It seemed only yesterday that we were looking forward to the start of the NFL season and speculating as to who would be left standing come February and the Super Bowl. Now we are only a week away from this season’s title game and we know it will come down to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers. Many of you will have placed bets on your predicted Super Bowl winners weeks or months ago and if you picked one of these teams you will be eagerly anticipating the game.

With under a month to go before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup, fans of the sport all over the World are gearing up for the tournament and placing their bets on who they think will be the last team standing on April 2nd. Held in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, fourteen nations will battle it out to be crowned world champions and for the most knowledgeable cricket fans it will be hard to pick a winner with a number of teams bringing strong line ups to the tournament.

This weekend sees the beginning of the first of the four tennis grand slams as the Australian Open gets underway. Only weeks into the New Year, the big hitters in both the men’s and women’s draw will be working as hard as possible to mount a challenge for the first major honor of 2011.

As the biggest domestic soccer league in the world, the English Premier League attracts the interest of fans in hundreds of countries. With so many fans across the globe, millions of individuals bet on the Premier League everyday, whether it is on each week of fixtures or on special bets such as the first goal scorer in a game or even the number of corners in a single game.

One of the most popular sports in the world, rugby attracts millions of fans to put their money where their mouth is and back up their predictions with a few bets. There are different variations of the game with rugby union and rugby league, and with the various championships and leagues across the globe there is no lack of entertainment when betting on rugby.