It s on to the final for hosts France and Euro 2016 will be all wrapped up in three days time. What s that N Golo, four more years?
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Ahead of France s triumphant semi-final against Germany, Leicester City midfielder N Golo Kante showed being shunted out of Didier Deschamps starting XI had done nothing to dent his assurance by casting himself as United States president Barack Obama alongside some pre-match punning that puts our efforts on this humble diary to shame.
Introduced as a 70th-minute substitute at the Stade Velodrome, Kante selflessly took a yellow card for the team shortly afterwards bringing down Toni Kroos to halt a Germany attack.
It was the kind of hard-headed, tough decision for the greater good that would probably draw a …
Cole Palmer will be among the very best players in the world if he continues on his current trajectory, believes the forward s Chelsea team-mate Marc Cucurella.
Palmer enjoyed a magnificent debut campaign in 2023-24 after swapping Manchester City for Stamford Bridge, with his 33 Premier League goal involvements (22 goals, 11 assists) the most of any player.
After impressing for England at Euro 2024 – where he came off the bench to score in their 2-1 final defeat to Spain – Palmer has picked up where he left off this term, registering 11 goal contributions (six goals, five assists) to once again lead the charts.
He became the first player in Premier League history to score four goals before half-time in a single game versus Brighton and Hove Albion in Septembe…
Cristiano Ronaldo may get his first taste of Serie A action with champions Juventus against Chievo after Massimiliano Allegri s men were handed an away trip to start the 2018-19 season.
Ronaldo s sensational transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus took the football world by surprise and he will be a marked man should Allegri choose to hand him a place in the Bianconeri s starting line-up.
Allegri s men entertain Lazio in their second game and last season s second-placed side Napoli arrive in Turin on matchday seven in September, but they must wait until December to face Roma at home.
Should Juventus make a charge for their eighth successive Serie A title, their credentials will be tested in their final run of eight games that includes Milan at home, Inter away and …
This classic derby match sees a resurgent, if unspectacular Liverpool team take on Everton, the most improved team in the league in recent weeks.
All is not well at Liverpool football club with what appears to be no money to spend and co owners Gillette and Hicks seemingly uninterested in running the club and searching for a way out of their ill thought out investment. Fortunately for Liverpool fans, results seem to be improving on the pitch. Their recent good run of form has seen them creep back up the League table and they now sit fifth, just a point behind Tottenham, although Man City lie in wait in 6th place, with two games in hand on the Reds. Recent form can be put down to better organisation and a strong will from the players to dig themselves out of their malaise. Injur…
Liverpool fans must be wondering what more their team could have done after they picked up 97 points and still did not win the Premier League, yet the Reds are not alone in coming up just short in a title race despite performing superbly.
Jurgen Klopp s side won 30 of their 38 matches and lost just once, only to miss out on the title by one point as Pep Guardiola s Manchester City retained the trophy on Sunday.
Liverpool s 97-point haul is the best accrued by a team that has finished second in the Premier League s 20-club era.
But how does it compare to other runners-up in Europe s major leagues, who racked up the points but still finished without winners medals?
1 Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to win as many as 30 games an…
Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been awarded the 2011 African Player of the Year at a ceremony in Ghana s capital, Accra, on Thursday.
The Manchester City player, who has had an impressive season, edged out Mali s Seydou Keita and Andre Ayew of Ghana to clinch the coveted football award of the continent.
Keita, who plays for Spanish giants Barcelona, came second leaving the youngest contender Ayew of Marseille with the second runners-up spot.
Toure, during the year under review, helped City win the English FA Cup by scoring the final goal against Stoke City.
After leaving Barcelona, Toure has become one of the most valuable players at the club with his impeccable ball control, recovery and his intelligent reading of the game.
He was also…
In the age of instant information and deep-dive data, more and more bettors are turning to advanced analytics and computer modelling to point out their weekly NFL betting picks.
While those methods can make money, they’re not foolproof and can often struggle to account for the physiological aspects of sports. And as the 2021 NFL schedule grinds on, those unique situational angles hold more weight when it comes to handicapping your wagers.
We’re talking about spot bets — letdowns, lookaheads, and schedule spots — for NFL Week 15 odds.
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We’ve reached the midway mark of the NFL season. Take a look at your bankroll. How’s it doing?
If your stack is even a little fatter than it was back in Week 1 — great work! You must be getting the best of the number more often than not when it comes to betting on the weekly NFL odds.
But if your bankroll is shriveled and dying like a jack-o-lantern on November 1, there’s some fine-tuning you can do with your bets — like recognizing the best times of the week to wager in order to support your opinion with a spread or total that does it justice.
I help you do just that, showcasing a few NFL Week 9 odds to bet now and spreads and total to bet later.
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The 8-5 Cleveland Browns look to keep rolling as they host the Chicago Bears in NFL action on Sunday. The Bears are at the bottom of the NFC North with a 5-8 record but have turned things around lately with Justin Fields trying to prove that he can be their franchise quarterback.
NFL odds have the Browns installed as a soft 3-point favorite with the Over/Under at 38.5 for this Week 15 clash. Here are my best free NFL picks and predictions for Bears vs. Browns on Sunday, December 17.
Bears vs Browns odds
Bears vs Browns predictions
The Chicago Bears are coming a 28-13 win against the Detroit Lions which improved their record to 3-2 straight up and 4-0-1 against the spread in their last five games. The Cleve…
The preseason finale between the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs won’t feature many — if any — starters Thursday night and there have been big moves in the market ahead of this contest.
The Bears have impressed with three straight preseason wins while outscoring their opponents 81-26. Head coach Matt Eberflus is now 7-2 straight up and against the spread in exhibition action.
With Chicago’s strong defense and the Under hitting in 26 of the first 33 preseason games this year, the total for this game has dropped considerably, much to the delight of our Bears vs. Chiefs predictions and NFL picks below.
Bears vs Chiefs prediction
My best betOver 32 (-108 at Pinnacle)
My analysisThis total opened at 36 at …