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Super Sunday: Ed Chamberlin on Ryan Giggs' return and City v Spurs

Ryan Giggs of Manchester United in action against Swansea City
Image: Giggs: Welshman returns to Cardiff this weekend

We are back in Cardiff for Super Sunday this weekend. Manchester United visit the Cardiff City Stadium for the first time and all eyes will be on local boy Ryan Giggs.

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What a brilliant time of year this is. The Ashes series under way in Australia, which will mean lots of late nights and early mornings plus plenty of checking Twitter during the night for score updates. Saturday night also sees the Froch-Groves fight on Sky Sports Box Office, for which Carl Froch is a warm 2/7 favourite with Sky Bet. There was some brilliant action in the autumn rugby internationals. My annual bug bear is that none of the home nations play 'series' against the Southern Hemisphere nations. What a shame England don't get another crack at the All Blacks this weekend. I'd prefer to see England's autumn be a three-match series against the All Blacks, likewise Wales against Australia, Ireland against South Africa etc. Then rotate for next year. It's also my favourite time of year for racing with big races and meetings every weekend before Christmas. Hot on the heels of three brilliant days at Cheltenham is the Betfair Chase at Haydock and a top card at Ascot. Next week it's the Hennessy, followed by the Tingle Creek and the show rolls on from there. Ed's backing Two Rockers in the Amlin Chase. Bet now It's the best ever renewal of the Betfair Chase but it looks so tough for punters with so much guesswork involved. Will Gold Cup hero Bobs Worth be tuned up for his return? The same applies to Silviniaco Conti. Neither of their trainers is yet firing on all cylinders. David Pipe certainly is but will Dynaste be good enough at this level? Does Cue Card stay this trip? What will Tidal Bay do on the day? I'd back Bobs Worth all day long against this lot round Cheltenham but Saturday is a totally different ball game. It's an intriguing contest but a braver man than me who has a strong opinion on the race. Over at Ascot the Amlin Chase looks equally difficult, while if Annie Power is as good as they say she is, she should beat Zarkandar in receipt of 11lbs. The horse I have backed for the weekend is Alan King's Two Rockers at 15/2 with Sky Bet to win the fixed brush hurdle at Haydock. Two Rockers was an impressive winner at the track in February before disappointing in the Neptune. But as my regular readers will know, I think that race at the Cheltenham Festival was red hot.

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