Expelled and Arrested the First Case of Doping

The Spanish Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, positive for EPO consumption At the track cyclist followed him from examinations prior to the Tour AURILLAC, France. The PA spokesman for the cycling team Liquigas said that the Spanish Manuel Beltran not continue in the Tour de France after throwing in a positive EPO doping test. Paolo Barbieri said the rest of the team it will continue. "When will these idiots learn that already finished? They still think they can circumvent the system, but they are wrong. The system is detecting all the time, "said Pat McQuaid, the leader of the Union Cycliste Internationale. Beltran, a Spanish cyclist aged 37, who competed alongside Lance Armstrong for three years as part of U. team S. Postal, was arrested by French police two hours after his test showed positive. The athlete can ask to open a second sample of its review andidopaje, although this rarely saves to athletes. If Beltran requested the opening of the B test also shows positive and will be immediately dismissed from the team, said Barbieri on Friday to the AP. Beltran was the subject of an investigation by the Anti-Doping Agency Franceca before the start of the Tour de France and after their blood tests to be submitted between 3 and July 4 hurled abnormal parameters, said the agency's director, Pierre Bordry, the Associated Press. "Not only is no traces of EPO, there is EPO," Bordry said in a telephone interview. Whether or much worse, EPO is banned. Beltran might not be the only because Bordry added that other rider, so far unidentified, are also being investigated because they had abnormal blood parameters. Moreover, Barbieri said that the French police had been Beltran hotel where the team was staying in the town of Aurillac, where he ran the sétima stage and confirmed that authorities searched the rooms of Liquigas.

Mancini Set to Join Inter Milan

AS Roma midfielder Amantino Mancini is moving to Inter Milan. Roma said that they reached an agreement with Inter that will allow the transfer of Mancini. "It wasn't easy but in the end we reached an agreement, therefore we're all happy," Inter market director Gabriele Oriali said. The transfer price was expected to be €13 million. Mancini is expected to earn €3.5 million a season for 4 years. The signing of Mancini should help ease the pain of Inter not getting Frank Lampard from Chelsea. Lampard has said he would like to go but Chelsea has no plans to sell him. They have already rejected an £8 million bid from Inter.

In other Italian Series news, Francesco Totti is trying to get fit for the Soccer Betting Italian Super Cup. The AS Roma captain is recovering from knee surgery. "The Super Cup is important but we cannot risk Francesco's health. It's just one of many games throughout the season.” physiotherapist Vito Scala said, “The results from the tests confirm that he is a few weeks ahead of schedule but Francesco will only return when he is fully fit. We can start working with the ball ahead of the rest of the squad returning next week." AS Roma will be playing Inter Milan so that will be interesting considering Mancini will be switching sides.

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Other Italian Series news has AC Milan saying that they will not renegotiate Andrea Pirlo's contract. "Pirlo has another three years of his deal to go and we didn't speak about any adjustment or renewal. The situation is what it is and the meeting went well." Club managing director Adriano Galliani said. Pirlo has attracted the interest of many teams around the world and his agent, Tullio Tinti believes his client is due for a raise. "The top teams are all after him and I believe that the top players should be treated as such." he said.

One of the new stars in the Italian League this season could be Stevan Jovetic. Fiorentina has put €8 million into Jovetic in the hopes that he leads them to a title.

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New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays

New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
Friday, 7:05 pm Eastern

SBG Global Opening Line: Blue Jays - 114 , Total 7.5 Under -115

An excellent pitching matchup should be on tap Friday when the New York Yankees open up a series in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Joba Chamberlain gets the start for New York while Roy Halladay goes for Toronto. Chamberlain is 2-2 with a sparkling 2.45 ERA while Halladay is 10-6 with a 2.88 ERA. SBG Global reports that early MLB betting has the public taking Blue Jays at Home.

Chamberlain has pitched better on the road this season than at home. His ERA on the road is 1.11 compared to 3.41 at home. In his last start against Boston he went six innings, allowing three runs. Halladay is headed for the All-Star game after this start and is in fine form. He allowed only two runs on six hits in seven innings in his last start against the Angels. He is 11-5 with a 3.03 ERA in his career against the Yankees.

