Premier League betting tips: Chelsea to win, Manchester United’s chances of picking themselves up after a poor start to the season, and more Gameweek 5 predictions
Read on for a breakdown of the best bets from this weekend’s Premier League TV games from Sports News Blitz’s punting laureate - The Bookie Basher - including the clash between Fulham and Manchester United on Sunday, September 20.
F1 2027 calendar: Shock Monaco Sprint race, Portugal’s return, 10 Sprints, and more
Formula 1 and the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) have officially confirmed the 2027 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar.
The calendar features 24 Grands Prix across 22 countries, with 10 Sprint weekends, writes Sports News Blitz sub-editor Nicole Powell.
Football Performance Metrics and Betting Trends in the Premier League
Modern football is a fast game. Players run hard for 90 minutes. Fans watch every pass, shot, and goal from the stands or on television screens.
Football is not just a game for fun anymore. It is also a huge business with deep ties to data analysis and global sports-betting markets. Fans use this same data to follow their favourite teams and understand the odds when they place a wager on a weekend match.
Spanish GP: New Madrid F1 circuit to undergo changes after ‘boring’ debut
Madrid’s brand-new Formula 1 circuit is already set for a makeover after its debut race left drivers and fans underwhelmed.
The Spanish Grand Prix moved from Barcelona to the new Madring - a temporary layout mixing existing roads and permanent sections at the Ifema exhibition centre near the city’s airport.
The opening event delivered a processional race with almost no overtaking, despite drivers praising the track’s challenge over a single lap.
Carabao Cup: Brighton comeback sees heightened turmoil for Michael Carrick and Man Utd
Michael Carrick and Manchester United’s tumultuous start to the 2026-27 season continued after a moral-damaging 3-2 loss to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Carabao Cup third round on Wednesday.
Sports News Blitz’s Marc Shaw assesses the turmoil going on at Old Trafford so far this season.
Analytical Foundations for Winning NBA Betting Strategies
According to recent market reports, the NBA betting handle has surged as fans increasingly rely on ‘micro-markets’ and real-time data feeds.
To succeed in this high-speed market, you must move beyond team reputations and focus on the technical friction between schedule fatigue, defensive rotations, and market-driven line movements.
2026 F1 Spanish GP: Ferrari under pressure after Lewis Hamilton’s Madring brake failure
Lewis Hamilton’s Spanish Grand Prix ended after just six laps when a brake problem forced Ferrari to retire his car, with the team now investigating what caused the failure.
Sports News Blitz writer Noah Ngcobo looks at what went wrong for Hamilton, Ferrari’s response and the questions the incident raises for the team.
JJ Gabriel’s Manchester United exit request raises questions over youth development
Manchester United’s highly rated teenage prospect JJ Gabriel has asked to leave the club, sparking questions about his development and future at Old Trafford.
Sports News Blitz writer Noah Ngcobo writes about the ins and outs of JJ Gabriel’s Manchester United exit request, the questions surrounding his development and what the situation could mean for the club’s academy.
A first in Africa: Nairobi, Kenya, to host 2029 World Athletics Championships
Kenya will become the first African nation to host the World Athletics Championships come 2029.
The country’s capital, Nairobi, will host the tournament at the 48,000-capacity Kasarani Stadium.
London and Rome missed out on the 2029 rights, while Munich was awarded the 2031 championships.
Wavelight lights up Nakuru: Ben McGrath and Jai Shah on bringing pacing tech and Athletic.net to Kenya’s running culture
A Wavelight time trial at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru, Kenya (altitude approximately 5,949 ft) on Friday, August 14, brought together young track and field athletes from Iten - the high-altitude town known as Kenya’s “Home of Champions” - for what was the first such session filmed and conducted with the technology in East Africa.
Ben McGrath - Athletic Engagement Director and PA & Broadcast Announcer at RunnerSpace, and Sales and Event Operator at Wavelight Technologies - and Jai Shah, Regional African Partner at Wavelight Africa, were on the ground.
Beyond the lights themselves, the pair are helping introduce Athletic.net, the results and athlete-database platform (part of the RunnerSpace family), to Kenyan athletics.
