The 37th Ryder Cup gets underway next week and we will be carrying a huge range of bets. It is one of those classic confrotnations between Europe and America, this year at the Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky, with the United States looking to record their first tournament victory over Europe since 1999.

But you can have an early tester with a bet on anyone to score a hole in one - 7/2 says, 4/25 says no. What do you think?

All the Valhalla Ryder Cup betting is here

The remote link to Costa Rica for some of our casino games was interrupted briefly by the battering of Hurricane Gustav…but even a hurricane does not stop us for long.

There is interesting betting live on the tennis in New York, especially as the timing fits the UK clock with matches starting from four and running to midnight. Live tennis betting is fast and furious and can be lucrative if you notch up some accumulated bets on a player having a good or bad run. Give it a try here. The lady in the picture is Britain’s own Anne Keothavong from Hackney (via south east asia) who takes on the Olympic champion Elena Demetieva. She is cute odds if she can catch the Russian on one of her bad days.

Bet of the day: Liverpool continue their pre-season warm up in Spain on Wednesday which may fuel more specualtion about a Spanish striker being linked to the club. Villarrreal were the surprise package in Spain last year coming second in a Liga. Liverpool to win 2-1 is 10/1. Bet Liverpool here

Hyrynsalmi, Finland. This may or may not have been the moment - it was hard to tell in all the mud that Anatoly Korchagin of Russia scored the deciding goal in the world swamp soccer championships at the weekend. There were 340 teams - men, women and mixed -  competing for the 10th year running in Finland and the event attracted 10,000 spectators. A natural swamp outside the town of Hyrynsalmi was converted into 22 playing fields -  marked with yellow tape, more resembling pig pens than a world cup site.

“We have been training how to walk in the swamp on our fours and to kick from the side — that’s the only way we could move it, when the ground got this soft,” Tuula Brocke of the G Spots said.

The sport was conceived by Finnish cross-country skiers looking for a way to train during the snowless summer months.

Stuck in the mud! Big girls don’t cry.

Football bets on Total Goal require analyzing many aspects. Two matches seem interesting to bet on…

Austria-Croatia: Austria are after all experts the weakest team of the Euro. But as they host the event they will be over motivated and will be willing to show that they disserve playing this competition. On the other hand, Croatia are one of the best outsiders and has got a strong and homogeneous team: they were in the group of England during the qualifying phase and won twice against them despite the stars such as Rooney, Beckham, Lampard… Therefore there will probably be plenty of goals: Croatia are likely to score and Austria will do everything to save their honour by scoring too, which will let more spaces for the Croatian strikers. That’s why; betting on 4and+ goals during this match can be rewarding (odds of 12/5).

France-Romania: On the contrary, France-Romania could see the defenders having the advantage on the strikers… France have actually a very strong defence and the coach Raymond Domenech has organized his team in a defensive way. Players such as Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Claude Makelele and Gregory Coupet have satisfied their coach and France haven’t conceded a goal during the three preparation matches. Nevertheless France seem to show difficulties to score… And as Romania fears Frank Ribery, Karim Benzema and Thierry Henry, they will probably adopt a cautious strategy, which won’t help France to score. That’s why betting on 0 or 1 goal during France Romania seems a good bet (odds of 7/4).

On BetClick you can bet on the European Championship’s top Goal Scorer…
The odds are very interesting and you can win lot of money. The favorites are:

You can bet on other players but it is likely that one of these three players will be the top goal scorer… To have the good guess let’s analyze not only the players but also the teams in which and against which they play… Miroslav Klose plays in the favorite team – Germany. Therefore, he will probably be among the strikers playing the greatest number of matches. He is in the easiest group and will have to score against the defenses of Poland, Austria and Croatia. Therefore it is likely that he manages to score at least once more than two goals during a game. If he scores three or four goals before playing the quarter of final, he will certainly achieve to score 5 or more goals. As during the last three European Championships the top Goal Scorer has scored 5 goals, he will thus probably be the 2008 top Goal Scorer. It is all the more likely than the other great strikers are either in bad conditions or will play against tough teams.

Betting on Miroslav Klose can bring you lot of money !

Forget nationality, all true soccer fans know that a team is a city not a country. So beneath the surafce in Switzerland and Austria we have a mini tournament which is far more important. You can back the players to score the most goals…this is the starting line-up

Liverpool (Torres, Babel, Kuyt, Alonso, Arbeloa)

Chelsea (Anelka, Ballack, Makelele, Malouda, Carvalho, Ferreira)

Arsenal (Van Persie, Fabregas, Gallas, Senderos, Djourou)

Man Utd (Ronaldo, Nani, Evra)

Portsmouth (Baros, Kranjcar, Diarra)

This looks like one contest Chelsea should win over Manchester United. You can bet on it here

Another of the innovative new bets at www.Betclick.com is which Premiership keeper will keep the most clean sheets. Take your pick from

Reina (Spain)

Van Der Sar (Holland)

Lehmann (Germany)

Cech (Czech Rep)

Isaksson (Sweden)

They are also rinning a prize draw to win a BMW Z4 which you can get a free ticket for every £5 bet you make on the Euros.

Englsand may not be there, but the Premiership players are in Austria and Swtzerland in force. Betting website www.betclick.com has even opened a novel kind of betting book which is like a tournament within a tournament. For example you can bet on which Premiership player will score more goals in a head to head contest.

Ronaldo v Torres

Anelka v Van Persie

Kuyt v Samaras

Baros v Tuncay   

Ballack v Kranjcar

Malouda v Nani

Gallas v Evra

Carvalho v Senderos

You can get all the odds here