The world number two Maria Sharapova changed his mind and announced that she would play for Russia in the semi-finals of the World Group "Fed Cup". The match against Germany will be on the 18-th and 19-th of April in Sochi on clay.
After the victory over Poland in Krakow in the first round, Maria Sharapova said that the next game of "sbornaya" is not on her itinerary. Today came the change of decision.
Tennis World commented that if Sharapova plays in the game against Germany, it certainly will ensure her participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year. This was the basis of the consent of Masha.
According to Russian media, however the reason was rather sentimental. The match would be in Sochi, where Sharapova has lived as a child and where she first has caught the tennis racket.
Ekaterina Makarova also has said last month, that she would play for Russia in the semi-finals.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Toulouse - Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)
The hosts are facing the wall, still are in the relegation zone. Guests in turn missed a lot of points and it looks like they moved away from the coveted title. In autumn Marseille had no problems in his household with Toulouse and won with 2:0. Now, however, hosts are not entitled to violet error otherwise the situation will keep them at the bottom of the standings. The outcome of this curious duel is on Friday night. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.10 for a home win, with a draw at 3.20 and 2.40 for the victory of the guests.
Toulouse woke up late and took four points from the last three matches in Ligue 1. In the last round, the team reached the important 1:1 draw against St Etienne. The boys of Alain Casanova showed character and came to the point at the end of the match. In the camp of violets there are not many injured players. Match with Marseille will miss Etienne Didot, Ali Ahamada and Mihai Roman. The three are sidelined from long time and are not a serious problem for the coaching staff. Trouble for Alain Casanova related to the punishment of the captain Abel Aguilar, who missed Friday`s match. French specialist will rely on more defensive scheme for success against Marseille. Up front will act Wissam Ben Yedder and Aleksandar Pesic will remain on the bench.
Marseille remains 4 matches without victory and 4 points less of the top of the rankings. Last game with Caen was lost with 2:3 at the "Velodrome" after lead by 2 goals and finally gathering a crisis in which had fell the team of Marcelo Bielsa. Marseille is in a series of eight games without a win as guest in Ligue 1. Trouble for Bielsa does not end here. For Friday`s game he is not available to use the punished right backs Rod Fanni and Brice Dja Djedje. On this post will be Mario Lemina, it would not be surprised if he does not perform in the opening minutes of the game and Bielsa to move to the scheme with three defenders. Penalty, which dropped against Caen means a place on the bench for Michy Batshuayi against Toulouse.
The crisis in the composition of visitors after the half of the season is evident. We believe that the situation in Toulouse will make them more motivated on Friday night, which would bring the minimum point of the household of Marseille.
Prediction Toulouse - Olympique Marseille: 1X
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.57 at bet365
Toulouse woke up late and took four points from the last three matches in Ligue 1. In the last round, the team reached the important 1:1 draw against St Etienne. The boys of Alain Casanova showed character and came to the point at the end of the match. In the camp of violets there are not many injured players. Match with Marseille will miss Etienne Didot, Ali Ahamada and Mihai Roman. The three are sidelined from long time and are not a serious problem for the coaching staff. Trouble for Alain Casanova related to the punishment of the captain Abel Aguilar, who missed Friday`s match. French specialist will rely on more defensive scheme for success against Marseille. Up front will act Wissam Ben Yedder and Aleksandar Pesic will remain on the bench.
Marseille remains 4 matches without victory and 4 points less of the top of the rankings. Last game with Caen was lost with 2:3 at the "Velodrome" after lead by 2 goals and finally gathering a crisis in which had fell the team of Marcelo Bielsa. Marseille is in a series of eight games without a win as guest in Ligue 1. Trouble for Bielsa does not end here. For Friday`s game he is not available to use the punished right backs Rod Fanni and Brice Dja Djedje. On this post will be Mario Lemina, it would not be surprised if he does not perform in the opening minutes of the game and Bielsa to move to the scheme with three defenders. Penalty, which dropped against Caen means a place on the bench for Michy Batshuayi against Toulouse.
The crisis in the composition of visitors after the half of the season is evident. We believe that the situation in Toulouse will make them more motivated on Friday night, which would bring the minimum point of the household of Marseille.
Prediction Toulouse - Olympique Marseille: 1X
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.57 at bet365
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Uncompromised Sharapova in Acapulco
The first placed Maria Sharapova easily qualified for the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament in Acapulco, which is a category "International".
