By Josh Powell | Disgruntled England fan ‘I don’t think the Premier League is too global but you have too many foreigners and not enough English players, so your national team is not yet at the level of these national teams (Spain, Germany and Italy)’. Sepp Blatter, January 15th Today the English FA celebrates its […]
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World Cup qualifiers: Pick your bankers and your blowouts
By Sean Goff | World Cup Qualifying 2014 Group A Croatia v Wales 7pm Gareth Bale rescued Wales against Scotland but the bookies make the Croats 3/10 favs to add to their seven point total so far. A tall order for Chris Coleman’s side. Home banker. FYR Macedonia v Serbia 7.30pm A local derby and two […]
VIDEO: Olympic gold for Sergio Ramos?
Spain haven’t had much success in the Olympics so far, picking up just the one silver medal in the women’s 200 metre butterfly race. Maybe if they’d had Sergio Ramos in the water you would have seen Spain topping the medal tables more often than not. Michael Phelps has just become the most successful Olympian […]
Robbie Fowler: Spain win puts Irish game in context
After Ireland’s exit from Group C everyone had an opinion on how bad the results were. But Robbie Fowler argues that after Spain’s Euro 2012 triumph the results have to be seen in context . Ireland should take some comfort from Spain’s 4-0 win over Italy in the Euro 2012 final last night. I remember when […]
Euro 2012 Final: Paddy Power’s Big Game Bingo
We’re not saying tonight’s game is going to be boring but just in case it gets bogged down in a mire of midfield maestro-ism, we’ve whipped together another version of our patented Paddy Power Big Game Bingo. Print it out, get your pen ready and mark the clichés and inevitable pundit-isms as they occur from […]
How Italy defied the odds to reach Euro 2012 final
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer There were two schools of thought about Italy heading into Euro 2012. The first was that they were a bunch of middling players from a crippled league who would be in disarray as a result of controversy. The second was they were a bunch of middling players from […]
The Italian job: History is against Spain in the final
By Josh Powell | Sports writer Preview: Spain v Italy, Sunday 7.45 ITV1/BBC1/RTE2 The Lowdown Spain are bidding to make history on Sunday and become the first team to win a third successive major tournament. They have kept an unbelievable nine successive clean sheets in knockout matches and haven’t lost a competitive game since June […]
Euro 2012: Spain v Italy Live Blog
Italy have been surprisingly good, particularly in their semi-final win over the more fancied and oddly not so-reliable Germans. The defending champions haven’t been at their best but ultimately a jaded Spain playing without a striker and struggling to score is still better than most other teams. Starting Negredo counts as playing without a striker. […]
Robbie Fowler: Balotelli has won me over
Wayward Italian striker Mario Balotelli has silenced his critics with some memorable displays ahead of tonight’s Euro 2012 showdown with Spain and Robbie Fowler is impressed. I’ve not been Mario Balotelli’s biggest fan but he’s winning me over with his performances heading into tonight’s final at Euro 2012. If Italy are to beat the reigning […]
Deschamps favourite to replace departing Blanc
By Sean Goff | Sports reporter Didier Deschamps heads the market to replace Laurent Blanc as French manager in Paddy Power’s online betting after he quit his post on Saturday. UEFA President Michel Platini had publicly backed the Marseilles manager to take over should Blanc decide to walk away. The former French captain won acclaim for his handling of national team’s 2010 […]
Mario is powering up: Money back if Balotelli scores last
Paddy Power punters have been lapping up the Money-Back Specials over Euro 2012, many of which have left Paddy out of pocket. Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Gomez and Wayne Rooney are just a few of the names that have cost Paddy over the last few weeks and now Mario Balotelli can join that elusive club. If […]
Euro 2012: Spain v Portugal live blog
They live right next door to each other so there’s a bit of a rivalry and they’ve played each other more than they’ve played any other international side. 34 times to be exact(ish). Spain are well on top with 16 wins to Portugal’s six. However Portugal are the last team to beat Spain in a […]
Euro 2012: Spain v Portugal match betting preview
Preview: Spain v Portugal, Wednesday 7.45pm RTE2 By Rob Dore The lowdown… Spain are the defending champions, two-time winners and reigning World Cup champions. They’re the tournament favourites at 13/8 and strong favorites to beat Portugal in the first semi-final of Euro 2012. In the parlance of the young and creepy older people on Twitter […]
Robbie Fowler: If Ronaldo doesn’t perform, Portugal will lose
I know it sounds stupid, but Portugal are playing the better football at the moment. When Cristiano Ronaldo is in full flow, they’re almost unstoppable. In the last couple of game, Ronaldo has been different class and it’s translated into some very good performances from the team. He’s been the standout performer at Euro 2012. […]
Five ‘big games’ when Ronaldo has ‘turned up’
By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer The ‘not a big game player’ label is harder to shake off than the suspicion Howard Webb is on the Old Trafford payroll. You know you’ve made it when people start accusing you of ‘not turning up for the big occasion’. And give yourself an extra-large pat on […]
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