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Sky Bet has opened betting on which club will win the Barclays Premier doubled with the Barclays Premier top scorer and make the pairing of Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo the 7/1 favourite.
It's 12/1 for Chelsea to lift the title and Didier Drogba go one better than last year and wins the golden boot, 20/1 for Fernando Torres to claim the golden boot and Liverpool lift the title and 25/1 for Wayne Rooney to win the Barclays Premier league golden boot and Manchester United win the title.
If the transfer of Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov goes through it's 20/1 for the pairing of Berbatov and Manchester United and if the Bulgarian striker stays at White Hart Lane it's 500/1 for Berbatov to win the golden boot and Tottenham lift the 2008/09 title.
Sky Bet are also offering prices on all this weekend's pre-season freindlies including 1/3 for Manchester United to beat South African side Kaizer Chiefs, 3/1 for Rangers to beat German club Schalke 04, 1/6 for Arsenal to overcome League Two side Barnet and 11/8 for Celtic to beat Barclays Premier side Fulham.
The Stan James World Matchplay gets underway on Sunday and Sky Bet are offering 5/1 for James Wade to defend his title.
Wade, who claimed the title 12 months ago meets Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones in the opening round and is 1/6 to progress through to the second round and 4/5 to win his quarter.
Eight times World Matchplay champion Phil Taylor who recently claimed the Las Vegas Desert Classic opens his title challenge against Steve Beaton and Sky Bet are offering 10/1 for "The Power" to whitewash Beaton 10-0 and 8/13 to claim the World Matchplay title.
Raymond van Barneveld meets the newcomer Mark Frost in his first round match and it's 8/1 for Barney to win his first title since winning the Amsterdam Casino Open back in April 2008 and it's 13/2 for Frost to progress through to the second round.
2007 World Matchplay runner-up Terry Jenkins is 2/5 to progress past Alex Roy (7/4) and World Champion John Part is 1/2 to see off Chris Mason (6/4).
Amongst the many pre-tournament specials on offer it's 7/4 for there to be under 225 180's hit during the tournament, 1/2 for there to be a 170 checkout, 7/2 for Taylor to get the highest checkout of the tournament, 11/10 for less than four matches go to sudden death and 33/1 for the winning double of the tournament to be the bull.
Kris Commons' stunning strike gave Derby County a 1-0 victory over Man United in a thrilling Carling Cup semi-final first leg.
The England and Wales Cricket Board have named Andrew Strauss as their new skipper following a day of turmoil for the national team.
Hampshire batsman Kevin Pietersen has confirmed his resignation as England captain.
Sir Alex Ferguson was gracious in defeat after conceding his side were below par at Pride Park.
Kris Commons has spoken of his delight after his goal gave Derby a win over Manchester United at Pride Park.