Thiago Motta joined Juventus in the summer of 2024, after he had led Bologna to the Champions League qualification for the first time in the history of the club. Everything seemed promising, with Motta players such as Joshua Zirkzee reached their potential. His Bologna side was entertaining, so I preached a liquid football style. Less than until year Old lady. From glory to hell, Motta is the newest victim of the ‘Juventus Cursa’: here is the story of what went wrong for Motta in Torino. A club without directionThiago Motta joined the club after three years of outdated Allegri Mauro…
Author: David Roberts
Betting of jargon continues to change. A hundred years of Aphra, it was all about chalk and bookmakers. Spreads and Parlays took over in the 90s. Now? Social media throws around ditches and fades as if they are stock tips. Subwords continue to stay for centuries, disappointing others at night. Let’s see why. Most important gambling words and their originsMost goktrims have a pretty everyday origin, but Sub has wild background stories. Ever wondered why we call it a bookmaker? Back in the 18th-century England they literally wrote bets in the book. Simple times.The basis (which are older than you…
Vocabulary bet and is ridiculous. If you are new to it, you may think that Sumone Proverbs Insert from placing bets. I mean, chase steam? Dutch? Reverse line movement? Sounds like a mix of Wall Street Jargon and pirate yarns then everything related to sport, right? But to bet wisely and not just throw money in Indo the void, you have to understand this niche gambling terminology.I spent hours digging through dark sources, including sports memo, oddsmatrix and even merriam-webster (best sauce, yes, even a dictionary has gambling words). Now I present you – sum of the rarest, strangest and…
March you end and we are approaching the end of the 2024/25 season. With two months to go, the football calendar is still filled with excitement and drama, because crucial tournaments still have to reveal to the winner.We are sure that you also observe the latest luminaires and follow our blog. In this article we will therefore get a detailed view of the upcoming events you need to actively check. Large upcoming football luminaires in April 2025April can be stranded, one of the most in date months during the football season. This is a diary when we already have potential…
The United States will enhance its military alliance with the Philippines as it aims to “reestablish deterrence” to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday during a trip to Manila. The efforts reflect the strength of the US-Philippines’ “ironclad alliance, particularly in the face of Communist China’s aggression in the region,” Hegseth said during a joint press conference with his counterpart Gilbert Teodoro. The US will deploy additional advanced military capabilities for joint training, enhance interoperability for “high end operations” and prioritize defense industrial cooperation, Hegseth told reporters. Hegseth made the remarks as…
As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. Photos of the 10,000-apartment development, released by state news agency KCNA after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site Saturday, show residential skyscrapers spilling out from a wide boulevard in the new district, Hwasong. The project is part of a major construction drive in the capital, and across much of the internationally isolated, authoritarian nation, intended to improve living standards. The homes are part of an ambitious five-year plan, announced in 2021, to build 50,000 additional…
India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi. The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an ongoing legal dispute between X and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over how New Delhi orders content to be taken down. It also comes as Musk is getting closer to launching his other key ventures Starlink and Tesla in India. In the new court filing dated March 5, X argues India’s IT Ministry is…
Six Russian tourists were killed on Thursday after a viewing submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the local governor. Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafy confirmed the deaths in an update on the Red Sea Governorate’s official Facebook page. He said there were 45 passengers – including tourists from Russia, India, Norway and Sweden – onboard when the accident occurred, in addition to five Egyptian crew members. Apart from the six Russians, all the other tourists had been rescued, he said. Hanafy added that four of the tourists were in critical condition and currently receiving treatment in…
Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in western Queensland have recorded their worst flooding in 50 years after days of heavy rainfall engorged rivers and forced residents to evacuate. Rainfall of more than 600 millimeters, nearly double the yearly average, was seen in some areas in recent days, according to CNN affiliate Nine News, as officials warned the damage could cause destruction of farmland and loss of livestock. “This flooding situation is expected to continue not just for…
Israel’s Supreme Court has frozen the government’s dismissal of Ronen Bar, head of the country’s internal security service Shin Bet, sparking anger from senior officials including the prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israel “is a state of law and according to the law, the Israeli government decides who will be the head of the Shin Bet.” Other ministers immediately condemned the decision. Minister of Communications Shlomo Kari said the court had “no legal authority to interfere in this. That is the government’s authority and its alone. Your order is void.” And far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich posted on X:…