The champ AP McCoy is made of concrete as Ruby Walsh put it.

AP suffered a terrible fall on Darlan in the Betfair Hurdle in the 13.15, but McCoy has been cleared to ride Shutthefrontdoor in the 15.30. It would be typical McCoy style to get up and guide this nice prospect to victory in this fascinating bumper.

After comfortable wins at Ffos Las and Ascot this 5yo has every chance at 9/2 with Boylesports

I was watching the Champions League at home last night, and my girlfriend was hoovering up – all of a sudden she accidentally knocked the television and Lionel Messi fell over.

European footballs premier club competition returned last night with reigning Champions, Barcelona, beating Bayer Leverkusen on German soil.

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What do Heather Mills and the Champions League Final have in common? They both have only one leg and are worth millions.

The Champions League returns tonight with last years winners, Barcelona, facing a trip to Germany to take on Bayer Leverkusen.

Barca have struggled with their away form this season in La Liga, with Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Osasuna their seventh game in which they have dropped points away from the Nou Camp.

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Viva Ronaldo is Richard Fahey’s only running at Kempton today and at 5/1 is a great bet. Winning last time out at Wolverhampton, beating Mullins way and with Shane Kelly is on board taking 5lb off again, Viva Ronaldo can repeat that success in the 16.10 WilliamHill.com handicap at Kempton.

Fabio Capello famously said ‘I only need 100 words of English to do my job’, he can now add, ‘Here is your P45’ to his vocabulary.

I was shocked when I heard Capello had stepped down as England manager. An Italian abandoning a sinking ship, who’d have thought it.          

His unexpected departure from his role on Wednesday evening, came after he met with Football Association chiefs David Bernstein and Alex Horn in the wake of his criticism of their decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.

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Fair play to Harry Redknapp, I can’t even get our dog to sit and beg, let alone go and open an off-shore bank account.

Football has been a bit of a sideshow at White Hart Lane during the last couple of weeks with Spurs boss Redknapp in court for tax evasion. But despite the distraction, Tottenham’s form has not wavered with just one defeat in their last 12 in all competitions.

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I stopped watching Tennis after I fell in love with a tennis player, to her ‘Love’ meant nothing.

Novak Djokovic came through a grueling five hours and 53 minutes epic in Melbourne to retain his Australian open crown,

The Serb has now claimed four out of the last five grand slams and became only the fifth man in the Open Era to win three straight slams, joining Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and his opponent Nadal on the illustrious list.

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12.55 Hollow Tree
13.30 Frontier Spirit
14.05 Tamarinbleu
14.35 Diamond Harry
15.10 Broadback bob (nap)
15.40 Big Bucks
16.15 Hinterland

Cheltenham is only 45 days away and today the hopefuls are on trial. Hollow tree is my pick for the first at Cheltenham due to the quicker ground, and I don’t really see value in Baby mix and Grumeti. Don’t get me wrong they have obvious chances but at 6/1 and quicker ground, there is obvious value in Hollow Tree.

I am going to go for a treble on Diamond Harry, Broadback Bob and Big Bucks at 12/1 with Boylesports!

Liverpool take on Manchester City tonight in the second leg of their League Cup semi-final. It looks one of those games where you can’t pick a winner, unfortunately for me that’s the case for most games.

Liverpool go into the game with a 1-0 advantage and don’t have to win tonight to go through to the final, based on the Reds recent results it is just as well.

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Mention Wembley to Cardiff City supporters and they begin to choke, incidentally so do the players.

Cardiff’s ‘Nearly’ Men have slipped up in the Championship play-offs to Reading and Blackpool in the last two campaigns, and missed out completely on the final day of the season three years ago.

The weight of expectation will be hanging over the Bluebirds as they take on Crystal Palace in the second leg of their League cup semi-final, and despite their recent failures which include an F.A cup final defeat to Portsmouth four years ago, the bookmakers are making Cardiff ‘odds on favourites’ to win in 90 minutes.

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