Danilo Rinaldi has scored the first goal of the 2022-23 Champions League campaign, just 24 days after Vinicius Junior s winner in the 2021-22 final.
Vinicius delivered the decisive strike as Real Madrid lifted their 14th European Cup – double the total of any other side – with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in Paris on May 28.
The next Champions League campaign is already underway with the preliminary qualifying rounds.
June 21 marks the first day of Champions League qualifying, with knockout rounds continuing until August 24 to decide which six teams will join the 26 sides who have confirmed places in the group stage.
And Rinaldi opened the scoring for San Marino s La Fiorita against Andorran side Inter Escaldes to kick off the continental campai…
Jack Grealish has hit back at criticism following England s Euro 2020 shoot-out heartache against Italy, insisting he wanted to take a penalty.
Gareth Southgate s side lost 3-2 on spot kicks following three successive failures from 12 yards by Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.
The game had finished 1-1, with the teams unable to be separated in extra time after Leonardo Bonucci s scrambled effort midway through the second half cancelled out Luke Shaw s second-minute opener.
Much of the focus was placed on England s choice of penalty takers afterwards, with Southgate taking full responsibility for selecting who would step forward.
Rashford and Sancho were introduced during the dying minutes, while Arsenal teenager Saka had never taken a penalty…
AC Milan managing director Adriano Galliani wanted to bring Vincenzo Montella to San Siro two years ago, but is happy to have his man now.
The Rossoneri have lacked stability in the dugout since the departure of Massimiliano Allegri in January 2014, with Clarence Seedorf, Filippo Inzaghi, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Cristian Brocchi each only granted short spells at the helm.
Perhaps as a result, Milan have failed to qualify for European competition since, but the arrival of Montella ahead of the 2016-17 season appears to have put them back on the right path.
The former Sampdoria boss masterminded a 1-0 win over Serie A leaders Juventus on Saturday, closing the gap at the summit to just two points.
While Galliani would have liked to have placed Montella in char…
A record 9.63billion US dollars (£7.6b) was spent on international transfer deals in 2023, according to a new report from FIFA.
English clubs led the way, spending £2.3bn across the January and summer windows last year, out of a total which smashed the previous single-year record set in 2019 by more than two billion US dollars.
FIFA’s Global Transfer Report found Saudi Arabian clubs were the third-highest spenders on cross-border deals, splashing out 970m US dollars (£765.9m) in 2023 compared to just 50.4m US dollars (£39.8m) in 2022.
Chelsea were unsurprisingly identified as Europe’s top spenders on international deals, with five other English teams in the top 10 and a further five in the top 20.
The top 10 player transfers alone generated more t…
The New York Jets have a new coaching staff and the Carolina Panthers welcome back Christian McCaffrey, but there’s only one storyline in town for this game.
Sam Darnold, the former Jet who was picked third overall in 2018, will make his first start under center for the Panthers after being jettisoned by New York this summer. NFL betting lines have the Jets as 4-point underdogs with the sportsbooks expecting Sam Darnold to get revenge on his former team.
Find out if he will in our Week 1 Jets vs. Panthers picks and predictions.
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What will NFL Week 18 bring us?
Football bettors step into uncharted waters, with the extended schedule and expanded postseason providing unique edges and angles we’ve never had before. The final slate of NFL betting in the regular season puts plenty in front of us: playoff pushes, potential rest spots, and mystery motives for those teams not making the cut.
We dig a little deep with our best NFL Week 18 spot bets – uncovering hidden value with our letdown, look-ahead and schedule spots.
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Getting NFL football three times in four days is a real treat, and I’m looking to cap off the weekend with more of my favorite NFL player prop picks for Sunday.
I’m looking at a rushing total for one of the fastest quarterbacks making a start in Week 15 as well as hitting an Over that the books should have adjusted two weeks ago.
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The NFL is back in London this Sunday, this time from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s another early start for football fans as the Buffalo Bills take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 5 odds.
After years of London games featuring the NFL’s weaker teams, we have a prime matchup between two of the best quarterbacks in the game, including current MVP favorite Josh Allen.
With that said, let’s dive into the NFL odds and find the best NFL picks on Josh Allen odds for the London Game.
Be sure to also check out our full Jaguars vs. Bills betting preview along with our Jaguars vs. Bills prop bets.
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The Detroit Lions, fresh off an NFC North clinching win, head to Dallas to take on a Cowboys team looking to end a two-game losing streak.
Will this be a letdown spot for the Lions? Or will they rise to the occasion and hand the Cowboys a third consecutive loss and have them limp into the postseason?
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game… did you know that you can also live stream Lions/Cowboys directly from legal sports betting sites?
In Canada, bet365 is one of our most trusted NFL betting sites — and the premier platform that offers NFL live streaming for eligible Canadian customers. Read on for more details on bet365’s NFL live streaming… plus th…
For my gambling dollar, there’s no better slate of games than Week 2 of the NFL season.
The NFL Week 2 odds are oozing with overreaction as bookies and bettors make knee-jerk decisions based on the first games of the season.
Here’s the thing. Teams are never as good or as bad as they seemed in Week 1. Well, maybe the Carolina Panthers. They look pretty damn bad.
Those abrupt adjustments in market perception make for good bets in the opening hours of the Week 2 odds and also opportunities to buy back the bigger line moves later in the week for your NFL picks. And with that, I welcome you to the first “Bet Now, Bet Later” article of the 2024 season.
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