Pep Guardiola says he is happy Manchester City s hearing into 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial rules begins on Monday.
Following a four-year investigation, the club were charged and referred to an independent commission in February 2023.
Man City strongly deny all charges.
The alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial rules relate to a period between 2009 and 2018, with the trial expected to run for 10 weeks and a verdict likely to come in early 2025.
While some are dubbing it sport s trial of the century , Guardiola is just pleased that it is now close to the start date.
It starts soon and hopefully finishes soon, Guardiola said of the hearing. An independent panel will decide, and I am looking forward …
Top of the table, sack your head coach, lose El Clasico, return to the top of the table.
It is hard to argue with where Barcelona stand as LaLIga s season pauses amid the coronavirus pandemic, although their means of staying on course for a ninth title in 12 seasons have often been unconvincing.
Here, we take a look back at the Opta numbers behind a campaign where Quique Setien has replaced Ernesto Valverde in the Camp Nou hot seat and many of the old certainties seem not to exist anymore.
Well, apart from one man s enduring brilliance.
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Barcelona s points haul of 58 from 27 games is enough for a two-point lead o…
Former England striker Michael Owen announced he would retire at the end of the season on this day in 2013.
Owen, then 33, had signed a one-year contract with Stoke after leaving Manchester United the previous summer but his time in the Potteries was hampered by a hamstring injury, contributing to his decision to call it a day.
Owen scored 40 goals in 89 England appearances – making him the fourth highest scorer for his country’s men’s team at the time – and played at the top level for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester United.
“It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my intention to retire,” Owen said on March 19, 2013.
“I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have…
So, anything of note to talk about ahead of the game between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead?
Jordan Love’s Packers will head to Kansas City as 7.5-point NFL betting underdogs after the series of unfortunate events in Green Bay this week. While the line understandably moved even more in the home Chiefs’ direction, has it swung too far?
Here are our best free picks and predictions for Packers vs. Chiefs, with kickoff on November 7.
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Nothing hits quite like that first Sunday of a brand new NFL season, and the Baltimore Ravens’ trip to face the New York Jets at MetLife is one of the most interesting games on the early slate. There was hope that this was a new start for New York after a brilliant draft, but the injury to Zach Wilson has always curtailed that early enthusiasm.
Find out how much that injury will affect the outcome in our free NFL betting picks and predictions for the Ravens vs. Jets.
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Miami will make the trek up I-95 on Saturday as the Dolphins play their final preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Miami has split their two preseason games thus far, and are coming in off a 28-3 victory at Houston a week ago. Tua Tagovailoa saw limited action and threw a pick in his two drives on the field. For the Jaguars, it’s been a perfect preseason so far, and a win on Saturday would give them just their second flawless preseason in franchise history and first in 26 years.
It’s the final preparation game for two teams with playoff aspirations, and we discuss how you should bet on the NFL odds in our Dolphins vs Jaguars NFL picks and predictions for Saturday, August 26.
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The Aaron Rodgers-less New York Jets have been on a roll as of late when it comes to NFL odds, winning three straight before dropping a game last week on Monday Night Football. They will play in primetime once again this week as they travel to take on a Las Vegas Raiders that team is coming off an emphatic win following the firing of Josh McDaniels.
Who can step up for the Jets and help them get above .500, and will anyone on the newly invigorated Raiders rise to the occasion in Week 10 odds to help Las Vegas get back to .500?
Continue reading as we dissect the SNF odds and our favorite props in our NFL picks for Jets vs. Raiders on November 12th.
Be sure to also check out our Jets vs. Raiders betting preview alongside our Davante Adams odds analys…
When quarterback Brock Purdy lines up under center for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58 vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, he’ll be joining a select list of sophomore signal callers to start at QB in the Big Game. Only seven second-year QBs have ever started the Super Bowl, with Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals being the most recent in 2021.
The Brock Purdy odds have some of his NFL player props at their lowest level in weeks, so should bettors be fading the 49ers in the Super Bowl odds with a young QB at the helm? Let’s take a look at the historical trends and evaluate their potential impact on the NFL odds for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11.
Be sure to look at our free NFL picks featuring Super Bowl prediction…
Although it will be Stefon Diggs’ first game against his former team as the Houston Texans host the Buffalo Bills in Week 5 action, my Bills vs Texans prop picks have wide receiver Nico Collins continuing his hot start to the season.
Find out more in my free NFL picks for Sunday, October 6.
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Over the past five weeks, the Utah Jazz have dramatically resuscitated their season. A 14-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Dec. 11 knocked the Jazz nine games under .500, a low-water mark for a team that appeared destined for deeper doldrums given their injury woes at the time. But with better health has come superior performance, and the Jazz have gone 15-5 ever since. Utah, which will start a six-game road trip against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, has not lost consecutive games during that span, with Thursday's 134-129 loss to Oklahoma City snapping a six-game winning streak. "I don't question the fight of our team," Jazz coach Will Hardy said. "I think the first part of the season as a whole kind of shows you the character of that group, n…