Here are the MLB betting stats for Friday’s game. The Yankees are 4-0 in their last 4 vs. the American League East. The Yankees are 4-0 in their last 4 road games vs. a right-handed starter. The Yankees are 7-2 in their last 9 road games. The Yankees are 9-4 in their last 13 games as a road underdog. The Yankees are 5-1 in Chamberlain’s last 6 starts. The Yankees are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Toronto.

SBG Global Current Line: Blue Jays - 123 , Total 7.5 Under -120

The Blue Jays are 4-0 in their last 4 home games. The Blue Jays are 12-5 in their last 17 home games vs. a right-handed starter. The Blue Jays are 39-12 in Halladay’s last 51 starts as a home favorite. The Blue Jays are 37-16 in Halladay’s last 53 starts vs. the American League East. The Blue Jays are 6-0 in Halladay’s last 6 home starts vs. the Yankees.

The Under is 9-2-1 in the Yankees last 12 overall. The Under is 9-3-1 in the Yankees last 13 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Under is 25-10-1 in the Yankees last 36 vs. the American League East. The Under is 10-4 in the Yankees last 14 road games vs. a right-handed starter.

The Over is 6-0 in the Blue Jays last 6 vs. the American League East. The Over is 4-1 in the Blue Jays last 5 overall. The Over is 4-1-1 in the Blue Jays last 6 home games vs. a right-handed starter. The Over is 5-2 in the Blue Jays last 7 games as a home favorite. The Over is 5-2-1 in Halladay’s last 8 starts as a home favorite. The Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings between the two teams.

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U.S. Open Cup Semifinals Set

The Soccer Betting semifinals are set for the U.S. Open Cup as the New England Revolution will take on D.C. United while Charleston Battery will take on the Seattle Sounders. Both matches are scheduled for August 12^th. The Revolution advanced into the semifinals after winning on penalty kicks against Crystal Palace Baltimore. Doug Warren saved the fourth penalty kick for New England and Mauricio Castro beat Crystal Palace goalkeeper Brian Rowland for the winner. The teams played to a 1-1 draw through two overtimes before going to the shootout. Chae Hingenbrinck, Kheli Dube, Chris Tierney and Amaechi Igwe also scored on their penalty kicks for New England while Shintaro Harada, Bryan Harkin and Matthew Mbuta scored penalty kicks for Crystal Palace. The two goals in regulation were scored by New England’s Kenny Mansally and Crystal’s Dan Lader.

D.C. United scored in extra time to defeat the Chicago Fire 2-1 to reach the semifinals. Bryan Namoff scored the game winner. Daniel Woolard had given the Fire the lead in the 36^th minute and it took until the 77^th minute for United to tie it as Francis Doe scored. Namoff scored the winner for United in the 99^th minute off a corner kick by Jaime Moreno.

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Charleston Battery upset FC Dallas 3-1 on Tuesday to make it to the semifinals. Charleston got goals from Lazo Alavanja, Ian Fuller and Randi Patterson as they completely dominated FC Dallas. Only a late goal by Kenny Cooper in injury time prevented a shutout.

The other semifinal spot goes to the Seattle Sounders after they defeated the Kansas City Wizards 1-0 in a shootout. Chris Eylander made two saves in the shootout and Zach Scott scored the game winner. Seattle won the shootout by a score of 6-5 after the teams could not score a goal in regulation or overtime. Eylander has not allowed a goal in Seattle’s four U.S. Open Cup games.

With the victory, Seattle will now play Charleston Battery in a matchup between United Soccer League First Division teams. That semifinal is set for August 12th in Charleston. Since Charleston and Seattle are playing in one semifinal, one of them will reach the U.S. Open Cup Final. A non-MLS team has not reached the final since the Rochester Raging Rhinos won the title in 1999.


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NARROW VOTE QUASHES CLARITY ON UIGEA

