Early global 2010 World Cup ticket applications are strong but South African hosts have been slow in securing seats to the curtain-raiser Confederations Cup, organisers said Tuesday.
More than 506,000 worldwide online applications for World Cup tickets had been made since ticket applications opened on February 20.
The tremendous response is extremely exciting and gives us a great deal of confidence, said Irvin Khoza, chairman of the local organising committee.
It is now even more important for us to ensure that the Confederations Cup will be a success, he said.
Only 170,000 of the 646,000 available tickets for the Confederations Cup, traditionally seen as a curtain-raiser to the world s top football event, have been sold ahead of the eight nation tourn…
The new Ligue 1 season kicks off on Friday, with Monaco taking on Lyon in the opening match.
The transfer window in France does not shut until September 2, but it appears most teams in France s top flight have attempted to get their business done in time for the start of the new campaign.
Paris Saint-Germain cruised to the league title last season, though with uncertainty over Neymar s future will Thomas Tuchel s side find things so easy this season?
We look at the five best signings by Ligue 1 clubs heading into 2019-20.
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5. Joachim Andersen (Lyon)
Danish youngster Andersen enjoyed a breakthrough season in Serie A last term, impressing at the heart of Sampdoria s defence.…
As we gear up for matchday three in the Women s Super League, the chasing pack have an opportunity to make ground on Chelsea and Manchester United, who are both unbeaten so far.
The Opta Supercomputer is here to give the inside track on whom the winners and losers may be as we look ahead to each match-up.
Chelsea and United will not be in action due to fixture congestion as a result of the Blues Women s Champions League fixture on Tuesday next week. This will therefore be an early chance for Manchester City, Tottenham, and Arsenal to make inroads.
WSL history could be made this weekend too – if Jordan Nobbs laces up her boots and is selected for Aston Villa in their match away at Brighton, she will break the record for all-time appearances.
If Nobbs is …
Sunderland Manager Steve Bruce will expect his charges to maintain their great home form whilst Brian Laws will expect his Burnley team to fight for their lives with relegation beginning to look like a likelihood.
Sunderland had such a slump in the mid part of the season it is hard to believe that they have picked up enough points this season to be effectively safe with a handful of games to go, but such is their home form, with only two home defeats all season, that they deserve their retained status for this factor alone. Much has been down to the goalscoring exploits of Darren Bent, who is still pushing for an England place with 22 goals this season in the Premierleague. Sunderland have a fairly strong squad to pick from but injury doubts remain over the excellent but injury…
Marco Verratti has come to the defence of his Paris Saint-Germain and Italy team-mate Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The goalkeeper came in for criticism following PSG s recent Champions League elimination at the hands of Real Madrid, in particular for his error that led to Karim Benzema scoring the Spanish side s first goal at the Santiago Bernabeu in an eventual 3-2 aggregate loss for the Parisians.
Donnarumma has conceded six goals in his last two club appearances, but ahead of Italy s World Cup qualifying play-off against North Macedonia, Verratti wants Azzurri fans to remember his performances during the run to winning Euro 2020.
We need to be confident. Thursday will be an important match against a team that deserves to be here, Verratti told a news conference.<…
Manchester City will face Wigan Athletic in a re-run of the 2013 FA Cup final as the Premier League heavyweights avoided one another in the fifth-round draw.
Ben Watson s late header gave Wigan a shock 1-0 win at Wembley on that occasion, a result that preceded Roberto Mancini s dismissal as City manager.
The Latics, now in League One, claimed a top-flight scalp at the weekend as Will Grigg s brace saw off West Ham 2-0, while Pep Guardiola s men maintained their pursuit of honours on four fronts with a 2-0 victory at Cardiff City.
City were chasing a domestic treble in 2013-14 before Wigan beat them 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium in round six of that season s FA Cup.
Manchester United will travel to either Huddersfield Town or Birmingham City after Alexis…
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers faced off against the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh shot itself in the foot (multiple times) en route to an upset home loss in last year’s AFC Divisional Round.
The Steelers’ first chance at revenge comes this year in Week 8 when they visit Cleveland as NFL betting underdogs. Both teams are dealing with a litany of injuries, so “who” takes the field on Sunday afternoon is just as important as “what” each team’s plan of attack is.
Here are our best free NFL picks and predictions for Steelers vs. Browns on Sunday, October 31, with kickoff at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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The 2022 NFL season kicks off with an absolute unit of a game Thursday night as the defending Super Bowl champions, the Los Angeles Rams, take on this season’s betting favorite to win it all in the Buffalo Bills.
With a total of 52.5 and on the indoor track of SoFi Stadium, scoring should come early and often. Matthew Stafford’s elbow injury might be an issue down the road, but not this early in the season. Both offenses have added solid pieces and can spread it around while the defenses lack depth — especially in the secondary for the visiting side.
With a potential shootout on our hands, the secondary receiving options for both teams project well while there is some value in the Bills’ goalline rushing game. Find out my three be…
The Indianapolis Colts were once a model franchise.
Between 2003 and 2014 the franchise won the NFC South nine times, made two Super Bowl appearances winning one, and losing in the AFC Championship Game twice more.
They employed the likes of Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison and then drafted Andrew Luck in 2012 as their next franchise quarterback — we all know how that ended. Luck abruptly retired and the Colts were left spinning their wheels.
Since that 2019 season where they finished 7-9, things have been trending down. They went 9-8 in 2021 and then 4-12-1 last year which left everyone inside the organization with a sour taste in their mouth.
Their supposed workhorse running back, Jonathan Taylor now w…
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s teaser time!
I’m licking my wounds this week after a second straight teaser loss that brought my record to 4-5 on the season. There were no bad beats to blame this time around after the Seahawks no-showed in Baltimore and got smacked by 34 points.
Thankfully, I was in Philadelphia for Cowboys vs. Eagles, so I wasn’t able to watch the Seahawks game live. It got so bad that I just turned the alerts off on my phone – that’s when you know how wrong you were about an NFL odds bet.
Ok, so we’re under .500 at the halfway mark and we’ve got some ground to make up in our NFL Week 10 predictions. This isn’t that big of a hole, so let’s right this free NFL picks ship starting he…