Britain`s Got Talent is a British television show competition for anyone and any age with some sort of talent to audition for the show, which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia`s Talkback Thames and Simon Cowell`s production company SYCOtv. The show is shown on ITV in the UK and TV3 in Ireland. With spin-off show Britain`s Got More Talent show in both of the countries also. Any acts can audition for the show (singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, etc) and will compete against each other in order to gain the audience supoort while trying to win the title of "Winner of Britain`s Got Talent".

Throughout the series, there have been four winners to date: Paul Potts, George Sampson, Diversity and Spelbound. The winning act is given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the British Royal Family, including Queen Elizabeth. The winner of each series recieves £100,000 in order to help the act start their career.

Among this year`s favorites we can find Razy Gogonea a young guy from Manchester, originally from Romania, is trying out for Britain`s Got Talent with quite a unique act, taking queues from the film The Matrix. He is considered to be the top favorite with a best odd of 6 to win the contest.

The club tournaments ended with the Champions League Final from Saturday. It`s time for the national teams to fight for a place in the Euro 2012 Tournament.

Here are some of the most interesting encounters from the fixtures that will played on 3`rd and 4`th of June.

1. England v Switzerland . Interesting game in Group G will host the game against Switzerland. 10 points after 4 games and with half of the games allready played, a victory against Switzerland will take them one foot in the final tournament. They won the first game, played in Switzerland 3-1 and they will get the 3 points out of this game as well.Checkyourodds prediction: England. Check here for odds for England v Switzerland.

2. Italy v Estonia. Italy are in the way for the final tournament. 13 points after 5 games, they lead group C, 5 points more than Slovenia, and one less game played. They will play at home against Estonia, and a win, pretty much gets them the first place in this group and the tickets for next year`s tournament. .Checkyourodds prediction: Italy. Check here for odds for Italy v Estonia.

3. Belarus v France. Belarus brought the highest surprise so far in group D, winning in France in the first game of the group 0-1. Surely France seeks revenge after that loss, but mostly, they want the 3 points from this game. It will not be very easy, but France has the players that can make the difference on the pitch. .Checkyourodds prediction: France. Check here for odds for Belarus v France.

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The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of about 2400 meters and it is scheduled to take place each year in early June.

The event was established in 1779, one year before the introduction of the Derby Stakes. It was named after The Oaks, a house located to the east of Epsom which was leased to the 12th Earl of Derby. He and his guests devised the race during a party at this house in 1778. The inaugural winner, Bridget, was owned by Lord Derby himself.

The Oaks is presently the third of five British races to be run during the year which are designated as "Classics". These events are all restricted to three-year-olds, and two are reserved for fillies only – the 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks. These are the first two legs of the Fillies` Triple Crown, which is completed by the final classic, the St. Leger Stakes. Seven horses have won all three races, most recently Oh So Sharp in 1985.

Form

EPSOM OAKS TOP 3 FAVORITES FORM
Horse	Date	Race	Conditions	Distance	Race outcome	Jockey
BLUE BUNTING	01 May 2011	Newmarket	Turf Flat	1m	1/18	Frankie Dettori
	30 Oct 2010	Newmarket	Turf Flat	1m	1/11	Ahmed Ajtebi
WONDER OF WONDERS	04 May 2011	Chester	Turf Flat	1m3f	1/9	Ryan Moore
	28 Apr 2011	Tipperary	Turf Flat	1m4f	1/7	Seamie Heffernan
HAVANT	01 May 2011	Newmarket	Turf Flat	1m	6/18	Ryan Moore
	01 Oct 2010	Newmarket	Turf Flat	7f	1/10	Ryan Moore

Trends and Stats

EPSOM OAKS RUNNERS INFO
Horse	Age	Trainer	Owner	Details
BLUE BUNTING	3	Mahmood Al Zarooni	Godolphin	Best odds: 3.40 - Top form, a horse that has the most chances to win this race. Won the last 2 races and it is seen as top favorite by the bookmakers.
WONDER OF WONDERS	3	Aidan O`Brien, Ireland	Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier	Best odds: 5.70 - Second favorite according to the bookmakers, strong contender to win the race. Won the last two races as well, but on longer distances.
HAVANT	3	Sir Michael Stoute	Mr & Mrs James Wigan	Best odds: 7 - On third place in top 5, not such good form lately, could have an important chance to the victory.
ZAIN AL BOLDAN	3	Mick Channon	Mr Jaber Abdullah	Best odds: 11 - Fourth option in the top 5 according to the bookmakers, can make a very nice impresion on this run.
MISTY FOR ME	3	Aidan O`Brien, Ireland	Mr Michael Tabor	Best odds: 11 - Same odds as place four in top 5, slim chances to win the race, but with a bit of luck, he can win it.

