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Last updated: 22nd August 2008

Degale: 11/10 for gold

James Degale is the 11/10 underdog with Sky Bet to win gold in the Olympic middleweight final.

The Brit will face Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux, who is the 4/6 favourite.

Degale booked his place in that showdown with a comprehensive 10-3 victory over Ireland's Darren Sutherland.

22-year-old Degale went into his semi-final with Sutherland trailing 4-1 in the head-to-head record, but the British fighter bossed the fight from start to finish.

And he said afterwards: "On my day I can beat anybody in the world. In the past maybe I haven't got the tactics or weight right or silly things like that. And now everything is excellent."

Handicap snip

Manchester City have had a troubled few weeks and Sky Bet customers have been quick to latch onto them to finish bottom of the handicap market.

Sky Bet have cut the Citizens to come bottom with a 24 point start from 15/1 to 10/1 after they lost 4-2 at Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

Fulham were backed in from 15/1 to 8/1 with a 46 point start in Sky Bet's to finish top of the Premier League handicap market after they signed striker Andy Johnson from Everton but an opening day defeat at Hull has seen them eased back out to 12s.

Sky Bet's senior football compiler Mike Triffitt said: "After Fulham were well supported, we were pleased to see their limitations exposed at Hull.

"Of the teams with the highest starts, those who backed Middlesbrough with a 35-point start will have been delighted to see Gareth Southgate's men open up with a 2-1 defeat at fancied Spurs."

Peach of a bet?

Sky Bet are offering betting on the Peachtree Open Players Championship darts and at 7/1 the field, Sunday's competition looks wide open.

Defending champion Wayne Mardle has withdrawn from the tournament and Sky Bet make Robert Thornton, who reached the semi-finals in Canada last week and won the Australian Open Players Championship, joint 7/1 favourite together with Alan Tabern.

World champion, John Part, who is looking to bounce back from a first round exit in last week's inaugural Kitchener Open Players Championship, is quoted at 10/1, while world number five, Terry Jenkins is available at 15/2.