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Kentucky at Louisville

Sunday, 3:30 pm Eastern – ESPN

An exciting matchup should be in the offing on Sunday as Louisville hosts Kentucky in the battle for the Governor’s Cup. Kentucky was 8-5 last season but suffered a number of off-season losses and is looking at a rebuilding season. Louisville slipped to 6-6 last season and missed out on a bowl game for the first time in more than 10 years. Second year head coach Steve Kragthorpe is looking for better things this season. SBG Global reports that early NCAA Football betting has the public taking Louisville at Home.

Kentucky has to replace a lot of talent from last season including quarterback Andre Woodson. Mike Hartline takes the reins this season for the Wildcats. Wide receiver Dicky Lyons returns after catching 56 balls last year while senior Tony Dixon returns to the lead the running game. The Kentucky defense last season was weak, giving up almost 30 points per game but they do return eight starters from last year’s squad.

SBG Global Current Line: Louisville - 3.5 , Total 56.5

Louisville has to replace quarterback Brian Brohm and the task falls to senior quarterback Hunter Cantwell. He will have a new offensive coordinator in Jeff Brohm, brother of Brian. All of the receivers are also gone so Louisville is going to slip offensively this season. The defense is not in much better shape as just four starters return. Ron English is the new defensive coordinator for the Cardinals.

Here is a look at the NCAA Football betting stats for Sunday’s game. Kentucky leads the all-time series, 11-9, although Louisville has won seven of the last nine meetings. Last year Kentucky won 40-34 on a 57-yard bomb in the final moments. The Wildcats are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 non-conference games. The Wildcats are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games. The Wildcats are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The Wildcats are 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on grass.

The Cardinals are 21-8 ATS in their last 29 non-conference games. The Cardinals are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games on grass. The Cardinals are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games. The home team is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings between the two teams.

The Over is 5-2 in the Wildcats last 7 games on grass. The Over is 4-1 in the Cardinals last 5 home games. The Under is 5-2 in the Cardinals last 7 vs. the SEC. The Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings between the two teams. Check BSNblog for more NCAA Football updates.

The new edition of the Champions League has its "group of death" to have been paired in the key H Real Madrid, Juventus and Zenit St Petersburg after the draw made yesterday in Monaco by UEFA.

The group of Spanish champion, the soccer betting UEFA Cup and the Italian soccer giant will complete the modest of Belarus Bate Borisov, one of the surprises of the qualifying stage.

Real Madrid debut in front of the Belarusian team at the Santiago Bernabeu, where he also played the last match of the stage as host of Zenit.

Another area that is closed prognosis is the key F, with French champions Olympique Lyon, Bayern Munich German, French growth in a team like Fiorentina and the Romanians Steaua of Bucharest.

The Barcelona enjoyed a favourable draw and could have been measured with Sporting Lisbon, with Swiss champion Basel and with the Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk. The Catalans started their journey in Group D to receive the entire Portuguese on 16 September, and it closed in the same Camp Nou before the Ukrainian team.

The last champion, Manchester United, can not complain about the decision of the drums: while Villarreal will face a difficult, should also play against a inexperienced Aalborg of Denmark and Celtic before the Scots.

The Villarreal will make its presentation in Group E with the United precisely, in England, and will play the sixth and last match also away from home, compared with Celtic in Glasgow.

The draw also decided that the Spanish striker Fernando Torres returns to the stadium that saw the birth, the Vicente Calderon. The Liverpool and Madrid athletes will share the Group D together with Olympique Marseille and to PSV Eindhoven of Holland. Check BSNblog for more Champions League updates.

The five times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams of United States repeated a victory of 2007, upon the expiration today by the Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-2 and 6-1 to move into the fourth round of U.S. Open.

Williams, seventh favorite, face the ninth planted Polish Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat the Slovak Dominika Cibulkova by 6-0 and 6-3. Williams defeated Bondarenko in the same round a year ago.

Williams lost her only previous match against Radwanska in Luxembourg in 2006.

The American took less than an hour to bend to Bondarenko, with nine aces and four service breaks.

Williams wants to become champion at Flushing Meadows, where he won his last title in 2000 and 2001, after defeating her sister Serena the second year.

Radwanska needed an hour and a quarter to defeat the Slovak couple of 19 years, the number 20 world ranking.

Radwanska won three WTA titles this season and is the most successful player of Polish history.

Check BSNblog for more U.S. Open updates.

College Football Betting Preview

Illinois vs. Missouri
Saturday, 8:30 pm Eastern – ESPN

One of the best games of the opening college football weekend should be in St. Louis as Illinois plays Missouri on Saturday night. Last season the Tigers defeated Illinois 40-34 in the season opener. The Tigers were one win away from the BCS title game last season while the Illini played in the Rose Bowl.

Missouri is an 8.5 point favorite at SBG Global.

Missouri comes into the game ranked higher, simply for the fact that they return virtually everyone including quarterback Chase Daniel while Illinois lost Rashard Mendenhall to the NFL. This is a key game for both teams since neither has a difficult game for almost a month following this contest.

The Illini have not found a replacement for Mendenhall and it is expected that both Daniel Dufrene and Troy Pollard will get playing time in this game.

The key player in this game will be Illinois quarterback Juice Williams. He has the potential to keep Illinois in the game and pull off the upset. Last season he did not play well in the loss to Mizzou. Eddie McGee came into the game in relief last year to make it close. This year it is all about Williams and he must play well or the Illini have no chance. Both teams have exciting receivers. The Illini have Arrelious Benn while Missouri has Jeremy Maclin.

Here are the NCAA Football betting stats for Saturday’s game. Last season the Illini were 0-3 when allowing more than 26 points, while Missouri scored fewer than 31 points in just one game. The Fighting Illini are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 non-conference games.

The Tigers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games on turf. The Tigers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 non-conference games. The Tigers are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 neutral site games. The Tigers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 vs. the Big Ten.

The Tigers are 12-3 ATS in their last 15 games overall

The Over is 4-0 in Illinois’ last 4 games overall. The Over is 5-1 in the Fighting Illini’s last 6 games on turf. The Over is 9-4 in the Fighting Illini’s last 13 non-conference games.

The Over is 5-0 in the Tigers last 5 games on turf. The Over is 4-1 in the Tigers last 5 non-conference games.

Check the NCAA Football Betting Weekend Schedule at BSNblog.

The world number one, the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Argentine David Nalbandián removed easy tickets to this Thursday's third round U.S. Open, whose fourth date will be remembered by eliminating their favorite female, serbia Ana Ivanovic.

