Fernando Santos has rejected the notion that Portugal are unworthy European champions due to their lack of wins inside 90 minutes at Euro 2016.
Santos side drew all three of their round-robin games against Iceland, Austria and Hungary before defeating Croatia in extra-time in the round of 16 and besting Poland via a quarter-final penalty shootout.
Goals from Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo ensured Wales were dispatched 2-0 in Lyon before a goalless final against hosts France went into an additional period, where substitute Eder was the unlikely hero.
Game-by-game Portugal are already faring better than that at the Confederations Cup, where a 1-0 win over Russia in Moscow moved them on to four points from two games in Group A.
Speaking ahead of the match agains…
The Euro 2008 football championship generated record profits of 250 million euros (392 million dollars), European football s governing body UEFA announced on Tuesday.
A total financial turnover of 1.3 billion euros was generated during the June 7-29 tournament which was co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
Euro 2008 president Martin Kallen said: We wanted to organise the best Euro ever: the objective was achieved.
He said that profits would be totally reinvested in competitions for junior players and women as well as training programmes for coaches and referees.
In total it cost 600 million euros to organise the event.
The profit surpasses the 223 million euros from Euro 2004 in Portugal.
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We’re making a list and checking it twice. We’re going to find out… just who the hell is playing in NFL Week 16.
The pandemic is crashing Christmas weekend with Grinch-like ferocity, stealing away your best-laid plans for the holidays and, as well, handicapping the NFL Week 16 odds.
Any NFL Underdogs point spread picks we get down early run the risk of being flipped on their ear, with outbreaks popping up like festive cheese-and-meat kiosks at the mall. And with the league tweaking its rules around vaccinated players, availability is just a big mystery box to be opened in a final hours before kickoff.
Roger Goodell is giving off major Clark W. Griswold vibes in the home stretch of the schedule. But instead of staring through cra…
Thanksgiving begins in earnest on Thursday with the Buffalo Bills taking on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
Buffalo is coming off a bounce-back win over the Browns (in Detroit, no less), while the Lions have won three straight following a dismal 1-6 start to the season.
Find out if the Lions can keep rolling in our free NFL player props for Bills vs. Lions. Also, be sure to check out Rohit Ponnaiya’s full Bills vs. Lions betting preview.
- Allen Over 270.5 passing yards
- St. Brown Over 73.5 receiving yards
- Knox anytime touchdown
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For all the talk about the Buffalo Bills being the AFC team no one wants to see in the playoffs, Josh Allen & Co. still have work to do to get there — starting with this Saturday night matchup against the reeling L.A. Chargers.
The latest NFL odds point to a lopsided contest, with the Chargers entering Week 16 without Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen.
The Bills are getting plenty of attention as one of the must-have NFL picks this week, but if the large spread doesn’t get you excited here, there are lots of NFL player props to weigh up. I’ve picked my three favorites which I go into more detail about below!
Make sure to also check out our Bills vs. Chargers betting picks and our Josh Allen spotlight!
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The first Sunday Night Football game of the 2024 NFL season just so happens to be the same matchup that ended the Los Angeles Rams’ 2023 campaign. Sean McVay and L.A. face a familiar foe when they come to Ford Field to play the Detroit Lions in Week 1.
Detroit squeaked by with a 24-23 win in that game and our Rams vs. Lions predictions expect Dan Campbell’s squad to be on the right side once more. Read my early NFL picks and leans for Sunday Night Football below.
Rams vs Lions predictions
Earl spread leanLions -3 (-128 at bet365)
My analysisI’m hesitant to downgrade Sean McVay and his pregame prep, especially early into the season. During his storied career, the Los Angeles Rams head coach is one of the m…
Barcelona president Joan Laporta insists Ilkay Gundogan s exit was a sporting decision rather than a financial one, despite claims to the contrary from the midfielder.
Gundogan joined Barca as a free agent last year after helping Manchester City win a Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble, only to return to the Etihad Stadium last month.
In a farewell post on social media, Gundogan claimed Barca s financial concerns were at least partly responsible for his return to England.
Barca have struggled to meet LaLiga s strict salary cap rules in recent seasons and would reportedly have failed to register new signing Dani Olmo if not for Gundogan s exit.
Laporta, however, has refuted those claims, instead suggesting Olmo s move from RB Leipzig made G…
Leicester City defender Jonny Evans has signed a two-and-a-half year extension to his contract that will keep him at the Premier League club until the end of the 2022-23 season.
The 32-year-old former Manchester United centre-back joined Leicester from West Brom in June 2018 and has made 89 appearances in all competitions.
Evans has played 74 Premier League games for Leicester and been on the winning side 34 times with 15 draws and 25 losses.
Leicester boast a marginally better win percentage in the Premier League with Evans in the team (45.9 per cent) than without him (44.4 per cent).
Committing his future to the Club
— Leicester City (@LCFC)
The Foxes also have a higher average points per game total (1.6) when Evans has been in …
Jurgen Klinsmann has challenged the United States to finish 2014 on a high, starting with their friendly against Colombia on Friday.
The US have only lost three games this year with two of those defeats coming against Germany and Belgium at the World Cup and travel to London to face another team who impressed in Brazil.
Klinsmann has named a strong squad for the clash at Craven Cottage, with 16 of his World Cup players making the trip.
The German can call on the likes of experienced trio DaMarcus Beasley, Jermaine Jones and Jozy Altidore, and the head coach is keen for them to help the younger contingent settle into international football.
We want to finish 2014 on a high note and continue to try to meet the top teams eye to eye, Klinsmann said.
Kevin De Bruyne has stressed he remains committed to Belgium, ending speculation over his international future following their underwhelming Euro 2024 campaign.
Belgium were beaten 1-0 by France in the last 16 at the European Championships in Germany, having barely scraped through a group containing Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine.
That was De Bruyne s sixth tournament with the Red Devils, who came closest to glory when they made the semi-finals at the 2018 World Cup, only to again lose to France.
Many believed the Manchester City star might retire from international football following yet another failure to deliver silverware, but he was included in Domenico Tedesco s squad for their opening Nations League fixtures versus Israel and France.
Speaking at a p…