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The English Football Association (FA) has handed Brentford striker Ivan Toney an eight-month ban after being found guilty of a string of betting offences.
The 27-year-old England international was charged with 262 breaches of the FA’s rules in regard to betting in November and December. Thirty were later withdrawn, but he was found guilty and suspended from all football and football-related activities until January 16, 2024.
The FA confirmed his punishment in a statement: “Ivan Toney has been suspended from all football and football-related activity with immediate effect for eight months, fined £50,000 and warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules.
“The Brentford FC forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between February 25 2017, and January 23 2021. The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches, and he admitted to the remaining 232.
“His sanctions were subsequently imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission following a personal hearing. He is permitted to return to training only with his club for the final four months of his suspension starting from September 17 2023.
“The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for these sanctions will be published in due course, and The FA will wait to review them before commenting further.”
Toney has also been fined £50,000 and warned over his future conduct. He cannot train with Brentford’s first team until September 17.
A statement by the club confirming their notice of the ban read: “Brentford FC notes the decision of an independent Regulatory Commission to issue an eight-month ban from all football and football-related activity to Ivan Toney with immediate effect.
“Ivan was charged with breaches of FA rule E8 and had a personal hearing earlier this week.
“Brentford FC is currently awaiting the publication of the written reasons of the Independent Regulatory Commission. We will review them before considering our next steps.”
Liverpool have confirmed that the quartet of James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita will leave the club this summer.
All four players will be out of contract at the club this summer and were thought to be on their way out. However, it has now been confirmed that they will leave this summer as free agents.
Milner joined the club from Manchester City as a free agent in 2015 and have enjoyed eight successful years there. He was also an influential figure at the club and was made the club’s assistant captain. He is thought to be on his way to Brighton, who are keen to land him due to his experience and leadership.
Meanwhile, Firmino joined the club at the same time as Milner, initially playing as a winger under Brendan Rodgers before making his name as a false nine under Jurgen Klopp. The German manager had wanted to keep the Brazilian at Anfield beyond this season, but the 31-year-old insisted it was time for a new challenge.
Barcelona are thought to be interested in his services, but nothing has been agreed yet.
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Keita joined the clubs at different times and have won several trophies with the team. But their time at Anfield have been marred by injuries and lack of form, despite their early promise.
A club statement on the news of the four players’ departures reads: “Liverpool FC can confirm Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will leave the club upon the expiry of their contracts this summer.
“The quartet will each embark on new chapters in their careers following the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, having helped the Reds lift a host of the game’s biggest honours during their spells at Anfield.”
The club also confirmed that ‘special acknowledgements’ will be paid to the players during Liverpool’s last home game for the season against Aston Villa.
“With the visit of Aston Villa on Saturday being the Reds’ final home fixture of the campaign, special acknowledgements will be paid to the quartet at Anfield, with further tributes to follow across the club’s digital platforms after the end of the season as we wish Roberto, Naby, James, Alex and their families the very best for the future.
“All four players will depart with our gratitude and appreciation for the contribution they have made.”
Arsenal are reportedly set to offer their captain Martin Odegaard a bumper new contract.
This is according to 90min, who claim that the Norwegian will sit down with the Gunners to discuss a new contract when the season ends.
Odegaard joined Arsenal permanently in the summer of 2021 after an impressive six-month loan spell from Real Madrid.
He has since gone on to establish himself as one of the Gunners’ most important players, becoming the captain of the team and contributing in goals and assists.
He has scored 15 goals and registered eight assists in 35 Premier League games this year. Such is his importance to Arsenal that the Gunners are keen to hand out a bumper new contract to reflect his emergence as one of the leading midfielders in the Premier League.
According to the 90min report, Odegaard’s representatives are happy to sit down with Arsenal in the coming weeks with a view to an extension which will include a significant pay rise.
His current contract at the Emirates, which expires in 2025, sees him earn £115,000 a week, making him the sixth highest-paid player in the team.