The goal is structured results, free video and profile access, and better pathways for athletes from youth level through to the professionals.
Sports News Blitz sub-editor Nicole Powell sat down with them after the session.
Cricket betting tips: Best bets for England vs Sri Lanka and Afghanistan vs India
England return to white-ball action this week as they begin a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Southampton, while Afghanistan face an uphill battle to level their series against India.
Here, Sports News Blitz cricket betting expert Himanshu Sharma breaks down the best bets, value plays, and key betting angles ahead of this week’s action.
NFL news: Five takeaways from San Francisco 49ers’ win over the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne
The first week of the 2026/27 NFL season included a trip to the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for an NFC West divisional rivalry between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and Niners fan Luca Salmasi takes a look at the 49ers’ 27-7 win in the league’s inaugural southern hemisphere game.
ATP Tour: Alexander Zverev defies Ben Shelton to win 2026 US Open, claim second Grand Slam title
On the ATP Tour, the US Open is the final Grand Slam of the year and takes place at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and tennis fan AJ Becker takes a closer look at champion Alexander Zverev’s achievement and other salient stories from the past fortnight in the Big Apple.
Premier League analysis: Tears and fears for Man Utd fans after derby defeat to Man City
The officials hogged the headlines in Sunday’s Manchester derby between United and City at Old Trafford, where Phil Foden saw red and the only goal of the game was shrouded in controversy.
Apologies have been issued and arguments have raged up and down the country following a feisty encounter between Michael Carrick’s men and Enzo Maresca’s Premier League title contenders.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer and resident Red Devil Robert Bore picks through the debris of the game and all of its talking points.
NFL 2026: September fixtures and start times as Los Angeles Rams tipped for Super Bowl LXI glory
The NFL is back – and bookmakers are backing the Los Angeles Rams to go all the way and win Super Bowl LXI.
And from the Super Bowl LX rematch in Seattle to the first NFL regular-season game in Australia and a blockbuster Baltimore Ravens–Dallas Cowboys clash in Rio de Janeiro, September promises a fast start to the 2026 campaign.
Scottish Premiership: SPFL review bans away support for Celtic vs Rangers fixtures in 2026/27 season
Meetings between Celtic and Rangers will have no away supporters in attendance this season, the Scottish Professional Football League has announced.
The decision follows an independent review into the trouble that occurred between the two sets of fans after a Scottish Cup clash in March.
Major Tournaments Drive Record Traffic to Live Blackjack Tables
Major sports tournaments concentrate unusual amounts of attention inside betting platforms, but that does not mean every casino product rises with them.
Public data support a clear connection between major events and sportsbook activity, yet they do not show that live blackjack tables consistently set traffic records during those periods.
The stronger editorial story is about opportunity: when large numbers of users are already active around a match, live casino becomes more visible, especially before kickoff, during breaks and after the final whistle.
Premier League betting tips: Erling Haaland and Bruno Fernandes to score in Manchester Derby, Tottenham without a win, again, and more Gameweek 4 predictions
Read on for a breakdown of the best bets from this weekend’s Premier League TV games from Sports News Blitz’s punting laureate - The Bookie Basher - including the big Manchester derby on Sunday, September 13.
ITV horse racing tips and best bets for Doncaster, Chester and Leopardstown on Saturday, September 12
Sports News Blitz’s racing expert Jeff Mexico has escaped from a Siberian gulag and is back to fork out some more great tips for this Saturday afternoon’s action.
It’s St Leger Day at Doncaster and we have a packed ITV card to get through which includes five contests from Town Moor, two from Chester, and a sneaky Group 1 over in Leopardstown.
Championship: Iain Dowie hails Southampton star Cyle Larin, saying ‘he’s a handful’
Former Southampton striker Iain Dowie says in-form Saints forward Cyle Larin reminds him of Jean-Philippe Mateta, claiming "he’s a handful, physically intimidating”.
France striker Mateta has been a key man in recent times for another of Dowie's former clubs, Premier League side Crystal Palace.
Canada international Larin has been named as the Championship's player of the month for August after scoring four league goals.