Nadal had to check in the third set over-enthusiasm of the American Ryler DeHeart, 261 ATP ranking, to pass over with markers 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

The Spanish road was quickly sealed their victory when the local did live up to its name and put the heart in the stadium to break the draw to Nadal in the second 'game' and take advantage of 2-0, before the racket to the public Local.

The Mallorcan stopped the momentum with a change in the pace of his game, which destabilized the boy from Hawaii, ATP ranking of 261.

The serbia Ivanovic, which was premiered at Flushing Meadows as the new queen of tennis worldwide, saw its escachada crown with a surprise defeat 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, before the little known French Julie Coin, 188 of the ladder WTA.

"Never in my life would have thought he could accomplish this. It's great," said one excited Coin, which in its 25 years signed its first win in a Grand Slam tournament.

In the third round Coin will be measured to her compatriot Amelie Mauresmo, winner of estonia by Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.

The serbia, 20, and Roland Garros champion this season, lived another humiliating elimination in the third round of Wimbledon-2008, where he lost 6-1, 6-4 with china Zheng Jie, ranked 133 WTA.

The fourth day of the Open New Yorker was in black and white for Latinas rackets, because while Nalbandián (N.7) and his compatriot Juan del Potro (n.17) came out victorious and with their tickets to third round, the Colombian Mariana Duque Marino The Paraguayan Rossana de los Rios, and Argentine Jose Acasuso was dismissed from the tournament.

Nalbandian imposed its range to break in three sets to Kazakh Andrey Golubev 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 58 minutes of play.

Semi Finalist 2003 in Flushing Meadows, the 'King David' will face the French Gael Monfils (n.32), winner of Russian Evgeny Korolev.

Del Potro extended to 21 its string of consecutive wins to overcome 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.

"I went a bit cold to the game. After I found the rhythm and I could make my game," said Del Potro, who equaled his performance last year in the Open New Yorker, when reached the third round.

The Argentine arrived in this tournament preceded by four consecutive titles won in as many weeks.

"At this point, after so many matches followed, it plays more with his head than with physical" admitted Del Potro.

Duque Marino, 19, received prominent note in the first Grand Slam of his short career despite losing to the Polish Agnieszka Radwanska (N.9), 6-0, 7-6 (7 / 3).

The Colombian gave great battle, despite playing with their feet full of blisters, injured in his previous match.

"The blisters hurt a lot, but I tried to forget them and concentrate on the game. I was playing before a 'top ten', and then I overwhelming in the first set I told myself," Wow, I'm going to have fun, 'and so I did, "said Duque Marino.

De los Rios fell to the greatest power of the local favorite, Venus Williams (N.7), with passages from 6-0 and 6-3.

"It's not easy to face Venus Williams. She has a draw and a very powerful game, well above the level of players that I am accustomed to top, but the experience was interesting," said the 31-year-old South American.

For its part Acasuso, was unable to decipher the game from French Gilles Simon (N.16) and was defeated 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

Check BSNblog for more U.S. Open News.

NFL Preseason Betting Preview

Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals
Friday, 10:00 pm Eastern

Normally the final game of the preseason is virtually meaningless but that may not be the case in Arizona on Friday night as the Cardinals host the Denver Broncos. It was thought that Kurt Warner had won the starting quarterback job for Arizona but head coach Ken Whisenhunt was unhappy news was released by the media and supposedly Matt Leinart is still in the running. It may not matter though if Leinart plays as bad as he did a week ago when he was 4-12 for just 24 yards against the Raiders, throwing three interceptions.

Arizona is a 3 point favorite with a total of 37 at SBG Global.

Kurt Warner will start the game against Denver but Whisenhunt is still waiting to name the regular season starter. “We all want to know,” Warner said, “For Matt and myself, it’d be nice knowing what the situation would be and be able to move forward with it. The way I look at it more than anything, the sooner it can happen, the sooner we can get past the (interviews and media coverage) that goes with it, and you can prepare for the game.” Warner has not taken nearly as many snaps as Leinart in the preseason but has played far better. “Hopefully we’ll get in enough snaps with the first (offensive) line that both can play,” Whisenhunt said. “I just wanted to make sure Kurt gets his timing with the ones for this game, much like we did in Kansas City.” Most of the starters for both teams are not expected to play a great deal on Friday so how much can be determined with backups playing alongside Warner and Leinart is up for debate.

Denver has looked good this preseason,waiting for the NFL Week 1, especially quarterback Jay Cutler.

He is 30 for 43 for 352 yards, with three touchdowns, and no interceptions this preseason. He probably won’t play long on Friday which means backups Patrick Ramsey and Darrell Hackney will see the bulk of the action. Starting wide receiver Brandon Marshall may see some action though since he will miss the first part of the regular season due to suspension.

NFL betting stats show that Denver has a 12-5 edge in the all-time preseason series with Arizona, including a 21-3 home win last year in the preseason. The Broncos have been great in preseason finales in recent seasons, winning eight of their last nine. Denver is 3-1 in its last four preseason games against the Cardinals including three straight.

Liverpool grazed tragedy but finally managed to qualify on Wednesday for the group stage of Champions League football, for which he also sealed his ticket teams like Arsenal or Atlético Madrid, after the latter left out to Schalke 04.

Alongside them will be in the drum of Monaco on Thursday theoretical other favorites in their respective playoffs, as Fiorentina, Marseilles or Fenerbahçe.

Anfield was undoubtedly the center of the tension of the day because the 'Reds', who had not dropped from a tie without goals in the first leg in Liege, nor succeeded in beating the Belgian goal, to the point of having to go to time extension.

Men who directs Rafael Benitez followed the script that is making its way into this boot season and signed a bad game, suffered a lot, but ended up winning right at the end, because Dirk Kuyt achieved victory in the 118, where it was expected and the wave of criminal.

In the first two games ligueros in England, Liverpool has joined two triumphs in the end, in Sunderland thanks to Fernando Torres and before the Middlesbrough on Saturday, with both Steven Gerrard in 90 2.

The other major duel of the day was spent at the Vicente Calderon in Madrid, where the athletes sealed his return to the main groups in continental club competition for the first time since the 1996-1997 campaign after a 4-0 Gol Germans of Schalke, the back side of the first leg 1-0.

The Argentine Sergio 'Kun' Agüero, a newcomer to win gold at the Games in Beijing, was the great figure of the encounter, which was attended by the father of her partner, the legendary Diego Maradona, who held the top throughout the many 'atleti'.

The 'Kun' opened the scoring in minute 19 after a heart of the Colombian Luis Perea. The small albiceleste scorer, barely 20 years, was present in many others, to serving the ball Uruguayan Diego Forlán (51, 2-0) and then Luis Garcia after a first attempt (82, 3-0).

