France head coach Didier Deschamps dismissed questions about his future after the world champions surprisingly crashed out of Euro 2020 at the hands of Switzerland in the last 16.

Deschamps France lost 5-4 on penalties to Switzerland after Kylian Mbappe s spot-kick was saved by Yann Sommer, squandering a 3-1 lead with 15 minutes of regulation time remaining in Bucharest on Monday.

France failed to reach the quarter-final stage of a major tournament (European Champion and World Cup) for the first time since the 2010 World Cup following the shoot-out against Switzerland after the dramatic 3-3 draw at the end of extra time.

Deschamps is contracted until 2022 and has been in charge of Les Bleus since 2012, lifting the World Cup in 2018 and finishing European Champion…

FIFA has outlined how the Qatar 2022 World Cup draw will be carried out, including the basis for seeding.

The draw is scheduled to take place in Doha on Friday, April 1, by which time 29 of the 32 participants will have been confirmed for the tournament, which is set to run from November 21 to December 18.

World Cup qualifying continues this week, with 17 places still up for grabs for a place in Qatar.

World governing body FIFA confirmed hosts Qatar will be among the first seeds, along with the seven top-ranked qualified countries according to the FIFA men s world rankings, which will be next issued on March 31.

The countries occupying positions 8-15 in the ranking of the qualified teams will be allocated to Pot 2, while the 16th-23rd best-ranked qual…

League campaigns in top European championships may have just ended, but with the 2014 World Cup just around the corner, football fans around the world will have a cracking tournament to look forward to in the coming weeks.

Hosts Brazil and their bitter rivals Argentina have been made favourites for the coveted trophy and with that in mind you will definitely want to hear what Coral has to offer. The highly rated bookmaker will refund all losing outright bets on the tournament winner if Brazil or Argentina lift the title.

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Gareth Southgate does not believe in fairytales, but the England manager is a firm believer in dreams, so he said on the eve of the Euro 2024 final.

England take on Spain with history on the line in Berlin on Sunday.

Win, and the Three Lions will end a 58-year wait for a second piece of silverware. Spain, on the other hand, could become the first team to win the European Championships on four separate occasions.

England lost to Italy on penalties in the final of Euro 2020 three years ago, and while they have stuttered their way through in Germany, Southgate wants to create a special moment in time.

I m not a believer in fairytales, but I am a believer in dreams, he said.

We ve had big dreams and felt the importance of that, but you ve got to mak…

Luka Modric says he is not thinking about any international retirement call ahead of Croatia s Nations League clash with Denmark.

The Real Madrid veteran is looking to skipper his country through to next year s finals in their last major pre-Qatar 2022 World Cup run-out.

Four years on from reaching the final at Russia 2018, Modric is among the elder statesman of the world game on the pitch, at 37, with many wondering if this year s tournament will be his international swansong.

But speaking ahead of their Group A1 encounter at Stadion Maksimir, the playmaker has poured cold water over any imminent exit talk and suggested whatever decision he makes will likely wait for the new year.

I m not thinking about that, Modric stated. I haven t made any decisions.…

Diego Simeone has no regrets over selecting Diego Costa for the 2014 Champions League final likening the Spain striker s influence over Atletico Madrid at that time to Lionel Messi s at Barcelona.

Costa helped to fire Atletico to a stunning LaLiga title win in 2013-14, scoring 36 goals in all competitions.

However, a thigh injury dogged him during the final weeks of the campaign and he lasted only nine minutes against rivals Real Madrid in Lisbon.

It would prove to be Costa s final appearance for Atleti before moving to Chelsea, and his team-mates went down to a 4-1 extra-time defeat after Sergio Ramos equalised for Madrid deep into stoppage time.

If I had it all over again, he d play the final from the start again. How could our best player not play? Si…

Spain headed into their World Cup semi-final with Germany here on Wednesday having been warned they would have to overcome a much stronger side than the one they beat in the Euro 2008 final.

German striker Lukas Podolski has spoken of his desire to avenge the defeat by the Spaniards in Vienna two years ago, when Fernando Torres s strike settled a match in which Podolski was head-butted by David Silva in an incident missed by the officials.

Xavi Alonso, the Real Madrid midfielder, insisted that any hangover from that match would have no impact on Wednesday s contest.

Once you go on to the pitch, history is not important, the former Liverpool star said.

The important thing is how we plan to handle this match, our motivation and attention to even the slig…

The holiday slate picks up a little with the 4:30 p.m. ET game as the Dallas Cowboys play host to the Las Vegas Raiders. Jerry’s Boys are 7.5-point favorites in the holiday tradition with the highest total of the Turkey Day three-pack at 50.5.

Can the Cowboys get the ground game going in the absence of receiving options? Can the Raiders’ offense come to life after scoring just four TDs over its last three games? Find out in our free props and predictions for the Raiders vs. Cowboys.

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There are a lot of moving parts to Monday Night Football’s divisional battle between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.

Dak Prescott is recovering quicker than projected, Micah Parsons was held out of Friday’s walkthrough with an illness, and the Giants’ are thin in the secondary and might not have Kadarius Toney available for this game. 

Find out where my best bets lie in my free NFL player prop picks for Monday Night Football between the Cowboys and Giants. 

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The 2-0 New Orleans Saints ride a short week into Lambeau Field, set to take on the Green Bay Packers who sit as a slight 2-point home favorite with a total of 42.5 according to NFL odds.

There are plenty of underlying metrics that show Jordan Love is a quarterback who shouldn’t be leading the league in passer rating and he’s someone I’m looking to fade in Week 3. But is his likely regression enough to take the Saints as a short dog in Wisconsin?

Here are my free NFL picks for the Saints vs. Packers on Sunday, September 24. 

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Saints vs Packers predictions

Jordan Love currently leads the NFL in passing touchdowns and passer rating but the underlying numbers show a qua…