Interesting groups with difficult tasks for some of the favourites, yet also what looks to be fairly easy groups for others, that is the result of the champions league group stage draw. Current title holders Inter face Werder Bremen, Tottenham and Twente in Group A, which should see heavy fighting for the top two spots. Barcelona as the top contender for the title should have no problems to advance from Group D against Panathinaikos, Kopenhagen and Rubin Kazan.

Things could become really interesting in Group E, which includes favourite #2 Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax Amsterdam and AJ Auxerre from France. This years runner-up Bayern Munich is favoured to take down Group E against AS Rome, Basel (Switzerland) and Romanian champions CFR Cluj.

Group B should be very difficult to call, as it includes Olympique Lyonnais, Benfica Lisbon, FC Schalke 04 and Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Manchester United clashes with Glasgow Rangers in Group C, which also includes FC Valencia and Turkish champion Bursaspor.

An interesting Group F was drawn for Chelsea with French champions Olympique de Marseille, FC Spartak Moscow and first-timer and big underdog MŠK Žilina from Slovakia. Last, but not least, it`s Arsenal in Group H against Shaktar Donetzk, Portugals SC Braga and Partizan Belgrade.

Odds on the first group stage fixtures on September 14 and 15 are already available from your favourite online football bookmakers like Bet365, Ladbrokes, William Hill or SportingBet. Longterm odds on the next Champions League winner are also already active.

After 17 regular season games and 3 playoff weekends, the big game is finally here (almost). The heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers will play for their sixth SuperBowl Championship against the Arizona Cardinals. Who would have thought, that Quarterback Kurt Warner and his Cardinals would make it into the Superbowl 2009 ? Probably not many aside from the die-hard Arizona fans. The early sportsbetting odds and money lines look like this:

Pittsburgh Steelers to win: 4/11 (UK odds) – 1.36 (decimal odds) and -275 (US odds)
Arizona with the upset: 9/4 (UK) – 3.25 (decimal) and +225 (american odds)

The Arizona Cardinals managed to overcome a late third and fourth quarter scare to win the NFC 32-25 against the Eagles, while the Pittsburgh Steelers took the AFC Championship with a more or less expected 23-14 win over the Ravens. The Steelers now (again) bear the burden of being favored going into the SuperBowl Championship game.

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The spread is currently at Pittsburgh minus 6.5, the over/under is set around 47 points, which seems high for a defense like the Steelers have, no matter how good the Arizona offense might be…

All the big sportsbooks and bookmakers like Ladbrokes, William Hill, Victor Chandler or Bet365 will certainly offer literally hundreds of different betting options for this Arizona-Pittsburgh game. You can wager on pretty much anything from the “over or under” to “how many points will be scored in the third quarter ?” to the “odd or even”-wager or “which team will score first or last in the game ?”

SuperBowl 43 will take place on Sunday, February 1 at 6pm Eastern in Tampa Bay, Florida. You can watch the game LIVE on NBC !

Betting on English Premier League Football or the FA-Cup, the Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga or the Primera Division from Spain, find the leading bookmakers for all your football betting needs.

The UEFA Champions League is in the final stages of the group stage. Place your bets on winners, runner-up`s, halftime results, the over/under or livebetting (aka in-play betting). Will the heavy favourites FC Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona come through or will Inter Milan, FC Liverpool, Arsenal London, AS Rome or Bayern Munich have a real shot at the title ?

Special – or Longtime-Bets: Who will become the champion in England, France, Germany, Russia, Portugal, Italy or Spain..? Who is going to win the UEFA-Cup in 2009 or the World Cup in 2010 ? All top internet bookmakers offer good odds on the leading European Leagues. Bet online on the No. 1 sport worldwide !

Football Betting

The NFL Football Season is slowly approaching the playoff season, who will be the new Super-Bowl champs and follow the New York Giants, who handed the New England Patrios a huge upset to win the Super Bowl in 2008. Place your bets during this season on all the remaining games: Who will win the AFC (American Football Conference) or NFC (National Football Conference) ? The best online bookies offer pointspreads, playoff odds, parleys, teasers… – The best odds on the over/under, how many field goals will be scored..? Football betting by far outranks wagering on any other sport in the USA.