At the end of the match, Portugal's Simao Sabrosa provoked a penalty, which was transformed by the Argentinian Maxi Rodriguez (87, 4-0). At the root of the move was again Agüero Simao, who gave an excellent pass.

More predictable was the classification of Arsenal, which had already dominated by 2 to 0 in the first leg in Holland and that in the Emirates Golea 4-0 at Twente, fulfilling the prediction.

In Prague, Fiorentina tied with no goals scored (0-0) with Slavia and Marseille won its move to overcome 2-1 to Brann Bergen Norwegian, in the French city of Vélodrome. In Istanbul, Fenerbahçe headed Luis Aragones will also be in the 'great' after removing the Champions Partizán Belgrade.

On Tuesday, FC Barcelona and Juventus, who had goals in the 4-0 first leg, managed to fulfil its classification after the procedure. The first lost 1-0 in Poland, while the Italians 1-1 in empataron ground Slovak, in matches with little tension.

The list of teams that have passed the third preliminary round is completed with Panathinaikos, Steaua Bucharest, Anorthosis, Shaktar Donetsk, Basle, Dinamo Kiev, Bate Borisov and Aalborg.

The draw for the group stage, with the presence of other teams who were already falling since last season, will take place on Thursday in Monaco.

Check updates anytime at BSNblog.

The Serb Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic, the Argentine Agustin Calleri, the American Andy Roddick and Russian Elena Dementieva easily won their respective matches on Wednesday in the U.S. Open , the last Grand Slam of the year.

Djokovic (N.3) completed the biggest pass of the troika of ATP to second round, then that in the first two dates triumphant leaving the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer, numbers one and two world ranking, respectively.

The Serbian, 21 years, imposed by his physical to dismantle parts of the game veteran Clement, who defeated him in last year's tournament in London on grass.

In the cement of Flushing Meadows, Djokovic showed their desire to reach for the second year following the end, to recover from a left ankle twist at the beginning of the last part.

"At one point I came to feel much pain, so I pressed a bandage. I hope that in these two days rest I will improve," said Europe.

The tennis player from Belgrade lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes to get his first win of the tournament with a recital of tennis that included 14 aces, 61 percent of effectiveness in its first service, shooting 37 winners and 22 errors not forced.

Another that crushed his opponent was Argentine Calleri, who won the U.S. with partial Austin Krajicek 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

Calleri of 31 years imposed its mileage tennis player to exit quickly from a rival 12 years younger and located in the post 892 of the ATP ranking.

At its next exit the Argentine will have a more demanding opponent in the Russian Nikolay Davidenko (N.5), who overcame the Israeli Dudi Sela Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

The local Andy Roddick (N.8), U.S. Open champion-2003 bombings ripped through up to 236 mph into French Fabrice Santoro with 15 aces and crushed him with a resounding 6-2 triple.

Another Argentine who impressed in the day, despite losing in his debut in a Grand Slam tournament, was the youngest aged 22 Edward Schwank, defeated by the Russian Dmitry Tursunov in four sets at odds.

Schwank, 58 of the world ranking, tilted before Tursunov (n.26) with partial 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7 / 5) after three hours and eight minutes of play.

"To be my first game in New York I think it was cute. There were things that I went well today, but I'm happy," said the boy Rosario, who this year joined the ATP circuit and has reached the Stuttgart semifinals of the tournament and the quarterfinals in two other competitions.

The Spanish Nicolas Almagro (N.18) proved to be recovered from a recent operation on his left wrist, and won 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 to Canadian Frank Dancevic.

"It's my first victory after the operation, and I appreciate a lot. I feel very important because it gives me confidence for this tournament," said Almagro, aged 22.

The number two of the WTA circuit, serbia Jankovic (N.2), had to sweat a little to exit the Swedish Sofia Arvidsson with markers 6-3, 6-7 (5 / 7), 7-5 and seal passage a third round.

"I felt a bit tired in the second set, and was breathing through the mouth. Luckily I took a second air and I could close the match," said the U.S. Open semifinalist of 2006.

Also advanced to the third round Russian Elena Dementieva (N.5) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (N.3), but his compatriot Vera Zvonareva (N.8), fell unexpectedly eliminated by the Ukrainian Tatiana Perebiynis, two sets of 6 corridos -- 3.

Dementieva, gold medalist in the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008, beat France's Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 6-1 in just 58 minutes, while Kuznetsova won the Romanian Sorana Cirstea 7-6 (7 / 3), 6-1. Check BSNblog for more U.S. Open updates.

After the legal problems between European teams and FIFA by the call for players for the recent Games in Beijing, the association of European Clubs (ACE) wants the international federation to reverse its intention to include an Olympic event in the calendar FIFA.

"There will be a meeting with the president of Fifa, Joseph Blatter," announced the president of ACE, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in statements today that reproduces the German newspaper "Sport Bild."

The ECA was founded in January and happens to the G-14 as the association that brings together the most powerful clubs in Europe.

"We can not continue lengthening the timetable. We must end this greed. It is not possible that clubs pay their players and they will be each time with their national teams," said the German, chairman of the board of Bayern Munich.

The ECA will oppose to Blatter announced that it did in Beijing include the Olympic Games in the international calendar of FIFA, so that teams can not do anything to prevent the departure of its players younger than 23 years.

In addition, ACE wants to reduce the age limit for Olympic soccer, which has the support of the UEFA president, Michel Platini.

"The idea is that Platini in the future only involved players under 19 years. Maybe they can reach a point that satisfies both sides. I think the participation of teams under age 21 as a good possibility," he said German.

"The clubs then should undertake to give permission for their players, without the Olympic Games are included in the calendar of international soccer," Rummenigge elaborated the position of the body it represents.

Since this is a European problem, Platini called to ask him to participate in the meeting with Blatter, for which there is still no date. "But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not be present," added Rummenigge.

Upon reaching the Olympic Games in Beijing there was a sharp dispute between football clubs, national associations of various countries and FIFA on mandatory that players participate in the Games.

The conflicts were the most severe of Argentine Lionel Messi, of Barcelona, and the Brazilians Diego (Werder Bremen), Rafinha (Schalke). The two "canarinhos" escaped without permission from their clubs to play with the selection of his country.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne ruled in favour of clubs, and determined that they were not obliged to give permission for their players. Nevertheless, Messi and the two Brazilians played with his selection in Beijing.

After the defeat before the CAS, Blatter announced that starting next year the Olympics will be included in the international football calendar, which clubs would be obliged to allow their players play.

In addition, London 2012 will only teams under 23 years, ie without the three exceptions allowed for each selection that are in force today.

As far as they agree it ACE and FIFA is not open the Olympic tournament for all players, regardless of age, as requested by the IOC president, Jacques Rogge. Thus could participate in the Games all major soccer stars.

