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With what could prove to be an opening weekend thriller from the London Stadium, West Ham will welcome Aston Villa to the capital.
West Ham
Starting with the hosts, getting a new era underway this summer as they appointed Julen Lopetegui, West Ham appear to have plenty of expectations on their shoulders. Despite falling short last season in the race to book another European spot, the Hammers have been heavily active during the summer transfer window and the mood around east London appears to be at a real high. However, struggling to find much of a boost during their pre-season preparations over the past few weeks, the former Wolves boss will know that defensive stability is key. Along with remarkably failing to muster a single Premier …
The Club World Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates in early 2022, FIFA has confirmed.
The annual tournament featuring the champions of six global confederations, along with the hosts national champions, was originally scheduled for Japan in 2021.
The Japan Football Association (JFA) were preparing to stage the competition for the first time in five years, but a rise in coronavirus cases in the country led to questions as to whether hosting would be profitable.
The JFA subsequently pulled out following discussions with FIFA in September, with president Gianni Infantino announcing on Wednesday that the UAE who have staged the tournament four times before will instead play host to the tournament.
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Palmeiras are among the favourites to win the Copa Libertadores this year (Luis Moura/WPP/Lancepress!)
Even though the tournament is currently on a break – considering there will be Copa Sudamericana action – it is always a good time to analyse the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent to the UEFA Champions League.
A competition historically dominated by Brazilian and Argentinian teams, this year things might be a bit different. For the first time in the tournament’s history, the Copa will be played from January to November. That’s quite a big change, because last year’s edition went from January to July. There was also an increase of the teams participating, as the number went up from 38 in 2016 to 47 in 2017.
However, more teams don’t nec…
Joselu thanked Real Madrid for everything you have helped me to feel throughout my life , after his departure from Santiago Bernabeu was confirmed.
Los Blancos triggered the option to sign the Spain striker on a permanent basis on Thursday, having spent the 2023-24 season on loan from Espanyol.
However, it was announced just 24 hours later that the 34-year-old, who was previously with Madrid between 2009 and 2012, will depart the club for a second time to join Saudi Pro League side Al-Gharafa.
Despite largely appearing as a substitute, Joselu chipped in with an impressive 18 goals from 49 appearances for Carlo Ancelotti s side last season, including a brace to secure victory in their Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich.
Although, …
Georginio Wijnaldum has given a unique insight into special Jurgen Klopp s man-management methods after revealing the Liverpool boss addressed his team ahead of the 2018 Champions League final wearing Cristiano Ronaldo-branded underwear.
The Reds boss has carved a reputation for his jovial antics and, according to midfielder Wijnaldum, the German s pre-match team-talk for the showdown against Real Madrid for whom then-star player Ronaldo was the chief threat was no exception after he lightened the mood in his own inimitable style.
We saw he was wearing the boxer shorts of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Netherlands midfielder told The Athletic.
He did the meeting with his shirt stuffed inside his CR7 boxers. The whole changing room was on the floor laughing their head…
Isco scored a brilliant double as Spain defeated Italy 3-0 to take a huge step towards World Cup qualification.
The Real Madrid star, playing at his home ground of the Santiago Bernabeu, scored both of his goals in the first half as he continued his magnificent individual year for club and country.
Isco opened the scoring with a superb free-kick and made it two with a low effort, moving on to four goals in his last five internationals as Spain impressed after opting not to start with a recognised number nine.
Italy were more threatening after the break but could not find a way past David de Gea, with Spain substitute Alvaro Morata sealing victory late on as the visitors hopes of reaching Russia suffered a blow.
The convincing win sees Spain, who play Liec…
The NFL season is in the home stretch and with it comes a ton of opportunistic prop markets. We’re looking into every market to uncover some of the week’s best side, team, player, and derivative prop bets. We do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to!
We’re adding three more rushing props to the Week 15 card as well as a longshot fringe tight end touchdown prop. It’s a mess out there, but we’re trying to make sense of it.
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Bettors could be seeing another slow-paced low-scoring affair tonight as the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers meet for the second time in three weeks.
The first meeting saw 71 total points scored, but a change in venue with some possible weather restrictions coupled with poor quarterback play is giving bettors some value in the NFL player props market.
Find out my best NFL player prop picks for Thursday Night Football between the Falcons and Panthers on November 10. Be sure to also check out Jason Logan’s TNF betting picks and predictions before kickoff!
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What do games with quarterback matchups of Bailey Zappe vs. Mitch Trubisky, Gardner Minshew vs. Jake Browning, Baker Mayfield vs. Desmond Ridder, and Jordan Love vs. Tommy DeVito all have in common? They all went Over in Week 14! While we’re at it, Zach Wilson led the Jets to 30 points against the Texans, resulting in that game going Over its total, while Joe Flacco led a similar charge in Cleveland resulting in their matchup with the Jaguars going Over the NFL odds total by 20 points!
Will Levis also dropped 28 on the Dolphins resulting in that game going Over, so anyone complaining about all the backups in 2023 needs to chill, because the backups were balling for the most part in Week 14. It helps that some of these games had incredibly low totals, though. Pe…
New Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is in search of his first win of the preseason as his team gets ready to take on the Dallas Cowboys.
With an 0-2 record under Harbaugh’s belt due mainly to poor quarterback play, our Chargers vs. Cowboys predictions are more bullish on Dallas.
Find out why as I break down my NFL picks for Saturday, August 24.
Chargers vs Cowboys prediction
My best betCowboys -3.5 (-110 at bet365)
My analysis
It was an ugly first preseason game for Trey Lance as a Dallas Cowboy. He missed on several throws and averaged a measly 4.6 YPA.
But in his second preseason outing last week, he looked like a completely different player. Not only did he help Dallas cover as 6.5-point …