However, that sum is less than half the sum that the club’s highest earner, Gabriel Jesus, currently collects at the club.
Having grown in stature and importance at the club, Arsenal want to reward Oodegaard with a new deal reflecting his status. The fact that he has just two years left on his deal at the club is also pushing the Gunners to move towards thrashing out a new deal.
The agent of former Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann has claimed that his client was right to reject Chelsea’s advances.
Chelsea earmarked the German who Bayern sacked in March to become boss after the Blues sacked their manager Graham Potter around the same time Nagelsmann was sacked.
However, after it seemed the former RB Leipzig coach would be heading to Stamford Bridge, he decided to pull out of the race. Chelsea quickly turned their focus to Mauricio Pochettino and have reportedly reached a full agreement with the former Tottenham and PSG boss.
But Naglesmann’s agent has backed his client for walking away from Chelsea’s offer. Speaking on Bild podcast Phrasenmaher via 90min, Nagelsmann’s agent, Volker Struth, insisted he was glad a move did not come to fruition.
“I can confirm that Chelsea were quick to call,” he began. “There were some phone conversations.
“It was the right decision [by Nagelsmann] not to go there. It’s a club in troubled waters at the moment. And their transfer policy, spending a few hundred million euros, has raised expectations that need to be met. There were also some other issues.
“He was their number one; that was our information. I believe it would have happened if he had wanted it.”
Spanish giants Real Madrid are reportedly targeting Bayern Munich left-back Alphonso Davies ahead of the summer transfer window.
Los Blancos are looking to build their team with the long-term in mind and have identified the 22-year-old Canadian as the perfect candidate to become first-choice left-back.
Davies starred at the World Cup in Qatar. Los Blancos sees him as one of the best left-backs in the world, with the Spanish giants seeing him as the heir to Marcelo’s throne at Santiago Bernabeu.
However, Real Madrid aren’t alone in their desire to sign Davies, with Premier League giants Manchester City also in the race for the Canada star. City are short in the left-back position after sending first-choice left-back Joao Cancelo on loan to Bayern Munich.
The Portuguese international is not expected to return to the Etihad after falling out with City coach Pep Guardiola. And City do not see their only current specialist left-back, Sergio Gomez, as able to lead them forward. Hence, their desire to sign Davies.
Meanwhile, the 22-year-old’s contract with Bayern Munich runs till the summer of 2025. And according to Sky Sports, Bayern will be reluctant to let him leave, let alone depart cheaply.
Since joining Bayern in 2018, Davies has won the Bundesliga four times and the Champions League.
Miami Heat VS Boston Celtics sets the pace for the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, as they kick off their series on Wednesday.
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The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers are also playing in the Western Conference Finals, you can check our preview on this below.
The Miami Heat are the underdogs in this series, as they have been in their last two series in this postseason, and they are tired of hearing about it. The team’s success is thanks to head coach Erik Spoelstra, who has done so much with very little.
Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo are still absent, but Jimmy Butler brought the Heat back to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Celtics a year ago. Butler averages 31.1 points on 52.7 per cent shooting from the field in the playoffs.
Gabe Vincent, Mas Strus, Caleb Martin, Kyle Lowry, and Duncan Robinson banded together to help Miami defeat the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks in the first and second rounds, respectively. The Heat has seemingly taken to playing well at TD Garden, where they won 13 of their last 18 visits there.
Betting On Boston Celtics
Regular Season Record: 57-25
1XBet Spread: -8.5
1XBet Moneyline: 1.322
1XBet Over/Under: Over 210.5
BetMGM Spread: -8.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 1.26
BetMGM Over/Under: Under 210.5
The Boston Celtics made a significant comeback in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, as they cleaned a 3-2 deficit against the Philadelphia 76ers to move to the conference finals – again.