"Already now I can say 100 percent that there will be no agreement," said Rummenigge. Blatter already ruled in Beijing as a measure for not making the World Cup competition, held every four years.

The Swiss Roger Federer, seeking his fifth consecutive title of the U.S. Open, eliminated Argentina on Tuesday to a maximum Gonzalez to overcome a 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the first round.

Gonzalez tried to offer resistance to the former world number until Federer (2) won 10 games in a row in the three-sided.

Federer plays with the unusual second prequalification. After 237 weeks in a row at the top of the ladder, the Swiss is now below the Spanish Rafael Nadal for the first time in four and a half years. Since the 2004 Australia Open had no further than the first prequalification in a major tournament.

I am motivated to play well here and in the rest of the season, Federer said.

The Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (11) imposed its status preclasificado on the Spanish Ivan Navarro, although I struggle until they finally won by 7-6 (3), 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5) also in the first round.

The Brazilian Thiago Alves had to sweat shirt to defeat by Chilean Paul Capdeville 4-6, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Meanwhile, the Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti had some flashes against Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan but were insufficient and was left out by 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

The Spanish Fernando Verdasco (13) won 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to Russian Igor Kunitsyn, while his compatriot Tommy Robredo (15) won 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-1 to German Mischa Zverev.

The Czech Tomas Berdych (22) was eliminated by American Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.

Nadal, brand new number one, practiced on Tuesday, one day after winning debut. Check the U.S Open Standings at BSNblog.

The serbia Ana Ivanovic regained their confidence in time to beat with shock to Russian Vera Dushevina 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round of U.S. Open.

In handicap 3-2 in the third set, the French Open champion suddenly regained confidence and began to earn points.

He had loosened the merger, he said.

Ivanovic, 20, had played only two matches since Wimbledon in mid-July while healing thumb. The injury forced her to withdraw from the Olympic Games before the start of the competition and drastically reduce their practices.

I felt very well today, he said anyway. I was happy to be on the court.

For its part the Colombian Mariana Duque Marino debuted with a victory over the Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn in 0-6, 6-3, 6-2.

He seemed a meeting divided into two. The first set went to the Thai who thought he was going to carry forward the South American. But from the second set Duque Marino turned the encounter to go to impose their game with increasing ease.

The Paraguayan Rossana de los Rios also advanced to the second round with a victory of 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 over the Czech Hana Sromova.

The Williams sisters also went to the next stage. Serena (4) surpassed easily by the Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-4. Venus (7) eliminated by the Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-3.

On Tuesday Dinara Safina also advanced, sixth preclasificada; Agnes Szavay (13) and Flavia Pennetta (16).

The top of the Soccer Betting Premier League is expected to be a battle between Manchester United and Chelsea once again this season.

The Blues are doing their part, starting the season with two wins while United has a win and a tie. United was able to get a 1-0 win against Portsmouth even without a number of their key players including Cristiano Ronaldo. Also missing were Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick and Owen Hargreaves.

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp believes it is a two-team race in the Premier League once again. “They are still so strong that I can see them and Chelsea being the two slugging it out again for the title. They will probably meet again in a repeat of the Champions League final too, I shouldn't wonder. Certainly, I think Arsenal and Liverpool have it all on to finish above them. Chelsea were very strong last week and United will be even stronger than they are now if they sign Dimitar Berbatov (from Tottenham), as I think they will, in the next few days."

United was able to secure the 1-0 win over Portsmouth thanks to a 33rd minute goal by Darren Fletcher. His shot was helped into the net by defender Sylvain Distin. Portsmouth has now lost their first two games this season after losing their last four a year ago. "We've been a good team over the past two seasons and I'm confident we'll be a decent team again. I went in at half-time feeling quite pleased with us but we ran out of steam in the second half and people like (Carlos) Tevez and (Wayne) Rooney just popped the ball about when the heat went out of the game.” Redknapp said.

Soccer Betting at SBG Global.

United manager Alex Ferguson was pleased with the result. "It was a bonus win. We only drew here last season and we lost the season before that. It is never an easy place to come but I thought we played good football."

United is playing the Soccer Betting European Super Cup on Friday against Zenit St. Petersburg and Ferguson has said he does want to win. That doesn’t mean all of his stars will play though. He may give Hargreaves some time in the match though to get him ready for league play. United must play Liverpool and Chelsea back-to-back, following their European Super Cup match on Friday.

Chelsea was able to get a 1-0 win at Wigan thanks to a goal from Deco. It was not an impressive performance by the Blues but it kept them unbeaten to start the season.

The Inter Milan won yesterday its fourth Italian Super Cup by defeating the Rome by 8-7 in a comprehensive definition for criminal after the match ended in a 2-2 tie at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium.

The new coach José Mourinho got a prestigious victory in his first official match with the champion of the Serie A, one week before the start of the league.

The captain of Inter, the Argentinian Javier Zanetti, who scored the last criminal for his team.

After the victory, the South American said: "deserved to win this match. It is a great start of season. It's like we wanted to start. "

The maximum preclasificada, Ana Ivanovic, survived a scare yesterday before the Russian Vera Dushevina, but at the end advanced to the second round of Open tennis in the United States after defeat by 6-1, 4-6 and 6-4.

The serbia, who seeks his first Grand Slam title last year, lost his rhythm at the end of the second set, but then recovered to take the victory after just over two hours of play.

However, it was not a good day for the eleventh preclasificada, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, then said goodbye in the first round to Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

Hantuchova, who was inactive for an injury on the right foot, fell to the Teutons without prequalification by 6-4 and 6-2.

Among the Latin American, Colombian Mariana Duque defeated the Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn, with slate of 0-6, 6-3 and 6-2.

The French Open champion, Ivanovic, who lost the Olympic Games medals because of an injury to his right thumb, easily overcame the first set and was leading the second 4-2 before losing its course completely.

The number 57 in the world, Dushevina, forced the partial decisive and saved two points to match, but Ivanovic prevailed and now face France's Julie Coin, who beat Australian Casey Dellacqua, 7-6 (8 / 6), 7-6 (7 / 4).

Meanwhile Hantuchova, who reached the semifinals of the Australia Open in January, struggled to find its level against the powerful German servant, but was eliminated in just 71 minutes.

Groenefeld, 23, was measured at the next round of the U.S. Melanie Oudin who won the Australia Jessica Moore.

For its part, Dinara Safina was the relentless imposed on the U.S. Kristie Ahn, who won with 6-3 and 6-4 partial.

The Russian, sixth-seeded had no leniency with the number 758 in the world, who at 16 is the youngest female table, and exhibited his repertoire of strokes and powerful services.

The winner of a presea silver in the Olympic Games in Beijing will face the Italian Roberta Vinci without prequalification.

