France s World Cup celebrations knew no boundaries in Moscow, as Paul Pogba and company gatecrashed Didier Deschamps news conference to shower the coach and members of the media with champagne.
Deschamps 2018 vintage produced another solid display on Sunday, bottling up Croatia to win 4-2 before lifting the trophy in the pouring rain.
Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba scored corkers for Les Bleus, both fizzing in shots from outside the area, while Antoine Griezmann s name will be toasted back in his homeland after he converted a first-half penalty.
After celebrating on the pitch in the sudden deluge, Deschamps was surely somewhat relieved to get himself inside for his post-match addressing of the international media, giving him the opportunity to dry off a lit…
(GSM) Portsmouth s Algerian international midfielder Hassan Yebda believes England are capable of winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The France-born star, who is currently on loan at Fratton Park from SL Benfica, is set to go head-to-head with the Three Lions next summer.
Algeria have been drawn alongside England, the United States and Slovenia in Group C, as they prepare for their first appearance at the finals in 24 years.
Yebda is confident the African minnows can spring a surprise or two in their efforts to reach the knockout stages, but admits that Fabio Capello s side will be the team to beat when the best sides on the planet congregate to do battle.
England can go all the way, he said in the Daily Star.
They have a very good tea…
England’s search for their first major trophy since 1966 continued, as they lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday evening.
The Three Lions took the lead at Wembley Stadium in London early on, but Italy equalised in the second half.
The match finished 1-1 in extra time, and Italy won the penalty shootout 3-2.
This is what we learned from England’s Euro 2020 campaign this summer:
England are genuine World Cup contenders
England reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and the final at Euro 2020. Next step winning the 2022 World Cup. Can the Three Lions do it? rates the 1966 World Cup winners chances of clinching the trophy again in 2022 at 15/2. England have a very good and young squad. In one-and-a-half year’s time, the likes of Maso…
Edouard Mendy, Ruben Dias, N Golo Kante and Erling Haaland won the positional awards for the 2020-21 Champions League.
Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy kept nine clean sheets in last season s competition as the Blues won the trophy for the second time, beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final.
City defender Dias was named the best defender, while Chelsea s Kante – UEFA s man of the match in each leg of the semi-final and the final – won the prize for midfielders.
Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland was chosen as the best forward in 2020-21.
The players were chosen from a shortlist of 12, who had each received the most points in each positional category following a jury vote. The jury comprised coaches from the 32 clubs that entered into the group stage last s…
Zambia must win their final Africa Cup of Nations group game against Cape Verde on Monday to have a chance of reaching the last eight.
Zambia go into their final group match at the Africa Cup of Nations knowing they must beat Cape Verde to have any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.
The 2012 winners have struggled so far in taking just one point from two games, and must improve in Ebebiyin to keep their dreams alive.
Even if they take all three points on Monday, Zambia will need Tunisia to avoid defeat against the Democratic Republic of Congo if they are to qualify.
Zambia have opened their scoring in each of their Group B fixtures to date, only for DR Congo and Tunisia to fight back.
A late Yassine Chikhaoui goal earned Tunisia all…
The Week 2 Sunday night showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens was supposed to be a possible postseason preview. But with the Ravens ravaged by injuries and playing on a short week following a Monday night overtime loss in Las Vegas, bookmakers don’t like the home team’s chances.
The NFL betting odds have the Ravens installed as 3.5-point home underdogs, taking on a Chiefs team that handed them a 34-20 beat down inside M&T Bank Stadium last September.
Check out our free NFL picks and predictions for Chiefs at Ravens on Sunday Night Football.
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The Carolina Panthers come out of their bye week looking very different than the team we watched two weeks ago, with offensive coordinator Joe Brady fired this past weekend and star RB Christian McCaffrey done for the season (ankle).
The Panthers have lost two straight and three of their last four and welcome the Atlanta Falcons to Bank of America Stadium in Week 14. Atlanta isn’t in much better shape than their NFC South rivals, with a similar 1-3 SU mark in its last four outings.
It’s a late-season matchup only bettors could love. Check out our NFL free picks and predictions for Falcons at Panthers on December 12.
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Finding values in NFL odds and look-ahead lines gets trickier each week, as sportsbooks get more information and a better understanding of what each team is made out of.
But… thankfully there are injuries, which always act as an equalizer to throw a curveball into getting that precision handicap.
They’re also a foreshadowing of where I’m leaning with my early jump on the look-ahead Week 8 odds, as there’s one spread that doesn’t quite sit right… and I think an injury is why.
As always: there are no NFL player props to be found here — we’re humbly trying to get ahead of the game and find some useful NFL picks value for the weekend after next.
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With the nation and many more Taylor Swift-related incremental eyes on them last week, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs managed to just barely squeak out a 23-20 win over the struggling Jets. It was yet another subpar performance from Mahomes, completing just 18-of-30 passes for just 203 yards while tossing two interceptions and only adding one passing touchdown to his box score.
In NFL Week 5 odds, they will face off against the struggling Vikings, another presumed lopsided matchup and a much more porous defense for Mahomes and company to get right against. The NFL odds tab them as -3.5 road favorites witht he the total sitting at 53.
Can the two-time MVP and Super Bowl winner get things back on track or is another pedestrian performance on the way?
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The Los Angeles Rams are suddenly one of the hottest teams in NFL odds, and they will now bring a three-game winning streak to the East Coast where the Baltimore Ravens and some nasty December weather look to cool L.A. off.
Baltimore is coming off a much-needed bye week and could get an assist from Mother Nature when it comes to a home-field edge. Sunday’s forecast calls for strong winds and rains blowing around M&T Stadium.
Let’s down the Week 14 odds for this non-conference clash as I give my best NFL picks for Rams vs. Ravens on December 10.
Rams vs Ravens odds
Rams vs Ravens predictions
One of my first bets of Week 14 was laying the touchdown spread with the Baltimore Ravens. While the…