The United States moved no closer to unequivocally defining “unlawful Internet gambling” as an
amended bill requiring regulators to draft such a defi nition was defeated by the narrowest of margins
Wednesday.
In its original form, HR 5767, the Payment Systems Protection Act,would have prevented the Treasury
Department and Federal Reserve Board from completing regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act, which requires financial institutions to block online gambling transactions.
However, Peter T. King, Republican of New York, proposed an NARROW VOTE QUASHES CLARITY ON UIGEA
amendment to the payment protection act that would have required the Fed and Treasury to draft a uniform definition for unlawful Internet gambling, a term whose meaning continues to elude regulators.
A 32-to-32 vote by members of the House Financial Services Committee, by whom the bill was under
review, saw Mr. King’s proposed amendment defeated.
The underlying bill, proposed by Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, and Barney Frank, the Massachusetts
Democrat who chairs the committee, was then defeated in a voice vote.
To the surprise of some observers, Mr. King’s strategy, that the bill be perceived as “a banking amendment,”
failed to rally the Republican vote. “I think it’s strange the Republicans would turn their backs on
the credit institutions and banks at a time when the Federal Reserve and Department of the Treasury
say the proposed rules for UIGEA are unworkable,” Michael Waxman, a spokesman for the Safe and Secure
Internet Gambling Initiative in Washington, D.C. In all, 29 Democrats and three
Republicans, including Mr. King, voted for the proposed amendment, while 28 Republicans and four
Democrats voted against, said Mr. Waxman, whose group lobbies Internet gambling policy.
IGN understands that Alabama’s Spencer Bachus, the ranking Republican member of the financial
services committee, was influential in garnering his party’s vote.
“After this long campaign by offshore gambling interests to block or repeal the law, what Congress needs
to do now is urge the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve to swiftly fi nalize their proposed rules
to implement UIGEA,” Mr. Bachus said in a prepared statement. “The regulations are long overdue, and
our young people need this protection now.”
Despite airing concern that the UIGEA’s language was diffi cult to discern--namely, its defi nition of
unlawful Internet gambling--the Treasury and Federal Reserve are now faced with the unenviable task
of finalizing the proposed rules. A spokesman for the Federal Reserve declined comment when
asked by IGN how it would proceed, though Jennifer Zuccarelli, a
spokeswoman for the Treasury, allowed: “We’re working to finalize the regulations as quickly as possible.”
Without the prospect of protection by Mr. Frank’s bill, United States banks--which, under the UIGEA,
are deputized to enforce its regulations-- remain in procedural limbo.
“We’ll continue to work with Congress and the regulators to ensure that regulations (for the UIGEA)
are not burdensome or unworkable,”
Peter E. Garuccio, a spokesman for the American BankersAssociation in Washington, told IGN by telephone.
The association, one of the more outspoken critics of the gambling enforcement act, lobbies on behalf of banks nationwide. Looking ahead, the next move by the United States Internet gambling lobby is far from certain. J. Daniel
Walsh, director of government affairs at Greenberg Traurig in Washington, did not immediately return
phone calls.
With the Congressional session set to wrap up early, and during an election year when politicians carefully hedge their political bets, it is unlikely that any new policy favorable to Internet gambling would be drafted or enacted.
“My colleague and I want to repeal the whole thing (the UIGEA),” Mr. Frank said during Wednesday’s
markup. “That may take one more presidential campaign, but we’re getting there.”

Special: Bear Market Hits I-Gaming Stocks

It would appear The Bear has this week ferociously arisen from its den as London's Internet gambling stocks, no doubt abetted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Thursday announcement that difficult economic days lie ahead, have taken an absolute walloping.

William Hill, having announced the sale of its Italian joint venture with Codere S.A., dipped 16.40 percent.

"Having gotten 55 units and thinking we needed 200 or 300, you're talking about deploying a lot of capital in a fairly uncertain environment to get up to something that's meaningful," Simon Lane, group finance director of William Hill, told Interactive Gaming News in a telephone interview Wednesday. "And I think we just felt we had bigger priorities for our capital."

May's interim management statement did little to catalyze market bulls -- even Ralph J. Topping's very public interactive presentation last month couldn't bring needed momentum to the group's share price, which has lost 58 percent of its value since October 2007.

Sportingbet fell 9.49 percent despite regaining positive momentum with a third-quarter operating profit of £7.3 million.

The company's decision to more equally distribute revenue-generative activity across its operation -- more specifically, to reduce its dependence on the treacherous Turkish market -- has, curiously, not helped share value, which has fallen 47 percent in the year to date.

Rank Group, whose online arm, Blue Square, continues to perform well, fell 17.87 percent.

Tighter Section 21 machine regulations under the Gambling Act 2005, higher casino duties (per the 2007 Budget) and smoking bans in Scotland, Wales and England have conspired in recent years to damage Rank's casino and bingo arms, Grosvenor and Mecca.

Even Playtech Ltd., whose shares have been on an incendiary ride since May, lost 2 percent.

