The 2002 World Cup semi-finalists Turkey put in their most impressive performance of their warm-up matches for Euro 2008 here on Thursday as they eased to a 2-0 win over Finland.
Goals by Middlesbrough s Tuncay Sanli and Semih Senturk, leading scorer in the Turkish championship last season, gave Turkey a deserved win and will have done them no harm of good ahead of their opening Euro 2008 Group A match against 2004 finalists Portugal.
While Tuncay and Semih got the goals it was the young Turk Mevlut Erdinc that caused interminable problems for the Finnish defence, as the striker, who plays for French First Division side Sochaux, twisted and turned them everywhere.
Equally encouraging for fiery coach Fatih Terim was that his defence re-enforced by Servet Cetin…
Bruce Arena decided to call up an alternative squad for the 2017 Gold Cup Source: USSoccer.com
The United States Men National Team are one of the top teams in the CONCACAF region. There is no question about that, as they tend to be the top dog in the region alongside Mexico.
With a deep pool of players and several established stars featuring in Europe, their head coach, Bruce Arena, decided something quite interesting. Arena will face the upcoming 2017 Gold Cup with an alternative squad. It makes sense in a way, because winning this tournament does not give a berth to the Confederations Cup, and there is nothing to play but pride this year.
If there is one team that can make this, it s the USA squad. We have seen this before, though. Mexico did in the 2015 …
Erik ten Hag wants Manchester United to be difficult to beat, as they aim to build on their opening-day win over Fulham against Brighton on Saturday.
Joshua Zirkzee made a mark on his United debut, scoring a late winner in a 1-0 win over the Cottagers to snatch three points.
It followed an up-and-down pre-season which finished with a penalty shootout defeat to Manchester City in the Community Shield.
Ten Hag has laid out high ambitions for the season and, with a team they have struggled against in recent years next up, he is keen to get United s style of play nailed down early on to set the tone for the campaign.
The project is about building, working and constructing, Ten Hag told SuperSport.
We talk also about what we want to achieve, and we …
Russia beat 1988 champions Holland 3-1 after extra-time in their Euro 2008 quarter-final here on Saturday.
Two goals in extra-time from Dmitri Torbinsky and Andrei Arshavin sealed a deserved victory for the Russians, whose coach Guus Hiddink is a former Dutch national coach.
Arshavin extended Russia s lead in the 116th minute for his second goal in two matches after Dmitri Torbinsky had restored Russia s lead in the 112th minute with his first goal of the tournament, though, an earlier booking had ruled him out of the semi-final.
Roman Pavlyuchenko had opened the scoring in the 56th minute his third goal of the tournament.
However, Ruud van Nistelrooy equalised for Holland in the 87th minute his second goal of the tournament and taking him equal with…
Belgium stronger now than at 2018 World Cup – Martinez praises quality ahead of Nations League semis
Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez believes his side are stronger now than they were three years ago when they made the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.
Martinez s side, who are currently first in the FIFA rankings, will play their World Cup semi-final conquerors France in the final four of the Nations League on Thursday.
After their third-place finish at Russia 2018, Belgium were beaten by Italy in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals in July, prompting suggestions the Red Devils golden generation had missed their chance for silverware.
Martinez s starting XI in their World Cup semi-final defeat was the oldest (28 years, 356 days) of all of Belgium s line-ups during the tournament, which some might argue was evidence of them being at the peak of their powers.
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Real Madrid are currently seven points clear of second-place FC Barcelona in the La Liga table, with a game in hand, meaning that they have complete control over their destiny at the moment.
To say that Los Blancos have been on scintillating form this season might even be an understatement.
Jose Mourinho s side have won 18, drawn one and lost just two games in Spain s top-tier in 2011-12.
In 21 games, Madrid have bagged a whopping 71 goals, while conceding just 19. Truly remarkable.
Now then, let s take a look at Real Madrid s top goal-scorers of the season.
Top Goal-scorers
Iker Casillas has put together yet another good season in goal for Real Madrid. The Spain international has kept eight clean sheets in 21 La Liga fixtures, s…
NFL Survivor Pools have reached zombie apocalypse status, with a mere handful of the living left to navigate the hellscape that is the final nine weeks of action.
Seemingly safe plays have provided no shelter and with the schedule turning the calendar to Week 10, there aren’t many places left to hide — unless you’ve been super smart with your NFL survivor pool picks and held on to some heavyweight for the home stretch.
But hey, after watching Cincinnati, Buffalo, Dallas, and the L.A. Rams all go down as sizable favorites the past two weeks, is any pick truly “safe”?
Here are our Week 10 survivor pool selections.
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Arizona came out horribly flat in Week 1, with Kyler Murray’s comically large helmet fed first into the Kansas City buzzsaw.
The Cardinals now have to rebound on the road against a Las Vegas team that acquitted itself decently in a road loss to the Bolts to open its season.
With both outfits in highly competitive divisions, an 0-2 start for either will be a tough setback. We take a look at who could shine and who could wilt in Week 2 with our Cardinals vs. Raiders NFL player prop picks.
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The opening Sunday Night Football game of the 2023 season will feature an old-school NFC East rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. Dak Prescott will be leading a Cowboys’ offense that carries over plenty of expectations following a 12-5 season.
However, Dallas’ extremely talented offensive line may not be at full strength for this opening matchup. Left guard Tyler Smith is doubtful after missing practice all week and left tackle Tyron Smith is questionable after being limited in practice.
The Cowboys are slight road favorites in the Week 1 odds, but will Prescott be able to have time to make plays with a weakened O-line? Join me as I break down Prescott’s SNF odds and give my best free NFL picks for Cowboys vs. Giants on Sept…
Fresh off their bye week and coming off a loss, the Miami Dolphins will look to continue their domination at home on Sunday as the biggest favorite of the week in our Week 11 odds.
Standing in their way will be the upstart Las Vegas Raiders who are riding a two-game winning streak since firing Josh McDaniels, who was an awful head coach and possibly even a worse human being.
Miami is favored by 12.5 points and the game has a total of 46.5. Let’s dig into how these teams match up and I’ll provide you with my free NFL picks for Raiders vs. Dolphins.
Raiders vs Dolphins odds
Raiders vs Dolphins predictions
It’s been nothing but good vibes for the Las Vegas Raiders over the past two weeks a…