Brazil coach Rogerio Micale wants to understand how Neymar became a monster in order for the country to develop more players like him.
Neymar inspired Brazil s 6-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday, sending them into Saturday s gold medal match in emphatic fashion.
It took the Barcelona star just 15 seconds to open the scoring at the Maracana, setting a new Olympic record.
Neymar grabbed a pair of assists before rounding off the scoring in the final minute of normal time from the penalty spot after Marquinhos and Luan added to a double from Gabriel Jesus.
Asked how he would define the captain, Micale replied: A monster! Neymar is a guy who has a gift for playing football, who enchants.
He has talent. External factors influence players with potential…
You just can’t keep Real Madrid’s sorry, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo out of the news. On the day that his national manager was unveiled as the new manager of Chelsea, he played a big part in the fifth day of Euro 2008 which saw the two first day winners and the two first day losers take each other on.
In the early game, the Portuguese, so impressive in their easy victory over Turkey, were up against sterner opposition in the Czech Republic, who had been less than impressive when defeating Switzerland.
The game started in the manner that most people would have predicted when Deco gave Portugal an eighth minute lead. However, that lead lasted only nine minutes until the impressive Sionko netted an equaliser for …
Pep Guardiola s transformation of Manchester City is complete after securing his first Premier League title thanks to Manchester United s 1-0 home loss to West Brom.
City won 3-1 against Tottenham at Wembley on Saturday to move to the brink of glory, but United s shock home loss to the league s bottom side wrapped up the trophy they have seemed destined to lift since the start of an all-conquering campaign.
Guardiola s men were close to securing the silverware faster than any club in the competition s history, falling short of the April 14 mark set by United in 2000-01 by a single day.
While they missed out narrowly on that particular record, here are some of the best Opta numbers from City s special Premier League season.
Champions!!!!!! What a gr…
Kolo Toure believes the youthful current crop of Arsenal stars can emulate the battle-hardened class of 2006 and book their ticket to this season s Champions League final.
The Gunners face Manchester United in the first leg of their semi-final at Old Trafford on Wednesday with Toure the only survivor from the Invincibles squad that went through the 2003-04 Premier League campaign unbeaten.
That squad, constructed around the French trio of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires, broke up after the 2006 Champions League final defeat by Barcelona but Toure believes the north London club is once again on the verge of something special.
True we lost Thierry Henry, but Emmanuel Adebayor is playing really well; we lost Robert Pires, but we have Samir Nasri, th…
This week’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams got pushed to Tuesday due to a COVID outbreak for the Rams. But all the delay might have done is hurt the Seahawks, who are dealing with an outbreak of their own now.
But this will be an important game for whoever manages to make it on the field. With a win, the Rams can pull even with the Cardinals for the top spot in the NFC West. While the Seahawks need a win if they have any hope at the playoffs.
Find out in our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Seahawks vs. Rams on Tuesday, December 21.
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We’re so close to Thanksgiving, you can almost smell the turkey and feel the sting of mom’s passive-aggressive judgments on your life choices.
And speaking of questionable choices, my NFL Underdogs picks and predictions came up lame last week. Woof.
That really puts the pressure on, with the annual holiday marking the home stretch of the NFL season: a starting gun for teams in the postseason race and an “Old Yeller” behind-the-shed BANG for those clubs not in contention.
But before that benchmark in mixed motivations, Week 11 serves as the last gasp for glory for many teams — plenty of which find themselves installed as NFL betting underdogs.
I dig through that pile of points, along with some winter weather, for my t…
The wheels have completely come off for the Washington Commanders, who have stumbled to 4-9 after starting the season off with two feel-good wins over the Cardinals and Broncos.
With the offense in the abyss, a Week 15 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams is looking like a daunting one. Can Washington ride its defense to, at the very least, cover the NFL odds for it’s backers?
Let’s get right into it with our in-depth preview and free NFL picks for Commanders vs. Rams on Sunday, December 17.
Commanders vs Rams odds
Commanders vs Rams predictions
In theory, this is a very troublesome spot for the Washington Commanders. There’s a decent chance starting running back Brian Robinson will miss this …
It’s a Sunshine State showdown for the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers to wrap up their preseason schedules on Friday night.
Miami has won two straight to start exhibition play, while Tampa has gone 1-1 and will give No. 1 quarterback Baker Mayfield another tune-up ahead of the regular season.
The Mayfield news has moved the Bucs’ line and the total significantly, and I’ll attack the latter with my free Dolphins vs. Buccaneers predictions and NFL picks for Friday’s preseason finale.
Dolphins vs Buccaneers prediction
My best betUnder 38 (-110 at Caesars)
My analysis
There has been a major move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ side in this game, and I’m aligning it with the announcement …
A former senior employee of the failed betting platform Football Index has spoken for the first time about the structural flaws which brought down the business and the increasingly desperate attempts to save it in the months leading up to its collapse in early March.
Football Index went offline after a series of crashes in its “football stock market”, where users could buy and trade “shares” in leading players which returned dividends according to their performances on the pitch. The Gambling Commission, which regulated the company, suspended its licence on 11 March, leaving customers with stakes of at least £90m in open bets trapped in the platform.
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Chelsea’s owners have moved to build relations with disgruntled supporters by freezing the price of general admission season tickets for a 12th successive year.
The announcement came after a warning from the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust that raising prices would risk creating “irreversible toxicity” between the club and supporters.
Chelsea’s owners, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, who have spent almost £600m on signings since last summer, have taken those concerns on board.
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Chelsea, who remain in talks with Mauricio Pochettino about appointing him as their head coach, acknowledged in a statement…