Manchester City will host neighbours Manchester United on November 10 in the 2018-19 Premier League season.
The showdown between last season s top two is scheduled to take place the weekend before the final international break of 2018, while the return game at Old Trafford will be played on March 16.
United tackle Liverpool at Anfield on December 15 and host the Champions League finalists on February 23, while Jose Mourinho s latest return to Chelsea is scheduled for October 20.
The first Merseyside derby of the season will be held at Anfield on December 1, with the reverse clash at Goodison Park set for March 2.
Pep Guardiola s reigning champions travel to Arsenal on the opening weekend in a daunting start to life in England for Gunners boss Unai Emery,…
Euro 2024 continued to deliver on the drama on Monday, as Group B came to a thrilling conclusion.
Matters were relatively simple for Spain, as the group winners made it three wins from three by seeing off Albania 1-0 in Dusseldorf.
Yet there was late chaos in Leipzig, as reigning champions Italy salvaged a 1-1 draw against Croatia to book their place in the last 16.
We round up the best Opta facts from the day s action.
Croatia 1-1 Italy: History-making Modric strike not enough
Luka Modric, at the age of 38 years and 289 days, became the oldest player to score at the Euros when he lashed home in the 55th minute, and it looked for all the world as if that would be enough for Croatia to sneak into second place.
Yet Italy, and specifically su…
Megan Rapinoe s hamstring strain prevented her from starting the United States semifinal against England, but Jill Ellis said she may have called on her if the game had gone to a penalty shootout.
There was a notable omission from USA s starting XI when it was revealed prior to kickoff, Rapinoe only among the substitutes despite scoring braces in back-to-back games to fire the defending champions to the last four.
Curiously, there was no explanation for the outspoken Rapinoe s absence, though the fact she only watched on during the prematch warm-up suggested something was amiss.
Ellis team did not miss their star forward too much, though, Rapinoe s replacement Christen Press scoring the first goal and Alex Morgan the winner as England, who had leveled through El…
Lazio striker Goran Pandev is a serious candidate to strengthen Inter Milan`s attack in January 2010.
The Macedonian international has agreed on terms with the Nerazzurri.
The next step is to make a formal approach to Lazio`s president Claudio Lotito. It is said Inter will open up dialogue by offering the Roman s â?¬10 million plus David Suazo.
Pandev`s contract with Lazio expires in June 2010. He already wanted to leave the club this summer but Lotito kept him in Rome. Since his transfer request, the 26-year-old hasn`t been part of the Lazio squad.
Due to Pandev`s expiring contract Lotito could consider accepting an early deal rather than risk losing the player on a free transfer in the summer.
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Lionel Messi s uncanny ability to create history continued with a record-breaking sixth Ballon d Or on Monday.
The decade-long monopoly on football s most prestigious individual prize held by the Barcelona great and Cristiano Ronaldo was broken a year ago by Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric.
But once again it was Messi s name on the prize as he added to the Ballons d Or he won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
Below, with the help of Opta data, we have scrutinised the numbers behind each of the years Messi has been named the world s best.
2009
Could there really have been any other winner in a year in which Messi swept every major honour? There were six collective titles in total as Pep Guardiola s star-studded class won La Liga, the Copa del…
Favourites Brazil and Argentina were both on the receiving end of shock eliminations in the quarter final stage of this year’s Copa America tournament overnight, leaving the race for the 2011 title well and truly open.
Brazil failed in their quest to break down a resolute Paraguayan outfit that were inspired by their goalkeeper Justo Villar, with the match ending 0-0 after the allotted 120 minutes. Incredibly, the five time World Cup winners missed all four of their spot kicks in the shoot out, sealing their fate on the night.
Meanwhile, the Argentine hosts were the better side in their respective quarter final against Uruguay, but failed to capitalise on their opportunities, going down 5-4 on penalties, with Carlos Tevez missing the decisive shot.
Chile and C…
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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It’s another “epic” Thursday night battle that might only be made better by betting as Easton Stick makes his first NFL start at Allegiant Stadium. He’ll lead the Los Angeles Chargers into TNF odds as 3-point road dogs vs. Aidan O’Connell and the Las Vegas Raiders.
Coming off a four-week high in route share and sitting with his lowest receiving-yard total since early October, should bettors be looking at Michael Mayer’s receiving NFL odds, especially with his opportunities?
I break down the Week 15 NFL odds and offer my free NFL picks for Chargers vs. Raiders on December 14.
Be sure to also check out our favorite TNF player props and Austin Ekeler spotlight props!
Chargers vs Raiders odds
Week 2 of the NFL preseason continues Saturday afternoon which means it’s time to dig into my Bengals vs. Bears predictions.
The two teams had a joint practice on Thursday, which typically means we will not see many starters in the actual preseason game since they got the reps in a controlled practice environment against each other. However, one team has different plans and we can’t pass up this opportunity.
Let’s get into the best NFL picks for this preseason game on August 17.
Bengals vs Bears prediction
My best betBears -6.5 (-112 at DraftKings)
My analysis
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor has already announced that the Bengals will not be playing their starters in this contest after gett…