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CHELSEA'S academy stars are worried by the club's huge transfer spending and being eyed eagerly by German teams. Mykhailo Mudryk's £88million arrival took the Blues' spending in the summer and January windows close to £500m. But The Telegraph say Chelsea's teenage products fear their own progress will now be dented - sparking activity from their…

Greetings, all. It's the MOOOOOOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME OF THE YEAR. It's bowl time. And here at State of the U, I'll be going through and picking every single bowl game. Play along, if you like (as FanForYears has done all year). And now, on with this week's picks... December 16 Bahamas Bowl Miami (OH) vs. UAB (-10.5) The Bahamas are…

Sadly, Italian football will be in mourning yet again this weekend following the tragic news of Gianluca Vialli's passing on Friday. The Juventus and Sampdoria legend had been bravely battling cancer for several years, and had managed to put personal agonies aside to reunite with his old teammate Roberto Mancini en route towards Euro 2020 glory.…

IT might surprise you, but in general terms the 2022 Cheltenham bumper form has been absolutely pants. Of course, the obvious exception has been the brilliant winner, Facile Vega, who simply looks well, errr, brilliant! But outside of Willie Mullins's star most of those who went on the level at Prestbury Park have disappointed. There's still hope,…

Yearender 2022: Neeraj Chopra Gold: The Thomas Cup triumph made for an epic success story while Neeraj Chopra further enhanced his superstar… By Yearender 2022: Neeraj Chopra Gold: The Thomas Cup triumph made for an epic success story while Neeraj Chopra further enhanced his superstar status with a rare Diamond League title but the cricket team's…

It was the 1996 World Cup, Rohit Sharma has said, that got him hooked to cricket. He was barely 10 then. By all accounts, it remains the least-talked-of and the most traumatic Cup experience for Indian fans. Vinod Kambli's tears and Eden Gardens in flames had killed those billion dreams that were born after Venkatesh Prasad had shown Aamer Sohail…

So far in 2022-23, no fewer than eleven promising young hockey players between the ages of 20 and 24 have donned the orange and blue of the Edmonton Oilers. In a hockey universe unfolding as it should, this would be a season that saw GM Ken Holland's legendary patience with young players paying dividends, producing strong contributions for…

It was the 1996 World Cup, Rohit Sharma has said, that got him hooked to cricket. He was barely 10 then. By all accounts, it remains the least-talked-of and the most traumatic Cup experience for Indian fans. Vinod Kambli's tears and Eden Gardens in flames had killed those billion dreams that were born after Venkatesh Prasad had shown Aamer Sohail…

The Syracuse Orange lost five oftheir last six games, while the Minnesota Golden Gophers won four of five.Who has the advantage in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl? Here are ourSyracuse-Minnesota college football picks based on the top odds. Afterstarting the season 6-0, the Orange struggled to close out the year, droppingfive of six games,…

The first college football bowl game was played on Jan. 1, 1902, and it was decidedly not a classic. Michigan beat Stanford 49-0 in the inaugural Rose Bowl. Among the lowlights: nine Stanford fumbles and its captain saying that his team was quitting with eight minutes remaining. But in the nearly 121 years since then, football fans have enjoyed a…

Something aches deep within Nate Ebner's chest. Jogging onto a field at the Olympic training center, he begins warming up with a teammate, the two of them stretching, whipping a ball back and forth. "I literally feel like my lungs are sore," he says. The NFL veteran is accustomed to training camp aches and pains, the agony that accompanies…

H ORSERACING is not only a sporting discipline in this country but a huge industry, with a massive following, across the entire nation. It provides a way for tens of thousands of people, in this country, to eke out a living, from those who train the horses, the jockeys who ride them to the punters, who take a chance, hoping for some rich pickings,…

Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca (#4 outside) under Jose Ortiz on her way to winning the Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico May 20, 2022, and earning Black Type. (Maryland Jockey Club photo) By Maribeth Kalinich There's a phenomenon happening in North America. Turf races are booming. That is in part thanks to more European horses coming across the pond to…

Legend has it that death comes in threes, and that seemed to be the case inside of Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night for the Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish laid them to rest in all three facets of the game, burying them, 35-14. On offense, Notre Dame ran the ball for 263 yards (5.6 YPC), including three touchdowns. On defense, Notre Dame…

Two of the best youngquarterbacks in the NFL meet on Sunday Night Football in Week 14. Read on forour Tua Tagovailoa vs. Justin Herbert NFL prop picks based on the top odds. Herbert is fourth in the league in passing yards, butthe Los Angeles Chargers are just 6-6 and in danger of falling out of theplayoff hunt altogether. They will need to pull…

