s biggest remaining live sports event, is in town in Sheffield. And the line-up is as solid across the board as it has been for a long time. In this article, Sport Investor sizes up the runners and the riders, and recommends the [...]
April 14, 2007
Horse Racing – Grand National Preview
It is one of the days of the year when SportInvestor’s mobile phone lights up with old friends requesting the naem of the Grand National winner. As expected, Sport Investor is happy to take up the challenge given that the Grand National isn’t necessarily the lottery that people make it out to be.
There are many [...]
April 4, 2007
Golf – US Masters Preview
Spring has surely sprung now that we can look forward to a long Easter weekend enjoying the always dramatic action from the world’s most picturesque golf course. Augusta, in all its glory, will be the focus of the world of sport in the next few days as the US Masters kicks off what is a [...]
