Luka Modric has ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi s 10-year domination of the Ballon d Or by claiming world football s most coveted individual prize.
Modric helped Real Madrid to their third consecutive Champions League trophy before the midfield maestro played a pivotal role in Croatia s surprise run to the World Cup final.
Ronaldo finished second, unable to add a sixth trophy to his collection, while France and Atletico Madrid s Antoine Griezmann completed a Messi-less top three.
Here, we look at how the jury voted to rank the players selected as the 30 best on the planet by France Football.
1) Luka Modric
After a decade dominated by superstar forwards, Modric strikes a blow for the little man. A delightful midfield creator who has operat…
This season’s Champions League is reaching its climax. We are only weeks away from the final, and the tension is mounting. We are still to see which of the teams will play on the 3rd June in Cardiff, but those of you who would like to watch the upcoming game live, you should certainly head down to , because he cooked up a neat promotion, which will save two category 1 seats for one lucky player.
Until 7th May, all you should be doing from 17:00 to 19:00 PM is play Mr Green’s Reel Thrill Tournaments, which will run every 15 minutes during the promotional period. Those players who manage to finish in top 5 will get points and mount the Champions League Reel Thrill Leaderboard in the following manner: five points for finishing first, four points for finishing second, …
Spain was swept up in football fever Saturday one day ahead of its national team s Euro 2008 final against Germany in Vienna which fans were confident would lead to its first major title in over 40 years.
From Valencia to Valladolid, town halls across the country were setting up giant television screens in public squares to allow supporters to gather and watch the match while stores reported dwindling stocks of red and white Spanish flags and jerseys.
The only exceptions were Barcelona and Bilbao in separatist-minded Catalonia and the Basque Country where local officials as of Saturday had no plans to set up screens due to regional sensitivities, daily newspaper El Mundo reported.
Travel agencies on Friday sold out within hours packages including a flight and…
Tottenham sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino on this day in 2019.
The sudden and unexpected decision came less than six months after the Argentinian had guided Spurs to the Champions League final.
Pochettino had been in charge for five-and-a-half years but paid the price for a poor start to the 2019-20 season.
He left Spurs 14th in the Premier League table after winning just three, and collecting only 14 points, from their opening 12 games of the campaign.
“Regrettably domestic results at the end of last season and beginning of this season have been extremely disappointing,” said chairman Daniel Levy.
“We were extremely reluctant to make this change. It is not a decision the board has taken lightly, nor in haste.”
Pochettino left S…
The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to four units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.
We learned something in Week 3: picking four square TD props is hard to come out even on. We went 1-3 SU for -1.95u last week but had two players lead their teams in receiving yards yet fail to score. TD props are hard to hit, so finding value and the best price is very important in the long haul. Onto Week 4.
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Super Bowl betting is a weird and wild two-week wait until the Big Game, with the odds analyzed and over-analyzed by just about every bettor with a dollar to burn. The most important action, however, shows up in the first few hours after the Super Bowl odds hit the board.
If we look at the past 15 Big Games, the early action and initial line move has been on the right side of the Super Bowl odds in 11 of those contests. So pay close attention to the opening spread and where that bad boy moves first.
If you’re looking to take the fight to the bookies for one last time this football season, make sure you get the best odds for your opinion on either the Eagles or Chiefs. Here are the Super Bowl odds to bet now, and the odds to bet later.
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The San Francisco 49ers head to Minnesota to take on the Vikings on this week’s edition of Monday Night Football. The Niners suffered their first loss last week at the hands of the Browns and now limp into Minnesota with some injury issues to deal with. The Vikings have sputtered out of the gate at just 2-4, but perhaps this game could be the spark that gets their season up and running.
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 49ers/Vikings directly from legal sports betting sites?
Caesars, BetRivers, and Fanatics Sportsbook are three of our most trusted NFL betting sites — and the only platforms that offer NFL live streamin…
In what was expected to be a high-scoring showdown between one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and one of the most explosive offenses in the league, it may end up being more about the weather on Saturday night.
The Miami Dolphins head to Arrowhead Stadium to play the Kansas City Chiefs in a game that’s forecasted to be so cold that it could significantly impact these offenses. The NFL odds have the Chiefs as 4.5-point favorites with home field advantage, a healthier roster, and a quietly strong defense carrying them down the stretch and to another Super Bowl odds berth.
Find out where our best NFL player prop bets lie in our free NFL picks and predictions for Dolphins vs. Chiefs on January 12.
For more analysis of the Wild Card odds, check…
Thanks to the Minneapolis Miracle, Stefon Diggs will forever be a part of Minnesota Vikings history.
On Sunday, however, Diggs will face his former team, and my Texans vs. Vikings predictions have Diggs stealing the show once more.
Find out why in my NFL picks for Sunday, September 22.
Texans vs Vikings prediction
My best betStefon Diggs Over 49.5 receiving yards (-115 at BetMGM)
My analysis
Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud could be throwing a lot more “friendly balls” to Stefon Diggs in Week 3, given that the rushing attack is in shambles and the Texans could be down other top targets. Both Joe Mixon and Dameon Pierce are listed as questionable and WR Nico Collins is hobbled …