(Incidentally, its deal to supply Genting Stanley with software for CircusCasino.com could, if successful, generate revenue of $2 million to $5 million by the 2009 fiscal year, according to Numis Securities in London.)

Playtech has proven a buoyant fixture in the year to date, its share price having risen 38 percent.

PartyGaming fell 13.25 percent during a week which saw it launch a financial spread betting offering via a deal with City Index. One United Kingdom analyst told IGN this week, however, he hoped Party had bigger plans for the future.

After a brief rally in early June, on rumors the company was nearing a settlement with the United States Department of Justice, Party's shares have fallen nearly 25 percent.

Ladbrokes lost 8.40 percent.

Shares have trended downward since a May interim management statement, wherein the company revealed a 34 percent rise in gross win and a 24 percent rise in e-gaming net revenue.

The company has lost nearly 46 percent of its share value in the year to date.

888 Holdings fell 10.47 percent, after a strong performance last week on the company's marketing and distribution deal with Sportech.

Like Playtech, Triple Eight has weathered well in this recession; in the year to date, its share value has risen 15.22 percent.

CryptoLogic Ltd. dropped 6 percent, as questions linger over its future with William Hill. The company also lost its software supply contract with Sportech, set for renewal in September 2008, to 888.

Since May, Crypto's share value has fallen 38 percent. Brian L. Hadfield, the company's chief executive, told IGN then that new licensing agreements with OPoker.com and Maharajah Club would be crucial in offsetting stagnation in poker liquidity.

AsianLogic Ltd. dipped 10 percent after an interim trading statement indicated margins, for certain sectors of its online casino business, were under pressure "similar to that faced by land based Asian casinos working with casino junket groups and agents."

For reference, Macau's six licensed casino operators were, for the majority of the first half, locked in a commission battle. The South China Morning Post revealed margins were sacrificed in an effort to win and retain V.I.P. junket agents, who bring in high rollers, provide them with gambling spend and collect debts.

Collins Stewart, AsianLogic's broker in London, did not return a phone call Thursday. According to the company's maiden annual results, casino gaming activities, both on- and offline, accounted for around 92 percent of its revenue.

While the Internet gambling industry achieved first-quarter gross revenue of $3.8 billion, a 25 percent increase over the year-ago quarter, Global Betting and Gaming Consultants have yet to release second-quarter data.

"Our initial conclusion is that the online gambling industry will prove stronger than most, including its land-based counterpart, in the face of an economic downturn," Simon J. Holliday, a partner with the consultancy, told IGN in May on the release of its first-quarter results set.

This week has shown, however, that it's a bear out there.

Nadal conquers the cathedral in epic duel

London. Rafael Nadal won his first Wimbledon crown in the cathedral of tennis world, to break in an epic final to world number one, Roger Federer.
The left-handed Mallorca showed his profile more brazen before the first tournament favorite, until achieving a victory suffered three sets against two, with partial 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8) and 9-7.
The last three sets had to go to tiebreaker, before an audience that witnessed Extasi which undoubtedly will be considered one of the best matches in the entire history of white sport.
The confrontation consumed a total of four hours and 48 minutes, thus became the longest final in the history of the tournament. Overcame four hours and 16 minutes from the duel between Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, who first won in 1982.
There were two suspensions by rain which helped to prolong the duration and sowed uncertainty, since only Wimbledon is played with natural light and the evening was already falling. If only 15 minutes late, the outcome would have been today.
Intense. It was a battle of titans, but in the end won the best player. Nadal not only dominated the battle tactic, but also was imposed in the mental, where it can do more damage to Federer.
At the fair play, calculated and the elegant Swiss lacks precision and effectiveness. Federer was wrong. And it did at key moments. And for every weakness of the Swiss, increased the grip of Spanish.
Nadal won in the first two sleeves and announced that he was able to repeat their success on grass in the clay.
But Federer was not going to give up so easy. Thanks to a spectacular comeback won the next two sets and forced a fifth and final race.
The rain cooled the two opponents and the public when the part was tied 2-2. It was not until about 20 minutes, but nobody moved seat in anticipation that they were watching a duel that will make history.
The match went to a thrilling 5-5. Nadal had two chances to break Federer in the eleventh game, but he escaped.
At this point was a tense encounter, with no forced some errors that showed the most extreme exhaustion.
Finally, the Spanish managed to break a service to the Swiss and remained with the mourning served on a plate. Of course, needed four match points to get the victory and prevent Federer will lift the sixth consecutive crown.
The king of clay now also proved that it can rule on the grass. Perhaps it is the beginning of a new era.

