Ex-England and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will be accorded with the OBE award. The main sponsors of the award; the Duke of Cambridge claimed that they would award Lampard the honor after his tireless services in the world of football.

Lampard has a strong football base which has cemented his career as well being a role model not only to English upcoming football stars but also global talents. He started his football career back in 1995 in London side West Ham united. This was the same club where his late farther Frank Lampard Snr. Played his trade. Four years later, he won his senior England cup in 1999. He has since been capped by his team over 100 times and held the armband on several occasions.

From Westham, Lampard caught an eye by London rivals Chelsea who would signhim later on. It was at Chelsea that he played alongside longtime friends and national team mates John Terry and Ashley Cole.He won his first English Premier League trophy in 2004/05 season under the mighty Jose Mourinho. He went on to utilize his ability at Chelsea and even led the team at Munich when they scooped the European most prestigious award; the European Champions League in 2012.

Lampard remains a legend at Chelsea having topped the list with most goals in the club’s history (211). He switched to Manchester City in a one year spell in 2014/15 season. Later he went abroad to America where he plays for MLS side New York City.

Other lucky winners who will be honored at the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony includes Chiwetel Ejiofor for his services in the drama category. He will be accorded with the CBE award having already acquired the OBE in the past. He co-stars in a new Ridley Scott blockbuster The Martian alongside Matt Damon.He also achieved an Oscars Nomination and went on to win the Bafta awards for his role in the movie; 12 Years A Slave.

The CBE honor also goes to Michael Bond for his writing role of stories which are very amusing to children. Also OBE for public and political service will be awarded to Duwayne Brooks.

This weekend provided bookmakers with well convinced profits from football betting. This comes as many home teams were faced by various losses and hence implicating losses to bettors and in turn awarding bookmakers with substantial profits.

According to AccaTracker a mobile app that was launched by Team FA to check on the user’s bets, a third of the ten matches that people bet on claimed home wins with five recording away wins with two ending in draws.

Over the weekend in the English Premier league, Manchester City were lucky to escape their first league defeat after second half goals from Sterling and Fernadinho were enough to take three points from Watford. However, defending champions Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season and the second ever defeat at home under Jose Mourinho I 100 games when they went down 2-1 to London rivals Crystal Palace. On the other hand, drama unfolded in Liverpool when the Merseyside team went down 3-0 to Westham at Anfield.

The two away wins gave punters a shock while bookies were smiling all the way.In fact in a multi bet of 20 teams, only five home teams that thrived with the most convincing one being the crucial win for Swansea against Manchester United.

Team FA Marketing Director Tim Pindar claimed that it was a good day for bookmakers as it was only Manchester City and narrowly arsenal that took home the three points. The defeat of Manchester United by Swansea would change the mind of many punters when placing a multi bet.

Here is a list of various matches that bettors selected and their outcomes:

After a long struggle to earn a promotion to the English Premier League, championship side Fulham failed yet again to reach their target. However, this would be forgotten sooner than later after the West London club claimed that it had struck a deal with bookmaker Coral. The betting and iGaming Coral will see the deal go for two years with a higher possibility of extending the association depending on the outcome of it.

Coral who are currently the official associates of Fulham FC commonly known as “The Cottages” will see their services being promoted at the Cravan Cottage Stadium the home ground for Fulham with a capacity of 25,000 during match days. The promotion will be made via billboards and sign boards that will be hanged at the stadium. Moreover, these advertisements will also be available on Fulham’s social and digital channels. On the other hand, Coral will be the main sponsor of Fulham’s Punter End Stand.

The Branding Director at Coral, Matt Prevost claimed that he was pleased to see this deal between them and Fulham Football Club struck as soon as possible. He continued by saying that now it would be their duty to offer Fulham FC fans with the ultimate online services, both retail and mobile betting. He claimed that his company will also initiate an in-stadia betting Kiosk at the stadium. He concluded by saying that this would be one of the amazing seasons for the club and also wished the coach, players as well as the fans with the very best and productive season.