Yes, there is a chance where Drake Maye and the rest of the UNC football team can make the College Football Playoff this season. It might be as a huge long shot, but UNC has a chance at making the College Football Playoff with Heisman Trophy contender Drake Maye at quarterback. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the Rodney Dangerfield of the Power…

Japan take on Croatia in the World Cup's last 16 on Monday, with the Samurai Blue having been one of the surprise packages of the tournament to date. Hajime Moriyasu's side will be looking to take another significant scalp against Croatia, who reached the final four years ago in Russia. So for those of you interested in gambling and online casinos,…

Well, folks, we made it. The last week of the 2022 college football regular season is finally here. The biggest game of the weekend - as it usually is - is No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State. With a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game and College Football Playoff up for grabs, both teams duke it out with everything on the line. The Maize n Brew…

college basketball odds series for our California Arizona prediction and pick. The Arizona Wildcats were roaring along and enjoying a very good season. They had won the Maui Invitational by beating San Diego State and then Creighton. Courtney Ramey, the transfer from Texas, was making significant contributions to the lineup under coach Tommy Lloyd.…

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced its intention to launch a six-team Women's Indian Premier League earlier this year, one aspect that got stakeholders excited was the creation of a new feeder line for talent to come through in the Indian ecosystem. One can't fault the expectation. Look at what Charlie Dean managed for…

The LSU Tigers havealready wrapped up the SEC West, but they need to win a road game against theTexas A&M Aggies to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive. Readon for our LSU vs. Texas A&M college football picks and predictions. The Tigers have won five in a row to wrap up the SEC Westand put themselves in a position to compete for an SEC…

There are six teams that still have a chance at winning the national championship. Read on for our College Football Predictions. We all know that the Georgia Bulldogs and Michigan Wolverines are in the College Football Playoff no matter what happens this weekend. However, after that, there's a bit of gray area. What if the undefeated TCU Horned…

Connacht are in URC action once again with a visit from Italian outfit Benetton this weekend. Here's all you need to know about the game. Where and when is it on? The match takes place at The Sportsground in Galway with a 3.15pm kick-off on Saturday. What's the team news? We'll bring you the latest from both camps on Independent.ie as it's released…

What bets are most likely to hit in Week 14 of the college football season? Read on to see our college football Week 14 parlay pick. Last week was a tough one with different motivations factoring into each game. Some teams were desperate to earn a sixth win, while others were looking ahead to conference championship games. It all led to some…

With one week to play in the 2022 regular season, Michigan football held onto the No. 3 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night, for the third consecutive week. The top four remained unchanged, as all four of the nation's undefeated teams won Saturday: No. 1 Georgia (11-0, 8-0 SEC), No. 2 Ohio State (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten), No. 3…

The Vanier Cup will be a great show. But make no mistake, the Mitchell Bowl between Western and Laval Saturday (3:07 p.m. at Alumni Stadium) is the game of the year in Canadian university football. The Mustangs and Rouge et Or are the most successful gridiron programs in U Sports history and, at the moment, there's no other school close to joining…

The Miami Hurricanes (5-5, 3-3 ACC) meet the No. 9 Clemson Tigers (9-1, 7-0) Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the Miami vs. Clemson odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions. Rankings courtesy of: AFCA Coaches…

An absolutely dominating performance a week ago as Clemson football got a nice victory against, arguably, the hottest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Louisville. Quarterback Malik Cunningham was unable to finish the game as the swarming defense of the Tigers aided in an already banged-up quarterback to get even more so. A shame for the…

Ghana had won the Africa Cup of Nations title four times before finally qualifying for the World Cup for the 10th time of asking. Their debut in Germany in 2006 was followed by successive appearances in 2010 and 2014. Victories over the Czech Republic and the U.S. saw Ghana through to the second round in 2006 but they then lost 3-0 to Brazil in…

The college football season is here, and that means it's time for the final conference power rankings from around the country. How do things look in the ACC this year? Pittsburgh comes in as defending league champs, but quarterback Kenny Pickett is gone, while conference runner-up Wake Forest will be without QB Sam Hartman, the heart of its…

It's the hap-happiest season of all. College Bowl Season began on December 17. There are 42 bowl games featuring 84 teams plus the National Championship Game. That is until the pandemic wreaked havoc on the schedule. When the bowl schedule was released earlier this month, there were three games scheduled before the two playoff games for Friday,…

Don't look now but my 3-7 record after Week 8 has turned into a 13-11-1 mark thanks to a 4-1 showing in Week 10. The college football odds for Week 11 aren't as appetizing as last week, which featured both Tennessee/Georgia and Alabama/LSU, but there is still a packed slate and a number of lines that look soft. Without further ado, my picks for the…