Check the U.S. Open results at BSNblog.

Everything seems to indicate that Robinho will be pleased to move from Real Madrid to Chelsea.

The English club's chief executive, Peter Kenyon, is negotiating with leaders Real Madrid and intends to offer about 40 million euros (59 million dollars) by the Brazilian attacker, said on Tuesday the sports daily Marca.

Chelsea, led by Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari, reportedly offered the player a juicy increase over his current salary is estimated at 2.1 billion euros (3 million).

Robinho, who is under contract with Real until 2010, urged the Spanish club that lets you move to Chelsea before the end of the book passes on August 31.

The 24-year-old player said his quest to become the best in the world would not be possible to stay in the Spanish club.

The president of Real, Ramon Calderon, said over the weekend that Robinho could cancel his contract. But according to the termination clause in it, would have to pay 150 million euros (220 million dollars).

But Royal seems now seeking a replacement for the talented player.

On Monday, Valencia rejected a bid of 47 million euros (69 million dollars) by Spanish striker David Villa. It also said that Royal might striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Ajax.

Meanwhile, the wheel of Santi Cazorla Villarreal responded on Tuesday to versions that Real Madrid are willing to pay the termination clause in his contract of 16 million euros (23.3 milllones dollars).

What you call Real Madrid is very difficult to assimilate. It's the best team in Spain, and the truth is that it makes it difficult to say no. I'm in shock, said the 23-year-old player who participated in the Spanish team that won the soccer betting European Championship.

Robinho came to Real Madrid from Santos in Brazil three years ago, and conjecture that the press is disgusted that the Spanish club not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games.

In addition, as Real thought to use it as a counterweight in his failed attempt to get into Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United, Robinho came to the conclusion that their future was elsewhere.

The coach Bernd Schuster Madrid left Robinho on the bench for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup with Valencia. Real won 4-2 and took the trophy.

The fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium displayed banners with legends criticism of Robinho and booed when his name was announced at the stadium.

The European bichampión Juventus relied on his victory in first leg on Tuesday to advance to the round of groups of the Champions League.

The Juventus tied 1-1 with Artmedia of Slovakia in the third qualifying round.

For his part, the Greek team Panathinaikos, which defeated Sparta Prague 2-1 to partidod and in the first leg, secured their place in the group draw on Friday to get a goal in time desescuento of Brazilian Rodrigo Souza to be a triumph of 1-0 in the round.

Juvientus returns to profit from the competencies and groups after a auencia two years due to the participation of all Turin in a series of scandals settlement results, which led to his relegation to the second division in 2006.

The Slovak team was better than the 14 minute when Midfielder Branislav Fodrek auction volea center Marian Cisovsky stretched to overcome the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

However, the Brazilian Amauri was about to equalise for Juventus one minute later, when his shot crash into a pole.

The tie would fall to 25 minutes, when Amauri remate de cabeza center Pavel Nedved, to order the tie 1-1 and advance to the next round with 5-1 overall.

Men - First round

David Ferrer (ESP/N.4) defeated Martin Vassallo (ARG) 7-7 (7 / 1), 6-2, 6-2

Gael Monfils (FRA/N.32) Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

Jose Acasuso (ARG) Michael Berrer (GER) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Roko Karasunic (CRO) to Ryan Sweeting (USA) 7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Evgeny Korolev (RUS) Robin Soderling (SWE) 7-6 (7 / 4), 6-3, 7-6 (11 / 9)

Gilles Simon (FRA/N.16) Marcel Granolles (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Kei Nishikori (JPN) Juan Monaco (ARG/N.29) 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2

David Nalbandian (ARG/N.7) Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Wayne Odesnik (USA) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI/N.10) Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (7 / 5), 6-3, 6-3

Andy Murray (GBR/N.6) Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-0

Rafael Nadal (ESP/N.1) Bjorn Phau (GER) 7-6 (7 / 4), 6-3, 7-6 (7 / 4)

Andreas Beck (GER) John Isner (USA) 7-6 (7 / 5), 6-4, 7-6 (7 / 3)

Jiri Vanek (CZE) Stephane Bohli (SUI) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) Brendan Evans (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Evgeny Korolev (RUS) Robin Soderling (SWE) 7-6 (7 / 4), 6-3, 7-6 (11 / 9)

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (5 / 7), 6-4, 7-5

Ryler De Heart (USA) Olivier Rochus (BEL) 7-6 (7 / 4), 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Jurgen Meltzer (AUT) Feliciano Lopez (ESP 4-6, 7-6 (7 / 5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

Michael Llodra (FRA) Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7 / 5), 7-6 (7 / 4)

Victor Troicki (SRB) to Carsten Ball (AUS) 7-6 (7 / 3), 6-0, 6-1

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Luis Horna (PER) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2


Women - First round:

Elena Dementieva (RUS/N.5) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-4, 7-5

Lindsay Davenport (USA) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 6-4, 6-2

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS/N.3) Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-4, 6-2

Lin Na (CHN) Shahar Peer (ISR/N.24) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) Vania King (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Francesca Schiavone (ITA /) Nuria Llagostera (ESP) 7-5, 7-5

Yvonne Meusburguer (AUT) Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-1, 6-2

Patty Schnyder (SUI/N.15) Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.14) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-2, 6-1

Pauline Parmentier (FRA) to Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-3, 7-6 (7 / 2)

Sara Errani (ITA) Jelena Kostanic (CRO) 6-4, 6-2

Anne Keothavong (GBR) to Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-2, 6-2

Aravane Rezai (FRA) to Asia Muhammad (USA) 6-2, 6-4

Marion Bartoli (FRA/N.12) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-2, 6-3

Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) Carla Navarro Suarez (ESP) 6-2, 7-5

Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3

Iveta Benezova (CZE) Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-0, 6-3

Sybille Bammer (AUT) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-4, 6-2

Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) Zi Yan (CHN) 6-2, 6-4

Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-1, 6-3

Jelena Jankovic (SRB/N.2) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 6-1

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS/N.10) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-2, 6-1

Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) Kvitova Petra (CZE) 6-3 (3 / 7), 6-4, 6-2

Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-0, 6-2

Jie Zheng (CHN) Shenay Perry (USA) 6-2, 6-3

Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) Mariya Korittseva (UKR) 6-1, 6-4

Magdalena Rybarikova (SLV) Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-4, 6-0

Tamira Paszek (AUT) Maria Kirilenko (RUS/N.22) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

Garriques Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-4, 7-5

Vera Zvonareva (RUS/N.8) Barbora Zahlavova (CZE) 6-4, 6-3

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) Sazarova Lucie (CZE) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Programme for Tuesday, the second day of Open tennis in the United States that is played in New York last Grand Slam of the season.

