Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week five in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.

With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 10:04 pm

On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: Grand Tours, like the Giro, require levels of organisation that are utterly mind boggling

The mechanics and I were chatting the other day, and we have unanimously decided that professional cycling is probably the least logistically friendly sport in the world.

By Martin Ayres | Sport | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 5:30 pm

iBet: A great chance for Wigan to take relegation scrap to final day

What a game this is in determining the last relegation spot. Wigan basically need to win, but if they can get three points they can still afford to lose at The Emirates and go into their last game against Aston Villa, knowing that a win will put them on 41 points and probable safety.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 1:01 am

iBet: Don’t expect fireworks as Stoke go back to basics

Stoke are on 40 points which is normally enough to secure Premier League safety. But the required figure could be 41 this season.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Monday, 6 May 2013 at 1:01 am

iBet: Swansea may already be on the beach

I tend to make most of my money in the middle part of the season as this time of year can be very unpredictable when it comes to betting on the outcomes of football matches.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Saturday, 4 May 2013 at 2:01 am

On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: I figured he was pretty tired of people congratulating him, so me and Sir Bradley Wiggins just had a chat about the race ahead

Giro d’Italia? What’s that? I hear you say. Well, for anyone who has thumbed past page one in the cycling-for-dummies handbook (no, that does not exist) it is the second most famous race in the world, only beaten by a certain Tour de France.

By Martin Ayres | Sport | Friday, 3 May 2013 at 4:27 pm

iBet: Benfica are a mighty force at Estadio Da Luz

Benfica would have been happy to come away from the first leg with a goal less draw and arguably played for one.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Thursday, 2 May 2013 at 2:01 am

UFC 159: Jonny ‘Bones’ Jones moves on to bigger and better

UFC 159 is in the books and whilst it wasn’t without its issues the New Jersey card did provide strong hints as-to what the future holds for some of the sport’s biggest stars. None more so than the poster boy of MMA, Jonny “Bones” Jones.

By Brian Mallon | Sport | Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 1:10 pm

iBet: Germans might be just too good, even at the Nou camp

We called the first leg of this tie spot on and are sitting on a nice 7/2 bet on Bayern Munich to win the Champions League (they are 4/6 at the time of writing).

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 2:01 am

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week four in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.
With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 1:26 am