2006 Soccer World Cup - Betting on Props By: Ryan D Prop betting is short for "proposition" betting, and it is exactly that - you bet on the outcome of a proposition. Or, seen another way, someone makes you a proposition and you place a bet on whether or not you agree with it...
I Predict a Right - Well Most of Them! By: Mick Burrows A look at how the popular e-zine Tipped at the Post! fared with its pre-season predictions for the 4 professional Leagues of English football for 2005/06, as forecast back in August 2005...
World Cup 2006 Preview - Brazil By: David Walker What else is there to be said about Brazil? They are the only team to have participated in every World Cup finals and are five times winners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They have also finished as runners up twice in 1950 and 1998...
World Cup 2006 Preview - Croatia By: David Walker Croatia enter their third successive finals and will look for a repeat of the heroics of 1998 rather than the embarrassment of 2002...
World Cup 2006 Preview - Australia By: David Walker After a 32 year absence from the finals, Australia finally overcame their play-off hoodoo to qualify for Germany. Play off agony to Iran in 1997 and Uruguay in 2001 was vanquished last November as the Australians again faced Uruguay and beat them in a penalty shoot-out...
World Cup 2006 Preview - Japan By: David Walker Japan are a difficult team to predict. Last year they beat European champions Greece and earned a credible draw with Brazil in last year's Confederations Cup but their qualifying campaign was less than convincing...
World Cup 2006 Preview - France By: David Walker France were required to call on the cavalry to ensure qualification to the finals. Stuck in fourth place in their group, retired veterans Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makelele and Lilian Thuram returned to the side in an attempt to turn around the fortunes of the failing side...
World Cup 2006 Preview - Switzerland By: David Walker Switzerland qualified from the same group as Group F opponents France and also remained unbeaten in 10 qualifying matches, with four wins and six draws...
