Marco Giampaolo is the latest in a string of hopeful appointments by AC Milan in their bid to bring the glory days back to the red side of San Siro, and his tenure begins away to Udinese.

The Rossoneri have not finished in the top four since 2012-13 and have gone through numerous coaches in recent years, with Clarence Seedorf, Filippo Inzaghi, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Cristian Brocchi, Vincenzo Montella and Gennaro Gattuso all failing.

Gattuso narrowly missed out on Champions League football last season and stepped down, with Giampaolo coming in as his replacement from Sampdoria.

Although Krzysztof Piatek and Lucas Paqueta showed promise after their January arrivals last term, Milan have only added Theo Hernandez and Rade Krunic to their squad this close season.

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Karim Adeyemi scored a first-half hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund hammered Celtic 7-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, scoring their first five goals in the opening 42 minutes.

The 80,000-strong crowd started the celebrations early at the Westfalenstadion, with Emre Can scoring from the spot in the seventh minute after Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel upended Jamie Gittens and was booked.

Celtic momentarily hushed the deafening Yellow Wall two minutes later when Daizen Maeda bundled in a cross from Arne Engels but Adeyemi restored the lead with a shot deflected in off Auston Trusty in the 11th minute.

The Germany winger extended the hosts lead just before the half-hour mark when he lashed a shot into the top corner past a diving Schmeichel, then won a 39th-m…

The World Cup in South Africa has helped FIFA s revenues past the billion dollar mark for the first time, world football s governing body said Friday.

We are very confident, not only confident but very proud, that we can deliver the World Cup to Africa and that Africa can deliver the World Cup to the world, Blatter said after a two day FIFA executive committee meeting.

FIFA, a non profit-making organisation, said it had made a 196 million dollar surplus in 2009, as revenues soared to 1.06 billion dollars.

For the first time out turnover in one year has been more than one billion dollars, Blatter told journalists.

The market trusts South Africa, he added, referring to lucrative television and marketing deals in the years running up to the first ever fi…

Ballon d Or 2021 winner Lionel Messi has said that runner-up Robert Lewandowski deserved a Ballon d Or of his own for his exploits last year.

Messi claimed the coveted award for a record-extending seventh time on Monday, while Bayern Munich forward Lewandowski won the inaugural Striker of the Year award and finished second in the Ballon d Or voting.

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has enjoyed a superb but bittersweet calendar year, highlighted by finally leading Argentina to success on the international stage with a Copa America victory in which he was both the tournament s top scorer and top assister.

He then returned to Barcelona expecting to sign a new deal, but the club s financial situation made it impossible.

In 40 club appearances this yea…

On a new contract worth up to £300,000 a week, Rooney would spend another three seasons at United and finish with 253 goals from 559 appearances.

The attacker broke Charlton’s record on January 21, 2017 with a free-kick at Stoke and a week later was presented with a commemorative Golden Boot to acknowledge him becoming the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.

After five Premier League titles, three League Cups, plus solitary success in the Champions League, Europa League, Club World Cup and FA Cup, Rooney left Old Trafford to return to boyhood side Everton.

His second spell at Goodison Park was short-lived and, after stints with DC United in the United States and at Derby in the Championship, Rooney retired from professional football at the start of 2021 to t…

The AFC South’s two competitive teams will wrap up their season series on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, as the division-leading Tennessee Titans visit the Indianapolis Colts.

Tennessee has effectively shaken off early-season struggles and, with two consecutive impressive wins in its pocket, takes a 5-2 record on the road against a feisty 3-4 Indy team. 

Here are our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Titans vs. Colts on October 31.

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Regardless of how the 2022 season trickles down for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, this year is going to make for one compelling episode of “Man in the Arena” based on the offseason alone.

Tom Brady’s retirement had the life span of a New Year’s resolution and Bruce Arians hung up his Kangol and Darth Vader chest piece, turning the team over to promoted defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. 

On paper, all the pieces of a championship team are still in Tampa and the Bucs’ NFL odds confirm that outlook, pricing them among the top contenders in terms of Super Bowl, NFC title, and season win total markets.

We poke around the pirate ship to figure out the best ways to wager on Tampa Bay in 2022 (Unders off the starboard bow!). Ahoy…

Even with Hurricane Hilary threatening Southern California on Sunday, the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers are still scheduled to lock horns for their scheduled preseason game. 

What does the second week of preseason have in store? Looking at NFL odds, the Saints are expected to blow into town and cruise to victory. I’m generally not a fan of laying points with the road team in preseason action, so allow me to dive deeper into this matchup to determine if the line is warranted. 

Read on for my best bet and full NFL preseason picks and predictions for the Saints vs. Chargers on Sunday, August 20. 

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Thursday Night Football returns this week with the Panthers meeting the Bears at Soldier Field in a Week 10 odds matchup. 

I’ve taken a long look at Bryce Young odds at various sportsbooks to find the very best NFL picks relating to the Panthers’ QB on Thursday Night Football.

If you want more angles for TNF odds, check out Josh Inglis’ Panthers vs. Bears predictions and Shawn Wronka’s TNF prop picks!

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At this point, the Kansas City Chiefs seem inevitable as Andy Reid’s team gets set to play in its sixth straight AFC Championship — but for the first time, they’ll be vying for a Super Bowl ticket on the road. This Baltimore Ravens team doesn’t only have home-field advantage and the likely MVP at quarterback; it’s got a ferocious defense.

With how loaded Baltimore is, the NFL odds have the Ravens as 4-point home favorites, and they’re in position to take advantage of a banged-up Chiefs running game. While Isiah Pacheco odds have been trendy targets in recent weeks, injuries and this defense should be able to slow him in a sloppy weather game.

You can see how I’m betting on the Chiefs running back as we dive into the NF…