Last season they beat the Heat in seven matches in the same round and intend to do it again tomorrow night. Jayson Tatum must have the fire by the beginning of Game 1 from cooking the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7, where he posted 51 points.
That offensive barrage raised Tatum’s playoffs scoring average to 28.2 points per game on a 45.3 per cent shooting percentage. One may debate that Jaylen Brown has performed better in the playoffs than Tatum. Brown makes 24.6 points per game on 54.1 per cent shooting. The Celtics will pose a big challenge for Miami on both sides of the court. They are in second place in playoffs with a 118.1 offensive rating and second too in net rating (111.0).
MatchPlug Prediction
Experts predict that the Boston Celtics will deliver an all-around effort and destroy the Miami Heat in a double-digit win.
They already defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, the club of the 2023 NBA MVP, Joel Embiid and James Harden, there is no reason why they won’t beat Miami tomorrow.
Los Angeles Lakers VS Denver Nuggets compare strength in the kickoff game for the Western Conference Final in the 2023 NBA Playoffs today.
The Lakers enter this series after eliminating the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors, both by 4-2. The Nuggets, on the other hand, found an easy task in dispatching the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-1 and the Phoenix Suns 4-2.
This game will definitely be one of the ages, as two strong players LeBron and Jokic clash. We wouldn’t want you to miss this game, so here are some NBA Betting predictions from MatchPlug aHot Prediction site for NBA games.
Many Analysts predict that this will be the season the Denver Nuggets finally make it to the top of the league. But, they must defeat the Lakers first in the playoffs to achieve this.
While Los Angeles finished the year 7th in the conference, they were one of the best teams for the second half of the season. Their defense will be a problem for LeBron and the other Lakers.
Denver had no problem sending the Timberwolves packing in the first round, and handled the Suns in the semifinals; despite gaining the upper hand once, Denver still couldn’t contain Jokic and his teammates.
Matter of fact, the Joker averages almost a triple-double in the playoffs with 30.7 points, 12.8 rebounds and 9.7 assists, recreating his regular season performance, where he, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. headed one of the NBA’s best offenses.
In terms of defense, the Nuggets have played well too. In just two of their 11 games played in the postseason, they allowed over 114 points, but of which were defeats at the Phoenix Suns’ home court.
Betting on the Los Angeles Lakers
Series record: 0-0
Postseason Record: 8-4
Regular Season Record: 43-39
1XBet Spread: +5.5
1XBet Moneyline: 3.34
1XBet Over/Under: Under 222.5
BetMGM Spread: +6.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 3.00
BetMGM Over/Under: Over 222.5
They have may defeated the reigning NBA champions, but the Los Angeles Lakers enter this series with a low profile, especially since they are going against Denver which had the best record in the division during the regular season.
Remember that the Lakers ended the season in 7th position, and went through the Play-In, when they won the Timberwolves, who were beaten by the Nuggets.
As LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead, Los Angeles has had a clean season after winning the number two team in the West, the Grizzlies, and eliminating the Warriors in six games on Friday night.
The defense has been the Lakers’ stronghold this period, they hold their rivals to below 105 points scored in six of their 12 games played.
In offense, James is essential to the team, but Davis is the game-changer on the court. Matter of fact, the legendary center has dominated in offense and defense, and in the playoffs too, he averages 21.2 points per game with 14.1 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.
It will definitely be thrilling to see how he’ll hold this same performance against Nikola Jokic, one of the best players in the league and the MVP of the last two seasons.
MatchPlug Prediction
Los Angeles and Denver had had excellent defenses in their respective series, but Lakers VS Nuggets matches generate high-scoring games.
On one hand, the Nuggets’ offense was the only one to conclude the regular season with over 59% shooting accuracy and was the fourth-best team in three-point shooting percentage.
The Lakers, on the other hand, use Davis’ dominance on the court as an edge, his quick transitions, and the fantastic play of Austin Reaves, who has been a revolutionary playing beside Davis and James.