-- Men - First Round (15H00 GMT)

Vincent Spadea (USA) vs Marat Safin (RUS)

Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs. Roger Federer (SUI/N.2)

Tommy Haas (GER) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA/N.12)

Mardy Fish (USA) vs Robert Smeets (AUS)

Tomas Berdych (CZE/N.23) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)

Tommy Robredo (ESP/N.15) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER)

Nicolas Lapenti (Ecu) vs. Li Yen-Hsun (TPE)

Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs. Tomas Zib (CZE)

Jan Minar (CZE) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO/N.14)

Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs Igor Andreev (RUS/N.23)

Rainer Schuetler (GER) vs. Florent Serra (FRA)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)

Scoville Jenkins (USA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Thiago Alves (BRA) vs. Paul Capdeville (CHI)

Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs. Nicolas Devilder (FRA)

Frederico Gil (POR) vs. Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

Rui Machado (POR) vs. Rik De Voest (RSA)

Jan Hernych (CZE) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS/N.21)

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Ivan Navarro (ESP) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI/N.11)

Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) vs. Andrea Seppi (ITA)

Nicolas Kiefer (GER/N.20) vs Ivo Minar (CZE)

Hsien Su-Wei (TPE) vs. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Fernando Verdasco (ESP/N.13) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)

Laurent Recouderc (FRA0 vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)

-- Women - First Round (15H00 GMT)

Ana Ivanovic (SRB/N.1) vs. Vera Dushevina (RUS)

Serena Williams (USA/N.4) vs. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)

Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Venus Williams (USA/N.7)

Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs. Roger Federer (SUI/N.2)

Kristie Haerim Ahn (USA) vs. Dinara Safina (RUS/N.6)

Nathalie Dechy (FRA) vs. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA/N.32)

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK/N.11) vs. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)

Marta Domachowska (POL) vs. Bethanie Mattek (USA)

Nadia Petrova (RUS/N.19) vs. Olivia Sanchez (FRA)

Julie Coin (FRA) vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

Severine Bremond (FRA) vs. Julia Goergen (GER)

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. Julia Vakulenko (UKR)

Gail Brodski (USA) vs Agnes Szavay (HUN)

Jill Craibas (USA) vs Dominika Cibulkova (SVK/N.18)

Stefanie Vogele (SUI) vs. Flavia Penneta (ITA)

Virginie Razzano (FRA) vs Timea Bacsinsky (SUI)

Maria Jose Martinez (ESP) vs Sabine Lisicki (GER)

Tamarine Tamasugarn (THA) vs. Mariana Duque Marino (COL)

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE/N.20) vs. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)

Jessica Moore (AUS) vs. Melanie Oudin (USA)

Kaia (EST) vs. Monica Nicolescu (ROU)

Shuai Peng (CHN) vs. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs. Yaroslava Shedova (KAZ)

Alona Bondarenko (UKR/N.27) vs. Jamea Jackson (USA)

Andreja Klepac (SLO) vs. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

Camile Pin (FRA) vs Alize Cornet (FRA)

Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs. Sandra Zahlavova (CZE)

Hsien Su-Wei (TPE) vs. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Iona Raluca (ROU) vs. Edina Gallovits (ROU)

Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA)

Maret Ani (EST) vs. Tathiana Garbin (ITA)

Hana Sromova (CZE) vs. Rossana de los Rios (PAR)

Best U.S. Open results at BSNblog.

The Spanish Rafael Nadal premiered on Monday in Flushing Meadows jacket of his world number one, with an easy victory before the German Bjorn Phau, in a first round of Open tennis in the United States to win also saw the highest hope americas America The Argentine David Nalbandian, and his compatriot Jose Acasuso.

Nadal step further work expected to exit Phau, with partial 7-6 (7 / 4), 6-3, 7-6 (7 / 4) and generally acknowledged some fatigue due to intense grind that has taken the recent weeks, which besides moving to Swiss Roger Federer in the first place in the ATP ladder, won the gold medal of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

The Mallorcan tennis seemed unwilling to wear the outset and for example, did much to take advantage of the 13 break points before it, which only got two.

Nalbandian, seventh-seeded and semifinalist in New York in 2003, defeated by the Brazilian Marcos Daniel 6-1, 6-2 and 6-4 in one hour and 40 minutes a game and very precise in which drew 13 aces.

Acasuso saved to a good start the first round when she beat 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to German Michael Berrer, and was included for the third time in a second round, his best result in two U.S. Opens.

Those who sailed with not so lucky were also Argentine Juan Monaco, Martin Vasallo and Sergio Roitman, and Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.

Monaco, n.29-seeded, was surprised by the Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, Vasallo and ceded power to the Spanish David Ferrer (n.4) by 7 -- 6 (7 / 1), 6-2, 6-2.

Roitman gave him 71 minutes to fight for British Andy Murray (n.6), one of the favourites for the title, but in the third set he betrayed his legs and lifted white flag with markers 6-3, 6-4, 6 -- 0.

The couple Cuevas fought hard before the Frenchman Gael Monfils in the first two sets, but mental fatigue after he drained reserves and finally gave the final set in just 18 minutes to lose 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

"It was not so much the physical and mental fatigue, namely in the third I had to win the next two sets and tie for fifth play," said Cave, located in the ranking of world number 135. Best U.S. Open results at BSNblog.

Cuevas said it now will try their luck in the doubles, next to Peruvian Luis Horna, with intentions of repeating the surprise title at Roland Garros reached this year.

In women, Olympic champion Elena Dementieva (N.5) saved two points in the second set to overcome the Uzbek Akgul Amanmuradova by 6-4, 7-5.

"Yesterday I tried to sleep, but I could not. I was watching the closing ceremony of the Games in Beijing. It was impressive. I am still enjoying my Olympic gold medal," said the blonde Russian, who defeated his compatriot in China Dinara Safina.

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NCAA Week 1 Schedule, TV schedule and Game Time.

