The 2009 Super League Rugby League season has begun and Leeds Rhinos are the favourites to be champions again come October’s Grand Final.

A British property entrepreneur risks losing everything after becoming embroiled in a legal dispute over what is claimed to be an unpaid multimillion-pound spread betting bill.

More Britons than ever are trying their hand at online gambling despite the worsening economic climate.

The Chelsea boss Luis Felipe Scolari was sacked yesterday, after a string of bad results saw the Blues slip to fourth place in the Premiership. The goalless home draw with Hull City at the weekend proved to be the nail in the coffin for the Brazilian.

Gala Casinos have announced they are scrapping The Gala Casinos British Poker Tour (GCBPT) with immediate effect as there will not be a tour in 2009. The GCBPT ran for two seasons with Alan Vinson winning the 2008 Grand Final back in December.