Race History

INVESTEK OAKS PAST WINNERS
Year	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
2010	Snow Fairy	Ryan Moore	Ed Dunlop	Anamoine Ltd
2009	Sariska	Jamie Spencer	Michael Bell	Lady Bamford
2008	Look Here	Seb Sanders	Ralph Beckett	Julian Richmond-Watson
2007	Light Shift	Ted Durcan	Henry Cecil	Niarchos Family
2006	Alexandrova	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O`Brien	Magnier / Tabor / Smith

This year the Europa League Final will be an all portugese affair. One more portugese team, Benfica was eliminated in the semi-final stage by Braga, thus taking the total to 3 out of 4 teams from Portugal in the semi-finals. A great performance in the last year for Portugal, and this shows the rate that Portugese football progressed in the last years.

FC Porto had little trouble in the semi-final against Spanish team Villareal. The qualification into the final was decided frim the first leg, in Portugal. After being led 0-1 at half time, FC Porto had a great second half managing to score 5 goals and pretty much get into the final. In the second leg, FC Porto lost 3-2, after leading 2-1, but they didn`t had to push, they only had to defend that 5-1 result from the first leg.

Braga on the other hand, had to come back after loosing 1-2 away from home against Benfica and they needed at lest a 1-0 victory to go into the final. Custódio scored the only goal of the game, and took Braga into the Europa League final. Braga put in a lot of effort and although almost nobody believed in them, they are in the final. But, it`s a different story now. One game, and the winner takes it all. Neither of the teams will rush to attack, because even one slightly mistake will lose the game and the trophy.

FC Porto is clearely the favourite in this game. Winning the Portugese league with style, 26 wins and 2 draws from 28 games, winning in both games against Braga in the championship 3-2 at home and 2-0 away from home, they have a morale advantage against their opponents in this final.

This game will be played Wednesday 18 May 2011, 20:45 on Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

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Stadium Address: Ballsbridge 4, Dublin
The stadium is located in Ballsbridge, about 2.5 km from the city centre.

Public transportation:
City Rail: Lansdowne Road Station from Tara St Station, Pearse Station or Connolly Station.
Bus: Line No.: 7, 8, 45, 84 from the city centre.

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Europa League is the second biggest European inter-club competition that will decide its finalists today. On 18 May, in Dublin we will assiste to the Europa League final, and this looks to be 100% Portugese.

In the double leg encounter between Spanish team Villareal and Portugese FC Porto seems to be decided from the first leg. After being led 0-1 at half time, Porto had a great come-back after the break, managing to score 5 goals and making a great step into the final. Villareal will surely attack from minute 1 to try to score as many goals as possible early in the game, but it`s not going to be easy. Porto has a 4 goals advantage and with a goal scored away from home in Spain, they are surely in the final.

In the other encounter, between Portugese teams Benfica and Braga, the score is much tighter 2-1. Benfica opened the score soon after the break in the 50`th minute by Jardel, but they found themsevles quickly equalized in the 53`th minute by a goal by Vandinho. After just 6 minutes in the 59`th minute, Óscar Cardozo give Benfica the edge with an exquisite free-kick. It ended 2-1 and there is all to play for in the second leg in Braga.

What a great game awaits us on Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday 28 May 2011. Two great teams that will surely bring a great spectacle to the fans. If someone was told to pick the two teams with the most enjoyable play from all the teams qualified for this year`s season of the Champions League Tournament would have picked Barcelona and Manchester United for sure.

Both teams, undefeated in this season of Champions League, will face each-other in a game awaited by millions of fans, and probably billions of viewers from all over the world.

Barcelona after winning the fisrt leg in Madrid against life time rivals Real Madrid 2-0, went into the second leg to defend this advantage. They played very well, despite the fact that the field was pretty much soaked after a heavy rain just before the start of the game.

Real Madrid tried to attack from the start of the game hoping for a quick goal to boost up their chances to go to the final. It didn`t happen, Barcelona defended very well and went on fast breaks on every ocasion. The first half ended 0-0 and the supporter`s hopes to see some goals were left for the second half.

