Tag: football news
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C.J. Stroud’s agency informs NFL that its prospects would bypass all pre-draft cognitive testing.
This season, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud proved that the worries regarding his pre-NFL Draft cognitive test results were unfounded, and now his agent is taking it a step further. Athletes First is apparently instructing its 2024 candidates to skip any IQ tests in light of Stroud’s poor performance. While the agency does not represent…
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Source: Raiders’ Jimmy Garoppolo receives a two-game suspension for violation.
Jimmy Garoppolo, quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders, will be punished for two games for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy, league sources informed ESPN.According to reports, the rules breach stemmed from Garoppolo utilizing a prescription drug without a proper therapeutic use exemption from the league. Garoppolo will not appeal his punishment and will miss…
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Messi’s Inter Miami tied Newell’s in a friendly match.
It was a wonderful night. Lionel Messi faced Newell’s Old Boys, his childhood club, for the first time in history on the last day of Inter Miami’s preseason. It was an international match in Fort Lauderdale’s DRV PNK stadium that ended in a draw.After 20 years of professional experience, the Argentine astronomer faced the Lepra…
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Bayern Munich vs. Lazio prediction, odds, and start time: 2024 UEFA Champions League predictions, best bets for February 14
Bayern Munich will attempt to advance to their sixth straight quarterfinal appearance when they visit Lazio on Wednesday for the opening leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 encounter. Bayern Munich has not lost in the Round of 16 since 2018-19, when they were knocked out by eventual winner Liverpool. Lazio’s sole prior…
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Mbappe and Barcola give PSG a 2-0 victory against Real Sociedad.
On Wednesday, Kylian Mbappe and Bradley Barcola scored second-half goals to help Paris St Germain defeat Real Sociedad 2-0 in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League encounter.The Basque club, who came at the Parc des Princes undefeated in this year’s campaign after winning Group D, were undoubtedly the superior side until Mbappe scored…
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Real Madrid vs. RB Leipzig prediction and odds: 2024 UEFA Champions League choices, best bets by verified expert.
On Tuesday, the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, will host a UEFA Champions League encounter. Real Madrid travels to RB Leipzig in the opening leg of a two-game Round of 16 contest with an aggregate score. The encounter opens the knockout stage for both teams, with RB Leipzig winning the most previous meeting between…
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Bucks”steady growth’ on defense shows through in blowout of Nuggets
When Doc Rivers made his Milwaukee Bucks coaching debut on Jan. 29, he was impressed by the team’s defensive effort, despite a road defeat to Denver.Two weeks later, the Bucks pulled together one of their most comprehensive victories of the season, defeating the reigning champs 112-95 on Monday night. It was Milwaukee’s second straight victory,…
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UEFA Champions League odds: Manchester City favorites to repeat ahead of the Round of 16.
The UEFA Champions League returns after its winter break, with the knockout round beginning this week. Four of the first legs of the Round of 16 will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, with familiar names topping the odds.On BetMGM, the defending champion Manchester City is favored with +200 (2-to-1) odds to win the event.…
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Pochettino praises ‘priceless’ Gallagher after Chelsea’s comeback victory.
Mauricio Pochettino described match-winner Conor Gallagher as “priceless” to Chelsea after his two goals helped them win 3-1 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday evening.Chelsea trailed 1-0 at halftime following Jefferson Lerma’s wondergoal, but Gallagher scored barely a minute into the second half, followed by a 91st-minute winner to shatter Palace’s resolve.…
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Brock Purdy is the ideal Super Bowl underdog.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs will once again depend on famous quarterback Patrick Mahomes, while the 49ers’ chances rest on relative rookie Brock Purdy.Originally the butt of countless NFL jokes, Purdy has fought his critics and played his way from the label “Mr. Irrelevant”—earned…
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NFL playoffs: What We Learned from the Chiefs’ overtime victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII
1) Patrick Mahomes creates magic as Chiefs defeat 49ers in overtime thriller. With the game on the line, there’s no one you’d rather have on the field than the Magic Man, Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs’ offense started slowly, as it has for most of the 2023 season, scoring three points on a red zone fumble…
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Bellingham and Vinicius sparkle as Real Madrid defeat Girona.
Real Madrid defeated LaLiga title contenders Girona 4-0 on Saturday, with Jude Bellingham scoring twice and Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo scoring once each, extending the home side’s lead at the top of the table to five points.Girona, who had gone undefeated in 15 league games since losing to Real Madrid in September, would have climbed…
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Leverkusen crushes Bayern to move 5 points ahead in the Bundesliga.
Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen defeated champions Bayern Munich 3-0 on Saturday, moving them five points ahead at the top of the league and comfortably in control of the championship battle.Goals from Josip Stanisic, Alejandro Grimaldo, and Jeremie Frimpong secured the three points for Leverkusen, who have never won a Bundesliga crown and have now gone…
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Ohio State signs UCLA’s Chip Kelly to replace Bill O’Brien as OC.
Chip Kelly, a UCLA coach, has been appointed Ohio State’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced Friday night.Kelly succeeds Bill O’Brien, who was appointed coach of Boston College earlier Friday. Ohio State hired O’Brien in mid-January as part of coach Ryan Day’s decision to stop calling plays and operate the team more…
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Haller’s goal eliminates DR Congo, propelling Ivory Coast into the AFCON 2024 final.
Borussia Dortmund striker Haller, making his tournament debut after an injury, connected with a Max-Alain Gradel cross in the 65th minute at the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium, his shot looping over the goalie and into the net.That was enough to settle a tight but open semi-final match, and the Ivorians will now meet Nigeria at the…
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Foden scores a hat-trick as Manchester City battle back to defeat Brentford 3-1
Phil Foden scored a superbly constructed hat-trick as Manchester City turned on the flair to record a 3-1 comeback victory at struggling Brentford on Monday, bringing them within two points of Premier League leaders Liverpool with one game in hand. Despite virtually continuous City pressure, Brentford grabbed the lead with a Neal Maupay strike after…
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Arsenal’s 3-1 victory against Liverpool due to Alisson’s blunders tightens the Premier League championship chase.
The Premier League championship chase has just become a lot closer. Arsenal defeated the league leaders 3-1 on Sunday thanks to two second-half blunders by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Arsenal moved up to second position, two points behind Liverpool, after 23 of 38 games in what may be a three-way race for the championship. Manchester…
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Kylian Mbappe is poised to join Real Madrid from PSG this summer, according to insiders.
Kylian Mbappé has opted to join Real Madrid when his contract with Paris Saint-Germain ends this summer, according to ESPN sources. The news was initially reported in Le Parisien. ESPN reported last month that Mbappé had been given a contract by Madrid, and a source said he is set to reveal his choice to join…
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Five lessons from National’s 16-7 Senior Bowl victory against American for the 2024 NFL Draft
The National Team beat the American Team 16-7 in the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl, held on Saturday at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the University of South Alabama campus. The game concluded a week-long job interview, which included three days of practice, for over 100 of the 2024 NFL Draft’s best senior (and select underclassman) prospects.…
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Son leads South Korea to Asian Cup semi-finals with extra-time triumph against Australia.
South Korea progressed to the Asian Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 comeback triumph against Australia in extra time at Al Janoub Stadium on Friday, with Son Heung-min scoring the winner with a stunning free kick. Australia had defeated South Korea by the identical scoreline in extra time in the 2015 final to win their first…
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Real Madrid vs. Getafe prediction, odds, and start time: 2024. La Liga selections and bets for February 1 from soccer experts
Real Madrid will face another major test in their bid to reclaim the La Liga championship on Thursday when they travel to Getafe for a league encounter at Estadio Coliseum. Los Blancos, who won the championship in 2022 but were dethroned by Barcelona last year, are one point behind La Liga leaders Girona but have…
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Nightmare in Saudi Arabia: Lionel Messi wounded; Inter Miami defeated 6-0 by Al Nassr
On Thursday, Inter Miami’s preseason game in Saudi Arabia, which had been promoted around the globe as a battle between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, turned into a nightmare. Messi sat out the opening 82 minutes of the encounter against Al Nassr due to soreness after Monday’s defeat against Al Hilal. Inter Miami let up…
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Why is the secrecy surrounding Manchester City’s FFP case so damaging?
On January 16, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters appeared before a British parliamentary committee to discuss arguably the most serious disciplinary case involving the most successful club in recent English football history: the 115 charges against Manchester City, which, if proven, could result in the club being stripped of titles, relegated, fined, sued, tarred…
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Arsenal’s Premier League triumph depends on their strikers.
Arsenal’s 2-1 victory against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday highlighted the razor-thin margins on which the Premier League championship battle will be won and lost. The Gunners are very poised to complete the January transfer season without the forward addition many hoped for at the start, a decision influenced primarily by financial restraints but also a…