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 Green Bay Packers snuck out a win in Week 3, scoring 18 points in the fourth quarter after falling down 17-0. Jordan Love continues to impress despite the Packers flaunting one of the league’s most inexperienced receiving corps.
Tongight they host the Detroit Lions, who bounced back with a 20-6 win in Week 3 behind a commanding performance from Jared Goff (243 passing yards and a touchdown through the air and on the ground) and fantastic efforts from Amon-Ra St. Brown (nine receptions for 102 yards) and Sam LaPorta (eight for 84 and a touchdown).
Let’s break down the TNF odds and try to figure out who will step up for each side in this Thursday Night Football showdown. If you want full-game side and total predictions check out our Lions vs. Packers p…
Thursday Night Football hasn’t exactly had stellar matchups for us of late — and Week 14’s game is again an NFL betting doozy as two of the NFL’s most confounding teams face off when the Minnesota Vikings host the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers looked dead in the water when, by some divine miracle of a failed two-point conversion, upset the Baltimore Ravens last week, while the Vikings became the first squad to fall to the Detroit Lions this season.
With the Vikings laying three points, who is worth backing? Find out in our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Steelers vs. Vikings on Thursday, December 9.
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I feel like Paula Abdul dancing with a cartoon cat through six weeks of NFL picks and predictions. I take two steps forward. I take two steps back.
Don’t get that reference? Eh, Google it and blame me later for having “Opposites Attract” stuck in your head.
I followed a 3-0 ATS Week 5 with a winless 0-3 ATS Week 6 for my NFL Underdogs bets, leaving me with an 8-10 ATS record heading into my Week 7 NFL bets. My up-and-down start to 2022 reflects the outcomes of many NFL teams so far this season.
It’s been tough for anyone to string wins together, outside of a handful of clubs. Teams coming off a win are just 38-39 SU and 37-38-2 ATS and teams coming off a loss are posting a 40-37 SU count with a 37-36-4 ATS outcome.
And just like that, Week 5 of the NFL season is upon us, and it comes with an absolute avalanche of NFL betting trends — some new and some I’ll continue to go back to the well on as they continue to hit.
Being four weeks into a season has brought us to a place where league-wide trends are starting to even out a bit, as they tend to do. So far, NFL odds have seen favorites boast a minuscule edge over underdogs, with faves covering in 50.8% of games played. As far as totals go, the Under has hit at a 54.7% clip.
As always, avoid blindly backing trends when making your NFL picks. If you think one is actionable, try to find additional data to back it, and then fire away if you still like what you see.
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Nothing screams Thursday Night Football like a game between two mid-tier teams that will have Al Michaels annoyed.
Luckily for Al’s sake, the NFL odds have the Las Vegas Raiders as just three-point home favorites against the Los Angeles Chargers in a game that should be close. More importantly, it’s a game he can constantly reference the comically low 34-point total.
With Justin Herbert out and Easton Stick set to make his first career start in Week 15 odds, the Raiders have the edge despite throwing a rookie quarterback out there. That rookie, Aidan O’Connell, will have a lot on his shoulders with Josh Jacobs banged up.
Find out where our best bets lie as we dissect the TNF odds in our favorite NFL picks for Chargers vs. Raiders on De…
This Saturday we have a preseason clash between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium.
Both head coaches will be looking to bounce back from defeat last week, and this should be an interesting matchup. Don’t miss our Bills vs. Steelers predictions and NFL picks for August 17.
Bills vs Steelers prediction
My best betSteelers -5.5 (-108 at BetRivers)
My analysis
It’s likely to be a tale of the quarterbacks here and both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills will be looking for improvement having been beaten convincingly last time out. Neither Sean McDermott or Mike Tomlin take preseason lightly and have solid winning records upwards of 60% at this time of year.
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Thierry Henry has announced that he will step away from social media until the various platforms start taking racism seriously.
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The Frenchman, who recently stepped down as CF Montréal coach for family reasons, published a strongly worded statement on Twitter on Friday saying he would remove himself from social media by the following morning.
He said: “Hi Guys, from tomorrow morning I will be removing myself from social media until the people in power are able to regulate their platforms with the same vigour and ferocity that they currently do when you infringe copyright.”
The former Arsenal and Barcelona…