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The Independent
4 hours ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Championship relegation odds: Latest odds for relegation from 2025/26 Championship
The Championship remains one of the most popular and fascinating leagues in European football, and the relegation battle is especially unpredictable, with clubs of all sizes at risk The wide-open nature of most Championship relegation battles makes it one of the most intriguing betting heats in the second tier, along with promotion and the winners markets. Bookmakers offer dedicated markets for 2025/26 Championship relegation betting throughout the season and this page will provide live Championship relegation odds every step of the way. We use the latest live Championship relegation betting odds from the best football betting sites in the UK to help readers find the best prices throughout the season. Punters will find top value on Championship relegation odds on this page, with any changes to markets made by betting sites immediately reflected by our odds comparison tool. All EFL Championship relegation odds come from recommended bookmakers, and all of these are licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. Championship Relegation Odds The Championship relegation market works by bettors wagering on which teams will finish in the bottom three of the table at the end of the season. Championship relegation odds shift weekly based on form, injuries, results and manager changes. In terms of typical relegation betting strategies, many bettors will choose to back newly promoted sides, clubs in financial trouble, any clubs that have lost key players or teams with poor defensive records. Note that some bookmakers also offer markets on who will finish bottom (24th) in the Championship as an alternative relegation market. Championship Relegation Odds Explained The concept of relegation is a straightforward one. Simply put, the teams with the fewest points at the end of the season go down. As well as points, goal difference can have an important role in deciding which teams go down. If teams are level on points, the club with the better goal difference will be positioned above them in the table. For example, Luton were relegated on goal difference in 2024/25 and Blackburn went down the same way in 2016/17. Most gambling sites allow bets on one or more teams to be relegated and relegation multiples are popular with some football punters. Multiples are simply bets with more than one selection, and in this case a relegation multiple would be a wager on one, two or three teams to get relegated. Returns on multiples are calculated differently to placing two separate singles. For example, two £1 singles at 4/1 and 7/1 would return £5 and £8 respectively, including stakes – a total of £13. However, if you combine the two selections in a £1 double, the odds are multiplied, not added. So, 4/1 becomes 5.00 and 7/1 becomes 8.00 in decimal format. The combined odds would be: 5.00 x 8.00 = 40.00, meaning a £1 double would return £40 including stake – a much higher return than the two singles combined. The average number of points needed to stay up has increased in the last three years, going from 47 to an average of 50. The table below shows the teams to have been relegated from the Championship as well as their points totals for the last five seasons. Responsible Gambling Online sports betting can be enjoyable, but it's important to stay in control and gamble responsibly. The same applies whether you're using high street bookmakers, slot sites, casino sites, casino apps, betting apps, or any other gambling medium. All licensed gambling sites in the UK are required to provide tools such as deposit limits, time-outs, self-exclusion and self-assessment questionnaires. These are designed to help you manage your activity and protect your well-being. Many operators, including online bookmakers and new casino sites, will offer free bets or a casino bonus. While these can be tempting, it is vital to read the terms and conditions of any offer before taking part. If you are concerned about your gambling behaviour, support is available from:
Malay Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Malay Mail
No jackpot, but 12 Toto punters still laughing all the way to the bank with RM4.2m each
SINGAPORE, July 18 — Twelve Singapore Pools punters struck it rich with about S$1.2 million (RM4.2 million) each after no one won the S$12.7 million (RM44.5 million) Toto jackpot on July 17. Because it was the fourth draw without a Group 1 winner, the massive prize rolled down to the 12 Group 2 tickets, The Straits Times reported today. The winning numbers were 7, 8, 17, 29, 32, 42 and 1. The winning tickets were bought at places like Tampines, Race Course Road and Toa Payoh, though it's unclear if they were bought solo or shared. Separately, there were 609 winners in Group 3 who will each take home S$1,658 (RM5,810). The jackpot had snowballed from S$1.2 million (RM4.2 million) on July 7 to S$5.8 million (RM20.3 million) on July 14 before hitting its RM44.5 million peak.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Commuters bemused after man spotted walking sheep at train station
COMMUTERS were left bemused after a man was spotted taking a sheep for a walk at a train station in Paisley. An image shared by ScotRail shows the man walking a sheep on a lead at Paisley Gilmour Street recently. In the background of the photo, another man can be seen smiling as the pair went past. The caption reads: 'Well, ewe don't see that every day at Paisley Gilmour Street.' READ NEXT: Well, ewe don't see that every day at Paisley Gilmour Street! 🐑 #WhatTheFlock #EweWontBelieveIt — ScotRail (@ScotRail) July 15, 2025 Punters flocked to the comments. One said: 'He is looking a bit sheepish.' A second added: 'Seen it at Baaarhead.' READ NEXT: The rail operator's website does not state whether or not people can bring sheep on its services. However, there is a list of pets that can be brought on board. Passengers can bring two domestic pets with them, including dogs, cats, and even tortoises, as long as they are on a lead or in a travel cage.
