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Here are some of the sporting highlights for the week ahead. Live TV events are usually popular, so why not share your tips to help those who want to bet on them?

Monday 20th April 2026

• [Cricket] One Day International - Bangladesh v New Zealand (TNT Sports 4)
• [Snooker] World Snooker Championship (BBC Two, TNT Sports 3)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] Premier League - Crystal Palace v West Ham United (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 21st April 2026

• [Snooker] World Snooker Championship (TNT Sports 1, BBC Two)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Capitals (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] Championship - Leicester City v Hull City (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

• [Snooker] World Snooker Championship (BBC Two, TNT Sports 3)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Lucknow Super Giants v Rajasthan Royals (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] Championship - Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - AFC Bournemouth v Leeds United (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Burnley v Manchester City (Sky Sports)

Thursday 23rd April 2026

• [Golf] PGA Tour - Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Sky Sports Golf) (Ongoing till 26-Apr)
• [Cricket] One Day International - Bangladesh v New Zealand (TNT Sports 4)
• [Snooker] World Snooker Championship (TNT Sports 1, BBC Two)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Darts] BetMGM Premier League Night 12 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool - 2026 Premier League Darts (Sky Sports Action)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Leigh Leopards v Huddersfield Giants (Sky Sports+, SuperLeague+)
• [Rugby League] Super League - York Knights v Toulouse Olympique (Sky Sports+)

Friday 24th April 2026

• [American Football] Coverage of the First Round of Selections on Day 1 in Pittsburgh - @ NFL Draft (Sky Sports Action)
• [Horse Racing] Live racing from Sandown - Live Racing (ITV4)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Gujarat Titans (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] Championship - Leicester City v Millwall (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Sunderland v Nottingham Forest (Sky Sports)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Castleford Tigers v Hull FC (Sky Sports+, SuperLeague+)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons (Sky Sports+, SuperLeague+)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors (Sky Sports+)

Saturday 25th April 2026

• [American Football] Coverage of the First Round of Selections on Day 2 in Pittsburgh - @ NFL Draft (Sky Sports Action)
• [Tennis] ATP/WTA 1000: Madrid - Mutua Madrid Open (Sky Sports Tennis)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Delhi Capitals v Punjab Kings (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] Championship - West Brom v Ipswich Town (Sky Sports)
• [Football] Premier League - Fulham v Aston Villa (TNT Sports)
• [Horse Racing] Live racing from Sandown, Leicester and Haydock Park - Live Racing (ITV)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Bradford Bulls v Hull KR (Sky Sports+, SuperLeague+)
• [Football] FA Cup Semi-Final - Manchester City v Southampton (BBC One, TNT Sports)
• [[Football] Premier League - Arsenal v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
• [Rugby League] Super League - St Helens v Wakefield Trinity (Sky Sports+, SuperLeague+)
• [Boxing] Jacob Bank vs Paulinus Ndjolonimu - Live Boxing (DAZN)
• [Boxing] Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka - Live Boxing (DAZN)

Sunday 26th April 2026

• [UFC] Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal - UFC Fight Night (TNT Sports 1)
• [Boxing] Miller vs Pero - Live Boxing (DAZN)
• [Football] Championship - Coventry City v Wrexham (Sky Sports)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Gujarat Titans v Chennai Super Kings (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Football] FA Cup Semi-Final - Chelsea v Leeds United (TNT Sports)
• [Cricket] IPL 2026 - Lucknow Super Giants v Kolkata Knight Riders (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Horse Racing] Live racing from Ayr - Live Racing (ITV4)

We have plenty of trend blogs on OLBG available most weekends. To make it easier to see which races are covered, we will list the upcoming races here, along with links.

These blogs (all times are GMT) can help you find race selections when adding your horse racing tips. Races marked in bold mean the trend shortlists are available.

Wednesday 22nd April

• 15:10 at Perth - Gold Castle Novices' Hurdle

Friday 24th April

• 13:50 at Sandown - Esher Cup
• 14:05 at Perth - Highland National
• 14:25 at Sandown - Gordon Richard Stakes
• 15:00 at Sandown - Sandown Mile
• 15:35 at Sandown - Classic Trial

Saturday 25th April

• 14:20 at Sandown - Oaksey Chase
• 14:55 at Sandown - Celebration Chase
• 15:30 at Sandown - bet365 Gold Cup
• 16:02 at Sandown - Select Hurdle
• Morphettville - Australasian Oaks
• Morphettville - Robert Sangster Stakes

Sunday 26th April

• 16:25 at Nottingham - Nottinghamshire Oaks
• Sha Tin - Chairman's Sprint Prize
• Sha Tin - Champions Mile
• Longchamp - Prix Ganay
• Sha Tin - QEII Cup

What a Master we were treated to, Rory going back-to-back for the first time since Tiger, and so many players in with a shout on the final day. A big congratulations goes to whippetman, a member since 2010, on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +20.38 level stakes profit (LSP).

