Neymar has urged Brazil fans to show patience after the host nation belate
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dly got their Olympic campaign up and running with a 4-0 win over Denmark.
Brazil were held to lacklustre 0-0 draws by South Africa and Iraq in their opening two Group A matches at Rio 2016 but booked a quarter-final spot with a resounding 4-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday.
Gabriel Barbosa scored a brace either side of Gabriel Jesus and Luan finding the net, while Neymar schemed inventively throughout.
We wanted to win from the beginning, but sometimes the results do not reach the targets, the Barcelona star told reporters.
I know it s hard, but I ask the fans to be patient and do not criticise. Support us because that s what we need – love and help from the people. …
Sophia Smith s extra-time strike booked the United States a place in the Olympic Games final with a 1-0 win over Germany on Tuesday.
Mallory Swanson was denied a winner in normal time, and though Germany pushed for a late equaliser, Emma Hayes will take charge of a final in her first tournament as the USA s head coach.
Unlike in the group-stage meeting between these sides, which finished 4-1 to the dominant Stars and Stripes, it was Germany who almost took a first-half lead, with Alyssa Naeher reacting quickly to get down and push Jule Brand s low shot wide.
In the 86th minute, Mallory Swanson thought she had snatched a late winner – she latched onto Trinity Rodman s throughball and drilled her low shot across goal into the bottom corner, but the offside flag …
Cristiano Ronaldo hailed 2018-19 as an unforgettable season after he set records and lifted trophies with both Juventus and Portugal.
Ronaldo ended his nine-year stay at LaLiga giants Real Madrid in July 2018, moving to Italian champions Juve for €120million.
The 34-year-old more than repaid his transfer fee, scoring 21 Serie A goals as Massimiliano Allegri s Juventus cruised to an eighth successive Scudetto.
Ronaldo also became the first player to reach 100 wins and 125 goals in the Champions League, though Juve were eliminated by Ajax in the quarter-finals – a defeat which ultimately may have been the reason for Allegri s departure at the end of the campaign.
But Ronaldo was not done there, and after his success with his new club, led Portugal to a…
The hacker group Fancy Bears has published a list of players who were allegedly allowed to use banned substances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Argentina s Diego Milito, Carlos Tevez, Juan Sebastian Veron and Gabriel Heinze are among the 25 footballers who, according to the leaked document, were granted Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) during the tournament.
Netherlands forward Dirk Kuyt and Germany striker Mario Gomez are also named on the list, which details substances that certain players were granted permission to use for medical reasons.
There is no suggestion in the leaked document that any of the players named had breached anti-doping regulations.
The list was published as part of a Fancy Bears release that includes claims that 160 unnam…
The NFL season is in the home stretch and with it comes a ton of opportunistic prop markets. We’re looking into every market to uncover some of the week’s best side, team, player, and derivative prop bets. We do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to!
We’re adding three more rushing props to the Week 15 card as well as a longshot fringe tight end touchdown prop. It’s a mess out there, but we’re trying to make sense of it.
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Bettors could be seeing another slow-paced low-scoring affair tonight as the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers meet for the second time in three weeks.
The first meeting saw 71 total points scored, but a change in venue with some possible weather restrictions coupled with poor quarterback play is giving bettors some value in the NFL player props market.
Find out my best NFL player prop picks for Thursday Night Football between the Falcons and Panthers on November 10. Be sure to also check out Jason Logan’s TNF betting picks and predictions before kickoff!
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The Indianapolis Colts had their win streak broken in a bad way last week in Cincinnati but are still very much alive in the playoff hunt. They return home this evening to face off against the struggling Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Colts are slight favorites in the Week 15 NFL odds and will be looking to win the battle of 7-6 AFC playoff bubble teams behind the play of Zack Moss in place of the injured Jonathan Taylor.
We take a closer look at the Zack Moss odds and give our best free NFL picks for Steelers vs. Colts on December 16. Be sure to keep up to date on the Saturday odds and check out our Steelers vs. Colts predictions, along with our Steelers vs. Colts props.
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It’ll be another NFL preseason game with limited starters when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.
Tampa Bay will not be playing any of their starters, which means plenty of backups will be vying for their spots on the squad. The Jaguars are likely not going to risk many starters either due to injury issues, but Mac Jones and C.J. Beathard will both hope to claim QB2 honors.
Our Buccaneers vs. Jaguars predictions and NFL picks break down the best betting angles for Saturday’s affair.
Buccaneers vs Jaguars prediction
My best betBuccaneers 100+ rushing yards (-130 at DraftKings)
My analysisThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers know their quarterback depth chart at this point, with Kyle Trask bei…
Diego Simeone had pretty much seen it all but he had never seen this and he didn’t much like it either. It was 8.15 on a Tuesday night down by the side of the M45 motorway, the last move before half-time in the sixth game of Atlético Madrid’s title defence, and he stood and watched as Stefan Mitrovic’s header thudded off a post, off Jan Oblak’s hand and into the net. They were behind again – and to Getafe of all teams, the league champions losing at the worst side in the division. This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. This was bad: it was also, Simeone later admitted, what they needed. It was a shock, that’s for sure.
The last time Getafe’s fans had been here, they had whistled their players off. Now, as they headed for…
You’ve spent a fortune to travel 300 miles from north London to Newcastle and your team is 5-0 down after 21 minutes. Do you stick by them, either out of duty or in the hope that they pull off the greatest comeback in Premier League history – even more spectacular than when Newcastle themselves came from 4-0 down to draw with Arsenal – or do you make an early exit? That was the dilemma facing the travelling Spurs fans on Sunday and quite a few decided they had seen enough.
If the supporters wanted to send a message to the club, it worked. Tottenham reacted to the 6-1 defeat by sacking their caretaker manager Cristian Stellini, the second time the club had ditched a manager in three weeks. But is leaving a game early really in the spiri…