The Sun
15-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
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Irish Times
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
A missed opportunity for Portugal Rugby to revive the spirit of 2023
The manager of the Couch Sports Bar in Lisbon was insouciance personified as he brushed past the collection of anxious punters, who looked longingly down the stairwell at a locked door. Time didn't stand still, but it did appear to crawl as more faces joined the throng on Saturday morning awaiting the advertised 11am admittance. Phones were regularly rechecked. At 10.59, a bolt turned, the door was pushed open. There was a cartoon element to the descent, the mass of bodies resembling a shoal of sprat moving in harmony, as they swam through the door. Punters turned into proprietors, taking stools down off the bar counter and tables. There were more than a dozen televisions including a snug called the 'Samsung stadium'. People grabbed a preferred vantage point. Undaunted, the bar manager/owner offered a Portuguese version of the Spanish 'mañana' attitude, or 'depois logo se vê' in the local tongue, which translates as 'we'll deal with it later'. He surveyed the crowd, performed two or three chores before rummaging to find a remote control to turn on televisions, one by one. The hyperventilation was palpable, customers only exhaled when the Lions match burst into life on the screens. READ MORE Even then he refused to turn off the booming pub tunes. No commentary, but no one seemed to care. Alone he stood behind the bar, one pair of hands to accommodate the never-ending slew of orders from the first to last minute. The special was five Moscow Mules for the price of four. A sign read 'no table service'. There weren't too many other rules. In some respects, the scene offered a microcosm of rugby in Portugal, accommodating but overwhelmed by the detail of modern Test rugby and not just on the pitch. The only media access to Portugal head coach Simon Mannix was after the Captain's Run at 5pm on the Friday. The New Zealander and his forwards coach Andy Kyriacou were once of Munster, so there was an obvious interest. Ireland Fans Daniel Walsh, James Vance, Michael Moore, Gavin Horan, Hugo Walsh and Alan Horgan in Lisbon before the game. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho Antonio, the Portuguese media liaison, was very helpful and obliging in so many ways, as were his acolytes, but there was no sense that a Test match against Ireland was a coveted opportunity to publicise the game to a wider audience. There were no match programmes, and on the eve of the game it came to light that no match clock or shot clock, in placekicking terms, had been organised. Judging by the fact that what was eventually produced resembled an advertising hoarding to the extreme back left of one end of the stadium – it also served as the scoreboard – it appeared to have been a rush job. Matters were compounded further during the Test when the communications link from referee Adam Leal to television match official Matteo Lipperini dropped in the first half, never to be restored. [ With the Lions away in Australia, Ireland debutants have real chance to shine against Portugal Opens in new window ] Ironically, one of the only times that it functioned was to deny Portugal fullback Nuno Sousa Guedes a try for a forward pass in the build-up. Anecdotally the Portugal Rugby union operates on a financial shoestring, five full-time employees or thereabouts. It's also reflected in the stewarding, smiling and helpful but carried out with minimal numbers, one per entrance to the stand. Moving the match to the iconic 37,000-capacity Estádio Nacional do Jamor was a misstep. The official word was that 8,000 tickets had been sold. The crowd on the day, dominated by Ireland jerseys, looked appreciably smaller. The momentum generated by Portugal's brilliant performances in the 2023 World Cup appears to have dissipated alarmingly, and it's not just in the 106-7 skelping they received on Saturday. Georgia are much further down the road in rugby terms. Ireland's Tom Stewart and Tom Ahern celebrate as Alex Kendellen scores his team's 14th try against Portugal. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho And yet it didn't really compromise the enjoyment of being in Lisbon at the same time as one of Europe's biggest music festivals, NOS Alive. It probably helps to be of a certain vintage. Muse and Olivia Rodrigo were the only two of 112 acts that I recognised. One member of the media expressed an interest in seeing DJ Boring. Lisbon has an innate charm, the cobbled streets and narrow footpaths that climb from the sea to the bohemian Bairro Alto neighbourhood housing tapas bars and clubs. There's something for everyone. The city has a young presence in tourist terms as much as the older traveller. In Portugal hash is decriminalised for personal use, up to five grammes. At night, in many areas where there's a vibrant nightlife, you'd struggle to walk 200 metres without being offered it, or another narcotic that's definitely not legal. There are other attractions, and you can be taken there in Lisbon's versions of souped-up tuk-tuk style carriages, albeit on a much grander scale. Some of the Ireland players and management headed for Oitavos Dunes on Thursday to enjoy some downtime, the only Portuguese course to be ranked in the top 100 golf courses of the world by Golf Magazine, a beautiful multilayered venue that takes in views of the Sintra mountains and the visually arresting coastline that wraps around Cascais Bay – basically a mix of sand dunes, umbrella pines and high cliffs. On the Saturday night, Ireland players, partners, family and friends escaped their hotel for a little while and headed to the famous 'Pink Street' – so called because the road surface is a vivid pink colour – that houses a mishmash of bars, clubs and eateries beloved of both the locals and tourists. They partied in to the wee hours, the rugby season finally over, but also in recognition of a successful tour, relatively speaking, where individual development rather than results was of greater import.
