Saturday’s meeting between the 49ers and the Packers bucks expectations. The No. 7 seed Packers upset the No. 2 seed Cowboys during wild-card weekend to secure a spot in the divisional round. Their reward? A date with the top-seeded 49ers. Yet while they’re the underdogs against San Francisco, don’t count them out with Jordan Love … Read more
January camp comes to a close as Gregg Berhalter leads his patchwork USMNT squad into an international friendly against Slovenia on Saturday. As the match falls outside the designated FIFA international breaks, both sides feature fringe rosters full of second-choice and third-choice players hoping to impress their coaching staff and earn more playing time in … Read more
Hosts Ivory Coast take on Nigeria in the second group stage match of Group A in the Africa Cup of Nations. Ivory Coast come into this one on the back of a comfortable 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening match of the tournament. While Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea. … Read more
Senegal begin their Africa Cup of Nations title defence on January 15 when they face Gambia in the day’s opening match at the tournament. The Lions of Teranga secured their first AFCON title in 2021 as Sadio Mane’s spot-kick secured a dramatic penalty-shootout win over rivals Egypt in Cameroon. Aliou Cisse’s side have been tipped … Read more
Garry Rodrigues’ 92nd-minute strike condemned four-time Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions Ghana to defeat in their opening Group B game of the 2023 tournament on a day of surprise results in Ivory Coast. Winger Rodrigues pounced following calamitous Black Stars defending to give the 73rd-ranked team in the world a dramatic victory and extend … Read more
Win, and you’re in. Seem easy enough, Packers? For the second straight year Green Bay has one job to do to make the playoffs: win the final game. Though, that always proves to be harder than it should be. While the Packers have won nine straight against the Bears, including a 38-20 victory in Week … Read more
The Steelers and Ravens are set to face off in Baltimore with playoff hopes at stake on Saturday. The Ravens have already locked up the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC and the AFC North division, so they will only look to play spoiler in Week 18. MVP favorite Lamar Jackson will not suit … Read more
San-En NeoPhoenix Filipino import Thirdy Ravena. –B.LEAGUE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Thirdy Ravena’s ferocious slam dunk highlighted his 25-point explosion as the surging San-en Neophoenix dominated Ray Parks Jr. and the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, 92-79, in the 2023-24 Japan B.League season on Saturday. Ravena dropped 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting to go with four assists, … Read more
Rafael Nadal faces Jordan Thompson in the quarterfinals of the ATP Brisbane International on January 5. The Spanish great is playing in his first tournament in practically a full year, having taken the rest of 2023 off to recover from injury following his defeat to Mackenzie McDonald at last year’s Australian Open. The 22-time grand … Read more
Bowl season continues on as the much-anticipated College Football Playoff matchup between No. 2 Washington and No. 3 Texas is set for a prime-time kickoff in New Orleans. The game will feature an intriguing matchup at quarterback with Michael Penix Jr., anticipated to be one of the earliest names off the board at signal-caller after … Read more