Ollie Watkins was the hero as England booked their place in the Euro 2024 final with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in Dortmund.
The Aston Villa forward climbed off the bench to strike a 90th-minute winner in Dortmund, where the Three Lions set up a showdown with Spain in Sunday’s final.
The contest appeared set to head into extra time after Harry Kane s penalty cancelled out Xavi Simons impressive long-range strike.
However, there was to be a 90th-minute twist when Watkins drilled past Bart Verbruggen to send Gareth Southgate s side through to their second successive Euros showpiece.
And then there were two.
— England (@England)
It took only seven minutes for this tie to spark into life – Simons robbed Declan Rice of…
While Tottenham might have been smelling the chance to open 2023 with a flurry on Sunday afternoon, Spurs were eventually hit with a worrying 2-0 loss at home against Aston Villa.
Missing out on the chance to break back into the Champions League spots, Antonio Conte s side were met by a chorus of boos at the final whistle after a second-half double from Emi Buendia and Douglas Luiz.
Still appearing to struggle in their bid to find some stability, Spurs largely failed to lay much of a blow on a Villa squad who are riding quite the wave of momentum on either side of the World cup break.
Now claiming three Premier League victories from their last four appearances, Unai Emery s new side have also skyrocketed themselves away from any potential relegation scrap.
…
Chelsea s improvement under Antonio Conte was evident once again at Leicester City on Saturday – but was also demonstrated by a remarkable statistic following their 3-0 triumph at the King Power Stadium.
Marcos Alonso scored twice to add to a Pedro header as Conte s men cruised to another impressive victory and move seven points clear at the Premier League summit.
Their tally of 52 points from 21 games is more than they managed in the entire 2015-16 season a campaign that started woefully under Jose Mourinho before he was sacked with Guus Hiddink returning as interim boss.
Chelsea ended the season in 10th place with 50 points from 38 games.
It has been a different story this term and, although their 13-game winning run was ended at Tottenham in their pr…
Carrington, December 31, 2009. Alex Ferguson is spending his birthday, again, looking out at the training pitches.
United have just thrashed Wigan Athletic 5-0 to move to within two points of leaders Chelsea. They won t win the league this season. But they did the last. And they will the next.
Ferguson has no idea what will come in the next decade. Failure for United is second place, not three years without a trophy. The idea of three seasons out of the Champions League is preposterous. Finishing seventh is unimaginable. It s Manchester United, for goodness sake.
There is no way they could get to that point. Someone would notice. Someone would do something.
251 Only Manchester United (255 in the 2000s) have won more top-flight league m…
The Green Bay Packers welcomed back Aaron Rodgers last week and he led them to another win. On Sunday, they face a Vikings team who are four wins below them in the division.
Can the Vikings get one over on their old rivals and increase their wild card hopes? Prepare for the game by studying our NFL picks and predictions for the Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, November 21.
…
It’s always awkward bumping into an ex. You have to smile through your teeth and do that weird “ass out” hug while pretending to be neutral on all the history between you.
The Philadelphia Eagles are in the midst of all that awkwardness as they prepare to visit former franchise quarterback Carson Wentz and the Washington Commanders in Week 3.
“Wentz Week,” as the Philly media has dubbed it, has Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni doing what we all kind of do with our exes — a little light stalking — calling around to former coaches and tapping anyone in the building with added info on Wentz ahead of this run-in.
Undefeated Philadelphia was the offseason betting darling for futures and after a 2-0 start, th…
The New York Giants will hit the road for the second week in a row when they take on the San Francisco Giants tonight on Thursday Night Football. Daniel Jones and the G-Men orchestrated an impressive second half comeback against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, but they’ll be facing a serious step up in competition against the undefeated Niners, and will be doing so without Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley, who sprained his right ankle against the Cards. His absence could make all the difference in a game in which San Francisco is favored by 10.5 points.
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 Giants vs. 49ers directly from legal s…
The calendar turns to December as we prepare for Sunday’s NFL Week 13 odds, and there’s no shortage of solid opportunities.
My free NFL picks for this week will focus on my three favorite traditional wagers of the day — two spread plays and one total — before moving onto a same-game parlay featuring a potential preview of the NFC Championship game in 49ers vs. Eagles.
Without further ado, here are my best NFL odds parlays for Week 13.
…
Here we go again.
Seven-time Super Bowl champion and future Hall of Fame QB Tom Brady dropped a bombshell on Thursday when he revealed in a YouTube interview that he’s “not opposed” to coming back to the NFL.
Speaking on DeepCut with VicBlends, Brady said, “I don’t know if they’re gonna let me if I become an owner of an NFL team, but… I’m always gonna be in good shape, (I’ll) always be able to throw the ball. So, to come in for a little bit, like [Michael Jordan] coming back? I don’t know if they’d let me, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it.”
Could we see Brady make another comeback? And if so, which team will it be with? Here are the latest odds on Tom Brady to un-retire from …
The 3-3 Denver Broncos head to The Big Easy to take on the 2-4 New Orleans Saints at the Caesars Superdome for a Thursday Night Football showdown to kick-start Week 7.
Denver had a three-game winning streak snapped last week, while New Orleans has dropped four straight. Here’s our look at the opening Week 7 NFL odds for Thursday Night Football plus our early NFL picks and Broncos vs. Saints predictions for the marquee matchup.
Broncos vs Saints predictions
Early spread leanBroncos +1.5 (-115 at FanDuel)
My analysis
New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler didn’t impress me in his NFL debut on Sunday. He threw for just 6.1 yards per attempt and a 55% completion rate with two interceptions. Rattler …