The last eight matches these teams played in Denver finished in the Over, while 29 of their previous Lakers VS Nuggets meetings ended in high-scoring matches.
New York Mets Vs Tampa Bay Rays will have Tampa Bay play host to New York in the first match of their three-game series today.
The Rays were off after concluding another three-game series against the Yankees on Monday. Meanwhile, the New York Mets played against the Nationals on Monday too.
New York started the year with high hopes, but so far that hope has been dashed. Before Monday, they had dropped five of their last eight games and are third in the NL East. At home, the Mets are 7-8, batting .234 as a team, with 15 home runs, four runs scored per game, and 13 perfect stolen base attempts in those home games.
Starting pitchers for the Mets, are 13-16 with a 5.28 ERA overall this season, and the bullpen record has been better with a 6-4 record and a 3.78 ERA. Justin Verlander will be starting today, New York hopes he will improve the starting rotation and possibly lead them to an NL Pennant.
Verlander went 18-4 with a 1.75 ERA last season for the Houston Astros and won the AL Cy Young. This year he missed more than the first month of the season and is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA within two starts. In 22 career starts against Tampa Bay, Verlander is 11-5 with a 3.19 ERA, including the postseason, but he has not played against them since 2019.
Betting On The Tampa Bay Rays
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Moneyline: 2.448
1XBet Over/Under: Under 8.5
BetMGM Spread: +1.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 2.35
BetMGM Over/Under: Over 9
Tampa Bay hasn’t dropped over two games in a row so far and avoided this by securing an 8-7 victory over the Yankees on Sunday. That victory came with a scare as the final out was delivered on an Aaron Judge deep fly ball that died at the warning track.
The Rays’ offense has been excellent. This year they are 19[3 at home this season, but their bats have been particularly strong on the road, where they are 12-8. Outside Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay bat .289, with 41 home runs, and scored 6.3 runs per game which are all leading the big leagues.
Wandy Franco (.301 AVG, 7 HR, 23 RBI) and a team-best 2.5 WAR. Randy Arozarena (.320 AVG, 10 HR, 35 RBI) leads the team in RBI and is tied with Yandy Diaz (.321, 10 HR. 24 RBI for the home run lead.
Yonny Chirnio (1-1, 2.22 ERA) will start for the Rays today. Chirnio has made just one start this season but has gone for up to five innings in both of his last two innings. The Rays starters are 20-5 with a 2.94 ERA, and the relievers are 10-6 with a 3.41 ERA.
MatchPlug Prediction
Tampa Bay’s offense is superior, and with the additional rest day, they got, their bullpen is in good shape to obstruct the Mets’ bat. No team has hit balls better in away matches like the Rays have or been more consistent than them.
Verlander takes the mound and gives the Mets some hope, but they have been inconsistent this season. The Rays may gain a late-match edge over them.
Los Angeles Angels VS Baltimore Orioles play their ongoing three-game series on Tuesday in Baltimore. Both teams are on the prowl in their respective divisions this season.
Right-hander, Chase Silseth (0-0, 3.24) will pitch for the Angels against Dean Kremer (4-1, 4.97) from the Orioles.
Baltimore maintains a high-level play with speed, defense, and pop, and is close to the top of the AL standings due to this. Entering this series, the Orioles have won four of their past five games: their four-game winning streak and the opportunity to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
Monday night when playing against the Angels, Baltimore’s pitching conceded 17 hits and nine runs to Los Angeles and dropped their second straight game in a 9-5 loss.
The Orioles will hand the ball to Kremet in game two of the series. He is 4-1 in eight starts this season with an ERA of 4.97. Kremer allowed 48 hits in 41.2 innings so far this season. At home he is 2-0 with a 5.14 ERA in four starts, allowing 21 hits in 21 innings pitched in home starts.
Dean has only a 6.0 K/9 rate at home this season. His hard-hit percentage is up to 47.7% this season after he reduced that number to a career-low 39.3% last season.