She has won with 6: 1, 6: 2 the "lucky loser" Mariana Duque-Marino from Colombia.
The two of the three games on the asset of the South American came after breakthroughs and the Russian in her turn made six breaks.
"My intent is to play better and better and to get maximum far in the tournament. In my first meeting I had to fit the game, but today I felt better on the court. It was difficult at the end after I was punctured twice, but overall I`m happy with the way I had played. I loved the atmosphere on the stands. It is very important to supply the energy of the fans, because I think that the athletes always perform better when they feel the atmosphere of the songs and applauses, "said Sharapova.
Masha participated for the 19th time in the tournament category
"International" and only once she dropped out of the quarter-finals. This happened in her debut season by the women in 2002, when he lost in the first round in Tokyo from the Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi with 0: 6, 2: 6.
The next opponent of the second in the world rankings is Magdalena Rybarikova from Slovakia, who has crashed for 44 minutes the Romanian qualifier Elena Bogdan with 6: 0, 6: 2 and has scored seven aces.
She has won with 6: 1, 6: 2 the "lucky loser" Mariana Duque-Marino from Colombia.
The two of the three games on the asset of the South American came after breakthroughs and the Russian in her turn made six breaks.
"My intent is to play better and better and to get maximum far in the tournament. In my first meeting I had to fit the game, but today I felt better on the court. It was difficult at the end after I was punctured twice, but overall I`m happy with the way I had played. I loved the atmosphere on the stands. It is very important to supply the energy of the fans, because I think that the athletes always perform better when they feel the atmosphere of the songs and applauses, "said Sharapova.
Masha participated for the 19th time in the tournament category
"International" and only once she dropped out of the quarter-finals. This happened in her debut season by the women in 2002, when he lost in the first round in Tokyo from the Swiss Emmanuelle Gagliardi with 0: 6, 2: 6.
The next opponent of the second in the world rankings is Magdalena Rybarikova from Slovakia, who has crashed for 44 minutes the Romanian qualifier Elena Bogdan with 6: 0, 6: 2 and has scored seven aces.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Celtic - Inter (Europa League)
Celtic - Inter (Europa League) 19.02.2015
The most glorious page of the history of the home side is recorded against the upcoming opponent. On May 25, 1967, in Lisbon, Celtic won his first and only Champions League trophy. Now, almost 50 years later the fans of Celtic dream of trophy in Europa League. The first obstacle is the full of confidence team of Inter. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.00 for a home win, with a draw at 3.30 and 2.55 for the victory of the guests.
Celtic is leader in the local championship. The team of Ronny Deila pulled with 3 points ahead of the second Aberdeen and even has one match less in assets. Celtic seeks a fourth consecutive title in Scotland. However, this hardly warm Celtic fans which yearn for European triumphs. For the game against Inter, 60,000 spectators in the stands will support Celtic and all of them want hot success. Ronny Deila will not be able to rely on two important players for the first match with the Italians. Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig are injured and will miss the match on Thursday night. There are problems for Kris Commons, who will pass a fitness test to see if he can play against Inter.
Inter recorded two consecutive victories in Serie A. The boys of Roberto Mancini approached 5 points to the places entitling participation in European tournaments. After a poor start to the year, Inter earned enough confidence in recent matches. For the visit of Celtic Park, Mancini have to make some changes in the composition. New signings Lukas Podolski and Marcelo Brozovic were not filed for the tournament and will not travel to Glasgow. With injuries are Yuto Nagatomo and Jonathan. Their places on the right and left back will occupy Hugo Campagnaro and new signing Davide Santon. Marco Andreolli and Danilo D`Ambrosio will pass late fitness test, because of some past injury problems. In the absence of Lukas Podolski, celebrating 22 years on the day of the match - Mauro Icardi will partner to Rodrigo Palacio in the attack of Inter. The new signing Xherdan Shaqiri will support them.
The enthusiasm of the audience will be transferred to the players in this match. Atmosphere of Celtic Park will be incredible and the boys of Ronny Deila will try to please their supporters with success. Inter on the other side will not allow them to beat so easy and Icardi will need some good present for his birthday. So, we offer two options for bet in this match - both teams to score and Icardi to score any time.
