Crystal Palace are set to win the race to sign Eberechi Eze from Queens Park Rangers after making a bid worth £19.5m for the forward.
Eze has been targeted by Aston Villa, Fulham, Leeds, West Ham and West Bromwich Albion this summer but Palace have tracked him heavily over the last 12 months and are hopeful of concluding a deal before the end of the week. It is understood that negotiations with the 22-year-old over personal terms will not be an issue.
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QPR have been holding out for a high fee for their best player and rejected a £12m bid from Palace earlier this month. However Palace have maintained their interest in Eze, who s…
Croatia took charge of Group C with a 3-1 victory on Sunday as Ireland s usually reliable defence crumbled in Poznan.
Mario Mandzukic got the Balkan side off to a great start with an early goal but Sean St Ledger restored parity midway through the first half.
Ireland then began to take a back seat in the match and they were punished with goals from Nikica Jelavic and Mandzukic either side of the break.
Croatia were ahead within three minutes of the kick-off.
Darijo Srna drove to the byline and clipped the ball back into the area where Mandzukic recovered from a slip to meet it with his head.
He somehow generated enough power to get his effort on target, catching Shay Given by surprise.
After drawing a free kick from Vedran Corluka, Aid…
Group A at the 2014 World Cup is likely to prove one of the most interesting at the tournament finals and not only because it contains the world s most decorated national team that are also hosting the tournament. Luiz Felipe Scolari s Brazil will be chasing their sixth ever World Cup title and the first trophy on home soil and no doubt they are hot favourites to win the first place in the group.
The Seleccao start their campaign against very good Croatia side, who have been on a major uptrend of late and are led by Real Madrid star Luka Modric. At the same time, Mexico will be aiming to progress from the group stage for the sixth consecutive time, whilst Cameroon aim to upset the odds and qualify for the Last 16 phase for the first time since 1990.
Winners of Group A
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Arsenal and Liverpool go head to head on Wednesday in a crucial game for both sides
There is a whole programme of Premier League games over the next two nights.
This evening there are four games and tomorrow six.
The action all kicks-off on Tuesday night with Aston Villa facing Newcastle at Villa Park in a crucial bottom of the table clash.
Both teams are just outside the relegation zone. Villa are outside the relegation zone by a point, while Newcastle are just one better off.
Villa are on a poor run of form and exited the FA Cup to Championship Millwall at the weekend.
Newcastle are not in much better shape either. However, the Magpies have been busy strengthening their squad in the January window and have signed four players in the pas…
Gianni Infantino believes the 2022 World Cup has been a fantastic success , boosted by the best group stage in the history of the tournament.
FIFA president Infantino was under pressure as Qatar 2022 began following an extraordinary opening address in which he dismissed various criticisms and controversies around the finals.
Such episodes have continued throughout the tournament, notably with the dispute around the OneLove campaign, but Infantino believes the product on the pitch has scaled new heights.
No team achieved nine points from a possible nine in the group stage as there were a number of upsets, most notably Argentina s loss to Saudi Arabia and Germany s first-round elimination.
Those shocks have continued into the last 16, with Morocco dumping o…
Liverpool lost to Sevilla in the Europa League final on this day in 2016 as Jurgen Klopp’s hopes of a first trophy on Merseyside were ended.
Daniel Sturridge fired Liverpool ahead on 35 minutes in Basle but the Spanish outfit rallied after the break to win 3-1 and secure a third successive triumph in the competition.
Kevin Gameiro began the fightback just 17 seconds into the second half before a double from Coke completed the turnaround for Unai Emery’s team.
Liverpool had strong claims for a penalty turned down in the first period after Daniel Carrico appeared to handle as Roberto Firmino attempted to take the ball past him.
They went in front when Sturridge flicked a fine shot beyond David Soria with the outside of his left boot.
Sevilla fou…
Normally, when a bird goes into a dog pound (does that even happen?) bad things could be expected for our smaller, feathered friends. That’s not the case in the NFL — where it’s the birds that are bigger and badder — as the 5-0 Arizona Cardinals travel to FirstEnergy Stadium to clash with the 3-2 Cleveland Browns.
The Cards are the league’s lone remaining undefeated team, yet NFL betting lines have them as 3.5-point road pups against the Browns, who are coming off an ugly loss that raises questions about their ability to battle with the league’s top-tier clubs.
Find out why Arizona is the underdog in our best free NFL picks and predictions for Cardinals vs. Browns on Sunday, October 17, with kickoff set for 4:05 p.m. ET.
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The Carolina Panthers are on the road this Friday to take on the New England Patriots in NFL preseason action.
The two teams held joint practices this week and several skirmishes broke out as three players were kicked off the field on Tuesday. They fought again on Wednesday and two more players were ejected. Expect the physical play to continue on Friday.
The Panthers won their Week 1 game, holding on to defeat the Washington Commanders 23-21. On the flip side, the Patriots dropped their first preseason game to the New York Giants.
Can Carolina go 2-0 in the preseason or will New England pick up its first victory? Continue reading our free NFL betting picks for Panthers vs Patriots on August 19.
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The shocking NFL offseason took another twist when the Arizona Cardinals released standout wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on May 26. The move sounded a Pavlovian bell among NFL GMs looking to bolster their ball catchers before the start of the 2023 season.
While teams salivate over Hopkins, NFL odds are quick to open on Nuk’s next team. Some sportsbooks, like DraftKings, already had this market on the board since February.
We take a look at the NFL clubs at the top of the DeAndre Hopkins “Next Team” odds and single out the franchises that have the available money to make a run at the sure-handed wideoutwho could easily turn around any team’s Super Bowl odds.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars will try to get to 6-2 SU and take a commanding lead in the AFC South this week as they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers as a 2.5-point road favorite with bettors possibly moving the NFL odds to -3 by the weekend.
The Steelers have ripped off back-to-back wins vs. the Rams and Ravens but the Jaguars are getting healthier and opposing receivers have had their way with this Steelers’ defense. With Christian Kirk becoming the No.1 option in this passing attack, should bettors be hitting the Over on the receiver’s growing yardage prop?
I break down the Week 8 NFL odds and offer my free NFL picks for Jaguars vs. Steelers on October 29.