Mikel Oyarzabal proved Spain s hero in the Euro 2024 final, sealing a job well done for the La Roja substitute against England.

Real Sociedad s Oyarzabal scored with four minutes remaining after coming on as a second-half substitute, helping Luis de la Fuente s team to their fourth European Championship crown.

That is more than any other nation has managed in the competition s 64-year history as Spain were indebted to Oyarzabal s deft finish from Marc Cucurella s left-wing delivery.

The 27-year-old refused to take the acclaim for his heroics against Gareth Southgate s side, however.

I have done my job. I did what I had to do at every moment to try to help, Spain s match-winner told reporters after Sunday s 2-1 win.

I was lucky enough to give the…

Hugo Lloris says there will be no repeat of any complacency shown by France at Euro 2016 when they face Croatia in the World Cup final on Sunday.

Paul Pogba suggested Les Bleus almost took beating Portugal in the final on home soil for granted after seeing off world champions Germany in the last four, only for Eder to snatch a surprise 1-0 win for Fernando Santos side.

But Lloris has vowed there will be no such arrogance in the showdown with Zlatko Dalic s Croatia in Moscow, even though he does not think all the players truly expected to beat Portugal.

No, I don t think it ll happen again, he told a news conference at Luzhniki Stadium.  The Euros was new for many players. In the Velodrome against the world champions, we had this communion with the public but …

Roy Hodgson was confirmed as the new manager of Liverpool on a three-year contract on this day in 2010.

The then 62-year-old signed a deal to replace Rafael Benitez, who left the club by mutual consent after six years at Anfield.

Hodgson guided Fulham to the Europa League final before trading west London for Merseyside, but his stay with Liverpool was short-lived.

He only managed seven wins from 20 Premier League matches before leaving the club by mutual consent in January 2011.

After his exit, Hodgson admitted that the job was one of the most testing in his entire career.

He said: “I have found the last few months some of the most challenging of my career.

“I am very sad not to have been able to put my stamp on the squad, to be given …

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming out of the bye and looking to erase a pair of ugly losses to the Jets and Browns as they travel to the Death Star to take on the Las Vegas Raiders who showed plenty of flaws in their Sunday night loss to the Chiefs.

Can the Bengals regain their Week 7 form and stay competitive in the AFC North? Can the Raiders put up some points and end their own two-game losing skid? Find out in our picks and predictions for the Bengals vs. Raiders Week 11 matchup.

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Panic comes in many forms, but whether mild or major, it has the same effect. Judgment is clouded and reaction often comes from a place of desperation, rather than being carefully thought out. 

Panic is why the kids in the horror movie run into the woods instead of driving away in the car. It’s why you’re still going through all that toilet paper you hoarded in April 2020. And it’s why some NFL point spreads are completely turned around from their look-ahead lines of the summer. 

Panic is a real MF’er.

Two weeks of NFL betting results — especially unexpected results — can do that. But now is not the time to panic. Even with my weekly NFL Underdogs picks and predictions starting 1-5 ATS out of the gate, I&rsq…

This week, Sunday Night Football features the Miami Dolphins traveling to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots. The Patriots fans know a thing or two about great quarterback play having watched Tom Brady for over a decade but the Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa has started the season well and we’ll be focused here on what the best way to bet around Tua is.

The 1-0 Dolphins come into Week 2 red hot following that shootout victory over the Chargers and are three-point favorites over Bill Belichick’s Patriots. The Pats may be 0-1 but they really impressed in Week 1, nearly taking a big win and showing that there might be more life in this team than first assumed. One thing we know is that Belichick will be relishing the opportunity to scheme against th…

Four out of five scientists agree that the best thing to pair with leftover turkey is more football. Luckily for you, the NFL is here to help with a very special Black Friday game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets. It’s the first of two meetings this season between these bitter AFC East rivals, and Miami enters today’s contest as a prohibitive 9.5-point favorite.

Will the Fins feast on backup QB Tim Boyle, or will New York pull off a Thanksgiving miracle on national TV? The only way to find out is by tuning in! While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game, you can also live stream Dolphins vs. Jets directly from legal sports betting sites.

Caesars, BetRivers, and Fanatics Sp…

Sports betting was the NFL’s dirty little secret for decades, driving a massive underground, uber-engaged audience to gamble on the gridiron.

When coaches or players were asked to comment on the point spread, those answers often danced around the NFL odds. However, in today’s “brave new world” of NFL betting, with sportsbooks as the league’s biggest partners, it’s hard to turn a blind eye to what the oddsmakers think.

Those opinions aren’t lost on Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who knew very well what the spreads said about his team’s run to Super Bowl LVIII.

“We’ve been underdogs the last few games, but we never feel like underdogs,” Mahomes gladly told reporters fol…

The Cincinnati Bengals face off against the New York Giants in Sunday Night Football action this week.

There’s a good chance of scattered showers for the primetime clash while the tricky crosswinds at the Meadowlands could gust over 20 mph. That factors into how I’m betting the player props markets as I back a running back and slot receiver while even wagering on a defensive player prop.

Here are my three favorite NFL picks and Bengals vs. Giants predictions for October 13. 

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