Prediction Celtic - Inter:
Both teams to score @ 1.80 at bet365
Icardi to score any time @ 2.50 at bet365
The most glorious page of the history of the home side is recorded against the upcoming opponent. On May 25, 1967, in Lisbon, Celtic won his first and only Champions League trophy. Now, almost 50 years later the fans of Celtic dream of trophy in Europa League. The first obstacle is the full of confidence team of Inter. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.00 for a home win, with a draw at 3.30 and 2.55 for the victory of the guests.
Celtic is leader in the local championship. The team of Ronny Deila pulled with 3 points ahead of the second Aberdeen and even has one match less in assets. Celtic seeks a fourth consecutive title in Scotland. However, this hardly warm Celtic fans which yearn for European triumphs. For the game against Inter, 60,000 spectators in the stands will support Celtic and all of them want hot success. Ronny Deila will not be able to rely on two important players for the first match with the Italians. Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig are injured and will miss the match on Thursday night. There are problems for Kris Commons, who will pass a fitness test to see if he can play against Inter.
Inter recorded two consecutive victories in Serie A. The boys of Roberto Mancini approached 5 points to the places entitling participation in European tournaments. After a poor start to the year, Inter earned enough confidence in recent matches. For the visit of Celtic Park, Mancini have to make some changes in the composition. New signings Lukas Podolski and Marcelo Brozovic were not filed for the tournament and will not travel to Glasgow. With injuries are Yuto Nagatomo and Jonathan. Their places on the right and left back will occupy Hugo Campagnaro and new signing Davide Santon. Marco Andreolli and Danilo D`Ambrosio will pass late fitness test, because of some past injury problems. In the absence of Lukas Podolski, celebrating 22 years on the day of the match - Mauro Icardi will partner to Rodrigo Palacio in the attack of Inter. The new signing Xherdan Shaqiri will support them.
The enthusiasm of the audience will be transferred to the players in this match. Atmosphere of Celtic Park will be incredible and the boys of Ronny Deila will try to please their supporters with success. Inter on the other side will not allow them to beat so easy and Icardi will need some good present for his birthday. So, we offer two options for bet in this match - both teams to score and Icardi to score any time.
Prediction Celtic - Inter:
Both teams to score @ 1.80 at bet365
Icardi to score any time @ 2.50 at bet365
Arsenal vs Leicester
Arsenal is going to face Leicester in a meeting from the 25th round of the English Premier League. The hosts are fighting for ranking in the top four, and the visiting team was involved in the battle to remain in the Premier League. You may watch the upcoming match directly online - live stream on the websites of the major bookmakers. So, invite some friends over and get the party started! And why not place some bets to raise your adrenaline and get some easy cash just like that? That is easy as well, in case you do have reliable soccer tips in mind.
Arsenal
The team lost in the weekend with 1:2 again Tottenham in the North London derby and although it took the lead with a goal from Mesut Ozil, it has admitted to twist. As with this loss the 'gunners` cut off a series of five consecutive wins in all tournaments. The team manager Arsene Wenger will be able to rely on their scorers Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean national did not take part in the last two meetings of the team, after he injured his knee. In the infirmary of the Arsenal, however, remain: Oxlade Chamberlain, Arteta, Wilshire, Debusi and Abou Diaby.
Leicester
Newbies are firmly on the last place in the Premier League by four points from being 17th place. Over the weekend, they have retreated home with 0:1 on one of their direct rivals for salvation - Crystal Palace. 'Foxes` registered three consecutive losses in the Premier League. Well, the poor results led to rumors about the dismissal of the team`s coach Nigel Pearson. But the club has denied similar allegations. The team won`t be able to rely on the of injured Kasper Schmeichel and Chris Wood.
Arsenal has had no loss from Leicester in the last six direct matches. The victory for the 'Gunners` is out of the question, the question is how many goals in the door will leave the 'Foxes`. After the defeat in the derby against Tottenham at the weekend, the hosts will have to apologize to their fans with a convincing victory. Our advice is to bet on such an outcome of that particular event.
Despite that, our football prediction mentioned by 24footballtips is that the number of goals scored will be greater than 2.5
Arsenal
The team lost in the weekend with 1:2 again Tottenham in the North London derby and although it took the lead with a goal from Mesut Ozil, it has admitted to twist. As with this loss the 'gunners` cut off a series of five consecutive wins in all tournaments. The team manager Arsene Wenger will be able to rely on their scorers Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean national did not take part in the last two meetings of the team, after he injured his knee. In the infirmary of the Arsenal, however, remain: Oxlade Chamberlain, Arteta, Wilshire, Debusi and Abou Diaby.
