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Fresh off their UEFA Super Cup triumph, Real Madrid will kick off their 2024/25 La Liga season with a trip to face Mallorca at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix on Sunday night. The reigning Spanish champions will be keen to assert their dominance again after finishing 10 points ahead of arch-rivals Barcelona last season.

Mallorca, who ended the previous campaign in 15th place and seven points clear of relegation, will face a stern test against Los Blancos as they look to improve on last year s struggles.

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Mallorca are gearing up for their fourth consecutive season in La Liga, marking their longest stretch at this level since 2013. Despite this achievement, the Pirates endured a challenging 2023/24 campaign, finishing 15th, ju…

Precisely 20 years ago, the player many consider to be the greatest of all time made his senior debut.

At the age of 17, Lionel Messi made his first appearance in LaLiga on October 16, 2004, replacing goalscorer Deco from the bench in Barcelona s 1-0 win at Espanyol. He was, at the time, the club s youngest player to feature in an official game.

The rest, as they say, is history – 846 goals, eight Ballons d Or and 43 senior team honours later, Messi has certainly cemented his place among the all-time greats.

On the 20th anniversary of his first professional outing, we celebrate the Argentine maestro by delving into the best facts and figures of his glittering career.

20 years ago today, Messi made his official debut for Barça.

Join us as we t…

Borussia Dortmund expect to be without Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the rest of 2014 due to a hamstring injury.

The Armenia international limped out of Saturday s 1-0 defeat to Hertha Berlin with the scores goalless, having initially impressed in midfield.

Mkhitaryan s replacement, Jakub Blaszczykowski, coughed up possession for Julian Schieber s winner as the former Dortmund striker came back to haunt the club he left for the capital in July.

And Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp will be without Mkhitaryan for their final two games before the mid-season break against Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen as the Ruhr club look to arrest a dismal season which sees them currently sat in the Bundesliga s relegation play-off place.

A club statement revealed Mkhitaryan suffered a …

Russia beat Sweden 2-0 in their Euro 2008 Group D match here on Wednesday and reach the quarter-finals at the expense of their opponents.

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in the 24th minute, for his second of the tournament, and Russian player of the year Andrei Arshavin added a second in the 50th minute to seal victory.

Russia progress to their first ever knockout stages of a major tournament since the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 and will play Holland in the quarter-final in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday a repeat to a certain extent of the 1988 final when present Dutch coach Marco van Basten scored in the 2-0 victory over the Soviets.

Russia are also coached by Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who took the Dutch to the 1998 World Cup semi-finals.

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Rodri believes the future is going to be everything after Spain’s youngsters helped them to Euro 2024 glory in Berlin.

Nico Williams, set up by Lamine Yamal, scored the opener for La Roja before England substitute Cole Palmer levelled in the second half.

However, Mikel Oyarzabal netted the winner with four minutes remaining to clinch a record fourth European Championships title for Spain.

It is also Spain s first major trophy in 12 years, following their trio of wins in the Euros and World Cup between 2008 and 2012, and Rodri thinks the current group has a bright future ahead.

It s unbelievable, this is a dream, Rodri told ITV. We are now the best national team at the Euros – it s crazy.

We have been humble all these years, to keep working, …

Eden Hazard has offered public support to Raheem Sterling after the Manchester City forward was allegedly racially abused at Chelsea during a Premier League game.

Sterling was berated by a section of the Stamford Bridge crowd during Chelsea s 2-0 defeat of the Premier League champions, with the club subsequently suspending four people from attending matches pending further investigations.

The Metropolitan Police also launched an investigation into whether Sterling was racially abused by spectators and Hazard has backed the England international.

The only thing I can say is I support the player. Sterling is a fantastic player, Hazard told Sky Sports.

There is an investigation, so we don t know what will happen.

Proper Chelsea fans just sing…

Wayne Rooney made a shock U-turn and signed a new five-year deal at Manchester United on this day in 2010.

It came as quite a shock when Rooney signed a new contract just two days after the United and England striker had announced his intention to quit Old Trafford when he released a statement which questioned the club’s ambition.

The then 24-year-old let rip at the club’s leadership and said he would not be agreeing new terms following meetings with chief executive David Gill.

“During those meetings in August I asked for assurances about the continued ability of the club to attract the top players in the world,” said Rooney.

“I met with David Gill last week he did not give me any of the assurances I was seeking about the future squad. I then to…

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming out of the bye and looking to erase a pair of ugly losses to the Jets and Browns as they travel to the Death Star to take on the Las Vegas Raiders who showed plenty of flaws in their Sunday night loss to the Chiefs.

Can the Bengals regain their Week 7 form and stay competitive in the AFC North? Can the Raiders put up some points and end their own two-game losing skid? Find out in our picks and predictions for the Bengals vs. Raiders Week 11 matchup.

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Panic comes in many forms, but whether mild or major, it has the same effect. Judgment is clouded and reaction often comes from a place of desperation, rather than being carefully thought out. 

Panic is why the kids in the horror movie run into the woods instead of driving away in the car. It’s why you’re still going through all that toilet paper you hoarded in April 2020. And it’s why some NFL point spreads are completely turned around from their look-ahead lines of the summer. 

Panic is a real MF’er.

Two weeks of NFL betting results — especially unexpected results — can do that. But now is not the time to panic. Even with my weekly NFL Underdogs picks and predictions starting 1-5 ATS out of the gate, I&rsq…

This week, Sunday Night Football features the Miami Dolphins traveling to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots. The Patriots fans know a thing or two about great quarterback play having watched Tom Brady for over a decade but the Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa has started the season well and we’ll be focused here on what the best way to bet around Tua is.

The 1-0 Dolphins come into Week 2 red hot following that shootout victory over the Chargers and are three-point favorites over Bill Belichick’s Patriots. The Pats may be 0-1 but they really impressed in Week 1, nearly taking a big win and showing that there might be more life in this team than first assumed. One thing we know is that Belichick will be relishing the opportunity to scheme against th…