Harry Kane is England s greatest ever player and a certainty to start Sunday s Euro 2024 final versus Spain, says former Three Lions defender Gary Neville.
Kane has scored three goals to help England to a second straight Euros final, including an equaliser from the penalty spot in Wednesday s semi-final win over the Netherlands.
However, the Bayern Munich star s performance levels have been criticised throughout the tournament and it was his replacement from the bench, Ollie Watkins, who steered England into the final with a last-minute winner versus the Oranje.
Ivan Toney also replaced Kane to good effect against Switzerland in the quarter-finals, converting a no-look penalty as England triumphed on spot-kicks, and some have suggested Gareth Southgate should dro…
MLS has altered its playoff format, introducing series for the first round similar to those seen in other American sports.
Like the NFL, the NBA, MLB and the NHL, MLS has always used a postseason format to decide its annual champions.
But from the coming season, which kicks off this weekend, it will follow in the footsteps of basketball, baseball and hockey with a further tweak.
For the first round of the playoffs – after the wild card matches – teams will play best-of-three series.
These will involve eight teams from each conference, including the winners of the wild card matches between the eighth and ninth seeds.
Again following the lead of the NBA, MLB and the NHL, every game in the series must have a winner, with penalties required if the…
Massimiliano Allegri says Juventus are a different beast to the one who stumbled in the Champions League final two years ago and he will accept nothing but victory against Real Madrid on Saturday.
As they will be in Cardiff, Juve sought a treble when they faced Barcelona in Berlin, but they were left dented by a 3-1 defeat.
Allegri freely admits that his side then had not reached the final out of expectation, but he says with a sixth straight Serie A title and the Coppa Italia in the bag that this year feels much different.
He told a news conference: In 2015 we got to the final but at the same time we were not strongly motivated, we were not confident enough because we had lots of years of struggle in the Champions League.
We certainly didn t end up in …
Middlesbrough announced they had sacked Gareth Southgate as manager on this day in 2009.
Southgate was appointed as Steve McClaren’s successor just weeks after captaining Boro in their UEFA Cup final defeat to Sevilla in 2006, his final match as a player.
The former England defender kept the club in the Premier League with 12th and 13th-placed finishes but Boro slipped into the second tier in 2009.
Southgate’s dismissal came just hours after the Teessiders ended a run of three successive home defeats with a 2-0 victory against Derby, which left them one point off the top of the Championship table.
In a statement released on the club website, chairman Steve Gibson said: “This has been the most difficult decision I have had to make in all the time I h…
If your NFL survivor pool were a video game, Week 12 would be that one crazy-difficult level that you just keep dying on.
Think World 8-3 from the 8-bit Mario Bros. with the god damn turtles that throw the hammers. How many times did you Gronk spike that Nintendo controller into your living room floor out of frustration?
You may be swapping out the video game buttons for the remote control when it comes to your NFL Week 12 survivor pool picks. There are no layups on the board, with only one team favored by a touchdown (and that’s Dallas on Thanksgiving).
And, depending on how your pool is shaped, the three-game holiday slate may be a week of its own (like in the Circa Survivor Pool in Las Vegas). That format limits your Thanksgiv…
The Las Vegas Raiders face a trip to Nashville to meet the Tennessee Titans, and both teams are still looking for their first win of the young season.
Now the Raiders get the road win in Week 3, while the defending AFC South champ Titans attempt to get back on track themselves.
Find where the betting edge lies in our NFL picks and predictions for the Las Vegas Raiders vs. Tennessee Titans.
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You won’t find sack props as easily as it is sifting through NFL odds for skill position players, but several bigger books are starting to put out sack odds on the league’s top pass rushers.
I’m looking at two of the NFL’s best this week as I back Chris Jones against a brutal Bears offensive line, while also putting my money on T.J. Watt. Here are my favorite NFL picks when it comes to sack props in the Week 3 odds slate.
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The New Orleans Saints welcome the Detroit Lions to the Big Easy on Sunday for a NFL Week 13 odds showdow. The Saints return home after losing back-to-back contests on the road while the 8-3 Lions will try to rebound from an upset loss on Thanksgiving.
NFL odds have the Lions installed as 4.5-point road favorites with the O/U at 46.5. Here are my best free NFL picks and predictions for Lions vs. Saints on December 3.
Lions vs Saints odds
Lions vs Saints predictions
The Detroit Lions are 8-3 but they’ve looked vulnerable the last two weeks after needing a fourth-quarter comeback to edge the Bears before getting upset by the Packers last week. It’s become apparent that Detroit’s defense was overrated at the start…
Week 12 in the NFL features plenty of division matchups including Thursday Night’s opener between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns.
The Sunday slate has juicy matchups like Vikings vs Bears and Broncos vs. Raiders, before winding down on Sunday Night Football with Eagles vs. Rams.
Monday Night Football sees the Ravens visit the Chargers with Los Angeles checking in at +2.5 on the NFL odds.
NFL Week 12 odds, lines, and spreads
These are the live NFL odds for Week 12, highlighted by the Ravens vs. Chargers on Monday Night Football.
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Week 6 saw more shakeups in both the Offensive Rookie of the Year odds and Defensive Rookie of the Year odds.
Jayden Daniels continues to top the OROY betting board, while No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams is coming off a breakout performance in London. Meanwhile, Jared Verse is the top dog in the DROY race, pacing ahead of Laiatu Latu and Quinyon Mitchell.
Let’s take a look at the latest NFL odds for the OROY and DROY award races. Make sure to check back throughout the season as their odds fluctuate from game to game.