EURO 2021

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini looks set to be without both Aleksandar Kolarov and Pablo Zabaleta for the vital Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, which they are 7/1 with bookmaker to win 2-0.

Left-back Kolarov could miss the next three…

Andre Villas-Boas believes Chelsea will advance in the Champions League, despite their stoppage-time defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night.

The Blues boss has accepted responsibility for his side’s recent poor run of form, which has seen them…

Chelsea head coach Andre Villas-Boas has once again dismissed reports suggesting he is close to being axed.

Sunday’s home defeat to Liverpool was the Blues’ third loss in their last six games but they are 5/4 with bookmaker to beat Bayer Leverkusen in G…

Juan Manuel Marquez is determined to beat Manny Pacquiao at the third time of asking when the two men meet in Las Vegas on 12th November.

Marquez, 6/1 with bookmaker to finally get one over Pacquiao, feels that he should have won at least one of the pre…

Manchester City midfielder James Milner has urged his side to improve further following their stunning 6-1 victory at Manchester United at the weekend.

The Citizens, 11/10 with bookmaker to win the Premier League title this season, are five points clear…

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 […]

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists this weekend’s clash with Manchester United is no different from any other game.

Dalglish, whose side are 2/1 with bookmaker to win at Anfield, is adamant he will treat the game against Sir Alex Ferguson’s men th…

Ukrainian hoteliers are missing out on early bookings for Euro 2012 with reservation databases in host-city hotels still closed for the dates of the event, according to www.booked.net. Less than 250 days from the kick-off of Europe’s top international soccer showcase almost all host-city hotel booking systems in Ukraine, which is co-hosting the tournament alongside Poland, remain closed. Meanwhile, preparations for the 14th European Championship is continuing at pace across Ukraine. Reconstruction of stadiums and key improvements to infrastructure is almost complete in the host-cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and […]

England’s Delon Armitage will not play in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against France after being handed a one-match ban for a “dangerous high tackle”.

The winger was cited after a tackle on Scotland’s Chris Paterson during last Saturday’s win…

Royce Simmons will lead St Helens out for their sixth straight Super League Grand Final appearance on Saturday, hoping to crown a successful first season in the competition with a victory.

Simmons has steered Saints through an injury crisis to a thir…