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Posted: 14th November 2008 13:14
Haye - quick win?
Sky Bet have slashed Roy Keane's odds of being the next top flight manager to leave his post to even money from 16/1 this afternoon, following a major gamble on the Black Cats boss in the sack race market.
Rumours of Keane's departure from the Wearside club saw his odds contract from 16/1 to 9/4 within an hour as money flooded in for the former Manchester United captain to be the next Premier league manager to lose his job this season.
Sky Bet's Dave Pilgrim, said: "There have been rumours flying about that Keane may be on the verge of leaving the club and the money would certainly support this, but with other sources suggesting this is nothing more than a rumour, we are going to continue to trade this market - albeit cautiously."
Keane has also been backed to defect to bitter rivals Newcastle United and is into 20/1 (from 100/1) to succeed Kevin Keegan.
Sky Bet have produced a variety of special markets ahead of David Haye's fight against veteran Monte Barrett at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday.
It's 16/1 for Haye to come back and win after being knocked down in the first round, which is what Joe Calzaghe did last week in New York when he defeated Roy Jones Jr.
Haye, who last fought at heavyweight in 2007, has promised to "destroy" the 37 year-old American and is 12/1 to win in the opening 60 seconds of the fight.
Barrett holds a record of 34 wins and six losses with 20 knockouts and is Sky Bet's 100/30 outsider for victory (Haye 1/5, draw 33/1).
Tomorrow could see Liverpool temporarily go top of the Barclays Premier if they manage to overcome Bolton at the Reebok Stadium in the lunchtime kick-off and Sky Bet are offering 11/2 for Rafael Benitez's side to be the highest scoring 'Big Four' team this weekend.
Chelsea, who are defending a 100% Premier League record over West Brom of six wins from six matches, are 15/8 to be the highest scoring team, with defending champions Manchester United 13/8 favourites and Arsenal quoted at 5/2 to score most goals.
It's 3/1 for the Barclays Premier 'Big Four' all to win on Saturday.
With Liverpool and Manchester United the only two teams still defending an unbeaten home record in the Barclays Premier it's 8/11 for Liverpool to be beaten on home soil first (evens Man Utd).
Chelsea, who have scored a total of seven goals and conceded none in their last two games, are 9/2 not to concede a goal throughout November in the League and 7/2 to score four or more goals against the Baggies.
With eight matches in the Barclays Premier taking place tomorrow including Manchester Utd v Stoke City and Chelsea v West Brom, there could be a good chance of a goal feast.
Sky Bet are offering evens for there to be over 22.5 goals scored from all seven matches and 8/11 for under 22.5 goals.
Stoke, who are undefeated in their last three league matches and currently sit 12th in the table with 14 points, are 8/11 to accrue over 23.5 points by the end of the year (evens under 23.5 points).
Sky Bet have also produced odds on which team will be topping the table on Christmas Day and make current pacesetters Chelsea 8/11 favourites, with Liverpool quoted at 11/8, Arsenal at 10/1, Manchester United at 20/1 and Aston Villa at 100/1.
X Factor fans have been up in arms this week after Laura White was cruelly ousted last Saturday.
Dozens of customers have requested odds from Sky Bet on ousted Laura making a return to the show so the bookie is quoting 14/1 for the Bolton lass to make X Factor history and be reinstated.
Helen Jacob, Sky Bet's Head of PR, said: "Laura's early exit does seem unfair and fans clearly want her reinstated but we're not so sure that Simon Cowell will be as keen!"
Whether or not Laura rejoins X Factor, numerous record labels are expressing an interest to sign her up and Sky Bet quote 12/1 for her to have a UK number one single by the end of next year.
Following last week's shock vote, all eyes are on who will leave the X-Factor house this weekend.
Sky Bet has yet again installed Daniel Evans as the odds-on favourite to be voted off the show this Saturday at 8/11, with Dannii's other two acts close behind.
Rachel Hylton is 5/2 and sing-off veteran Ruth is 9/2 to be eliminated.
Despite Dannii being the only judge in the competition with all three of her acts left, Minogue is Sky Bet's outsider at 11/1 to produce a winning act this series, with Cheryl Cole as favourite at 4/11.
Cheryl's young star, Diana Vickers, despite suffering from laryngitis, is even money favourite to win the show.
After averaging over 110 in two of his matches last weekend, reigning Grand Slam of Darts champion, Phil Taylor, is Sky Bet's red-hot 4/7 favourite to retain his title when this year's event gets underway at the Wolverhampton Civic on Saturday.
It is also another chance for Gary Anderson (10/1) and Mark Webster (25/1) to prove themselves against the major PDC players.
Last year's runner-up Andy Hamilton is 50/1 to go one better this year, while the Russian women's world champion, Anastasia Dobromyslova, is 1000/1 outsider.
2007 Grand Slam semi-finalist Kevin McDine (66/1) has an impressive record in this event and after a great run which saw him reach the semi-finals last year, is 10/11 to win his opening match against Wayne 'Hawaii 501' Mardle (4/5).
Sky Bet have cut wild card qualifier Colin McGarry's odds of beating Mark Webster in his opener to 100/30 (from 5/1) following sustained support for McGarry to get the better of the BDO world champion.
It's Paddy Power Gold Cup day at Cheltenham tomorrow and to celebrate one of the most high-profile meetings in the autumn racing calendar, Sky Bet has produced a range of fantastic customer offers.
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What's more, Sky Bet are offering all their customers who place a totescoop6 bet tomorrow 10% cashback!
(Cashback applies to totescoop6 bets placed from 8:30am on Saturday 15th November and will be paid into customers' accounts by 5pm, Sunday 16th November).
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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.
Blackburn claim they are yet to receive any bids for Roque Santa Cruz, while Portsmouth are keen to sign Newcastle's Joey Barton.
Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with a 6-2 6-4 thrashing of Philipp Petzschner.
Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi has ended speculation over his future by signing a new deal at St James' Park.