In second place was meoldmate, who finished with a +17.72 LSP, and third place went to lesego2 with a LSP of +14.10; both members won £25. The next ten highest placed tipsters win £10.

Here are the thirteen prize winners:

1. whippetman +20.38
2. meoldmate +17.72
3. lesego2 +14.10
4. Edwinp +13.58
5. Cheesex +10.06
6. mnauman19945382 +10.02
7. gary1888 +8.48
8. zephyr +7.82
9. DPtips +7.58
10. Cool Running +7.50
11. steenie1 +5.74
12. realitycheck +5.00
13. mojojak +4.46

The final Masters Tipster table stats can be viewed here, and a big thank you to everyone who took part. We have over 1,000 tips on the event, and well done to whippetman and all the cash prize winners. Prizes have now been allocated to OLBG accounts.

Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated in the 2026 Aintree Tipster Competition. Congratulations to long-term member tipstonga on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +63.16 level-stakes profit (LSP) from 19 tips placed, of which 5 were profitable.

The £25 runner-up prize goes to CJMST380, who finished with a +44.48 LSP from 24 tips placed (8 profitable), and the third-place £25 prize goes to dmburgess85, who ended with an LSP of +39.22 with 11 profitable tips from a total of 41.

Here are all thirteen prize winners:

1. tipstonga +63.16
2. CJMST380 +44.48
3. dmburgess85 +39.22
4. Quinel +25.24
5. MonthlyJoyride +23.60
6. Madtoffyrabbit +22.94 (Elite - Prize Doubled)
7. AdamCox13579 +22.44
8. ritch0001 +20.38
9. bappleby17 +17.80
10. djparkie +13.84
11. jekyll087 +12.91
12. JiggsCasey +12.00
13. damianmc12 +11.96

The final Aintree Tipster table stats can be viewed here, and thanks again to all who took part, and well done to tipstonga and all the cash prize winners. Prizes have now been allocated to OLBG accounts.

We are running our annual Snooker World Championships tipster competition (18th April - 4th May) with a total cash prize fund of £200 and over 13 prizes.

The winner will receive a £50 cash prize; there's £25 for 2nd & 3rd, and £10 for the next 10 tipsters.

The competition is FREE TO ENTER. Enter your tips in the normal fashion on the make-a-tip menu for any of the World Championships markets.

To be in with a chance of landing one of the prizes, you must fulfil the following criteria:

1. Place 10 or more tips
2. 5 or more of those must be profitable
3. Each tip must contain 20 or more words
4. You must finish with a profit

Best of luck 🤞

Did you know you can earn crowns, which you can then spend on merchandise in the OLBG store in many ways, just by using your OLBG account? 

You can earn OLBG crowns for use in the store by doing any of the following with your OLBG account:

✅ Add tips - via your dashboard task menu to receive crowns and new tasks added regularly.

✅ Hit A Winning Streak - Place at least one winning tip on consecutive days and build a winning streak, earning crowns as your streak progresses.

✅ Have Profitable Days - Have at least 5 winning tips (with comments) on a sport and finish in profit on any given day to win 200 crowns!

✅ Settle Tips - Enter results and scores for completed events in many sports to receive crowns.

✅ Surveys - complete topical surveys via your "Explore And Earn" section on your dashboard to receive crowns.

✅ Bookie Reviews - Add useful bookie reviews to help users and receive crowns. New reviews are added regularly to your dashboard tasks.

Take a look in the store, there are lots of OLBG goodies to pick from, ranging from Umbrellas, Bobble Hats, Caps, Water Bottles, Coasters, Notebooks, Playing Cards, Pens and digital items for the tipsters amongst you who like to keep track of stats and figures for the year.

We wanted to let you know about a new feature on OLBG that you may not be aware of. If you are a tipster, then you are probably aware of the monthly tipsters newsletter that we send out at the beginning of each month.

However, there are now even more newsletters that you can subscribe to in your 'My Subscriptions' area of the site. We have plenty of newsletters in there, some of which may not be suitable for you; you can subscribe to as many as you want.

We have a Dorking Wanderers Newsletter. In case you are not aware, we sponsor Dorking Wanderers, and that is packed with insights into the club.

We also have the Harry Derham Racing Newsletter, another sponsorship of ours and the yard that looks after the OLBG Racing horses.

You may want news on Casinos, Slots or Bingo, we have a newsletter for each of those, as well as much more, so head over to your subscription page and pick which ones you want to receive.