Thursday, August 28

Northeastern @ Ball State at 7 pm ET

UTEP @ Buffalo at 7 pm ET

Eastern Illinois @ Central Michigan at 7 pm ET

Indiana Sate @ Eastern Michigan at 7 pm ET

Hofstra @ Connecticut at 7 30 pm ET

Jacksonville State @ Georgia Tech at 7 30 pm ET on ESPN

Vanderbilt @ Miami (OH) at 7 30 pm ET on ESPN

Eastern Kentucky @ Cincinnati at 7 30 pm ET

Charleston Southern @ Miami (FL) 7 30 pm ET on ESPN

Troy @ Middle Tennessee 7 30 pm ET

Wake Forest @ Baylor 8 pm ET

South Dakota State @ Iowa State 8 pm ET

North Carolina State @ South Carolina 8 pm ET on ESPN

Oregon State @ Stanford 9 pm ET on ESPN 2

Friday, August 29

Temple @ Army 7 pm ET on ESPN

Southern Methodist @ Rice 8 pm ET on ESPN

Saturday, August 30

Youngstown State @ Ohio State 12 pm ET

Akron @ Wisconsin 12 pm ET

Virginia Tech @ East Carolina 12 pm ET on ESPN

Coastal Carolina @ Penn State 12 pm ET

Bowling Green @ Pittsburgh 12 pm ET on ESPN U

Syracuse @ Northwestern 12 pm ET on ESPN 2

Western Kentucky @ Indiana 12 pm ET

Maine @ Iowa 12 05 pm ET

Georgia Southern @ Georgia 12 30 pm ET

Hawaii @ Florida 12 30 pm ET

Southern Utah @ Air Force 2 pm ET

Ohio @ Wyoming 2 pm ET

USC @ Virginia 3 30 pm ET on ABC

Villanova @ west Virginia 3 30 pm ET

Utah @ Michigan 3 30 pm ET on ABC

Oklahoma State @ Washington State 3 30 pm ET

Townson @ Navy 3 30 pm ET

Delaware @ Maryland 3 45 pm ET on ESPN U

Tulsa @ UAB 4 pm ET

Illinois State @ Marshall 4 30 pm ET

Appalachian State @ LSU 5 pm ET on ESPN

Northern Iowa @ Bringham Young 6 pm ET

McNeese State @ North Carolina 6 pm ET

TCU @ New Mexico 6 pm ET

South Carolina State @ UCF 6 pm ET

Mississipi State @ Louisiana Tech 6 45 pm ET on ESPN

Chattanooga @ Oklahoma 7 pm ET

Louisina-Monroe @ Auburn 7 pm ET

Florida Atlantic @ Texas 7 pm ET

Eastern Washington @ Texas Tech 7 pm

Forida International @ Kansas 7 pm ET

Tennesse-Martin @ South Florida 7 pm ET

Western Illinois @ Arkansas 7 pm ET

Northern Illinois @ Minnesota 7 pm ET

Memphis @ Mississipi 7 pm ET

James Madison @ Duke 7 pm ET

Western Michigan @ Nebraska 7 pm ET

Arkansas State @ Texas A&M 7 pm ET

Southern University @ Houston 7 pm ET

Louisiana-Lafayette @ Southern Miss 7 pm ET

North Texas @ Kansas State 7 05 pm ET

Boston College @ Kent State 7 05 pm ET ESPN U

Alabama @ Clemson 8 pm ET on ABC

UC Davis @ San Jose State 8 pm ET

Michigan State @ California 8 pm ET ABC

Idaho State @ Boise State 8 07 pm ET

Illinois @ Missouri 8 30 pm ET on ESPN

Grambling State @ Nevada 9 05 pm ET

Cal Poly @ San Diego State 9 30 pm ET

Washington @ Oregon 10 pm ET

Idaho @ Arizona 10 pm ET

Utah State @ UNLV 10 pm ET

Northern Arizona @ Arizona State 10 05 pm ET

Sunday, August 31

Kentucky @ Louisville 3 30 pm ET on ESPN

Colorado State @ Colorado 7 30 pm ET

Monday, September 1

Fresno State @ Rutgers 4 pm ET on ESPN

Tennessee @ UCLA 8 pm ET on ESPN

NFL Preseason Betting Preview

Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers

Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern – ESPN

The matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and San Diego Chargers on Monday was expected to feature both starting quarterbacks but that will not be the case as Seattle starter Matt Hasselbeck is unlikely to play due to a stiff back. Backup quarterback Seneca Wallace has been excellent this preseason but is unlikely to see much time since he has a sore groin so that means third string quarterback Charlie Frye will get the bulk of the snaps on Monday for Seattle. "Absolutely your starting quarterback has to be ready for the first regular-season game," Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren said, "(With) the guys that have played as long as he has played ... you are not quite as concerned about their minutes in the preseason. Now, I want him (Hasselbeck) to feel better. That's my main concern. But as far as not playing or not getting enough reps, I don't worry about that too much." Seattle is also missing receivers Bobby Engram and Deion Branch due to injuries.

San Diego is a 6.5 point favorite with a total of 39.5 at SBG Global.

The Seahawks are excited about their rookie running back Justin Forsett. He has 194 yards and a touchdown in the preseason. He is battling with Julius Jones, T.J. Duckett and Maurice Morris for playing time. The Chargers are also happy with their rookie running back. Jacob Hester will see the bulk of the action on Monday since LaDainian Tomlinson is unlikely to play. Tomlinson has not played in a preseason game since 2005.

NFL betting stats show that the Chargers and Seahawks are meeting in the preseason for just the ninth time, with Seattle leading the series, 5-3. Last year the Seahawks won 24-16. The two teams have met 48 times in the regular season with Seattle leading that series 25-23. Another interesting NFL betting statistic shows that Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren was 37-25 to the over in his preseason career before this preseason began. Holmgren has always been known as an offensive coach in Seattle and Green Bay so that should not come as a huge surprise.Check the entire Monday Night Football Schedule.

Early in the morning took place the traditional marathon, won by Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru, a young athlete aged 21, who was a chrono of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 32 seconds, a new Olympic record.

The silver went to the Moroccan Jaouad Gharib (2h07: 16.), World champion in 2003 and 2005, while the bronze was awarded the Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede (2h10: 00.), Winner of the Paris marathon this year.

He also held the finals of men's volleyball, where Brazil, which had the Olympic title, fell to U.S., which confirmed its evolution over the past year that had already proved to be the World League-2008.

The decisive match played in the Capital Gymnasium culminated with a score of 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-23 in favor of the new champion.

In recent late boxing, the Cubans lost the last two gold to those who still could not aspire to leave empty and passed the scepter to the hosts.

The Caribbean harvested titles nonstop for 36 years (Munich-1972).
While in weight rooster Yankiel Leon presea Alarcon took the silver, three other boxers islanders took another Argent and two bronze in their respective categories.

In welter weight, Banteaux Carlos Suarez also won the second place, as well as YAMPI Hernandez got a bronze in the lightweight category and Yordenis Ugas the same distinction in the category minimosca.

For its part, in the men's waterpolo, the same day, the podium was composed of Hungary, USA and Serbia.

Finally, France beat Iceland in the final of men's handball by 28-23 and celebrated his first Olympic title. Spain won 35-29 by the king of Athens-2004 Croatia for the bronze, which won for the third time in its Olympic history medal standings.

With the victory of the "Bleus" in the capital china was heard for the seventh time "La Marseillaise" during these Olympics.

