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Showing posts with label football livescores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football livescores. Show all posts

It’s that time of the year again … and I’m not talking about Xmas folks !  The last few weeks has been a flurry of activity – and there’s a certain kinda buzz in the air … everyone around me is glued to their TV’s (and their phones / laptops) watching Tennis, Cricket, and Football !

That’s right – it’s time to bet … !! I never quite got the hang of ‘how’ one should place bets .. when I was younger – I thought it was insane to wager huge sums of money on the outcome of a sports match.  My mum (who never does anything daring) is always game to bet on a horse race or a cricket match; my uncle in London tends to bet on cricket, tennis and football.

With the emergence of the World Wide Web people have now taken to online sports betting thanks to the mushrooming of online portals that have taken the cyber world by storm.

I came to discover that the top sport to bet on at most online sports betting portals was football (aka soccer to those in the US).  Many Americans would be surprised to know that in Europe, football / soccer betting is the equivalent of professional NFL wagering in the United States.

Now I’m not a gambler – but this year during the Football World Cup (and the Elle Derby – horse races) I did place some ‘friendly’ bets with my friends and actually managed to win =)  Here’s what I managed to learn about the types of bets that can be placed for football / soccer  …

  1. Single / Money Line / Straight up wager – one bets on which team will win the game without any regards to the margin of victory. This is the simplest type of bet: you only have to pick the correct result of one event to win the bet
  2. Match Odds - Also known as 1X2, this is the easiest and most common type of bet. You can bet on three different options: home win (1), away win (2) and draw (X).  So if you bet $100 on Spain with odds of e.g. 1.66 … if Spain wins you get your original $100 PLUS your winnings ($100 x 1.66) = $66.   Keep in mind though – if your team ends in a draw or doesn’t win – you lose the bet.

Do you have any tips on how to place a good bet ? Have you used any online sports betting portals ? I’m more familiar with the UK betting portals – but discovered  a few US based sites during my stint at university in Montreal.  Have you placed any sports bets recently – even if it was a friendly wager amongst friends ?

Over the years, as much as I am a sports enthusiast, I’ve found that some of my guy mates are not just enthusiasts – they are down right obsessive when it comes to sports related events and if there’s a game going on that they support – somehow they manage to get themselves tickets to go and watch the game.

India is currently on a rage with with the IPL Cricket matches that are going on and almost everyone I know has been attending matches at the stadiums – even my girlfriends … except me :(  I was invited by my mate SG for a match but alas I couldn’t make it that evening. 

So over the last few weeks – every time I’ve been out – the primary topic of conversation seems to be focused on Cricket, Football (English and American), Tennis and Basketball !  It’s as if everyone wakes up eating, breathing and thinking of sports !sports feverA buddy of mine has just returned from a trip to the US and has been raving on about acquiring Boston Celtics Tickets for some home games for when he is due back to Boston.  For those that don’t know (and yes I fell in that category until my mate and Wikipedia told me otherwise) – the Celtics are a Basketball team who play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the NBA. 

I’ve never watched a live professional basketball game before so perhaps the next time I make a trip to the US – I’ll grab myself some tickets and go down for a game =)  Which is your favourite basketball team ?  I’m going to go with whichever team Michael Jordan (‘cos he wears 23 and that’s my birthday) and Shaq play for :) hehehe but saying that I don’t mind getting a hold of some Harlem Globetrotters tickets !

Then last night when I was chilling with my cousin Nomster, we were going over photos of the Real Madrid and Barcelona football match (yes English football) that our other cousins from Spain had attended.  Her mate AD from St Thomas was with us – and was insistent that American football was much better than English football season football.  Him and his mates have all got Chicago Bears Tickets for 2 games in August !

So Nomster and I asked him to explain a bit more about the format of the football games and he went on to tell us the SEC Football Championship Tickets were some of the hardest tickets to obtain as the SEC Championship is considered one of the premier events in college football.  The final football match will be taking place in Atlanta in December this year and tickets are already practically sold out !

Now don’t get me wrong – I actually enjoy both versions of the game – but somehow I still prefer English football (maybe because now I actually understand the game – and I am British after all).  Although I have always loved watching movies based on American football such as Remember The Titans, Any Given Sunday, The Replacements and Jerry McGuire (ok this was more for Tom Cruise)

I’d go for a football match (English or American) any day … I quite enjoy the sport myself :) But until I can do that – I suppose I’ll just have to be satisfied watching the games on the big screen.  Oh and tomorrow is the IPL Cricket Finals – Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings … there’s gonna be some mayhem in this city !! Does it make me a bad person if I rather get Sesame Street Live Tickets and fly across to the US than watch the cricket !

However before you think I’ve never been to any sort of live game – I’ll have you know that whilst at university I’d managed to get hold of Chicago Blackhawks Tickets ! Living in Montreal made me appreciate ice hockey as a sport – it takes a lot out of you !

So for all of the above sports – I can understand why and how people can become so engrossed in them.  The one sport that I never understood was and I think always will be – is Golf !! How can it possibly be interesting watching someone hit a golf ball across the greens and then just following them around ??  I used to caddy for my uncle when he was out playing golf; he’s still just as keen on the sport as he was over a decade ago.  He’s already purchased Augusta National Golf Course Tickets for the 2011 Masters in Georgia, USA.  The course is ranked as the  #1 course in Golf Digests’ list of America’s 100 greatest courses.

So what’s your favourite sport to watch live and on TV ? Have you been for many live matches ? Which ones ? and what was your best experience ? Is there any sport that you don’t enjoy ? Would love to hear your thoughts on this :)

I was just watching an episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ which focused on the Super Bowl … and it got me reminiscing about how my friends and I would gather around at my flat in London and we’d watch the football matches.

My mates were huge Liverpool supporters, and I was almost torn between choosing a favourite amongst Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool ! Yeah I know they are the top 4 teams but still .. the games were always fun to watch and had us on the edges of our seats !

world footie match The guys in our group used to tease my flat-mate and I about how we didn’t know much about the players or what exactly was going on in the game .. and being the type of person I am – I went over to my uncle who introduced me to a wicked website called the World Sports Network which not only gave you the livescore of the English teams but for football teams across globe with instant updates as well !

There came a point – where the lads would get surprised at just ‘how much’ us two girls knew about the matches (not that they ever caught on to our secret) and would often call up randomly to ask us what the livescore would be or check on the bookmakers odds (as if chicks – sorry to be stereotypical which I’m really not – but really – know football betting odds!)

After moving to Bombay – it seems like I rarely get a chance to catch up on football – let alone with friends … as I’ve mentioned before, most of my friends stay quite a drive away from me .. and the ones who are close by – aren’t that into watching footie.  Over the last week, whilst there have been some amazing football matches going on – I’ve been in Goa organizing a wedding for a client of mine.  The only way for me to keep up with the pace of the games and catch the highlights and match reports have been to log onto WSN.com and get my dose of livescores !

Watching this episode today just reminded me of how much fun it used to be to spend an afternoon at the pub or at home watching a footie game.  It really was footie fever – you can imagine what the English are like when it comes down to the game.  I can’t wait to get back into that mode again =)  Until then, I know where I have to go for my footie updates =)

If you are into football and haven’t been to the above site as yet – then you must check it out !