With the clock ticking until the start of the Ashes, bet365 have produced some interesting markets surrounding some of the bowlers in the series, notably Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Steve Harmison

The appetisers are finally over and now the main course can begin. The five-match Ashes series between England and Australia gets underway at Lord's on July 21, and the tourists, who've held the Ashes unbroken since 1989, are understandable favourites

Sporting Index have released so many markets on this week's Open Championship at St Andrews that you would probably need a computer just to sort through them all before the event gets under way on Thursday

The world's best golfers are in St Andrews this week for the Open Championship, with Tiger Woods out to repeat his 2000 triumph when he blitzed the field to win by eight shots

Get ready for Mission Impossible. While England and Australia finish off the NatWest Challenge, Sri Lanka and West Indies begin a two-Test series in Colombo on Wednesday

And so it comes down to one match to decide the NatWest Challenge as England and Australia head to the Oval on Tuesday level at 1-1 in the three-match series

The Twenty20 Cup is now starting to take shape with the eight quarter-finalists decided, and Lancashire have taken over favouritism for the competition from Surrey, at 9/4 (3.25) with bet365

The nature and relative ease of England's victory in the first NatWest Challenge match has caused the bookmakers to re-evaluate their assessment of the two sides going into the second of the three-match series at Lord's on Sunday

The second half of the Formula One season kicks off on Sunday at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with Fernando Alonso protecting a 24-point lead over Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the drivers' standings

As you might expect, Australians dominate bet365's market for the top batsman in the Ashes later this summer

If recent Ashes series are anything to go by, then Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne will be fighting it out to be the top wicket-taker in the five-match series

bet365 have released a series of player markets for the first NatWest Challenge match between England and Australia, which takes place at Headingley on Thursday

Just a couple of weeks to go now before the first Test of the Ashes at Lord's and the prices on the outcome of the series continue to fluctuate

Sporting Index are the kings of innovation when it comes to cricket spread betting and they will be producing a host of interesting markets on the Ashes later this summer

After the excitement of Saturday's tie at Lord's in the NatWest Series final, England and Australia lock horns once again for a three-match one-day series known as the NatWest Challenge

The Tour de France, the most gruelling examination of physical and mental strength in world sport, begins on Saturday with Lance Armstrong going for a record seventh successive victory

So, after Bangladesh's 15 minutes of fame, the NatWest series comes down to a one-off clash between England and Australia at Lord's on Saturday

If England are to win the Ashes for the first time in 18 years, then they will have to find a way to cope with one of the best opening bowlers of his generation

It may be the height of the British summer, but after last week's publishing of the fixtures for the forthcoming Premiership football season, which begins in mid-August, it's already time to look to the return of the nation's favourite game

While the bookies keep their powder dry in terms of long-term markets for the Ashes, it's a good time to look at the five grounds set to be used when England and Australia meet in the five-Test series