With these results, China led the hosts with 51 PRES medallero gold for a total of 100 (plus 21 silver and 28 bronze), ahead of U.S. second largest with a total (110) but distributed differently ( 36, 28 and 36).

Russia ranked last step of the podium (23, 21 and 28 for a total of 72.)

The records of the world shakes in the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008.

Complete medal standings.


Athletes

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Men's 100 m: 9.69 - USAIN Bolt (JAM)

200 m male: 19.30 - USAIN Bolt (JAM)

Relais 4x100 m male: 37.10 - Jamaica (Carter, Frater, Bolt, Powell)

3000 m women's obstacles: 8:58.81 - Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)

Women's Pole Vault: 5.05 m - Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)

Cycling Track

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Persecution by male teams: 3:53.314 - Great Britain (Clancy, Thomas Manning, Wiggins)

Persecution by male teams: 3:55.202 - Great Britain (Clancy, Thomas Manning, Wiggins)

Weightlifting

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-69 Kg female: 286 kg - Chuhong Liu (CHN)

Women's +75 kg: 326 kg - Jang Mi-ran (KOR)

-85 Kg female: 394 kg - Andrei Rybajou (BLR)

-105 Kg female: 436 kg - Andrei Aramnau (BLR)

Swimming

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Men's 100 m breaststroke: 58.91 - Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)

Women's 100 Backstroke: 58.77 - Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)

Men's 100 Backstroke: 52.54 - Aaron Peirsol (USA)

Men's 100 Freestyle: 47.05 - Eamon Sullivan (AUS)

200 m women's styles: 2:08.45 - Stephanie Rice (AUS)

200 m men's styles: 1:54.23 - Michael Phelps (USA)


Women's 200 m breaststroke: 2:20.22 - Rebecca Soni (USA)

Men's 200 Backstroke: 1:53.94 - Ryan Lochte (USA)

Women's 200 Backstroke: 2:05.24 - Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)

Women's 200 Freestyle: 1:54.82 - Federica Pelligrini (ITA)

Women's 200 Freestyle: 1:55.45 - Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

Men's 200 Freestyle: 1:42.96 - Michael Phelps (USA)

Men's 200 m butterfly: 1:52.03 - Michael Phelps (USA)

Women's 200 m butterfly: 2:04.18 - Zig Liu (CHN)

400 m men's styles: 4:03.84 - Michael Phelps (USA)

400 m women's styles: 4:29.45 - Stephanie Rice (AUS)

Women's 800 Freestyle: 8:14.10 - Rebecca Adlington (GBR)

4x100 m Relay feminine styles: 3:52.69 - Australia (Seebohm, Jones, SCHIP, Lenton-Trickett)

Men's 4x100 m Relay styles: 3:29.34 - United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)

Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay: 3:12.23 - United States (Adrian, Jones, Wildman-Tobriner, Grevers)

Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay: 3:08.24 - United States (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay: 7:44.31 - Australia (Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda McKenzie)

Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay: 6:58.56 - United States (Phelps, Locht, Berens, Vanderkaay)

The "Dream Team" won the Olympic gold on Sunday to beat Spain (118-107), while Brazil fell unexpectedly to the Americans in men's volleyball at the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008, which were closed with a grandiose ceremony. Check the complete medal standings at BSNblog.

"There were some truly exceptional Games," said the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge during the closing of the Games, a new deployment of lights, colors and sounds.

Beijing passed the baton to London, which hosts the next edition, in a ceremony at which Rogge was terminated 16 days of competition, which were closed on Sunday with a final Olympic basketball myocardial between the U.S. and Spain.

With a brilliant Kobe Bryant, the Americans realized the world champion and recovered a presea in Athens-2004 he resisted and took Argentina, which in this day Sunday had to settle for bronze after imposed by 87-75 to Lithuania.

After starting the season with a left foot, Real Madrid will seek to counter their defeat by Valencia 3-2 when it receives its rival in the second leg of the Spanish Supercup.

A minute's silence will be met before the meeting in tribute to the 153 victims of the worst air disaster 25 years.

The trophy is disputed annually at the opening of the season between the Spanish League champion and winner of the Copa del Rey. Real last won it in 2003.

"We must maintain our concentration and start beat a great team. At home we are forced to do things right, "said Brazilian defender Pepe, who returns after not playing in the first challenge for being suspended.

His compatriot Robinho, who becomes crazy about going to Chelsea, was included in the roster of 18 players for the match.

Valencia will play its first meeting in the capital since he won the final of the Copa del Rey on April 16 beating Getafe in the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid athletics.

The Valencians, aspiring to win the Super Cup for the second time, ensures that will not protect their advantage, according to the steering wheel Ruben Baraja.

"Valencia is ambitious and will seek the triumph. We have to play with the attitude that we have a real chance to win the Super Cup, "he said.

The coach of Valencia, Unai Emery, wants to continue as well as started: victory in the first leg at Mestalla was his first official match in charge. Emery (36 years), technical younger than has been the club, said that will test his new team.

In another demonstration of great power, the Drean Team won yesterday to Argentina defeated by 101 to 81 and was classified for the final Beijing 2008.

The "Dream team" will define the gold medal tomorrow against Spain, who defeated 91 to 86 yesterday to Lithuania, in what will be the reissue of the decisive game of Los Angeles 1984, which was won by the United States.

"It's a great joy to be in the final of the Games. We have come to this. The final against Spain will be a tough match, "said Carmelo Anthony, United States.

Argentina, which defended the gold medal won in Athens 2004, suffered a double blow. But rather than defeat, Argentines regretted the injury to Emanuel Ginobili suffered in his left ankle.

The star argentina, who played only 6 minutes and 21 seconds and even sat on the substitutes bench during the second half, the game will be lost in the bronze medal tomorrow before Lithuania. "There is no time to recover," the doctor confirmed the selection of argentina, Diego Grippo, when asked whether Ginobili would be to Lithuania. Ginobili's participation in 2008 Beijing had been in doubt until 15 days before the start of the Olympic Games, because of a nuisance in the same ankle.

Meanwhile, Anthony said "was a very fought. I hurt all over his body. But I have not had any problems with anyone in particular. " He denied being angry with Luis Scola, with whom he exchanged several discussions during the game.

United States, which thus took revenge in the semifinals of Athens 2004, which lost to the Argentines, got a decisive advantage at the start of the match.

"Upon leaving Ginobili, we might have thought that by the Argentines would be lost. But no, we knew that they do not resign, "Anthony confided.

For his part, the Argentine coach acknowledged that "we wanted to win the second time for Ginobili, who was watching the match on a screen in the dressing room."

The end has a recent history that favors the Americans, who beat Spain by 119 to 82 (31 points difference) in the first phase.

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