Alistair Mackintosh the CEO of Fulham FC on the other hand claimed that he was pleased that Coral has decided to partner the club in Betting and Gaming sector where the company’s brands will be made public and promoted across the iconic stadium. He was focused and eager to work with Coral beyond the two years stipulated in the deal.

This is not the only club that Coral has struck deal with. The newly promoted side Norwich FC has also struck the same deal with the betting company. Everton FC playing in the English premier league has also joined the system of having a partnership with Coral.

Oddschecker has always on alert across every football season in compiling a report on various bookmakers and their paying odds. The firm concluded its research on the recently concluded 2014/2015 football season. It emerged that BetVictor had once again topped the list among all other betting sites offering football wagering as the best in terms of its quality prices they offered.

BetVictor which is based in Gibraltar scoops the top spot for the fifth consecutive year. It tops the list with its handsome betting offers as it looks forward for future commitment to both existing as well as new clients who wage on soccer.

According to this survey, it emerged that BetVictor was very prominent among bettors as it offered an improved value on Match Odds market. The other bookies under Oddschecker list were said to have a medium odd which was almost 70% the ones offered the previous season.

In a more convincing data analysis, it was seen that BetVictor has been the only betting firm that was radically involved in all football games played in Europe. The stats showed that the betting firm was the lead when it came to Match Odds awarded to various leagues such as the Premier League, FA Cup, Championship, the Champions League as well as the Europa League.

Recently, BetVictor has indulged in various developments. Among them, the firm has incorporated fresh technical innovations that among others include the recently launched in-house Cash Out facility that comprises of five major markets of football. It has also announced its worldwide betting joint venture with last season’s English premier League Champions Chelsea.

The Chief Marketing Officer at BetVictor Anton Bell claimed that it was with pride and pleasure to hear Oddschecker naming his firm as the leading betting company as far as betting offers is concerned. It is their duty to see bettors win big with BetVictor.

He added that the newly introduced in-house development of cash Out and fresh football markets, will provide the most amazing moments of clients of BetVictor. This has proved to be the most spectacular step the company has taken in making football products better and better for their customers.

Football fantasy lovers have something to smile about and make their betting easier. This follows the news that Goal.com has finally agreed a deal with the Fantasy iTeam (FiT) who are the founders and initiators of the Mirror’s Premiership fantasy football as well as the mobile application. The two firms have joined hands in attempt to come up with a fresh and individual fantasy offering for users known as the European Super League.

Since the initiation of football fantasy to digital world players have been limited to few leagues. Moreover the previous app working with fantasy football has been deemed difficult to work and play on. However, the new app provides its users with an exclusive variety of selections where one can choose his or her best combination from the five popular leagues across Europe. These football leagues are: English Premier League, Italian Seria A, Germany’s Bundesliga, the French Ligue 1 and Spanish La Liga.

As they say same mud, same blood, the Goal.com provides users with a free download just like it was the case with FiT Premier League app. The platform provides users with adequate time to pose challenges amongst their pals. This will be accompanied by amazing prizes that waits to be won with the highest going more than £15,000. Furthermore, the app will be accompanied by up to date updates which will be either live scores as well as squad news.

The Commercial Director at Fantasy iTeam Phil Shaw claimed that it was great pleasure to see his company indulge in yet another deal this time with Goal.com after they had a previous successful partnership with The Mirror. He added that he was very happy to be among the launchers of the new app.

He added that the new app of The European Super League is a fresh and an exclusive perception in fantasy football and they did their best to design it so that it can not only serve the UK based users but also the global populace. This is an achievement that will be meet having in mind that Goal.com has an attractive aspect of having millions of fans every month.

The CEO of New Ventures, Perform Group Ben Warn on the other hand claimed that he was pleased to join hand with the Fantasy iTeam and this will raise the old fashioned style that Goal.com used to operate on.