“It takes a little time to work out the significance,” Ivan Gazidis says as, in his role as the chief executive of Milan, he describes his emotions after the club won their first Serie A title in 11 years the weekend before last. Gazidis held a similar position at Arsenal for 10 years before leaving London amid accusations that the club stagnated during his tenure. He has led a far more impressive resurgence at Milan where a bold plan has been vindicated.
After watching Milan win their final game of the season, 3-0 away to Sassuolo, Gazidis remembers that “you’re straight into euphoria and joy but you then realise this is quite a monumental achievement not just for what we’ve done but how we’ve done it – which is very different…
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Fresh off their UEFA Super Cup triumph, Real Madrid will kick off their 2024/25 La Liga season with a trip to face Mallorca at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix on Sunday night. The reigning Spanish champions will be keen to assert their dominance again after finishing 10 points ahead of arch-rivals Barcelona last season.
Mallorca, who ended the previous campaign in 15th place and seven points clear of relegation, will face a stern test against Los Blancos as they look to improve on last year s struggles.
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Mallorca are gearing up for their fourth consecutive season in La Liga, marking their longest stretch at this level since 2013. Despite this achievement, the Pirates endured a challenging 2023/24 campaign, finishing 15th, ju…
Star goalkeeper Jan Oblak has extended his contract at Atletico Madrid through to June 2023.
The Slovenia international still had two years to run on his previous deal, but LaLiga side Atletico have moved to secure his future for the next four seasons.
The fresh agreement reportedly includes a release clause set at around €100million.
Oblak joined Diego Simeone s side from Benfica in July 2014 and has established himself as a worthy successor to Thibaut Courtois.
The 26-year-old has started all 32 of the club s league matches this term and his signature comes as another significant boost following Antoine Griezmann s commitment to a long-term deal during last year s World Cup.
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Yuri Lodygin sees no reason why Zenit s impressive start to action in 2015 cannot continue when Torino visit the Stadion Petrovsky in the UEFA Europa League last 16 on Thursday.
The Russian side have shown no ill-effects after a two-and-a-half-month break from competitive football in recent weeks, cruising to wins in their three fixtures without conceding a single goal.
Two of those games were against runaway Eredivisie leaders PSV in the Europa League s previous stage before Zenit resumed their Russian Premier League campaign with a 3-0 victory over Ural on Saturday to maintain their seven-point advantage at the top.
Andre Villas-Boas side blew away PSV 3-0 on home soil in the last round and Lodygin has called for no let-up when Serie A s eighth-placed team v…
Massimiliano Allegri believes AC Milan have nothing to lose as they look to put a turbulent 2012 behind them.
Milan s form has been inconsistent during the early part of the campaign after a summer of wholesale changes within the squad, but Allegri is confident his side can kick on in 2013.
I m sure that we ll have a good second half of the season, he told Sky Sport Italia.
We re behind in the standings so we have nothing to lose.
It will be fundamental that we beat Siena when the championship re-starts and that we get to the half-way point of the league with 30 points on the board.
We know that we can’t fix the league table in a month or a game and we are aware that we have some really important matches from now until February.
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Rico Lewis is a surprise omission from the England Under-21s squad for their Euro 2023 campaign this summer.
Lee Carsley’s Young Lions head to Romania and Georgia hoping for a first European Championship success since 1984, but they will be without the young City star after he was not included in the 23-man squad.
Lewis, just 18, played 23 times for City during their treble-winning season.
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Folarin Balogun is a notable absentee following his recent decision to represent the United States.
Head coach Carsley had been hopeful that Balogun would decide on his future after this summer’s tournament, but the 21-year-old informed the Football Association of his choice to …
Manchester City equalled the record for consecutive wins in the Premier League with their 14th in a row on December 10, 2017.
Pep Guardiola’s side achieved the milestone in style with a 2-1 victory over neighbours Manchester United at Old Trafford.
City opened up an eye-watering double-digit lead over their local rivals after Nicolas Otamendi fired Guardiola’s men to a derby win.
The much-anticipated 175th Manchester derby was comfortably the biggest game of the Premier League season to that point, such was the need for Jose Mourinho’s Reds to claw back their swashbuckling rivals.
But the gap between table-topping City and second-placed United grew to 11 points, with Otamendi volleying home a second-half winner after Marcus Rashford had cancelled ou…
The NFL season is a grueling marathon, which is why the schedule makers hand out bye weeks, giving teams a chance to rest up, get ready for the home stretch, or even reset.
These breaks in the schedule come with advantages and disadvantages for those betting on NFL action each week. Here are some tips for handicapping bye weeks in 2021.
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As the NFL’s preseason schedule gets underway this weekend, we get a meeting between NFC contenders with the Green Bay Packers visiting the San Francisco 49ers on Friday night.
Those hoping to see two-time reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers take the field will be disappointed, as he won’t put on the pads until Week 3 of the preseason at the earliest. That said, the Trey Lance era gets underway, as the former No. 3 overall pick is expected to be under center at the start of this one.
Does that make the Niners an easy play here? Find out in our free NFL picks and predictions for Packers vs. 49ers.
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We are now just a few weeks away from April’s NFL Draft, and as the big day draws near, that means a few things. More rumors will be swirling than ever. Rumors which can impact the NFL Draft odds and expanded NFL Draft betting markets.
This year it feels like we’ve seen more odds movement than ever when it comes to the first overall pick. When the Carolina Panthers first acquired the No. 1 overall pick from the Chicago Bears, C.J. Stroud became the big favorite to be the first player selected. However, recent reports have Bryce Young as the Panthers’ preferred choice and the market quickly shifted.
In Version 3.0 of my 2023 NFL mock draft the Panthers get their guy — but is it Stroud or Yo…