The Czech Republic have topped Group A and booked their spot in the Euro 2012 quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over co-hosts Poland.
Poland needed maximum points to progress to the last eight but a 72nd-minute goal from Czech midfielder Petr Jiracek against the run of play denied Frankciszek Smuda s men.
The Wolfsburg midfielder made a bustling into the penalty area and danced past his opposition to tuck the ball under the oncoming Przemyslaw Tyton.
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Market: Both teams to score
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Desperate to move one step closer to booking their spot at next year s European Championships, Scotland will welcome Israel to an empty Hampden on Thursday night.
Starting with the hosts, last seen putting in what was another eye-catching display as they landed a 2-1 win away at the Czech Republic on Nations League duties last month, Scotland have made a string of improvements since appointing Steve Clarke. Enjoying what has been by far their most fruitful run in recent memory and with their 1-1 draw against Israel the only minor blip on their record over the past 12 months, it does appear there is a new-found confidence in the Tartan Army s camp. Signing off their EURO 20201 qualifying campaign with a real flurry and wi…
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is under immense pressure, as his team face Leeds in the FA Cup
The remaining FA Cup fixtures take place on Sunday and Monday.
One of the biggest games of Sunday takes place at the Etihad Stadium, where Premier League champions Manchester City host Championship Leeds.
The visitors knocked out Premier League outfit Tottenham in the last round and will head to Manchester with nothing to lose.
The FA Cup now seems to be Manchester City’s last chance to win silverware this season.
City boss Roberto Mancini is now under immense pressure to win matches and a defeat to lower league opposition could cost the Italian his job.
Elsewhere, Championship Huddersfield host Premier League Wigan at the John Smith’s…
Manchester City were crowned champions for the third successive year in a Premier League campaign temporarily halted to accommodate a winter World Cup.
Here, the PA news agency picks out some of the best images from an unprecedented top-flight season ahead of its conclusion on Sunday.
Touchline tension
The beginning of the end
Forest fanfare
Season of struggle
Touching tributes
Teenage dream
Hat-trick heroes
Cheer up, Stevie G
Remembering greatness
Official record
World Cup winner
Derby drama
Kane is able
Short spell for Potter
Gunning for glory
Anfield annihilation
Big moment for Brooks
Royally frustrated
Ivan the incredible
Mo-ment to forget
Out of line?
Eze does it
Heading for the drop?
Alive and kicking
Boehly gets the Blues
Howling with laughte…
For the first time in NFL history, we will have a Week 18 of the regular season. It provides the same challenges of any regular season finale – some teams already have playoff positions secured and seeds clinched, while others are competing for seeding or a playoff spot. On top of it all, every team will be playing matchups centered within their own division.
Here’s a look at my favorite NFL parlay picks across both Saturday and Sunday in Week 18.
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This Christmas Day we have three NFL games giving us a real festive present. Roger Goodell might have thrown us a lump of coal with the Denver Broncos at the Los Angeles Rams, the only game in the entire NFL this week featuring two teams have already both been eliminated from the playoffs.
Don’t worry because even though this game might be a dud, we gamblers still have plenty of betting angles to explore. Don’t miss our NFL player prop picks for the Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Rams.
Be sure to also check out our Broncos vs. Rams picks and predictions!
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It’s safe to say things didn’t quite go according to plan for Russell Wilson during his first season in Denver.
A nine-time Pro Bowler and NFL champion with the Seattle Seahawks, Wilson fell on hard times in the Mile High City, losing 10 of his first 14 games as a Bronco. Denver was held to 10 points or less in three of those defeats including a borderline unwatchable 12-9 primetime loss to the Indianapolis Colts that featured 12 punts and six fumbles.
The 34-year-old Wilson finished the season with career-lows in passing touchdowns and TD% and the worst quarterback rating of his 10-year career.
It was quite a fall from grace for a player who led the Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances and topped the NFL in both passer rating (2015) and pass…
For the first time in a long time, Pete Carroll won’t be roaming the sideline at Lumen Field. The Mike Macdonald era brings fresh hope for the Seattle Seahawks as they kick off their season against the Denver Broncos in this Week 1 matchup.
My Broncos vs. Seahawks predictions believe it’ll be an A+ effort from the home team as they play spoiler in Bo Nix’s pro debut. Read all about it in my NFL picks for September 8.
Broncos vs Seahawks prediction
My best betSeahawks -6.5 (+100 at BetMGM)
My analysisYou couldn’t script it much better for Macdonald’s head coaching debut: a rocking Lumen Field, a revamped offense, and a rookie quarterback to scheme against.
That puts the Seattle Seahawks in a great spot, and…
Like news of illegal Downing Street “work events” held during lockdown, the transfer rumours keep coming thick and fast and much like Thursday, Manchester United figure prominently in Friday’s tell-all and are being linked with all manner of comings and goings.
Disaffected midfielder Donny van de Beek is waiting impatiently in the departures lounge, having been offered to Newcastle United and Borussia Dortmund, while Paul Pogba continues to be linked with Paris Saint-Germain, whose manager Mauricio Pochettino could still go the other way. United have identified Napoli’s Spanish midfielder Fabián Ruiz as a potential replacement for Pogba, whose contract expires in June and future remains very much up in the air.
Men’s transfer w…
“The players stayed, looked at each other and started to cry,” says Andreas Samaris of the moment Ange Postecoglou announced he was leaving the Greek third division side Panachaiki after nine effective months in charge.
Tottenham’s head coach is managing his third European club after two seasons of success in Scotland with Celtic. The Australian has certainly come a long way since working in Greek regional football 15 years ago.
It was a homecoming for Postecoglou, who left Greece with his family four decades earlier and moved to Australia when he was five years old. He spent his playing career in the country and collected four caps for the Socceroos. After spells managing South Melbourne and Australia age gro…