The second half pretty much started as the first one, with Real Madrid in attack and Barcelona defending precisely. Barcelona kept threatening the goal of Casillas and they efforts payed up in the 54`th minute when, after a genious pass fron Iniesta, Pedro managed to put the ball in the back of the net, past Real Madrid`s goalkeeper. It was 1-0 and Real Madrid`s chances to get into the final plummeted to the ground. They haven`t lost their hope and they managed to level the score 10 minutes later, by a goal from Marcelo after a good effort by Higuain, first hitting the right post fron near the goal, and then offering a goal assist to Marcelo, just in front of the goal.

After that, Real Madrid continued pushing to get the 2 goals they needed but Barcelona defended very well, keeping the score at 1-1 and getting the tickets fir the final.

A special moment was the return on the pitch of Eric Abidal, after a health issue that kept him off the grass, and nearly threatened his life. The fans cheared his name and in the end the players of Barcelona gave big hugs to their team mate.

Manchester United, as expected, played without the most important players, but the substitutes that played, did a very good job. Goals scored by Valencia, Gibson and 2 from Anderson gave Manchester United a 4-1 victory, and with a 6-1 aggregate score, the "Red Devils" move into the final to meet Barcelona.

Schalke tried to stay in the game, even came back after being led 2-0 to take the score to 2-1, but Manchester pushed as needed and got a conclusive victory in the end. They gave the impression that if they would have needed to score 7 goals to qualify, they would have done it.

Manchester qualified for their third Champions League final in the last 4 years, and this will be a rematch of the 2009 final, when Barcelona won 2-0. Manchester United would love to get a sweet rwvwnge after the lost final from 2 years ago, but it would be very hard against Barcelona.

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Stadium Address: Wembley, London, HA9 ODW

Public transportation:
Train/tube: From Wembley Park station, follow the pedestrian route under Empire Way and up Olympic Way to the front of the Stadium. Allow for a 10 minute walk.
From Wembley Stadium station, on the south side of the Stadium - if arriving by train from London Marylebone station cross the tracks by the White Horse bridge. If arriving from the north, take the ramp from the platform.
From Wembley Central station, turn right and walk in an easterly direction along the High Road, past McDonalds and Burger King, to the Wembley Triangle junction and clock tower island. Turn left into Wembley Hill Road, cross the road and follow the pedestrian route across White Horse bridge. Allow a 15 minute walk.

Bus: Local buses line no.: 18, 83, 92, 182, 224.
For completing journeys by bus from local stations outside Wembley:
1) Route 83 from Hanger Lane (zone 3) and route 92 from Greenford (zone 4) on the Central line.
2) route 83 from Golders Green (zone 3) and Hendon Central (zone 3 & 4) on the Northern line.
3) route 83 from Hendon (zone 3 and 4) on Thameslink.
4) route 83 from Alperton (zone 4) and route 92 from Sudbury Hill (zone 4) and Sudbury Town (zone 4) on the Piccadilly line; and route 83 from Ealing Broadway (zone 3) on the Central and District lines and Great Western main line.
Journey times will vary from 30 minutes to an hour depending on traffic conditions.
5) To travel by bus direct from Central London, take route 18 which is a frequent service from Euston main line station via Baker Street to one stop before Wembley Triangle & Clock (stop `SJ` near Waverly Avenue). These services take 35 minutes at off peak times - buy a travelcard from any tube station or certain newsagents, or buy a ticket from a roadside machine before boarding this service.
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Interchange stations: For rail journeys originating outside London, there are several important interchange stations that can be used to avoid Central London.
From the Midlands and North West: Some main line trains stop at Watford Junction where there are half-hourly Silverlink services direct to Wembley Central station or change en route to the Bakerloo line at Harrow & Wealdstone for Wembley Central station. Alternatively, complete your journey to Euston main line station, change to the westbound Metropolitan line and travel direct to Wembley Park station.
From Aylesbury: Travel on Chiltern line services and change at Harrow-on-the-Hill for Wembley Park or travel to High Wycombe and change for the half-hourly stopping service direct to Wembley Stadium.
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From the South West: Travel on the twice-hourly Silverlink service from Clapham Junction (platform 2) via Kensington Olympia and change at Willesden Junction for Silverlink or Bakerloo line to Wembley Central, a journey of approximately 40 minutes. In the morning and evening peak - travel by Southern trains also from Clapham Junction (platform 16 or 17) direct to Wembley Central in 25 minutes, however we advise you to check platform and timetable details before travelling. Alternatively, take Silverlink services from Richmond and change at Willesden Junction for Wembley Central.

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