The MLS Conference Finals are here, with Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC representing the East on Sunday night at 8:00 pm ET. Afterward, the winner of this match will lift the Eastern Conference trophy and move on to play the winner of LAFC and Austin FC next Saturday. To get to this point, Philadelphia only had to win one match in the…

It's a service academy weekend, and you know what that means: a low-scoring slog! Army and Air Force have gone Under their set total in eight consecutive meetings and that's not likely to change. That and more in this week's aptly-named Triple Option. The Initial College Football Playoff rankings are here and there are two Top-10 matchups involving…

From its inception through 2007, 10 different tracks hosted the Breeders' Cup: from Florida to Chicago to Toronto, from New York to LA. Since then, however, the big day(s) have been on a decidedly more restricted rotation. Santa Anita has hosted seven times since 2007, with three at Churchill and the others at Del Mar and Keeneland, which hosts for…

You know what they say about rivalry games in college football - "Throw out the records, because anything can happen!" That's probably giving Spartan fans hope heading into Michigan State's trip to No. 4 Michigan this weekend for the pair's annual rivalry game. It's probably giving some Wolverine fans anxiety, too. As cliche as it is, though, that…

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. The most important race of the spring calendar, the $300000 Victoria Cup, was won by the Rock N Roll Heaven gelding Rock N Roll Doo, who outstayed his rivals after…

The Michigan Wolverines just keep trucking along in the 2022 College Football season. In Week 5, U-M went on the road for the first time and picked up a 27-14 win at Iowa. Michigan will hit the road again in Week 6, taking on an Indiana team that has lost back-to-back games. Oddsmakers have boosted the Wolverines back to favorite of over 20 points.…

No head football coach is ever seeking to give the opponent bulletin-board material, but it can happen inadvertently. Just ask Kentucky head coack Mark Stoops, who, perhaps unknowingly, ran his mouth back in July and is now paying for it big time. We'll explain. Less than three months ago, at SEC Media Days, Stoops took an apparent shot at South…

We know everyone (at least it seems like everyone, or at least everyone in our world) is immersed in the football season with wall-to-wall college football on Saturday, but Team Tuley is still looking for value at tracks from coast to coast. Last Saturday, our friend Duane Colucci, race and sports book manager at the Rampart, took the day off and…

Monza and Spezia to end as a draw - 12/5 Bet £10 and get £34 in return Our recommended bet for Sunday's clash at the the U-Power Stadium comes in the form of a draw between Monza and Spezia. A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £34 with 888Sport. Two sides separated by just a solitary point in the Serie A table are primed to…

Praise be to the college football gods who provided me with enough undefeated, resurgent programs to continue to populate this list. Of the seven teams to have curried Michael J. Fox's favor, three of them have two losses. Miami, Florida, and Texas all lost again Saturday, and only one of them to a ranked opponent. The Hurricanes didn't only lose…

It's almost October, the first game of the critical month of the football season is also another major test of Brent Pry's inaugural season, and the swan song of the disastrous prior regime's personnel and recruiting mismanagement. Hokie Nation finds itself in a game-to-game "hope" situation with very few realistic expectations of a win on any…

We're taking an early look at the total lines for Week 5 of the college football season. Here are the best Over/Under bets of Week 5. After giving up just 10 points in three weeks, the Georgia Bulldogs allowed Kent State to score 22 on Saturday, which pushed the games total easily over the line set by oddsmakers. The final was one of many from…

Since 2018, sports betting has taken off across the States of America. The ability to bet on sports, either online or live, has energized fans of all sports and helped the coffers of different states. Two states, however, are heading in two completely different directions regarding the dicey subject. California Maybe… The state of California has…

Philadelphia Union and Pachuca will go head-to-head at Subaru Park in a friendly on Sunday (September 25). The MLS team will head into the weekend unbeaten in their last six games and will look to keep that form going. Philadelphia will be disappointed not to have come away with maximum points on Saturday, when they were held to a goalless draw by…

When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan TV: BTN Radio: KFAN, 100.3 FM Weather: 59 degrees, cloudy, 8 mph north wind Betting favorite: Minnesota, minus-3 Records: Minnesota is 3-0 after blowing out lower-level nonconference foes Colorado, New Mexico State and Western Illinois by a combined score of 149-17. Michigan…

Afull slate of college football games during Week 1 offers plenty of value in the Over/Undermarket. College football is officially back, asthere will be more games on Thursday night than there were in all of Week 0.With so many games slated for this weekend, it can be a bit overwhelming tryingto find the right bets to make. Week 1 Over/Unders are…

The 2022-23 USHL season begins Thursday at the DICK's Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic near Pittsburgh, Pa. All 16 teams will play their first two regular-season games at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex as part of the league's annual season-opening showcase. To help get you ready for the Fall Classic and the season ahead, FloHockey's USHL writer…