Marco Reus should stay at Borussia Dortmund because the familiar environment will be important in helping him rediscover his best form, according to the club s sporting director Michael Zorc.
Reus cast doubt over his future at Dortmund when he revealed he was thinking about how best to continue his career.
The Germany international has not played since suffering knee ligament damage in May and has now entered the final 18 months of his contract with the club.
Injuries have plagued Reus over the last three years, but he remains a player Dortmund are keen to keep.
And Zorc believes staying put would be in the 28-year-old s best interest, with a return to fitness on the horizon.
It s perfectly normal for a player of his age to think about his career…
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez admits it came as a huge shock when Zinedine Zidane told him he will be stepping down as head coach.
Zidane confirmed on Thursday he is leaving the club, just five days on from winning his third Champions League in a row, citing the need for a change for him and the team.
The 45-year-old s future had come under scrutiny in the weeks leading up to the Champions League final against Liverpool, with Madrid having failed to defend their LaLiga title and crashed out of the Copa del Rey to Leganes.
However, Perez claims he had hoped to have Zidane at his side forever and was only informed of the former France star s plans on Wednesday.
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Michael Garcia has resigned from his position as independent chairman of the FIFA Investigatory Chamber, read his reasons in full below.
For the first two years after my July 2012 appointment as independent Chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee s Investigatory Chamber, I felt that the Ethics Committee was making real progress in advancing ethics enforcement at FIFA. In recent months, that changed.
On September 5, 2014, I and Cornel Borbely, the Deputy Chair of the Investigatory Chamber, sent a Report on the Inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Bidding Process (the Report ) to the FIFA Ethics Committee s Adjudicatory Chamber. The Report identified serious and wide-ranging issues with the bidding and selection process. (Mr. Borbely also filed separate reports from hi…
Thomas Tuchel is expected to lead Bayern Munich against Borussia Monchengladbach despite the head coach being hit by flu in recent days.
The former Chelsea boss missed training on Wednesday and Thursday through the illness and has looked a doubt for Saturday’s Bundesliga clash at the Allianz Arena.
Sporting director Christoph Freund stood in at the pre-match press conference but said Tuchel would “in all likelihood” be on the touchline as Bayern look to heap pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
“Thomas will come down to Sabener Strasse (training ground) today and take training,” Freund said. “He’s getting better. We’re positive he can be at the game tomorrow.”
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Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 Premier League victory over Burnley before the international break, but it was not their free-flowing football that made the headlines.
Instead, most of the post-match talk centred on Sadio Mane s furious reaction, the forward seemingly livid with team-mate Mohamed Salah after being substituted at Turf Moor.
The Senegal forward was apparently angry at Salah for taking a shot moments earlier rather than setting up his team-mate for a simple finish.
It has led to some suggesting the Egypt international is greedy, with former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger saying: Salah is a bit obsessed with finishing himself.
An assessment of the Opta data suggests Salah might not be quite as selfish as Mane – and many others – think.
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John Terry s late winner ensured England took another significant step towards next year s World Cup finals after a 2-1 win over Ukraine here on Wednesday.
Terry s 84th-minute goal ensured Fabio Capello s squad reached the half-way stage in their campaign to reach South Africa with five wins out of five in Group Six, and maintained their five-point lead over Croatia, 2-0 winners over Andorra earlier in the day.
England just about deserved the three points but the outcome hung in the balance after Andriy Shevchenko came off the bench to cancel out Peter Crouch s first-half strike with just over quarter of an hour left.
Capello admitted his side had been below par but said the win had been testimony to their character.
It was not a rich game, a little bit…
I’m still bitter that Detroit’s Anthony Firkser didn’t score in the NFC Championship game two weeks back, despite an opportunity handed to him on a platter.
I still got Isiah Pacheco at solid plus money, but with one last game, I’m taking the same approach as last week as I break down the Super Bowl touchdown props. Three tiers of plane breakers: the favorites, the mids, and the longshots.
For the final edition of TDs, which were profitable on the season at +4.395 units, my Super Bowl player props back a pair of KC pass catchers and gets creative with Christain McCaffrey’s NFL odds as the most probable TD scorer.
Here are my three best Super Bowl touchdown picks that you will find amongst Super Bowl odds this week.
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With the New Orleans Saints taking on the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football, it’s time to dive into some Patrick Mahomes odds.
The future Hall of Fame quarterback is now without a number of receivers but can stay undefeated this season with the help of Travis Kelce. We break down his props and NFL picks in our Saints vs. Chiefs predictions below.
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Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: the Cincinnati Bengals. SPREADING JOY THROUGHOUT THE LAND… Your 2014 record: 10-5-1. That includes a first-round playoff loss to the Colts that I cannot remember at all. I know I watched it. I know I sat there and stared at a television for three hours, attempting to absorb it. It was no use. Whenever the Bengals play a playoff game, my brain sets itself to INSTAWIPE because it knows it the game will not be worth preserving in memory. The Bengals have lost in the first round of the playoffs for four straight years by a combined score of 103-43. They have…
data-mm-id=”_feezetq5d”>The UFC is looking to crack down on piracy on the the most expensive card in UFC history this Saturday. With the UFC and ESPN teaming up to jack the permanent price of pay-per-views to $69.99 plus the price of an ESPN+ subscription during a pandemic, illegal streams are a major concern. That's why UFC president Dana White is looking to make an example out of a streamer this weekend. He first gave some details at a press conference on Thursday. Uncle Dana got an illegal streamer ? #UFC257 pic.twitter.com/ONXgPTOcGc— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) January 21, 2021″We’re watching this guy right now. All you have to do is turn it on on Saturday and we got you, f-cker.”White later clarified that comment in an interview with BT Sport. Here's a clip.Da…