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Chris Smalling, 28/1 with bookmaker to score the opening goal on Sunday, believes the Manchester derby is a bigger game than last weekend’s meeting between United and Liverpool.

The former Fulham defender claims Manchester City, 21/10 to win the Premier…

Iestyn Harris has named Lee Briers as the Wales captain for the upcoming Four Nations tournament.

The Warrington stand-off has represented Wales, 150/1 with bookmaker to win the tournament, since the 2000 World Cup and helped a team that is only ranked …

Wayne Rooney will return to Manchester United’s starting line-up for their Champions League clash against Romanian side Otelul Galati, a match Sir Alex Ferguson’s team are 13/2 with bookmaker to win 3-0.

Rooney was named as a substitute for Saturday’s 1…

The Euro 2012 playoff draw was held Thursday in Krakow, Poland. The winners of these four home-and-home series will get the final four berths at next summer’s tournament, joining the 12 teams that have already qualified. The entire tournament will be televised on ESPN networks. Here are notes and Soccer Power Index projections for the four matchups. Turkey vs. Croatia This is a rematch of their dramatic Euro 2008 quarterfinal, when Croatia’s Ivan Klasnic scored an apparent winner in the 119th minute. But Turkey’s Semih Senturk tied it in stoppage […]

England head coach Martin Johnson has warned his players to expect a backlash when they face France, 9/5 with bookmaker to win Saturday’s quarter-final.

Johnson has urged his team to stay focused even though Les Bleus suffered two defeats in Pool A at t…

England’s Ian Bell, 6/1 to be his team’s leading run-scorer in the series, is relishing the prospect of taking on India in their own back yard.

Bell helped England defeat India in all forms of the game over the summer and he and his colleagues are 6/…

Stefan Savic believes England will not find it easy when they take on Montenegro in a crucial Euro 2012 qualifier in Podgorica on Friday.

The Manchester City defender, who scored his first goal for the club when he came off the bench to head home in …

Prop Matt Stevens has backed England, 1/7 with bookmaker, to ensure a World Cup quarter-final spot by defeating Scotland on Saturday.

The Saracens front-rower missed the victory against Romania after picking up an ankle sprain against Georgia a week ear…

Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick has backed young batsman Jos Buttler to be a big hit for England.

The hard-hitting 21-year-old is one of a number of rising stars included in the England squad for the two Twenty20 internationals against the West I…

Lewis Moody has recovered from a knee ligament injury and will captain England in Sunday’s World Cup clash against Georgia, a match Martin Johnson’s side are 1/200 with bookmaker to win.

Johnson has made nine changes to the team that came from behind to…