Greece coach Otto Rehhagel has unveiled his 23-man selection for the upcoming European Championships, where his team will be trying to defend their title.
Of the 23 players selected by the German manager, ten already represented the Greek team at Euro 2004, where Greece surprised all of Europe by taking the trophy.
Goalkeepers
Antonis Nikopolidis
Konstantinos Chalkias
Alexandros Tzorvas
Defenders
Giourkas Seitardis
Christos Patsatzoglou
Nikos Spyropoulos
Traianos Dellas
Loukas Vyntra
Vassilios Torosidis
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Ioannis Goumas
Paraskevas Antzas
Midfielders
Angelos Basinas
Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Georgios Karagounis
Ioannis Amanatidis
Konstantinos Katsouranis
Alexandros Tziolis
Attackers
Ge…
Alexis Sanchez will lead Chile on their quest for the 2017 Confederations Cup title Credit: La Nacion
The 2017 Confederations Cup is right around the corner.
The pre-tournament before the 2018 World Cup will feature some of the best teams in the world. Here we present you a comprehensive preview of Group B, which features Germany, Chile, Australia, and Cameroon. The reigning World Cup holders are slight favourites on paper. However, Chile are a darkhorse to win the tournament based on their recent international results.
Germany
There has been a lot of talk regarding Germany and their participation in the Confederations Cup. Die Mannschaft arrived at the tournament as the reigning World Cup holders, and they were massive favourites to win the Cup until Joachim …
Mikel Arteta is hoping for a fast start as Arsenal begin their quest for the Premier League title when they welcome Wolves to the Emirates on Saturday.
Arteta s side concluded their pre-season preparations with a comfortable 2-0 win over Lyon last week, with William Saliba and Gabriel on target in the first half.
And the Gunners head coach explained that his side must set the tone in the opening exchanges against Gary O Neil s side in North London.
Look at today with the way we started, for sure. It’s about maintaining that for 95 minutes and that’s the target and objectives that we need to have, Arteta said after the win over the French side.
There’s a lot of positives to take from today’s performance again.
I think overall it s be…
Stuttgart were held to a 1-1 home draw by Sparta Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Sparta midfielder Kaan Kairinen cancelled out an early opener from Enzo Millot.
His goal came against the run of play in the seventh minute, as Millot connected with an excellent lofted cross from Maximilian Mittelstadt to head home.
Sparta almost responded through Martin Vitik, who hit the post, but they had the goal they had been working towards when Kairinen expertly fired a free-kick into the top-right corner.
Midfielder Veljko Birmancevic had chances to put Sparta in front either side of the break, while Stuttgart had the upper hand throughout most of the second half but could not seal the three points.
It was a step in the right direction for Stuttgar…
There was a certain inevitability about Maurizio Sarri s fate once Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League last 16 by Lyon.
Sure, the swiftness of Juve s decision caught some off guard but not even winning the Serie A title is enough to assuage the Bianconeri board nowadays.
After nine straight Serie A titles that should not really be a surprise, and most observers would acknowledge Juve s success this season had as much to do with their rivals failures as it did their own merits.
But how do the numbers back up such an assertion? Well, using Opta data we compared Juve s solitary Serie A season under Sarri to their final campaign under Massimiliano Allegri in 2018-19 to try and shed some light.
1 have been eliminated by a French side in an Europ…
Liverpool and Luis Suarez grudgingly accepted the striker’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra on this day in 2012.
The Uruguay international began his suspension immediately after the club reviewed the 115-page document from the independent disciplinary commission and decided not to appeal against the sanction and a £40,000 fine.
However, Liverpool made it clear their action was by no means an acceptance of culpability and again criticised the way the Football Association handled the investigation into an incident which occurred during the 1-1 draw at Anfield in October, 2011.
“It is our strongly held conviction that the Football Association and the panel it selected constructed a highly subjective case against Luis…
Why can’t we have nice things?
The Week 9 Sunday Night Football showdown between the Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Rams was shaping up to be one of the better games of 2021… Then Titans RB Derrick Henry was ruled out for the immediate future with a broken foot, taking must the shine off of this non-conference clash.
The Rams were 6-point NFL betting home favorites before the Henry news broke Monday morning, sliding this spread to L.A. -7.5 with oddsmakers doubting Tennessee’s chances minus the NFL’s rushing leader chewing up the turf.
Here are our free NFL picks and predictions for Titans at Rams on Sunday, November 7.
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There’s no shortage of handicapping tools and tactics when sizing up the NFL Week 2 odds, but it isn’t just one route that will uncover a winning bet. You need a little bit of everything.
Going beyond the box scores and advanced metrics, the schedule can offer an edge for bettors with teams reacting to the situation that they’re in. Also known as “spot bets”, situational handicapping is a subtle slice of the handicapping pie and I give you my top spots that pop in Week 2 of the season.
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The 2023 NFL season finally kicks off tonight when Patrick Mahomes and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Detroit Lions. The Lions have generated a lot of NFL odds buzz following closing out last year with an 8-2 record down the stretch.
Additional intrigue has been added to TNF odds following the bone bruise that was sustained by Travis Kelce in a practice on Tuesday, bringing into question if he will play and how his targets will be divided up if he were to miss Thursday’s game.
Despite the Chiefs remaining home chalk in Week 1 odds, can Mahomes navigate a season-opening win without Kelce? We break down the Patrick Mahomes odds, and give our best free NFL picks, for Lions vs. Chiefs on Thursday, September 7.
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It’s been the year of the Under in the NFL, with games going below the total 59.7% of the time through the first 10 weeks of the season. That figure jumps to 60.6% if you exclude games that went to overtime.
Though the betting public generally loves supporting Overs, NFL odds totals have been trending down noticeably as the season goes on. As such, I think wagering opportunities are appearing on the Over, and that side makes up three of my favorite plays in the Week 11 odds.
I’ll parlay three Over wagers before diving into my favorite same-game parlay of the week, which involves the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Carolina Panthers.
Without further ado, here are my best free NFL parlay picks for Week 11.
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