There were 32 teams, now there are just four.
The World Cup semi-finals are upon us, with either France, Belgium, England or Croatia set to lift the trophy at the end of Sunday s final in Moscow.
Both semi-finals look too close to call, with no clear favourite for the title after five-time winners Brazil were beaten by Belgium in the last round.
Without further ado, here is our guide to the World Cup semi-finals
France v Belgium
Date, time and venue: Tuesday, July 10 (21:00 local time) Krestovsky Stadium, St Petersburg
Belgium s golden generation are on the brink of greatness, Roberto Martinez having seen his reputation rocket over the course of the tournament. Belgium were 2-0 down against Japan in the last 16 and looking like they would c…
David Trezeguet’s tenth season with Juventus will also be his last. Next year the striker will turn his back on The Old Lady.
Despite his contract with the Bianconeri, that runs till 2012, the 31-year-old is certain about his plans.
His announcement came unexpectedly, at the launch of Juve’s new suit range. `I will leave Juventus at the end of the season,` Trezeguet told the press.
`There will be no problems with my contract. I have informed the club.`
`I have made a decision with my family and I will leave after 10 years of living in Turin. I want to go back home. I don t know whether it will be France or Argentina,’ Trezegol declared.
Trezeguet is the greatest foreign striker in Juveâ₅
Roberto Mancini hopes to complete a redemption tale with Italy s national team when they face England in the final of Euro 2020.
Mancini was a lavishly skilled forward and a talismanic leader for Sampdoria during his playing days, but the presence of the likes of Roberto Baggio and Gianfranco Zola in the Azzurri ranks, along with some tempestuous fallouts with coaches meant his was an international career that remained frustratingly unfulfilled.
He amassed 36 caps and scored just four times between 1984 and 1994, yet the 56-year-old s appointment as Azzurri boss in the aftermath of their failure to reach the 2018 World Cup has proved restorative for him and his country.
Playing in an adventurous, attacking style that Mancini pledged to stick with at Wembley, Ita…
Hat-tricks are becoming a habit for Tottenham s free-scoring striker Harry Kane.
The England international scored his sixth of the calendar year for Spurs on Tuesday as they beat APOEL 3-0 in the Champions League.
But, while trebles are now becoming commonplace for Kane, his effort in Cyprus still represented a first for the 24-year-old. Here, using Opta data, we look back at his hat-tricks in 2017.
Tottenham 4-0 West Brom, January 14
Kane sent Spurs second in the Premier League table with a lethal display against the Baggies. He opened the scoring by collecting a neat Christian Eriksen pass and firing in off the post before hitting home with an acrobatic volley and then converting Dele Alli s superb lofted pass.
Fulham 0-3 Tottenham, F…
Kasey Keller, whose 22-season career included stints with several top European sides, said Friday he will retire after playing in 2011 for Major League Soccer s Seattle Sounders.
The 41-year-old former US World Cup goalkeeper agreed to terms on Friday for a one-year deal with the Sounders, his third campaign with the club.
I don t want to be that guy where everyone says, You should have retired last year,’ Keller said.
Keller was part of American squads at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1998 and 2006 World Cups.
Keller s career has included stops at Millwall from 1992 to 1996, Leicester from 1996 to 1999, Rayo Vallecano from 1999 to 2001, Tottenham Hotspur from 2001 to 2005 with a loan to Southampton in 2004, Borussia Moenchengladbach from 2005 to 20…
Rebecca Welch became the first female referee to officiate an entire EFL match, on this day in 2021.
Welch made EFL history as she oversaw Harrogate’s 2-0 League Two home defeat by Port Vale where her day went unspoilt – without any major controversy – and Harrogate manager Simon Weaver praised the referee post match.
“I think she was very good indeed,” he said after the game.
“Important calls were made throughout and they were the right calls.
“Hopefully it’s just par for the course that we see female referees and officials in the EFL. It’s about time.”
Amy Fearn became the first woman to referee an EFL game after coming on as an injury replacement in the 2010 Championship game between Coventry and Nottingham Forest, but Welch…
Week 2 featured a slew of high-profile injuries across the league and, in turn, we now await the game-day status of many of those players and more ahead of Sunday.
This week’s NFL Cheat Sheet will give you all the information you need for Sunday, as Covers checks in on NFL Week 3 injuries, weather, consensus picks, and more.
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Monday Night Football doesn’t end in the regular season this year — that honor goes to Wild Card weekend, which wraps up with a clash between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams tonight. These NFC West rivals split a pair of meetings earlier this season and NFL betting lines opened with the Rams as 4-point home favorites for the grudge match.
Here are our best free NFL picks and predictions for Cardinals vs. Rams on January 17, with kickoff at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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NFL playoff betting is a double-edged sword.
The urgency and gravitas of the postseason ups the intensity and interest to peak levels, as you have elite-level teams squaring off in do-or-die contests. But with a smaller slate of games, oddsmakers can laser focus their energy on those matchups, meaning these NFL odds are the sharpest you’ve seen all season.
For a few years, betting on the NFL playoffs (especially betting on the NFL Wild Card round) was as simple as taking the points with the underdogs. From 2017-18 to 2020-21, Wild Card pups were a profitable 15-3 against the spread.
Then last year happened.
After a 28-17 ATS overall run by dogs (62%) the previous four postseasons, the 2021-22 Wild Card round produced only …
Does the theory of “any given Sunday” also apply to Thursday Night Football? The Denver Broncos are certainly hoping so. Denver has lost 15 straight games to the Kansas City Chiefs dating back to 2015, and enters tonight’s skirmish at Arrowhead Stadium as a heavy 10.5-point underdog. The last time these two teams tangled was on New Year’s Day, when KC pulled off a narrow 27-24 win thanks to a huge performance from Patrick Mahomes, who threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns.
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 Broncos vs. Chiefs directly from legal sports betting sites?
Caesars, BetRivers, and Fanatics Sportsbook are three of our mo…