Tahiti will host the 2013 Beach Soccer World cup, world football s governing body FIFA said on Friday.
The decision to approve the French Pacific Ocean territory s bid was taken at a meeting of FIFA s executive committee here, the governing body added in a statement.
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said a decision to appoint Italy as host of the event in 2011 was only being held up by some missing paperwork.
Thailand will host the indoor Futsal World Cup in 2012, FIFA said.
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Lionel Messi is determined to enjoy what could be his final few games with Argentina, having recorded five goal involvements in Tuesday s 6-0 rout of Bolivia.
Messi scored a hat-trick and provided assists for fellow forwards Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez as the world champions bounced back from a 1-1 draw with Venezuela in style.
The treble – his 10th in international football – took him level with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the all-time charts, while he is the first player to register at least four goal involvements in a CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier since Luis Suarez in 2011 (four goals versus Chile).
Messi has refused to give any indication of whether he plans to play at the 2026 World Cup in the past, and for now, he is just enjoying his role i…
Paris Saint-Germain superstar Lionel Messi clinched a seventh Ballon d Or, extending his record as the player to have won the individual accolade on the most occasions.
The 34-year-old enjoyed a fruitful year at club level, scoring 32 times in 40 appearances across all competitions for PSG and Barcelona, but it was his exploits with Argentina that were most impressive, claiming the first major international trophy of his career by winning the Copa America.
Bayern Munich s prolific striker Robert Lewandowski came second to Messi, but became the first winner of the Striker of the Year award after outscoring every player in Europe s top five leagues, netting 53 times in 42 appearances across all competitions so far in 2021, averaging a goal every 67 minutes.
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Neymar claimed the injury he suffered in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup was one of the worst moments of his career.
During the making of an exclusive new documentary entitled Neymar and The Line of Kings , the 29-year-old Paris Saint-Germain star has seemed to suggest his playing days are winding down.
I think it s my last World Cup, Neymar told DAZN when asked about next year s showpiece in Qatar. He will turn 31 seven weeks after the final of the tournament, scheduled for December 18, 2022.
PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino, Brazil boss Tite and compatriot Thiago Silva have been among those offering their support to Neymar, who claims he is unsure whether he has the strength of mind to deal with football much longer.
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After a dramatic week, the Las Vegas Raiders return to “sleepy” Sin City for a Week 7 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Raiders opened as 3-point home favorites, coming off an emotional victory in Denver last Sunday – just days removed from the dismissal of head coach Jon Gruden. Philadelphia, on the other hand, has enjoyed a mini bye after a hard-fought Thursday night home loss to Tampa Bay last week.
Check out our NFL free picks and predictions for Eagles at Raiders on October 24.
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The Arizona Cardinals travel to face the Tennessee Titans in the final week of preseason action.
The Cardinals are again without star quarterback Kyler Murray, who head coach Kliff Kingsbury said he would keep on the sidelines. The Titans are expected to play projected starting QB Ryan Tannehill for at least a couple of series, but running back Derrick Henry is out.
How much will Murray’s absence affect the Cardinals, and can the Titans take advantage of it at home? Continue reading for free NFL picks and predictions for Cardinals vs. Titans on Saturday, August 27.
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For a long time, if you asked any regular NFL bettor what home-field advantage was worth, you more or less got the same answer: three points on the spread. But the collective understanding of what the home field is worth today has evolved rapidly due to a long-standing downward trend, as well as adjustments suggested and made during the nearly fanless season of the COVID pandemic.
Many analytical bettors and analysts have kept a keen eye on home-team performance in the last two seasons following the full return of fans. So how did things exactly shake out? Do we have a clearer understanding of how much home-field advantage is worth today?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s teaser time!
I’m licking my wounds this week after a second straight teaser loss that brought my record to 4-5 on the season. There were no bad beats to blame this time around after the Seahawks no-showed in Baltimore and got smacked by 34 points.
Thankfully, I was in Philadelphia for Cowboys vs. Eagles, so I wasn’t able to watch the Seahawks game live. It got so bad that I just turned the alerts off on my phone – that’s when you know how wrong you were about an NFL odds bet.
Ok, so we’re under .500 at the halfway mark and we’ve got some ground to make up in our NFL Week 10 predictions. This isn’t that big of a hole, so let’s right this free NFL picks ship starting he…
If you like placing money on the first touchdown in NFL odds, betting on the result of the first drive pre-game might be another market that interests you.
It’s a four-way market with a punt, field goal attempt, touchdown, and turnover that exhibits greater predictability and reveals certain pricing flaws both before the game and in live markets.
For Sunday’s NFC Championship, I’m going to go through my process and lay out the best cases for each offense’s first-drive result. While it’s not a massive sample size, the pricing is almost completely based on the offensive results, leaving some angles that aren’t priced in.
For more NFL picks, make sure to check out our Lions vs. 49ers betting preview, NFC …
Those football fans who watched Netflix’s series “Receiver” this summer are far from shocked that Las Vegas Raiders star wideout Davante Adams has asked the team to trade him just four weeks into the 2024 campaign.
Adams, who is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, informed the Raiders that he would prefer to be traded ahead of the league’s November 5 deadline — echoing his discontent featured prominently in the popular docuseries that followed the frustrating 2023 season for Adams.
With these reports has come a ton of speculation around which NFL teams would make a run at the three-time All-Pro WR, and there have been multiple franchises sniffing around Adams in the pa…