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What can we say, the Wimbledon final is nigh, so there was only one thing left to do. And that is roll out secret weapon Bodog babe Jessica, because let’s face it if anyone could put super jaw Roger Federer off his game it would be her!

We’re assuming that Rafael Nadal will be joining him and we reckon he may even don a skimpier vest on to flex those pecs for our Jess, and who could blame him!

Ah look at her ready to shake hands at the net!

To bet on the final check out Bodog’s Tennis odds.

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What’s that sound? It’s Arsenal’s bosses laughing all the bank – if reports today that Barcelona have bid £30 million for Emmanuel Adebayor are anything to go by.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is the master of the buy ‘em cheap, sell ‘em high policy, and he’s got the canny knack of flogging his star players before they burn out and turn useless. After all, not many agreed with his decision to sell Patrick Vieira to Juventus – or Thierry Henry to Barcelona – but both those hunches turned out to be proved bang-on. Neither player has been anywhere near as good since the day they left the Gunners.

But this deal for Adebayor could be Wenger’s best deal yet. The Togo striker …

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The main event of the 2008 WSOP finally began yesterday with the first of four ‘Day Ones.’ Anyone who managed to survive the rigours of Thursday’s action is now given a taste of what it will be like to reach this year’s final table as they will not resume their quest for the title until Tuesday.

The official number of players for Day 1A is 1,297 and as each subsequent starting day tends to have a slightly bigger field, we could be looking at a total around the 5,500 mark. Of the final total, at least 2000 are online qualifiers, reflecting both the popularity of PC Hold ‘em and the effect of the online poker boom.

Indeed, had the Bush …

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Forget the prospect of Ronaldo to Madrid, Emmanuel Adebayor to Barcelona, Gareth Barry to Liverpool, or even Ronaldinho to Man City - the biggest shock of the lot is Harry Kewell´s departure to Galatasaray.

"Welcome To The Hell" waved the giant banner that greeted Manchester United players as they arrived at a feverish Istanbul airport packed with passionate Galatasaray supporters. The players had to literally run a gauntlet of hate through a seething and antagonistic mass of humanity as they made it through to their awaiting team bus.

That´s a microcosm of just how passionate football fans are in that part of the world and you can bet your bottom Turkish Lira that Harry will be in for a rough ride if …

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