France head coach Didier Deschamps dismissed questions about his future after the world champions surprisingly crashed out of Euro 2020 at the hands of Switzerland in the last 16.
Deschamps France lost 5-4 on penalties to Switzerland after Kylian Mbappe s spot-kick was saved by Yann Sommer, squandering a 3-1 lead with 15 minutes of regulation time remaining in Bucharest on Monday.
France failed to reach the quarter-final stage of a major tournament (European Champion and World Cup) for the first time since the 2010 World Cup following the shoot-out against Switzerland after the dramatic 3-3 draw at the end of extra time.
Deschamps is contracted until 2022 and has been in charge of Les Bleus since 2012, lifting the World Cup in 2018 and finishing European Champion…
Vincent Kompany is dreaming of leading Bayern Munich to the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena ahead of their meeting with Dinamo Zagreb.
Kompany, who replaced Thomas Tuchel as Bayern s head coach in May, has made an impressive start to life with the 33-time Bundesliga champions.
Harry Kane s hat-trick helped Bayern stay perfect after they thrashed newly promoted outfit Holstein Kiel 6-1 on Saturday to move two points clear at the top.
But their attentions now turn to the Champions League, a competition they reached the semi-finals in last year, losing to eventual winners Real Madrid.
It was their best run in the tournament since they lifted their sixth title in the 2019-20 season, going on to complete a historic sextuple later that year.
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Premier League fixtures 2021-22: City start title defence at Spurs, Man Utd host Leeds, Liverpool an
Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence at Tottenham.
Pep Guardiola s side won their third top-flight crown in four seasons in 2020-21 and there is likely to be plenty of intrigue in the build-up to the August 14 encounter at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, given Spurs striker Harry Kane has been touted as a potential replacement for Sergio Aguero.
Chelsea denied City European glory with a 1-0 win in last month s Champions League final and Thomas Tuchel s side start their bid to unseat Guardiola s men domestically by hosting Crystal Palace, who like Spurs remain without a manager.
Manchester United were runners-up last term and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s third full season in charge will launch with a mouth-watering clash against Marcelo Bielsa s Leed…
Two-time Women s World Cup winner Carli Lloyd has announced she will retire from playing at the end of the year.
The 39-year-old has earned 312 caps for the United States and represented 11 clubs across a 22-year playing career, 12 of those as a professional.
Lloyd is one of four players to have played more than 300 times at international level and is in line to play her last match for USA in their September and October friendlies.
She will also see out the remainder of the National Women s Soccer League season with NJ/NY Gotham FC before ending her career.
The New Jersey native hinted at her retirement following USA s defeat to Canada in the Tokyo Olympics semi-finals earlier this month and confirmed her decision on Monday.
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Jordan Henderson believes Liverpool have started this season even better than they did in the 2013-14 campaign, which saw them come so close to winning the Premier League.
Liverpool finished two points behind champions Manchester City that season when they had Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge starring as part of a lethal strike partnership.
The Reds were in contention to win the title until the final weeks of the season, but an infamous home defeat to Chelsea and a draw at Crystal Palace during their final three games dramatically ended their hopes.
Captain Henderson, though, feels Liverpool s team is stronger now under the management of Jurgen Klopp, as they sit level on points with leaders City after 10 matches.
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It’s been a decade since these two teams last met in a preseason game, which was back in 2011 and marred by violence.
This may no longer be the battle of the bay but there’s still bad blood between these two teams and any Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco 49ers matchup will be exciting. Combine that history with the threat of roster cuts and a 49ers QB battle, and this game suddenly looks like it could be a real highlight of the weekend.
Here are our free NFL picks and predictions for Raiders and 49ers on Sunday, August 29.
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The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to five units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.
We’re looking to rebound after a holiday letdown but we’re still in the black on the season and up 2.995 units. Week 13 has us eyeing a running back in the Jets’ backfield that is getting the red zone workload, a Seahawks receiver who has been neglected, a familiar QB-WR connection in a new environment, and the lead back on a team that loves to run.
Without further ado.
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After four weeks of play this NFL season, the cream is beginning to rise to the top, and it’s showing in the point spread department. Ten matchups feature a spread of five points or more in Week 5, creating opportunities for savvy underdog players.
We like three teams catching points this week, and an undervalued favorite. Let’s break up these four plays into two winnable parlays.
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One of the O’s will have to go when the winless Minnesota Vikings travel to Charlotte to take on the winless Carolina Panthers in what’s shaping up to be one of the uglier games of Week 4 in the NFL. Just because it’s ugly though doesn’t mean the game won’t offer some good betting opportunities. Carolina is a home dog of 3.5 points while the game has a total of 45.5, per the latest NFL odds.
Aside from their 0-3 records, these are two very contrasting teams. Minnesota’s offense is among the best in the NFL when it comes to moving the football, but they can’t get any help from the defense. In Carolina, meanwhile, the Bryce Young era is off to a rough start, but there are some bright spots on the Panthers defense that’ll be abl…
As we approach the quarter pole of the NFL regular season the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars enter tonight’s MNF match trending in opposite directions. The Bengals are without Joe Burrow and barring a miraculous transformation of Jake Browning into a legit NFL QB, they’ll miss the playoffs altogether. On the other sideline, the Jaguars have won two straight and are in the driver’s seat for the AFC South crown.
Can the Jags hold serve at home, or will the Bengals play spoiler?
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 Bengals/Jaguars directly from legal sports betting sites?
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