Betting On The Los Angeles Angels
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Moneyline: 2.216
1XBet Over/Under: Under 9.5
BetMGM Spread: +1.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 2.15
BetMGM Over/Under: Over 9.5
Los Angeles has a big question mark on it, as their chances of making it to the top of the standings grow slimmer, especially with two of the three best baseball players on their roster. When you consider that Shohei Ohtani will become a free agent at the end of this season, that chance becomes non-existent.
The Angels enter the series with four out of five games, plus two out of three to the Cleveland Guardians during the weekend. On Monday, in game one of this series, Ohtani pulled out all the stops; seven innings with five strikeouts, also going for 4-for-5 from the plate a double short of the cycle in a 9-5 Angels’ win.
Silseth will pitch for the Angels, making a spot start for them. This will be his first season start and fifth appearance overall. He has thrown 8.1 innings in his first four appearances, allowing five hits and three runs.
He has struck out three and walked three in that time. Silseth’s longest outing of the year was in his last appearance, going 3.1 innings and permitting five hits and six runs, three of which were earned. Chase made seven starts last season, going 1-3 with a 6.59 ERA.
MatchPlug Prediction
The Baltimore Orioles has one of the American League’s best home records and has designed their style to fit the large dimensions of Camden Yards. They are 14th in home runs in baseball but are third in walks and third in stolen bases. Due to this, they are a respectable eight in runs scored.
Los Angeles on the other hand is just 26th in caught stealing and 21st in walks as a pitching staff.
This game will be one for the bullpens, including Kremer averaging just over five innings per start at home this season and Silseth will make his first start of the season for the Angels and to get past the fourth inning.
Keeping this in mind, the advantage in the bullpen will go to the Baltimore Orioles with the 2nd-best bullpen ERA in baseball.
Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have claimed that third-placed Newcastle United are more likely to drop out of the top four than Manchester United before the end of the season.
Both teams have enjoyed impressive seasons and have spent most of the recent months in the top four. However, they are now under pressure from Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side.
The Reds have won seven league games in a row to narrow the gap between them and the two teams to one point. They have scored 20 goals in their last seven games while keeping three clean sheets in their last three games, leading to suggestions that they are back to their best.
However, they have played a game more than Manchester United and Newcastle, meaning their top-four destiny isn’t in their hands. But Neville and Carragher have insisted there is a possibility that Eddie Howe’s side will miss out on qualifying for the Champions League.
“I think Newcastle have been unbelievable all season,” Carragher said on Monday Night Football.
“They’ve been one of the teams I’ve looked forward to watching. They’ve been outstanding. Even when they drop points, it’s not necessarily they play badly; they just drop points.
“But yeah, I think that Brighton game (on Thursday) is absolutely huge, and if they drop points in that, I think there will be a big worry.”
Fellow pundit Neville backed up Carragher’s view and stated that Newcastle’s fixtures made it more difficult for them than Erik ten Hag’s side.
The Magpies face Brighton and Leicester at home and Chelsea away, while the Red Devils travel to Bournemouth before hosting Chelsea and Fulham to end the season.
“Newcastle is a little bit of a wobble by losing to Arsenal and drawing at Leeds, so I’d say probably Newcastle (to miss out), and that’s not me being overconfident, but I think I’d be more comfortable if I was United than Newcastle looking at it with the games.
‘Chelsea away last game of the season. I know Chelsea have been awful, but it’s still quite difficult.’
Neville continued: “I mean, the unthinkable could happen (United missing out on the top four). I’ve always expected Liverpool to go on this run and finish in the top four. I actually thought Newcastle would drop off before this, but they’ve been sensational.
“I thought Man United would get in the top four, so it’d be harsh on Newcastle if they didn’t and obviously, United have comfortable games there.
“They’ve got a team near the bottom of the league and two games at home, so they’ll be shooting themselves in the foot if they don’t get in the top four.”
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