Van der Vaart rubbishes Tottenham link

Holland midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has rubbished speculation linking him with a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Hamburg playmaker is a reported target for several clubs across Europe after an impressive season in the Bundesliga and at Euro 2008, but insists he is likely to remain at the HSV-Arena for the coming campaign.

Van der Vaart told Dutch weekly Sportweek: 'The interest has been there for some time already, but they (Tottenham) are not the club I want to go to. Tottenham are not a club I want to swap Hamburg for.
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Ontario MP pushes for sports betting

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Betting on individual sports games may become legal in Canadian casinos if Joe Comartin has his way.

The Windsor-Tecumseh MP estimates such a thing could generate as much as $3 billion in gross wagering a year. "It's very important for Windsor and Niagara Falls, in particular, because it will give us a significant competitive advantage over the casinos on the other side of the border," Comartin said Wednesday. "Given our current economic situation here, there's a potential for a reasonable number of additional jobs, both at the casino and elsewhere in the city."

Las Vegas-style sports gambling is only an idea at this point and a bill has yet to be introduced. It would require an amendment to the federal Criminal Code, which prohibits betting on individual games.
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Minnesota Twins (50-38) at Boston Red Sox (52-39)

MLB Betting Preview
Minnesota Twins (50-38) at Boston Red Sox (52-39)
Monday, 7:05 pm Eastern – ESPN

SBG Global Opening Line: Red Sox - 169 , Total 9 Over -120

The red-hot Minnesota Twins hope to continue their success as they head out on the road Monday for the start of a seven game road trip to face the Boston Red Sox. The Twins went 7-2 on their homestand and moved within a game of the White Sox in the American League Central. "We've got a good attitude on the bench. Guys are into it," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We feel like something's going to happen eventually. We've just got to keep plugging away."
SBG Global reports that early MLB betting has the public taking Red Sox at Home.

Boston returns home after a very disappointing 3-7 road trip. The poor trip now has the Red Sox five games behind Tampa Bay in the American League East. Boston will be happy to be home where they are 31-10 this season. They have not played well against Minnesota though. The Red Sox lost three of four at Minnesota in May. They have also lost four of their last seven home games against the Twins. Getting the start on Monday will be Daisuke Matsuzaka who is 9-1 with a 3.12 ERA this season. He has allowed only one run and four hits over his last two starts at home. He is 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA against Minnesota in his career. Scott Baker gets the start for Minnesota. He is 5-2 with a 3.65 ERA this season. He has won his last three starts overall. This will be his first career start against Boston.

Here are the MLB betting stats for Monday’s game. The Twins are 6-1 in their last 7 road games vs. a right-handed starter. The Twins are 5-1 in their last 6 games as a road underdog. The Twins are 19-7 in their last 26 overall. The

Twins are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. the American League East. The Twins are 7-2 in Baker’s last 9 starts vs. the American League East. The Twins are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings between the two teams.

SBG Global Current Line: Red Sox - 174 , Total 9 Flat

The Red Sox are 42-11 in their last 53 games as a home favorite. The Red Sox are 38-14 in their last 52 home games vs. a right-handed starter. The Red Sox are 28-11 in their last 39 vs. the American League Central. The Red Sox are 2-7 in their last 9 overall. The Red Sox are 5-0 in Matsuzaka’s last 5 starts vs. the American League Central. The Red Sox are 17-4 in Matsuzaka’s last 21 starts as a home favorite.

The Under is 5-0 in the Twins last 5 games as an underdog. The Under is 7-3 in the Twins last 10 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Over is 9-4 in the Twins last 13 road games. The Under is 4-1 in Baker’s last 5 starts vs. the American League East. The Under is 5-2 in Baker’s last 7 starts overall.

The Under is 5-2-1 in the Red Sox last 8 games as a favorite. The Under is 6-2-1 in Matsuzaka’s last 9 starts vs. the American League Central. The Under is 5-2-1 in Matsuzaka’s last 8 starts as a favorite. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Boston between the two teams and overall the Under is 18-8-2 in the last 28 meetings.

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