Premier League shareholders have agreed that the 2021-22 season will begin on Saturday, August 14.
A start date for the next campaign was announced on Thursday, while the competition will run through until May 22 when the final round of fixtures will be staged simultaneously.
The current season did not get underway until September 12 due to the coronavirus-enforced break during the first half of 2020, with top-flight action stopped in mid-March before eventually resuming on June 17.
However, next term will see a return to a more familiar Premier League calendar, with the opening games coming five weeks after the conclusion of Euro 2020.
The final of the delayed international tournament is scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunda…
Week 5 in the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League Group Stage had a lot of action between Tuesday and Wednesday. Unlike past matchweeks, this time it was extremely hard to choose only five players that stood above the rest on an individual basis.
Here are the top five performers during Week 4 of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich
The Polish striker once again made his presence felt during Die Roten’s most recent Champions League. He did it in style, though, netting four goals in 15 minutes during Bayern’s 6-0 away win over Crvena Zvezda. We must keep in mind this is the second time a Bayern player scores four goals in a single UCL match this season. Serge Gnabry already did it when the Bundesliga giants defeated Tottenham …
France coach Didier Deschamps wants his side to build on their 1-1 draw with world champions Spain when they meet Italy away on Wednesday.
The French are level with Spain in their World Cup qualifying Group I after clawing their way back in Madrid courtesy of Olivier Giroud s stoppage-time strike.
Now, Deschamps side play Italy in a friendly in Parma in what will be their last fixture this season.
It s our last match before next year. Even if this is the same season. The next calendar year, Deschamps said.
So, yes, there were a lot of good things with this second half and this result in Spain.
Having continuity, it s not going to be the same context, the same team.
There are no qualification points to take, but the commitment of the…
Bayer Leverkusen will use last campaign s Europa League loss against Roma as motivation to get the job done this time, so says Xabi Alonso.
Leverkusen were knocked out by Roma after a goalless draw in the second leg of the Europa League semis last season, losing the tie 1-0 on aggregate.
But a few things have changed since then with Alonso s side, who are now on an extraordinary 48-match unbeaten run this campaign, ending Bayern Munich s 11-year stranglehold on the Bundesliga title to secure their first trophy since 1993.
They are also a step closer to a treble, having beaten Roma 2-0 away in the first leg last week and reaching the DFB-Cup final against Kaiserslautern.
We haven t forget (forgotten) last season, we felt it. We need to use this energy and…
A flat Week 1 was not foreseen but the schedule gods haven’t done the Atlanta Falcons any favors in Week 2, as Arthur Smith’s new team travels to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a week after an awful performance at home to begin the year.
While Atlanta is in need of a spark, Tampa Bay is coming off a hard-fought opening night win in which it got a little luck but nonetheless showed the heart of a champion.
Can the Bucs improve on their Week 1 performance to cover a massive spread against the Dirty Birds? Find out with our free NFL betting Falcons vs. Buccaneers picks and predictions for September 19.
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The Seattle Seahawks will draw their season to a close on Sunday, as the team takes their 6-10 record on the road to face the Arizona Cardinals before entering an offseason of uncertainty.
Fittingly, the likely end to the most successful era in the Seahawks’ history will happen at the site of the era’s low point, the last-second loss in Super Bowl XLIX at the hands of Malcolm Butler and the Patriots in Glendale.
Seattle heads to Arizona as 6.5-point NFL betting underdogs but can it throw a wrench in its division rival’s playoff seeding to close the year? Keep reading for our NFL picks and predictions for Seahawks vs. Cardinals.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens will meet in prime time Sunday night as the home side Ravens look to stay on top of the AFC North despite not having Lamar Jackson who is considered doubtful for the rivalry game.
Nobody is running the ball more lately than Baltimore, and with a timeshare in the backfield, there is plenty to like about the supposed Ravens backup.
Here are my NFL player prop picks for Sunday Night Football’s battle between the Steelers and Ravens. Be sure to also check out Jason Logan’s SNF betting picks and predictions!
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The NFL is back in London this Sunday, this time from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s another early start for football fans as the Buffalo Bills take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 5 odds.
After years of London games featuring the NFL’s weaker teams, we have a prime matchup between two of the best quarterbacks in the game, including current MVP favorite Josh Allen.
With that said, let’s dive into the NFL odds and find the best NFL picks on Josh Allen odds for the London Game.
Be sure to also check out our full Jaguars vs. Bills betting preview along with our Jaguars vs. Bills prop bets.
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For my gambling dollar, there’s no better slate of games than Week 2 of the NFL season.
The NFL Week 2 odds are oozing with overreaction as bookies and bettors make knee-jerk decisions based on the first games of the season.
Here’s the thing. Teams are never as good or as bad as they seemed in Week 1. Well, maybe the Carolina Panthers. They look pretty damn bad.
Those abrupt adjustments in market perception make for good bets in the opening hours of the Week 2 odds and also opportunities to buy back the bigger line moves later in the week for your NFL picks. And with that, I welcome you to the first “Bet Now, Bet Later” article of the 2024 season.
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Jürgen Klopp has said he would have to be a “real idiot” to question the character of his Liverpool team after one bad defeat, but immediate improvement on the Watford performance will be essential to overcome Chelsea in the FA Cup.
Liverpool lost their unbeaten Premier League run in startling fashion at Vicarage Road on Saturday and head to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday looking to avoid a third consecutive away defeat in all competitions. Klopp, expected to make several changes for his first FA Cup fifth-round tie, believes no Liverpool player performed at their usual level at Watford. But he insists faith in a team who remain on course to win the Premier League title in record time is unbroken. “I am not a little bit in doubt about the…