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A jockey who piloted a plane to the 2021 Cheltenham Festival and landed an 80-1 winner has spied another shock victory.

Bradley Walsh is best known for fronting The Chase but now that he won't be returning in the new spin off The Chase EXTRA, Phillip Schofield has been tipped as the one to take over from his presenting duties. It has been predicted that this year could be Bradley’s final year hosting the gameshow with Chasers Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan, and last year's newbie Darragh Ennis.

Robert Carlyle is said to be a firm favourite to play Robbie Williams in a movie about his life.The film will reportedly be made with the assistance of Michael Gracey - director of hit musical The Greatest Showman."Better Man" will be a fantastical coming-of-age story which plots the rise of the former Take That singer, according to US outlet Deadline.And bookies favourite to play the Rock DJ singer is no other than Trainspotting's Robert Carlyle.Paddy Power has priced the Trainspotting and Full Monty star at 10/1 to play the former Take That member, ahead of James McAvoy at 12/1.Christian Bale might also be hoping that ‘He’s the One’ to play Robbie at 14/1, while Daniel Radcliffe is 16/1.Director Michael Gracey has said that the film will

Paddy Power have priced an appearance for one of the pair on This Morning at EVENS, and 3/1 to be imitated by anyone on a future Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK series – Snatch Game, anyone? As the council members hit meme status, they’ll no doubt be bombarded with television opportunities – and the chances of them securing their own celebrity agent stands at 5/1. And Jackie Weaver is rated 14/1 to make it on to I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, or 25/1 to be on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Backing a winning horse during a race at Ascot this Saturday will give punters the chance to become the first new millionaire of 2021, thanks to a new competition by Paddy Power. 

straight to your inboxWhen it comes to net spend, Manchester City are top of the tree in English football.City have splashed out more than any other club in the pyramid, spending £867m more than they have brought in since the start of the 2011/12 season.That’s more than twice as much as Liverpool, who beat City to the Premier League title last season, while Manchester United (£814m) are the only club in English football with even half of City’s net spend over the period in question.The figures come from Paddy Power, who have looked at all transfers involving the 92 clubs currently in the Premier League and EFL.City’s tally follows a number of big-money signings, with Ruben Dias the latest to set them back a significant sum, and precious few

Gordon Strachan has cast an eye back over his Celtic spell and settled on a best XI.

Connections of Irish Lincolnshire favourite Patrick Sarsfield hope he can win at the weekend before going on to better things.

Jack Fincham may have won Love Island but that hasn’t guaranteed him any fame.The 28 year old former pen salesman was sent into the streets of Cheltenham by Paddy Power, in order to see how many people knew who he was. Sadly for Jack, who was working for Paddy Power as part of their Paddy's House Party show during the Cheltenham Festival, almost nobody recognised him or knew his name.

Good Morning Britain star Piers Morgan, 55, has admitted he was stopped by the police after speeding earlier this month while he was on his way to a celebrity golf tournament.The ITV presenter revealed he thought about "pulling a Dominic Cummings-style" excuse when he was pulled over.Writing in his latest Daily Mail column, Piers shared how things turned out for him ahead of the tournament which was hosted by Paddy Power in early June.The GMB host admitted: "Things didn’t start well when I was stopped for speeding a mile from the club."It was a fair cop – I did toy with pulling a Dominic Cummings-style ‘I was only testing my eyesight’ excuse, but thought better of it."Mr Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser, claimed he