France upset Team USA and snapped USA’s 58-game winning streak in major international competition in a 89-79 victory over the Americans in the quarterfinals of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. French NBA stars, Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert, combined for 43 points in the upset victory in China. Fournier led […]
Serbia’s quest for a basketball world championship ended early Tuesday as Argentina upset the gold medal contender 97-87 in the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals. Argentina, which is best remembered for winning the Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball back in 2004, was paced by 20 points from 39-year-old Luis Scola, […]
With news that guard Jayson Tatum will miss at least the next two games with an ankle injury for Team USA after near upset in a 1-point overtime win against Turkey, USA’s odds to win the FIBA World Cup shrunk to even money, while Serbia’s increased to 3/2 odds to […]
The United States nearly suffered a loss at the hands of Turkey in the FIBA World Cup on Tuesday, with the Americans needing overtime to get away with a 93-92 win. Team USA needed a lot of help in the end to get the win, as it was behind with […]
England’s best soccer teams are celebrating, but other European powerhouses could have cause for concern following Thursday’s Champions League group stage draw. Manchester City should face little resistance in Group C, where they will be taking on Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, and Italian side Atalanta. Guardiola: Champions League Never Easy […]
Atlanta United continued its recent dominance in American soccer competitions on Tuesday night, beating Minnesota United 2-1 in the US Open Cup final in Atlanta. The victory gave Atlanta its third trophy in the past year, as the club also won the 2018 MLS Cup, then defeated Mexico’s Club America […]
One of the oldest clubs in English soccer will no longer be welcome in the nation’s Football League, as Bury is being expelled by the EFL due to financial problems. Bury, which currently sits in League One – the third tier of English soccer – is the first team to […]
US Women’s National Team star Carli Lloyd has won two Women’s World Cup titles during her career. But her kicking earned her new attention last week when she blasted a 55-yard field goal at an NFL practice last week. Given that she’s known for having a big, accurate leg, Lloyd […]
Matthew McConaughey and three other Austin notables have signed on as owners of Austin FC. Austin’s MLS expansion team will start competing in 2021, becoming the first major league sports team in Texas’s fourth largest city. Actor Matthew McConaughey is among four Austinites who joined Austin FC’s ownership group. The […]
After just two weeks of play in the English Premier League, there are only two teams who have yet to drop any points. And as fate would have it, the schedule pits them against each other, as Liverpool will host Arsenal on Saturday. Liverpool and Arsenal are currently one and […]
Two Premier League title contenders will face off on Saturday, as Tottenham Hotspur visits Manchester City for an early season clash. Man City currently tops the EPL table after its 5-0 victory over West Ham last weekend, while Tottenham earned a 3-1 win over Aston Villa in its opener. Spurs […]
Mediation discussions between the US women’s national team (USWNT) and US Soccer were halted on Wednesday after several days of meetings failed to make any progress on the dispute over compensation for the Women’s World Cup champions. According to a report by The New York Times, the two sides are […]
Two former European champions were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying process on Tuesday, as Scottish giants Celtic and Portuguese side Porto were upset by lesser-known opposition in the third qualifying round of the competition. Celtic, which won the European Cup in the 1966-67 season and remains the only Scottish […]
The 2019-20 English Premier League is upon us, with the action officially kicking off Friday afternoon when Liverpool hosts Norwich City in the first match of the season. 20 clubs will begin the year tied for first place, all dreaming of lifting the trophy in May. But not all of […]
English Premier League clubs scrambled to bring in talented players before Thursday’s transfer deadline, but the biggest move of the day looks to be about who left the league. Belgium international Romelu Lukaku will join Inter Milan on a five-year deal after the Italian club paid Manchester United a team […]
The English Premier League’s season begins on Friday. Sports gamblers may want to pace themselves, however, to take advantage of midseason odds discrepancies that researchers predict are more likely to occur after a team sacks their coach. A recent study in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance found that […]
Wayne Rooney has decided to return to his home country of England to play soccer, but with a new wrinkle. The 33-year-old, who is the second highest scorer in the Premier League with 208 goals, has accepted a position as a player, coach with Derby County of the English Football […]
Heading into the 2019-2020 season, the English Premier League title race is expected to be a two-way battle between Manchester City and Liverpool, with teams like Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United battling for Champions League positions. But there could be just as much drama at the bottom of the […]
Team USA are the favorites to win the FIBA World Cup at 4/9 odds, while NBA star Nikola Jokic and Serbia is the second-highest favorite on the board at 2/1 odds to win the World Cup according to the Westgate Super Book in Las Vegas. The FIBA World Cup begins […]
Christian Pulisic scored his first two goals in a Chelsea uniform on Wednesday, putting in a superb performance for the Premier League side in a 5-3 victory over Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. Pulisic was transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea in January, but stayed with the German side on […]
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