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[ad_1] Isco’s time in Madrid looks to be coming to a close at the end of the season, but he’s not short of choice on his next move. The majority of Europe’s elite are looking to secure the services of the creative midfielder, with Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City battling it out at the front of the list according to our traders. The Parisians…

“I never realised that to be a jockey you had to be a horse first.” Those were the words of Arrigo Sacchi when he was appointed Milan coach in 1987. At the time, he was a relative unknown in the world of football. Born in 1946 in Fusignano, a community of 7,000 people in the province of Ravenna, Sacchi never really made it as…

Martin O’Neill goes into this weekend’s game against Brentford with a somewhat injury stricken defence and it won’t be great news to hear that after a disastrous start for Thomas Frank, his Brentford side have won their last three Championship matches and are unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions. It’s not all doom-and-gloom for Forest who have a 50% hit rate…

With Equine Flu temporarily halting Racing in the UK until at least Wednesday of next week, Nick Luck's attention turns to Ireland for this week's blog, where he gives us his selections for Naas, on Saturday… Naas 2.10 – Pravalaguna I think Willie Mullins and his team will be a bit disappointed if Pravalaguna doesn’t follow up a fairly tidy chasing debut with another…

With UK racing on hold while the BHA get a handle on an outbreak of Equine Influenza within some training establishments, All-Weather action in Dundalk makes for an eerily quiet Friday on the horse racing front. At such a key point of the turf season, we can only hope this serious issue can be contained swiftly and with minimal harm to our equine friends.…

Coral ambassador discusses the latest twists and turns When Manchester City lost at Newcastle last week, few would have thought that just eight days later they would be back on top of the League, because if Liverpool had beaten Leicester to go seven points clear, we’d probably be saying the title race was all over.  It wasn’t just that City lost at St James’s…

Scudamore heads to Ireland on Sunday for two rides with UK racing off I first heard the news about the Equine Flu issue very late on Wednesday night. I think the BHA have handled it very well and the communication has been really good. We just have to hope that the swift action has got it contained and we will be without racing for…

Rotterdam club having a tumultuous season After winning the Eredivisie in 2016-17, the future looked bright for Dutch giants Feyenoord. But fast forward to early 2019, and things are looking far less rosy. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men have lost three of their last five league games, with humbling defeats coming either side of a stunning 6-2 victory over Ajax. The battle now is to…

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEmiliano Sala's sister said “I love you, tito” in a post on Instagram The family of Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has paid tribute to him after police confirmed it was his body which was removed from a crashed plane. Argentine-born Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a light aircraft piloted by David Ibbotson,…

[ad_1] Football is set to get tough on time-wasters by forcing substituted players to leave the pitch at the nearest touchline. The concept has been extensively researched and trialled by the International Football Association Board, the game’s rule-makers, across the world to stop teams using substitutions as a way to wind down the clock. IFAB have been determined to tackle time wasting in the…

[ad_1] Pats 10 Rams 3 – and the Pats have the ball in Rams' territory Looking good for New England ….. Rams out to 20/1             The post Approaching the 2 minute warning – Pats in control appeared first on Betfred Blog . [ad_2] This post first appeared here

[ad_1] Hazard the man most likely to join 6 February 2019 A new generation of Galacticos could soon be rocking up at Real Madrid, with 10 of the game’s biggest names priced up at 10/1 or shorter to join them this summer. Chelsea ace Eden Hazard has been hotly tipped to join Los Blancos for as far back as anyone can remember! He’s 1/3…

There aren’t many links between Atletico Madrid and the tenth tier of England’s non-league. Yet while the Spanish giants can count a string of major honours at home and on the continent, they share a lot in common with a side plying its trade in the Combined Counties Football League – in their roots, at least. As two clubs originally formed as work teams,…

Serie A is back for another weekend of high-octane action, with the chasing pack looking to cut runaway leaders Juventus’ gap at the top. After a morale-boosting 3-3 draw in Turin against the leaders Juve, Parma’s attention turns to third-placed Inter Milan. Napoli will look to put some pressure on leaders Juventus by beating Fiorentina, with Atalanta hoping to continue their push for Champions…

Two heavyweights set to collide in June 1st June 2019. Remember the date. Because that’s when Anthony Joshua looks set to take on New Yorker Jarrell Miller at Madison Square Garden in his first overseas bout. AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn reckons a deal for a fight between the WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight champion and the American challenger is close to completion. So what…