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Below is a full list of Sporting Life's current recommended bets across racing, football and more sports including golf, cricket, tennis and darts - plus the latest free bet offers.

These selections, prices and bookmakers were all verified at the time of publication and help to make up our tipping record.

You'll find tips listed at the top of all our betting previews as we seek to ensure we are fully transparent and that the prices reflect the market when our content is published.

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Racing

Punting Pointers (Apr 18)

  • 1pt e.w. Marshman in 3.00 Newmarket at 9/2 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5)
  • 1pt e.w. Ooh Betty in 3.50 Cheltenham at 16/1 (bet365, Coral, Ladbrokes 1/5 1,2,3)

Matt Brocklebank's Value Bet (Apr 18)

  • 1pt e.w. North View in 1.50 Newmarket at 11/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5)
  • 1pt win Lagonda in 2.05 Cheltenham at 16/1 (bet365, 14/1 General)
  • 1pt e.w. Popmaster in 3.00 Newmarket at 22/1 (William Hill 1/5 1,2,3,4, 20/1 General)

Ben Linfoot's Verdict (Apr 18)

  • 1pt win Ingleby Ivy in 1.50 Newmarket at 16/1 (General)
  • 1pt win Commanche Falls in 3.00 Newmarket at 13/2 (bet365, 6/1 General)

Andrew Asquith Weekend View (Apr 20)

  • 1pt win Al Mubhir in 3.15 Newbury at 16/1 (Bet365)
  • 1pt e.w. Cracking Rhapsody in 2.25 Ayr at 25/1 (General - 1/4 1,2,3,4)
  • 1pt e.w. Ballygrifincottage in 3.35 Ayr at 25/1 (General - 1/5 1,2,3,4,5)

Antepost Value Bet Classics 2024

  • 1pt win Content in QIPCO 1000 Guineas at 16/1 (General)
  • 1pt e.w. Ghostwriter in QIPCO 2000 Guineas at 20/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3)
  • 1pt win Ghostwriter in Betfred Derby at 25/1 (General)
  • 1pt win Illinois in Betfred Derby at 40/1 (General)

Antepost Punting Pointers (Apr 27)

  • 1pt win Le Milos in bet365 Gold Cup at 11/1 (bet365) - General 10/1 fine but no lower

Football

Lille vs Aston Villa (Apr 18 - 17:45)

  • 1pt Lille to win in 90 minutes at 7/5 (General)
  • 1pt Benjamin Andre to be shown a card at 3/1 (General)

Atalanta vs Liverpool (Apr 18 - 20:00)

  • 1.5pts Liverpool 1+ corners in the first ten minutes at 11/10 (bet365)
  • 1pt Liverpool 8+ corners at 15/8 (Sky Bet)

West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen (Apr 18 - 20:00)

  • 2pts Bayer Leverkusen to win at evens (Betfred)

Thursday best bets (Apr 18 - 20:00)

  • 1pt Leandro Paredes to be carded in Roma vs Milan at 15/8 (Betfair)
  • 1pt Samuel Gigot to be carded in Marseille vs Benfica at 31/10 (BetVictor)

Oxford vs Stevenage (Apr 19 - 20:00)

  • 2pts Oxford to win at 5/6 (Coral, William Hill)
  • 1pt Josh Murphy to score anytime at 19/4 (BetVictor)

Golf

RBC Heritage (Apr 18-21)

  • 3pts e.w. Patrick Cantlay at 20/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 2pts e.w. Collin Morikawa at 25/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Tom Kim at 66/1 (888sport 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
  • 1pt e.w. Adam Hadwin at 100/1 (William Hill 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
  • 1pt e.w. Eric Cole at 100/1 (William Hill, 888sport 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
  • 0.5pt e.w. Adam Svensson at 250/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Corales Puntacana (Apr 18-21)

  • 2pts e.w. Nate Lashley at 33/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 2pts e.w. Davis Thompson at 35/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
  • 1.5pts e.w. Sam Stevens at 50/1 (Unibet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1.5pts e.w. Chan Kim at 50/1 (Betfred 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
  • 1pt e.w. Lanto Griffin at 100/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

LECOM Suncoast Classic (Apr 18-21)

  • 2pts e.w. Ricky Castillo at 25/1 (Sky Bet 1/4 1,2,3,4,5)
  • 1pt e.w. Trevor Cone at 70/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. John Pak at 80/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Trey Mullinax at 125/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

The Chevron Championship (April 18-21)

  • 1pt each way Minjee Lee at 33/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes 1,2,3,4,5,6 1/5)
  • 1pt each way Leona Maguire at 35/1 (BetVictor, Betfred 1,2,3,4,5 1/4)
  • 1pt each way Hye Jin Choi at 40/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes 1,2,3,4,5,6 1/5)
  • 1pt each way Maja Stark at 100/1 (Skybet, Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook, Unibet 1,2,3,4,5,6 1/5)

Darts

Premier League (April 18)

  • 1pt Michael Smith to win and hit most 180s at 5/1 (Paddy Power)
  • 1pt Gerwyn Price to win, score over 2.5 180s and checkout over 80.5 at 15/8 (Sky Bet)
  • 1pt Luke Humphries to win and hit most 180s at 6/4 (Sky Bet)
  • 1pt Smith (+1.5), Price, Wright (+1.5) & Humphries all to win at 9/1 (Sky Bet)

Formula 1

Chinese Grand Prix (April 21)

  • 1pt Carlos Sainz to be the Sunday race winner at 16/1 (General)

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