As a single-minded 36-year-old sportsman “just trying to keep going” at the highest level, James Milner has little time for reminiscing. With a momentous milestone on the horizon, however, he has no alternative. On Thursday the Liverpool midfielder will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Premier League debut. Perhaps with a yoga session at home after training, though certainly not with an alcoholic drink.
It was at Upton Park on 10 November 2002 where Terry Venables launched the top-flight career of a 16-year-old Milner, bringing him on as an 84th-minute substitute for Jason Wilcox in Leeds’ 4-3 win over West Ham. For perspective, Wilcox is 51 and academy director at Manchester City. Nigel Martyn was on the Leeds bench and was the s…
Jude Bellingham revelled in his last-gasp heroics for England but says only time will tell how important that effort was at Euro 2024.
The Real Madrid midfielder delivered a stunning overhead-kick equaliser against Slovakia, with his 94th-minute leveller sending the last-16 clash to extra time after Ivan Schranz s first-half opener.
Harry Kane subsequently headed home just 50 seconds into the additional 30 minutes to send Gareth Southgate s side through to the last eight with a 2-1 extra-time victory on Sunday.
Though celebrating another landmark moment in his career, Bellingham warned England must now capitalise on their salvaging act and go deeper into the tournament in Germany.
It s 20 or 30 seconds until we re out of the European Championship and the…
Germany coach Horst Hrubesch refused to blame Nils Petersen for his missed penalty in their loss to Brazil at the Rio Olympics.
Neymar was the hero for the hosts, who claimed their first Olympic football gold medal with a 5-4 shoot-out victory after a thrilling 1-1 draw on Saturday.
Only Petersen failed to convert his penalty, the striker denied by goalkeeper Weverton to give Neymar the chance to win it and the Barcelona star duly obliged to spark jubilant celebrations in the stands.
What can you tell him? I told him, don t worry, that s life , the outgoing Hrubesch told a news conference.
He took the responsibility of taking the kick and with a penalty it s a 50-50 chance so no complaints whatsoever.
Germany fell behind to a tremendous Neymar …
Alexander Isak’s late strike punished a wasteful Tottenham Hotspur display as Newcastle United emerged 2-1 winners in an enthralling encounter at St. James’ Park.
The hosts took the lead against the run of play in the 37th minute as Harvey Barnes struck inside the box to give the Magpies a half-time advantage.
After dominating for much of the game, Spurs were gifted their just rewards in the second half as substitute Brennan Johnson saw his effort turned home by Dan Burn.
But Isak struck the decisive blow 12 minutes from time with a simple finish to hand Eddie Howe’s side another victory on home soil this term.
Newcastle’s triumph sees them maintain their unbeaten start to the season and go fourth in the early standings, meanwhile, Spurs sit 10th,…
He may refuse to believe in them, but Turkey coach Fatih Terim s team almost pulled off another miracle as the Euro 2008 come-back kings finally made their exit on Wednesday.
Turkey s 3-2 defeat was only sealed by Germany defender s Philipp Lahm s 90th minute striker as Terim s team threatened a fourth consecutive last-grasp win.
After Semih Senturk had forced an equaliser just four minutes from time to make it 2-2 it looked like Turkey were going to give Germany the same treatment they had handed out to Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Croatia.
But it was not to be and the 2002 World Cup semi-finalists took their Euro 2008 bow.
Whatever he may believe, Terim has worked miracles with his side.
A former captain of his country, the 54-year-…
The Australian top flight is nearing its Grand Final as the Newcastle Jets and Melbourne Victory get ready to settle the season in a highly-anticipated match this Saturday night at McDonald Joes Stadium.
In the meantime, the league’s TV has decided to give a rearview of the campaign and handpicked the best goals of the year 2017/18.
You should not be surprised to see plenty of great goals in it.
Enjoy.
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Chelsea sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti on this day in 2011, one year after he had led the club to a domestic double.
The Italian, then 51, won the Premier League title and the FA Cup with the Blues in 2010, but was ruthlessly dismissed by club owner Roman Abramovich after failing to deliver a trophy the following season.
The Blues finished second in the title race, nine points adrift of Manchester United, after exits in the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup and Ancelotti fell victim to his earlier success.
Chelsea finished empty handed for the first time in three years and a club statement read: “This season’s performances have fallen short of expectations and the club feels the time is right to make this change ahead of next season’s preparations.”…
On Sunday, two teams with contrasting records meet. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lead the NFC South with a 6-2 record while the Washington Football Team are 2-6 and dead last in the NFC East. Both teams come into the game refreshed and rested following a bye in Week 9.
Can WFT get their season back on track or will the Buccaneers continue their march to the playoffs? Don’t miss our NFL picks and predictions for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Washington Football Team.
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The AFC South may not be the sexiest division but it has plenty of intrigue, with the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts retooling while the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans attempt another rebuild.
We’ll get a little of both in Florida this week, as the Indianapolis Colts head on the road to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. Indy tripped out of the gates to plant its lips firmly on its sister, with a tie against lowly Houston a week ago. The Jags, meanwhile, fell victim to a Commanding performance from Carson Wentz and new-look Washington.
Indy cannot get off to another slow start after last season’s tragedy, which makes this divisional game all the more interesting. We break down the prop market with our best NFL player prop picks for the Colts vs. …
The Minnesota Vikings began their 2023 season with a disappointing home loss against the presumed bottom-of-the-barrel Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They now will be forced to travel on a short week for a Thursday Night Football matchup against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, who narrowly came away with a win on Sunday after a flat offensive performance vs. the New England Patriots. The Eagles are favored by nearly a touchdown in the game that will kick off the NFL Week 2 odds.
Can Hurts put together a performance tonight more in line with the MVP-esque performances of last year, or will the offensive struggles continue?
Continue reading for free NFL picks on Hurts props for the Vikings vs. Eagles Thursday Night Football game on September 14. For full-game an…