Borussia Dortmund may have reached the Champions League final last season, but they will not be taking the visit of Celtic lightly, so says Nuri Sahin.
The last time Celtic made it past the group stage in the competition was in 2013, but they have made an impressive start to this season, winning all nine games across all competitions, including a 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava.
Dortmund, runners-up to Real Madrid last season, have won three of their last four games in all competitions, though they were hammered 5-1 by Stuttgart on September 22.
We re talking about a team that hasn t lost a lot of games, that hasn t conceded in their own league, that was very dominant in their first Champions League game, Sahin told reporters ahead of Tuesday s match at Signal Id…
UEFA has confirmed the Champions League and other European club competitions will feature in the Football Manager video game series for the first time this year.
The latest instalment of Sports Interactive and SEGA s hugely popular series, Football Manager 2023, will be released on November 8.
Players will now be able to compete in fully licenced editions of the Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League and Super Cup, while the Women s Champions League will appear in a future version of the game.
Sports Interactive s studio director Miles Jacobsen revealed last July that the game s creators plan to introduce women s football in the future.
A UEFA press release read: The UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference Leag…
France boss Didier Deschamps insisted his side are far from a shipwreck after losing 2-0 to Denmark in their final game before heading to Qatar 2022.
Les Bleus will head into their World Cup trophy defence in November on the back of a poor Nations League campaign that saw them limp home third in Group A1.
Three losses in competitive matches since March means France have already matched their worst-ever record in that regard for a calendar year.
Having been tipped as strong contenders to be world champions again, France s second loss to the Danes in 2022 – ahead of a Group D battle between the teams in Qatar – has set off alarm bells among supporters.
Deschamps, who guided the team to glory at Russia 2018, has pushed back against suggestions his s…
Thiago Alcantara was delighted to secure Spain s progress to the World Cup after missing out on the finals in Brazil three years ago due to injury.
The Bayern Munich midfielder suffered a serious knee problem which ruled him out of the 2014 tournament, where the defending champions were stunningly eliminated in the group stages.
La Roja sealed their spot as Group G winners with Friday s 3-0 win over Albania, Thiago netting the third to cap a devastating opening 26 minutes in Alicante.
I m thrilled about the World Cup because I d already missed out on one due to injury, but a lot of work still needs to be done, Thiago said.
It s special because of the work carried out by this national team for the past year and a half, and through sacrifice and hard w…
UEFA president Michel Platini has tipped either Spain or Germany to emerge as victors during the upcoming Euro 2012.
Speaking at a gathering in Nyon, the 56-year-old set both of the finalists from the last edition of the competition apart from the rest of the crop, and said that both sides would be the teams to beat in Ukraine and Poland.
As far as the favourites go, I always differentiate between those who can win and those who will be hard to beat, Platini said.
Germany and Spain belong to the first category, pretty much all the others belong to the second.
The France legend added that Germany s relative inexperience going into the tournament, with the youngest squad on average among all 16 competitors, may make them more eager to win the trophy.
Thursday turkey time concludes with the inconsistent Buffalo Bills heading to the Caesars Superdome to take on the New Orleans Saints and their replacement-level offense as 6-point favorites with a total of 45.5.
Can the Bills’ offense find its mojo against the New Orleans pass defense? Can Sean Payton get any production out of a possible combination of Trevor Siemian and Taysom Hill? Find out in our free props and predictions for Bills vs. Saints.
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If you’re throwing on pants for the first time since April and pumping everything full of pumpkin spice, you know it’s October.
NFL Week 4 brings us into a new month and that means oddsmakers have even more data flowing through their veins. Lines are about to tighten up, which means football bettors need to look everywhere for an edge.
Situational handicapping – also known as spot bets – is a great way to measure something most analytics don’t: the impact of the NFL schedule. We run down the Week 4 slate and give our best letdown, look-ahead and schedule spots to watch.
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The Chicago Bears head to Arrowhead Stadium to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3 of NFL action on Sunday afternoon. This is a matchup between last year’s first and worst teams as the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs host the Bears who haven’t won a game since last October.
Given that talent disparity, you might expect a big spread in NFL odds for this contest and you’d be absolutely right as betting lines have Kansas City pegged as a 13-point home favorite. Here are my best free Bears vs. Chiefs NFL picks for September 24.
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The Chicago Bears were the worst team in the NFL last year and those who were expecting a big turnaround this season have to be e…
The Monday following a major holiday like Thanksgiving can sometimes be dicey. Still, we have a great way to end the Week 12 odds with a solid NFC North matchup between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Our Week 12 matchup has the Vikings as -3.0 favorites to defeat the Bears. Meanwhile, MNF odds hung a 44-point total on the board, suggesting a high-scoring affair.
Let’s shake the post-Thanksgiving return to work blahs with my free NFL picks in the player prop market for the Bears vs. Vikings on Monday, November 27.
Be sure to also check out our Bears vs. Vikings picks along with our favorite Justin Fields prop bets.
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Kirk Cousins has provided us with several viral moments throughout his career, but one thing he can’t seem to deliver is a big-time win in the playoffs. Despite always somewhat being in the Super Bowl odds mix, he’s never actually gotten close to landing the big one.
Cousins was on pace to have one of his best statistical seasons in 2023, but an injury midway through the campaign put an end to that — and possibly his time with the Minnesota Vikings as well.
It’s hard to imagine how good a 35-year-old QB will be coming off a torn Achilles, so what will Minnesota do? I break down the NFL odds surrounding Kirk Cousins’ next team to try and paint a brighter picture of where we can expect to see Captain Kirk in 2024.
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