EURO 2021

Wales, 13/10 with bookmaker to win the bronze medal match against Australia, will be even better in the 2015 World Cup, according to fly-half James Hook.

Wales’ 9-8 defeat to France, 7/1 to beat New Zealand in the final, in Saturday’s last-four clash re…

France head coach Marc Lievremont believes his side, 7/1 with bookmaker, can cause a massive shock by beating hosts New Zealand in Sunday’s World Cup final.

The All Blacks are 1/9 to win the Auckland showdown, but Lievremont has backed his unpredictable…

Gethin Jenkins will captain Wales in Friday’s bronze-medal match against Australia at Eden Park as Sam Warburton is serving a three-week ban after being sent off during the semi-final defeat to France, who are 13/2 with bookmaker to beat New Zealand in th…

Arsenal, who are 11/1 with bookmaker to beat Marseille 2-1, have been handed a boost before their Champions League clash in the south of France with the news that key defender Thomas Vermaelen has signed a new long-term contract.

The 25-year-old Belgium…

The Euro 2012 playoff draw was held Thursday in Krakow, Poland. The winners of these four home-and-home series will get the final four berths at next summer’s tournament, joining the 12 teams that have already qualified. The entire tournament will be televised on ESPN networks. Here are notes and Soccer Power Index projections for the four matchups. Turkey vs. Croatia This is a rematch of their dramatic Euro 2008 quarterfinal, when Croatia’s Ivan Klasnic scored an apparent winner in the 119th minute. But Turkey’s Semih Senturk tied it in stoppage […]

James Hook replaces the injured Rhys Priestland in the Wales starting XV in their only change for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final against France.

Priestland has failed to recover from a shoulder injury, handing Hook, who has only played a few…

Warren Gatland’s only injury doubt in the build-up to Saturday’s World Cup semi-final between Wales, 4/1 with bookmaker to win the game by between one and five points, and France, is Rhys Priestland.

The fly-half injured his shoulder during Wales’ quart…

Neil Jenkins has urged Wales to grab their opportunity with both hands when they face France in a World Cup semi-final on Saturday.

The Wales skills coach has described the upcoming semi-final, which Wales are 5/6 with bookmaker to win, as the biggest g…

Mike Tindall could miss Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between England, 8/15 with bookmaker to win the game, and France.

The veteran centre was forced to miss training on Tuesday with a dead leg, the injury he sustained in the second half of Saturda…

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…