Throughout her long and occasionally controversial career with the United States women s soccer team, Hope Solo has developed a reputation for not holding back with her opinions.
Whether discussing coaching decisions or Zika, sharing her forthright views has often put Solo in the crosshairs of public opinion, and she added another talking point for her detractors on Friday after the USA suffered a shock loss to Sweden at Rio 2016.
In the aftermath of the defending champions quarter-final penalty shootout loss, Solo said she believed the best team had failed to win and that Sweden played like cowards .
We came back from a goal down. I m very proud of this team, she said. But I also think we played a bunch of cowards. The best team did not win today. I strongly…
The Uefa European Championships are underway at last and the first two games have been and gone. All in all it wasn’t a bad start to a tournament and the quality on show pointed towards the likelihood of Euro 2008 being an exciting and entertaining competition.
After a particularly dull but mercifully short opening ceremony the host nation Switzerland opened the tournament with a tough test against those perennial ‘outside bets’ the Czech Republic.
The first half wasn’t great as neither side took control of the game but the best chances fell to the Swiss. Chelsea keeper Petr Cech needed to be alert on more than one occasion to foil the Swiss captain Alexander Frei, who was looking lively.
However,…
Gareth Southgate has explained a lack of goal involvements and regular football led to the respective omissions of Jesse Lingard and Dele Alli from his latest England squad.
Lingard and Alli were two of the stars of England s run to the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup but have struggled for their best form of late.
The Manchester United attacker is without a goal or an assist in the Premier League in 2019, while Alli has been a relatively peripheral figure for Tottenham after recovering from a hamstring injury.
Liverpool s Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain has been similarly left out, with Southgate unable to ignore the claims of James Maddison and Mason Mount.
I think Jesse s had a difficult period. He s aware of that, the England manager told a Wembley news co…
While the fixture itself remains eagerly anticipated, the Derby della Madonnina on Sunday serves as another reminder that AC Milan and Inter are no longer among European football s dominant forces.
Milan were in danger of missing out on continental football until Gennaro Gattuso masterminded an eight-game unbeaten streak to put them back in the frame in seventh, while the ailing Inter have slipped from first to fourth after a run of two wins in 11 league fixtures.
It is a far cry from the 2010-11 season, when the clubs last finished as the top two in Serie A the Rossoneri beating their rivals, Champions League winners the previous campaign, to the Scudetto by four points.
To illustrate their decline, we take a look at how a combined XI from that campaign compares…
The AFC’s wildcard race will take center stage on Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals make the trip to face the Denver Broncos.
Both teams enter at 7-6, with Cincinnati still alive in the AFC North fight while Denver’s hope of returning to the postseason is surely via the wildcard.
Find out which team will earn a vital win with our free NFL picks and predictions for Bengals vs. Broncos, with kickoff on December 19.
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Coming out of the bye, the San Francisco 49ers are healthy and looking to play with all of their offensive pieces for the first time when they host the Los Angeles Chargers as 7-point favorites Sunday night.
The prop markets opened late on this game but there are still plenty of places to find some value, including the Chargers’ receivers, an Under on a San Francisco pass-catcher, and the best price of the season on a heavy-usage running back.
Here are my best player prop bets for Sunday Night Football, and check out our Chargers vs. 49ers picks and predictions for more.
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The Detroit Lions will attempt to bounce back from a loss as they return to Ford Field to host the Denver Broncos tonight.
Despite coming off an upset defeat in Chicago, Detroit sits atop the NFC North with a 9-4 record heading into Week 15. Meanwhile, Denver won six of its last seven games to climb above .500 and won’t be a pushover here.
NFL odds have the Lions installed as 5-point home favorites for this Week 15 showdown with the Over/Under at 47.5. Here are my best free NFL picks for the Broncos vs. Lions on Saturday, December 16.
Make sure to also check out our favorite Broncos vs. Lions prop picks along with our Russell Wilson spotlight props.
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A recent Hollywood trend has seen movie studios mothball finished films rather than release them, opting to take the tax credit instead of risking a box office bust.
The Denver Broncos and head coach Sean Payton did the same thing with former quarterback Russell Wilson, eating an $85 million shit sandwich with his release rather than sitting through another season with the polarizing passer.
Payton handpicked Wilson’s replacement, drafting Bo Nix in the first round to run his quick-hitting, timing-based passing playbook. Nix looked sharp in early preseason snaps and could be under center for Denver in Week 1.
Because of that, the NFL odds aren’t expecting much from the Broncos in 2024. The win total is listed at 5.5 (Under -120), …
Rúben Dias is confident Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain will have zero impact on the Premier League champions’ trip to Liverpool on Sunday, the third of three challenging away matches.
City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first, Saturday’s league game, before going down to strikes from Idrissa Gueye and Lionel Messi in Tuesday’s second Champions League Group A match at Parc des Princes. The loss leaves Pep Guardiola’s side third, a point behind PSG and Club Brugge, but Dias is not concerned it will affect confidence when playing the Premier League leaders at Anfield.
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A dramatic late equaliser condemned Wigan to relegation from the Championship, with the 1-1 draw at relegation rivals Reading sealing their fate.
The visitors had given themselves a glimmer of hope of avoiding the drop when defender Charlie Hughes headed home from close range nine minutes from the end. But Reading – still favourites to accompany Wigan and Blackpool into League One – levelled in the third minute of stoppage time through Yakou Méïté.
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Josh Eccles scored his first career goal as Coventry strengthened their grip on a play-off place with a 2-0 victory over Birmingham. Top scorer Viktor Gyokeres was also on the scoresheet from the…