Basketball Betting

Get the best odds for online betting on basketball: All internet bookmakers offer you competitive odds on NBA Basketball with single bets, parlays, teasers… – Who will become Division Champs, who`s going to make the playoffs ?

Most sportsbooks offer new customers, who deposit real money generous bonuses like 20% on top of what you deposit, some offer free bets, regular bonuses or special promotions, for example just for the Super-Bowl 2009, March Madness or the Stanley-Cup.

Tennis Betting

Odds on Wimbledon in London, sports betting on the French Open in Paris, the US Open or the Australian Open. Internet odds from the best online bookmakers are available for tennis-bets on the Davis-Cup and all WTA (Ladies) & ATP Tournaments. Place a bet on single matches, whole tournament winners (futures), who`s winning how many sets, anyone even the Grand Slam in 2009 ..?

Baseball Betting

Major League Baseball: Bet on any game of your favourite team. Who will win the National League or American League, even bet on which team will finish last in their division. Baseball betting opportunites are numerous as each team plays 162 matches during the regular baseball season. Bookmakers offer bets on the game results, run line (handicap); run total (over/under the bookies line), total number of home runs and total number of strikeouts.

Hockey Betting

Bet with highest odds on the NHL Hockey League (USA) and the Stanley-Cup, as well as on all the European hockey leagues from Sweden, Finland, Italy, Russia, Switzerland or Germany. The most popular betting options for hockey punters are the draw option, game total and handicap. Other betting options are: Pick the score, point scorer head to head, first team to score, team to score last goal, most penalties in minutes, time of first goal…

Formula 1 Betting

The Formula 1 will start it`s new season on March 29, 2009 with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia. 7 months and 17 races later, after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 1, 2009, the motorsports and racing fans all around the world will know if british racing sensation Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren Mercedes was able to defend his title “F1 World Champion” or not. Bookmakers offer F1-fans odds on all the single races (win or place), the hunt for the pole-position or even special bets on how many cars will finish the race.

The last regular season gameday is over and another 5 teams booked their tickets to the wildcard games and/or the NFL playoffs with a win on Matchday 17. The lucky 5 were the Minnesota Vikings with a crucial 20-19 win over the Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles (44-6 over the Cowboys), Miami Dolphins (24-17 versus the N.Y. Jets), Baltimore Ravens (27-7 against the Jaguars) and the San Diego Chargers who easily cruised past the Denver Broncos to a 52-21 victory.

4 wildcard playoff games, 2 for each conference, are now scheduled on January 3 and 4 each to determine the round of the last 8, here are the matchups:

January, 3 2009:

The Atlanta Falcons will take on the Arizona Cardinals – 4:30 pm EST on NBC
It`s Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers – 8:00 pm EST on NBC

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January, 4 2009:

The Baltimore Ravens take on the Miami Dolphins – 1:00 pm EST on CBS
The Philadelphia Eagles will battle the Minnesota Vikings – 4:30 pm EST on FOX

Betting on the NFL wildcard games will be huge, online bookmakers will offer dozens of different betting options from money line odds to spread betting, wagers on the “over or under” total score of any given game or try predicting if the total score will be odd or even… – After these 4 wildcard games, next up will be the divisional finals on January 10 and 11, here are the possible matchups:

AFC (American Football Conference):

The Tennessee Titans will either host the Ravens, Chargers or Colts – 4:30 pm EST on CBS
The Pittsburgh Steelers will take on the Dolphins, Chargers or Colts at home – 4:45 pm EST on CBS

NFC (National Football Conference):

The New York Giants have home field against the Cardinals, Falcons or Eagles – 1:00 pm EST on FOX
The Carolina Panthers play host against the Cardinals, Falcons or Vikings – 8:15 pm EST on FOX

This years NFL Football Super Bowl 43 will take place on February 1, 2009 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. The always much anticipated show at halftime will feature Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.