Norway v Hungary – Thursday 12th November Hungary have not won in the past nine games against Norway, and won’t find it any easier this time around. A glance at their relative group opponents says it all; Norway finished third behind Italy and Croatia, whilst the Hungarians lost out to Northern Ireland and Romania. Moreover Norway were very close to qualifying automatically, letting their lead slip against Italy in their final match. They’ll feel that they’ve earned a place at the finals already, and will have too much for a […]
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Scotland v Poland – 8 October This is a crunch match for Scotland in a group where qualification seemed a distinct possibility for so long only for an unexpected defeat away to Georgia swept the rug from under their feet. However if Scotland can defeat Poland at Hampden and Republic of Ireland fail to beat Germany in Dublin, then there is a very real chance that the Scots would sneak into the third qualifying place in the last round of games thanks to what would be their superior head to […]
The European Championship tournament co-hosts in football will be debutants in this great event. The only tournament in which Ukraine participated as an independent state was the World Cup in Germany in 2006. There, after two wins in the group stage the team was promoted to 1/8 of the finals by beating the Swiss on penalties and then to the quarter-finals where the team managed to cope with the later winner, Italy. Due to the fact that the Yellow-Blues are guaranteed to start in the main event, they played friendly […]
Petra Kvitova, 5/2 with bookmaker to win the title, has admitted that she has a new type of pressure to deal with at the Australian Open.
The Czech star is seen as the Melbourne favourite in many quarters and the reigning Wimbledon champion is wary of t…
Martin Johnson has resigned from his position as England team manager following his side’s disappointing World Cup campaign.
The 41-year-old, who captained England, 5/2 with bookmaker to win the 2012 Six Nations, to World Cup glory eight years ago, had …
Wayne Rooney is the only Englishman to have been included on the 23-man shortlist for this year’s Ballon d’Or.
The 26-year-old, who is expected to start Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Otelul Galati, a game Manchester United are 9/2 with b…
Manchester United have switched their focus to Sunday’s derby against Manchester City after a midweek Champions League success.
Two Wayne Rooney penalties secured a 2-0 win in Romania against Otelul Galati, with United now 2/5 with bookmaker to top Grou…
Wayne Rooney will return to Manchester United’s starting line-up for their Champions League clash against Romanian side Otelul Galati, a match Sir Alex Ferguson’s team are 13/2 with bookmaker to win 3-0.
Rooney was named as a substitute for Saturday’s 1…
Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Manchester United, 7/1 with bookmaker, to tighten up if they want to win the Champions League this season.
The Red Devils escaped with a 3-3 draw at home to FC Basel, having thrown away a two-goal lead to trail 3-2 going int…
Prop Matt Stevens has backed England, 1/7 with bookmaker, to ensure a World Cup quarter-final spot by defeating Scotland on Saturday.
The Saracens front-rower missed the victory against Romania after picking up an ankle sprain against Georgia a week ear…