Former Brazil midfielder Juninho says Neymar must display emotional control if he is to deliver his country s first football gold medal at Rio 2016.
Success at the Olympics is the only major football honour to elude the Selecao, with pressure ramped up to break that run on home soil when the football competition kicks off on August 4.
Selecao skipper Neymar s last international tournament ended in disgrace as he was sent off after the final whistle of Brazil s 1-0 Copa America defeat to Colombia in 2015, earning him a four-match ban which ruled him out of the remainder of the event.
Having sat out this year s Copa America to focus on the Olympic Games, former Middlesbrough star Juninho – an Olympic bronze medallist in 1996 says the Barcelona attacker must disp…
Raul Garcia scored in each half as Osasuna secured their first win at Atletico Madrid since 2009, beating the hosts 4-1 in LaLiga on Sunday and handing them their second home loss of the league campaign.
The visitors scored in the 26th minute when Alejandro Catena headed it down inside the box for Garcia to score.
Osasuna doubled their lead in the 52nd minute with Atletico keeper Jan Oblak s block falling to substitute Aimar Oroz for a close-range finish.
Atletico struck back three minutes later with substitute Alvaro Morata scoring off Angel Correa s cross from the left.
But Garcia restored Osasuna s two-goal cushion in the 64th minute, before Lucas Torro sealed the victory, hammering home with his right foot in the 88th.
Osasuna s first win in s…
Week 2 of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League is now on the books. And while there were some shocking and unexpected results, now it’s time to focus on individual performances.
These were the Top 3 performers during the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League Week 2.
Serge Gnabry
The German winger has improved massively over the last 18 months and he had one of the best individual performances in the history of the UEFA Champions League. Gnabry had an impressive outing during Bayern’s 7-2 rout of Tottenham this past Tuesday, as he netted four goals and assisted another one.
Gnabry scored all four goals during the second half. He netted Bayern’s third goal with a low shot following an impressive run on the left wing, and scored his side’s next goal from inside the b…
Valencia president Layhoon Chan has recorded a Christmas video message to say sorry to the club s fans after they endured yet more disappointment in 2016.
Los Che find themselves 17th in LaLiga at the halfway mark of the season, with incumbent Cesare Prandelli their third different full-time coach this year.
The disastrous reign of Gary Neville came to an end in March, his successor Pako Ayestaran lasting until September and caretaker Voro filling in for two matches before Prandelli took over in October.
The former Italy boss is yet to arrest Valencia s worrying form slump, leaving a team that had become accustomed to regular Champions League qualification facing the prospect of a fight for top-flight survival in 2017.
Well aware of the discontent simm…
Pep Guardiola quipped that James McAtee is adorable after the youngster netted his first Manchester City goal.
McAtee, who has spent most of the past two seasons on loan at Sheffield United, came on from the bench to score City s fourth in their 4-0 rout of Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday.
It was McAtee s second appearance in the Champions League, two years and 206 days since his debut in the competition – that is the longest gap between a Man City player s first and second outing in the competition.
We are so happy with him, he s adorable, and all the guys love him, Guardiola said of the 21-year-old City academy graduate.
McAtee moved really well in small spaces, made a fantastic goal, had another chance, and for him will be a good boost, we want to ma…
Chelsea endured a nightmare opening 45 minutes against West Brom and in the process equalled an unwanted stat across the whole of last season in just their third Premier League game.
The Blues were 3-0 down at half-time at The Hawthorns, the first coming after Marcos Alonso s poor header allowed Matheus Pereira to pick out Callum Robinson to provide a fine finish across Willy Caballero.
Premier League debutant Thiago Silva, at the ripe old age of 36, was then comically caught napping and slipped before Robinson raced clear to put West Brom into a two-goal lead.
A third arrived via Kyle Bartley following more suspect defending at a corner and Chelsea have now made three errors directly leading to goal in just three top-flight matches this term.
That repres…
The Philadelphia Eagles go from the frying pan to the fire, facing the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4.
Philadelphia is on a short week after getting gashed for 41 points on Monday night and now faces Patrick Mahomes and a Chiefs attack hungry for a victory after losing two straight for the first time since October 2019. The NFL betting odds are siding with KC, setting it as touchdown road favorites this Sunday.
We serve up our NFL free picks and predictions for Chiefs at Eagles on October 3.
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The San Francisco 49ers enter the NFC Championship Game as 3.5-point underdogs versus the Los Angeles Rams, who they beat in OT back in Week 18.
Will this again be a great matchup for Kyle Shanahan’s offense, who managed 449 total yards in the meeting just three weeks ago?
Find out in our free NFL props and predictions for 49ers vs. Rams on Sunday, January 30.
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Sunday night’s Divisional Round nightcap between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys projects as the lowest-scoring and closest game of the weekend.
That could mean big things for the San Fransisco run game — and Jason Logan’s Cowboys vs. 49ers picks shine a light on Deebo Samuel — but it’s also a rough matchup for the league’s most aggressive passer.
Here are my three best NFL prop picks for the Cowboys vs. 49ers.
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One of the longest-running and largest underdog bets in the history of online sports betting may finally be coming to a close this week.
That’s right, we found Bigfoot.
A video from a couple traveling on a train through the San Juan National Forest in Colorado apparently shows the mythical beast, taking a stroll down a hillside before popping a squat amongst the bushes.
People on a train in southwest Colorado may have spotted ‘Bigfoot.’ Thoughts?Video: bt92.travels (IG user)#colorado #news #bigfoot pic.twitter.com/iX1naHGOI5
— OutThere Colorado (@outthereco) October 10, 2023
The existence of Sasquatch was a long-running novelty market open to wagering at some less-than-legal books during the Wild W…