Despite failures in Europe and in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona have returned to the top of Spanish football by winning the 2022/23 La Liga title.

Barcelona are back, but not quite

The Catalans finished the campaign with 88 points, 10 more than arch-rivals Real Madrid and 11 more than third-place Atletico Madrid. It took four years, a period riddled with all sorts of problems on and off the pitch, mostly financial.

The club have frequently been forced to part ways with major earners in their squad to cut down on salary expenses, as well as to offer those who were planned for new contracts salary deductions too. It was obviously very painful for everyone connected with club when they failed to put together a viable solution for Lionel Messi to remain at the club two years…

Two teams facing crossroads in 2021 will square off to begin the NFL betting season, with the Minnesota Vikings heading to Ohio to face the Cincinnati Bengals. 

Embattled head coach Mike Zimmer and Minnesota have seemingly been reaching the end of their current cycle for several years now, but with a win total Over/Under of 9, oddsmakers expect them to be in the playoff picture yet again. Third-year head coach Zac Taylor and Cincinnati, meanwhile, will try to finally get a long-needed rebuild off the ground. 

Read on for our free Vikings vs. Bengals picks and predictions, with kickoff set for September 12. 

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Sunday’s NFC North matchup between the Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings is one of the true meaningless games in the Week 18 slate, as both teams are eliminated from the playoffs, so this doesn’t count for much beyond pride.

It still has the potential to be a good game, however, with the home Vikings as NFL betting chalk and both head coaches fighting for their futures.

Can either Mike Zimmer or Matt Nagy save their jobs? Read our free NFL picks and predictions for Bears vs. Vikings for how we think things will shake down.

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One of the legends of the game will take on one of the hottest young quarterbacks in the league on Sunday when Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers take on the Miami Dolphins.

Miami can’t quite clinch a playoff spot this week, but a win would put it in a prime position to snag a Wild Card spot in the AFC. Meanwhile, Green Bay is on life support at 6-8, but has stayed alive thanks to a rejuvenated offense that is finally scoring points after struggling for much of the season.

How will Rodgers and Tagovailoa perform on Sunday afternoon? I’ll break it down with my favorite NFL player prop picks for the Christmas Day game between the Packers and the Dolphins. Be sure to also check out our Packers vs. Dolphins betting picks and predictions.

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Tonight’s Monday Night Football contest should be an intriguing match between the Green Bay Packers and Las Vegas Raiders. Both teams are looking to jumpstart their season, but the biggest storyline is Raiders WR Davante Adams facing his former team for the first time — if he’s cleared to play after dealing with a shoulder injury much of last week. The NFL odds give the slight edge to the Raiders at -2.5, but I expect this game to be close throughout. 

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 Packers/Raiders directly from legal sports betting sites?

In Canada, bet365 is one of our most trusted NFL betting sites — and th…

The Carolina Panthers head to the Sunshine State to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in NFL action today. Carolina has the worst record in the league at 2-13 but Jacksonville hasn’t exactly looked good lately either, losing four in a row.

Oddsmakers expect the Jags to snap that skid in this Week 17 matchup with NFL odds installing them as 6.5-point home favorites. Here are my free NFL picks for the Panthers vs. Jaguars on December 31.

Panthers vs Jaguars odds

Panthers vs Jaguars predictions

The Jacksonville Jaguars are 0-4 straight up and against the spread in their last four games and are coming off an ugly 30-12 loss to the Buccaneers. The biggest betting concern about backing the Jags right now is the h…

The theme for Week 2 in pretty much any NFL season is to not overreact. It’s pretty common knowledge that we get some results that turn out to be massive outliers in the season’s opening week, so don’t go wild basing too many of your Week 2 bets on what happened last week.

While some of the results could carry over — maybe the Saints are good and the Falcons stink, others will likely be corrected as all those star rookies can’t possibly be that bad… Sadly, Bryce Young probably is though.

While some teams and players quite simply aren’t themselves at this point of the season, we probably shouldn’t be confused by the performance of the Bengals in Week 1. While they’re still hovering around the top ten on the…

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…