Whether you love it or loathe it (and most of the fans, managers, and players involved for any length of time feel an equal amount of both emotions), the Championship is a remarkable league. More and more money is pouring into England’s second tier, with foreign billionaires wanting a piece of what the EPL promises to offer and seeing clubs in the championship as the best way of achieving it.

Add to that the clubs who have recently fallen through the Premiership trapdoor, as well as the players on Premiership wages who are determined to bounce back to avoid stagnation or worse, and you have a heady mix of desperation, ambition, and good old-fashioned blood, sweat, and tears.

Nevada is the American capital of gambling and one of only four states, alongside Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which allow any kind of bet.

The core is “Las Vegas Strip”, a boulevard of almost 7 kilometers from the city center where most luxury retreats and casinos are concentrated. And battering customers is great and often in their favor.

Russia 2018 is almost upon us and the betting frenzy will soon be in full swing. We take a look at the four bets that could net you a handsome reward this summer.

Nigeria to qualify for the knock-out stages

Group D is a real Group of Death, with Argentina and Croatia joined by Euro 2016 surprise package Iceland and little-fancied Nigeria. Whilst many will expect Argentina to win the group, and rightly so, Nigeria are unlikely to be high on anyone’s list for the last 16.

Bayern Munich have been the dominant force in German football for some time. With 13 titles since the beginning of the 1998/99 campaign, the Bavarians have had a firm grip on domestic football in Germany.

This season, Jupp Heynckes’ side have been a class above their rivals once again – Bayern are 19 points clear at the top of the table.

However, the battle to finish second is fierce; three points is the difference between sixth position and second spot.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is less than 100 days away. Fans from all four corners of the globe will be excited to see how their team fares in this summer’s competition, held in Russia for the very first time.

As of March 8th, Brazil and Germany are the market principals but Spain, France and Argentina are all well placed to challenge for the Jules Rimet Trophy.

The FA Cup is England’s oldest and most prestigious club competition and we are now down to the semi-finals stage.

Four teams — Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Southampton — will now compete for the opportunity to lift the trophy in May’s showpiece at Wembley Stadium.

The semi-final draw is now done and we’ve looked at the two fixtures – as well as previewing a possible final.

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker won his last fight on British soil, but the New Zealander has it all to do if he’s to unify his world title with the IBF, IBO and WBA super belts on March 31.

Parker, 26, enters the ring in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium this spring as the outsider to end the streak of fellow unbeaten pro boxer Anthony Joshua.