Djibril Cisse was one of seven members of France s Euro 2008 squad to be dropped by manager Raymond Domenech on Wednesday.
Domenech, unveiling his final 23-man squad for next month s championships, also left out Paris Saint Germain s Mickael Landreau, Julien Escude, Philippe Mexes, Alou Diarra, Mathieu Flamini and Hatem Ben Arfa.
Former Liverpool striker Cisse did himself no favours in France s warm-up friendly against Ecuador on Tuesday, the Marseille forward being the target of boos from the crowd after missing a header.
This is the second successive major competition he will have missed after breaking his leg in a friendly on the eve of the 2006 World Cup when bang in form.
Star of the show in Tuesday s 2-0 win was St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gom…
Russia won their debut 2-0 against New Zealand Credit: SI
Matchday 1 of the 2017 Confederations Cup is in the books. All eight teams had their debuts, and we can see some teams already look better than others.
The SoccerNews Team has prepared a detailed analysis on a team-by-team basis. We will look at the strengths and weaknesses each side showed in their first game of the tournament.
Russia
Russia must be one of the toughest teams to analyse after the first game. They had the home advantage, played in the first game, and did it against the weaker side in the tournament. As such, anything other than a win would have been a huge disappointment. But the hosts delivered, and defeated a sluggish New Zealand side by a convincing 2-0 score.
They did what th…
Fabian Hurzeler made a fantastic start to his Brighton tenure as the Seagulls opened their Premier League campaign with a resounding 3-0 victory over 10-man Everton at Goodison Park.
Having endured a difficult start on Merseyside, Brighton found their groove with goals from Karou Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra securing an impressive triumph.
Mitoma rounded off a fine first-half move after being picked out by debutant Yankuba Minteh, with Welbeck adding a second in the 56th minute.
Everton’s chances of a comeback were all but halted 10 minutes later as Ashley Young was given his marching orders for a pull on goalscorer Mitoma, with Adingra adding a third four minutes from time before Yasin Ayari saw a goal awarded on-pitch but overturned after a VAR re…
Russian striker Andrei Arshavin has warned Marco van Basten s Holland to expect his side s attacking machine to hit top gear for Saturday s Euro 2008 quarter-final.
The 27-year-old forward was the man-of-the-match as Russia booked a last eight berth to set up a tantalising reunion between Russia s Dutch coach Guus Hiddink and his compatriots in what is in effect a rematch of the 1988 final between the Dutch and the then Soviet Union with a 2-0 win over Sweden in Innsbruck on Wednesday night to clinch second place in Group D behind Spain.
The Zenit St Petersburg star says his side squandered numerous chances against the Swedes just as they did in the 1-0 win against Greece and insists the Dutch could feel the full force of their goalscoring fire-power at St. Jakob-Park…
Manchester United midfielder Fred has been called up to the Brazil squad for the first time since 2018 for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers with Ecuador and Paraguay.
The most recent of Fred s 11 senior international caps came in a 2-0 friendly win over Saudi Arabia two and a half years ago.
He has featured regularly for club side United once again this season, however, and has been included in Brazil s 24-man squad for their next set of Qatar 2022 qualifying fixtures.
Fred wrote on Twitter: A great joy to represent my country again. Always proud to be called up. Let s go again!
The 28-year-old was criticised by a number of pundits for his performance in Thursday s 4-2 Premier League defeat to Liverpool, but United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reg…
Lionel Messi confirmed his leading role in Barcelona’s pantheon of greats on this day in 2012, breaking the club’s goalscoring record with a hat-trick against Granada.
The Argentina forward powered past Cesar Rodriguez’s benchmark of 232, which had stood since 1955, as he struck three times in a 5-3 thriller at the Nou Camp.
Messi equalled the record with his first goal – volleying home at the far post – and moved ahead with a trademark flourish.
A look back at when Leo Messi became FC Barcelona’s record goalscorer with a hat-trick against Granada:
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Latching on to Dani Alves’ through ball, he produced a typically-classy lob to beat Julio Cesar and secure his long-anticipated place in the history boo…
Monday Night Football in Week 9 features a battle between a pair of historic NFL franchises as the Chicago Bears face the Pittsburgh Steelers. We’re mentioning these clubs’ pasts because the present doesn’t look great and we’re a bit annoyed at the schedule makers who’ve given us some head-scratching matchups in prime time lately.
But hey it’s still football action on Monday night even if these sluggish offenses are giving us the lowest total on the NFL betting board this week. So here are our best free Bears vs. Steelers picks and predictions for Monday, November 8.
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The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs will have a quick turnaround as the two best teams in the AFC West battle on Thursday Night Football to kick off Week 2.
Keenan Allen is looking like a no-go but there is value to be had still in the L.A. passing game while bettors should be looking at the Chargers secondary for tackling opportunities as the Kansas City offense can’t be stopped.
Here are my free NFL player prop picks for Thursday Night Football’s game between the Chargers and Chiefs.
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We’ve got our first Sunday of the 2023 NFL season coming up. While quarterback remains the most important position in the game, the guys who get after the passers remain highly coveted as well.
The 49ers giving Nick Bosa $170 million and the Chiefs line struggling without Chris Jones on Thursday is yet more evidence of the value of an elite pass rusher, and they are judged primarily on a single statistic: sacks.
I’ll be bringing you my best sack prop picks and predictions every week and in the Week 1 odds, I’m backing a pair of former Defensive Player of Year winners in Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald.
For more NFL prop plays, check out out weekly NFL prop picks, as well as our NFL touchdown props column. We also have full-game NF…
Milestone and Alt Overs are a great way to find big plus-money plays. With all the NFL odds available at bet365, there are a ton of spots to find the perfect matchups to cash these lucrative and profitable Overs.
In Week 11 odds, I’m supporting a conservative 25-yard total for favorable odds, banking on a rookie running back to maintain his impressive performance, and making my way to Houston to target a young wideout’s milestone.
Let’s get after it in my latest NFL picks.
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