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This side of the pond we couldn’t really give a toss whether Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are banging each other never mind racing across the polls! (Actually strike that it would be great if a Hills and Barack sex tape emerged from the annals!) By heck the closest we come to politics is who’ll make the tea in the office!

Besides isn’t all politics about making the right noises and then when it comes down to doing the deed we see a big bad floppy and the mother of all anti-climaxes? Nay not always pipes up one of our office monkeys! So in the interest of democracy we thought we’d take a look at what the one they call Obama …

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We don’t really think it’s going to have much impact… We speak only of Terry Venables having a word with Gazza about his drinking. Tezzer coached Paul Gascoigne during his heyday in the 1990s and has sent out a heartfelt plea saying:

"Stop drinking or you’ll kill yourself." He told the Sun Newspaper:

"Something had to be done. I can’t stand by and let it run until we all end up at his funeral."

This was just the latest in a line of incidents which saw the 42 year-old former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Lazio star being detained under the Mental Health Act on Sunday. But he was released by doctors on Monday who ruled he was not suffering from …

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The first event of 2008’s Asian Poker Tour awarded Korean born Australian David Saab a mound of moolah when it ended on June 1. By fighting off the heads-up challenge of Chris Roh, Saab was able to bank $280,000 and was crowned champion at the Dusit Thani Manila, Philippines.

As is common in poker tournaments, the final hand might seem a little bit strange to disinterested observers. Both players stared at a flop of A-7-4 and Roh made a move for 90k. Saab deliberated, then decided his hand was worth 300k. At times like these, no one calls. They either fold or go all-in.

It’s good poker.

Mostly, they go all in.

That is not always good poker but Saab …

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We can’t have a week without having a quick shufty at Amy Winehouse’s life less ordinary. What’s the 6 stone beehive been up to now? She was sporting a fist-sized hiccy on her neck last week, but it was messing around in the dock the other day at Snaresbrook Crown Court in East London that got tongues wagging.

In fact she got so carried away whilst jailbird hubby Blake Fielder-Civil was awaiting judgement, that the ushers lost their rags with the couple for mouthing at each other for 80 minutes. There was the trademark “I love you” accompanied with a blown kiss, as well as fingering a silver anchor around her neck (yikes).

Amy also got a bit jealous when 26 …

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Golf punters are on red alert with the latest news that Tiger Woods is struggling to make next week´s US Open. It seems Woods could be losing the battle of wounded knee and never shy to profit from the great man´s misfortune there is a handful of players primed to take advantage.

First up is Phil Mickelson who Bodog quote at 8/1 to win the season´s second Major. San Diego resident Mickelson lives just down the road from the Torrey Pines course and knows it like the back of his hand. The man they refer to as Lefty has won the Buick Invitational - sponsor of the Torrey Pines event - three times.

With course toughness expected to reach an all-time high …

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