ESPN’s fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN’s proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds for Friday are provided by Caesars Sportsbook. What you need to know for Friday’s games A three-game Friday […]

POPE FRANCIS was thrilled after receiving a signed Manchester United shirt with a message from Lisandro Martinez. The Pope met with the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and religious leaders from the region, including members of the Jewish, Sikh and Hindu communities, at the Vatican. The group pledged their commitment to tackle climate change in Manchester and had a […]

A JEALOUS girlfriend reportedly came up with a dangerous way of preventing her boyfriend from going to a football match. That’s by allegedly telling police her partner was carrying a bomb. French newspaper La Depeche, via L’Independant, claims the football fan went by bus to watch his beloved Marseille play Troyes on Sunday. But his girlfriend was not happy at […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Hossein Vafaei will go head to head in a mouthwatering second-round match-up at the World Snooker Championship Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Hossein Vafaei […]

ARSENE WENGER has hit out at Chelsea owner Todd Boehly after the American's dressing room visit. Following the Blues' 2-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday, Boehly laid into at his "embarrassing" team in an hour-long rant after caretaker boss Frank Lampard had already spoken to them. One player labelled the situation as "weird" – and former Arsenal manager Wenger has […]

Chelsea 0-0 Real Madrid (agg 0-2) LIVE: Lampard’s side on top early on as N’Golo Kante misses a superb chance to give the Blues the lead in Champions League quarter-final second leg Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the Champions League quarter-final second-leg clash between Chelsea and Real Madrid.   Host commentator Save! A ball is played through for Vinicius on […]

WWE legend Rob Van Dam has put his incredible body transformation down to him cutting back on sugar. The 52-year-old showed off his new ripped physique on social media, leaving fans stunned. He puts the change down to him simply eating less sugar. The Hall of Famer tweeted a picture of him flexing his muscles and said: "'I’ve been depleting […]

The UEFA Champions League quarterfinals continue this week as Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea, AC Milan and Napoli battle it out for a chance to advance to the semifinal. So, what is the best advice for bettors looking to get in on the Champions League action this week? Paul Carr and Dalen Cuff break it […]

REAL MADRID are preparing a shock transfer raid on rivals Barcelona for the first time in 23 years, reports suggest. That is according to Marca, via El Futbolero, who report that Real are keeping tabs on Barca star Gavi ahead of the summer transfer window. That means Los Blancos are planning to break an unwritten transfer rule agreed between the […]

A FIFTH of adults wrongly believe Alzheimer’s and dementia are the same thing – and many think dementia only affects people in their 60s. A study of 2,000 people has revealed the biggest misconceptions about dementia, with 17 per cent believing that if a family member develops the condition, it means they will too. Other confusions include it being inevitable […]