Sampdoria have completed the signing of defender Simon Busk Poulsen from AZ Alkmaar, the Serie A club have announced on their official website.
The Denmark international arrives to Stadio Luigi Ferraris on a free transfer after his contract with AZ Alkmaar expired in June.
The 27-year-old has signed a long-term deal with the Italian club, although the transfer is subject to the defender passing a medical on Monday.
Simon Busk Poulsen began his career at SonderjyskE and also played for Midtjylland in Denmark before joining AZ Alkmaar in January 2008.
The full-back has since made 94 Eredivisie appearances for the Dutch club, scoring 6 goals in the process.
Poulsen has largely impressed playing for Denmark at the 2012 European Championship, starting…
There is a great talent here. He has a great future but it all depends on him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic said of Rafael Leao after Milan beat neighbours Inter in the derby last October.
Ibrahimovic knows what it takes to reach the top better than most.
There has been no doubt about Leao s quality, the 22-year-old has pace to burn and an arsenal of attacking weapons up his sleeve. But he has split opinion since being prised from Lille in 2019 – a result of mixed performances amid hype and expectations after Milan made a significant investment.
However, after an inconsistent start in the north of Italy, Leao is now flourishing under the guidance of Zlatan and Stefano Pioli as part of the Rossoneri dream of conquering Serie A for the first time in over a decade.
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Sunderland appointed Sam Allardyce as their new manager on a two-year contract on this day in 2015.
Allardyce succeeded Dick Advocaat, who had left his post with the Black Cats in the Premier League relegation zone.
Allardyce, who was a defender for Sunderland between 1980 and 1981, became the first person to manage both the Black Cats and their arch rivals Newcastle, the only team below them in the table.
Sunderland chairman Ellis Short said: “Sunderland is a club he knows well and he was the obvious best choice for the job.
“He has vast experience of managing in the Premier League and an understanding first hand of the north east and the passion of our fans, which will stand him in great stead.”
Allardyce had lasted only eight months in ch…
The NFL season is in full swing and so are all the glorious prop markets that come with it. We’re looking into every market to uncover some of the week’s best team, player, and derivative prop bets — we do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to!
Week 7 is here and we’re backing a pair of tight ends, hitting the Over on a receiver with a massive spread, and hitching our wagon behind an all-purpose back.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Indianapolis Colts in their third and final preseason game of 2022. Neither team has earned a win in exhibition play so far, but the home team is favored by three points against Tom Brady and Co.
With most of Indy’s starters — with the exception of running back Jonathan Taylor — scheduled to play most of the first half, the Colts have an excellent chance of securing a win before heading into Week 1 of the regular season.
Read below for our best free NFL picks and predictions for Buccaneers vs. Colts in the final week of preseason play.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys will kick off their 2023 preseason on Saturday afternoon at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
Last season was considered a success for both teams despite losing in the playoffs. The Jaguars won the AFC South for only the second time since the 1999 season. The Cowboys went 12-5 and won only their fourth playoff game since 1996, and their first since 2018.
Do not expect to see much — if any — of the big names you know from both sides, but this could still be an entertaining game. Jacksonville and Dallas will both be looking to get some of their new starters some game action. This includes the returning Calvin Ridley.
I analyze the NFL odds and give my best NFL picks and predictions for J…
Monday Night Football returns to the scene of the crime in the Meadowlands, where Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles on opening weekend, as the Los Angeles Chargers go cross-country to take on the New York Jets.
The Week 9 odds are in favor of the road team, as they look to get back to .500 in the standings. However, the Jets have been a gritty team and have won three consecutive games with Zach Wilson callin the shots. Find out what my NFL picks are for this MNF affair when I take a deep dive into the MNF odds.
Be sure to also check out our Chargers vs Jets betting preview and a full breakdown of Justin Herbert odds!
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The AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens packs more star power — on and off the field — into 60 minutes than any other football game so far this season.
Despite the likelihood of Taylor Swift making an appearance at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, top billing in the AFC title game goes to the battle at quarterback: Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson.
Jackson, the soon-to-be two-time MVP, can secure his place among the all-time greats by not only taking the Ravens to the Super Bowl but outperforming his Kansas City counterpart — another two-time MVP and reigning Super Bowl Most Valuable Player.
I look into the NFL odds for Baltimore’s dual-threat QB and give my best NFL prop picks and prediction…
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Applications from 128 countries for 216,975 WC2010 tickets were received Saturday via the FIFA website 24 hours after the online tickets went on sale across the globe, FIFA officials said.
The figure excludes hard paper applications handed in by South African residents at the branches of a designated local bank, FIFA said in a statement.
The biggest number of orders came from South Africa, the host, followed by Britain, the United States, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and Argentina.
These are fantastic numbers, underlying yet again the fervour taking hold around the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first on the African continent, David Will, chairman of the FIFA ticketing sub-committee, said.