Leicester
Newbies are firmly on the last place in the Premier League by four points from being 17th place. Over the weekend, they have retreated home with 0:1 on one of their direct rivals for salvation - Crystal Palace. 'Foxes` registered three consecutive losses in the Premier League. Well, the poor results led to rumors about the dismissal of the team`s coach Nigel Pearson. But the club has denied similar allegations. The team won`t be able to rely on the of injured Kasper Schmeichel and Chris Wood.
Arsenal has had no loss from Leicester in the last six direct matches. The victory for the 'Gunners` is out of the question, the question is how many goals in the door will leave the 'Foxes`. After the defeat in the derby against Tottenham at the weekend, the hosts will have to apologize to their fans with a convincing victory. Our advice is to bet on such an outcome of that particular event.
Despite that, our football prediction mentioned by 24footballtips is that the number of goals scored will be greater than 2.5
The semi-finalists for the "Fed Cup" are clear
After the quarterfinals in the World Group and World Group two of the tournament "Fed Cup" became clear which teams go to the semi-finals and which in the playoffs. On 18 and 19 April will be determined finalists in the matches Russia - Germany and Czech Republic - France.
In World Group surprise brought the Frenchwomen with captain Amelie Mauresmo. They made a turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2 against Italy in Genoa. In the decisive fifth match by pairs, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic won the leaders in the world rankings Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci categorical with 6:1, 6:2.
Champions of the Czech Republic had no problems in their visit in Montreal Canada and won 4-0 sets with the second composition, in which the first rocket was Karolina Pliskova and second - Tereza Smitkova.
For the playoffs for entry into World Group qualified configurations of Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and the United States. They will compete for four seats with the losers in the first round of the elite teams in Australia - Canada, Italy and Poland. The draw will be drawn on 10 April.
The teams of Belarus and Serbia reached promotion for entry into the World Group two. They were joined by Japan and Paraguay. They will play play-offs for entry / stay in the group with Argentina, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
Results World Group:
Canada - Czech Republic 0-4
Italy - France 2-3
Poland - Russia 0-4
Germany - Australia 4-1
Results World Group II:
Netherlands - Slovakia 4-1
Romania - Spain 3-2
Sweden - Switzerland 1-3
Argentina - USA 1-4
In World Group surprise brought the Frenchwomen with captain Amelie Mauresmo. They made a turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2 against Italy in Genoa. In the decisive fifth match by pairs, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic won the leaders in the world rankings Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci categorical with 6:1, 6:2.
Champions of the Czech Republic had no problems in their visit in Montreal Canada and won 4-0 sets with the second composition, in which the first rocket was Karolina Pliskova and second - Tereza Smitkova.
For the playoffs for entry into World Group qualified configurations of Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and the United States. They will compete for four seats with the losers in the first round of the elite teams in Australia - Canada, Italy and Poland. The draw will be drawn on 10 April.
The teams of Belarus and Serbia reached promotion for entry into the World Group two. They were joined by Japan and Paraguay. They will play play-offs for entry / stay in the group with Argentina, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
Results World Group:
Canada - Czech Republic 0-4
Italy - France 2-3
Poland - Russia 0-4
Germany - Australia 4-1
Results World Group II:
Netherlands - Slovakia 4-1
Romania - Spain 3-2
Sweden - Switzerland 1-3
Argentina - USA 1-4
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Wolverhampton vs Fulham
In a replay of the 3rd round in the tournament for the FA Cup on Tuesday night (13.01.2015 year) at Molineux, Wolverhampton and Fulham are going to face against each other. In the first match at the beginning of the year, both teams failed to score goals at Craven cottage and will now overreact to determine the rivals of Sunderland in the fourth round of the oldest tournament in the world. The match may be watched online live at most of the best bookmakers. What is more, you may take advantage of the live score betting option, which gives you the opportunity to use even higher odds, because odds are being changed during the game.
Wolverhampton had an important victory over the weekend. The goal of Dave Edwards at the start of the second half brought 3 points for the Wolves on the ground of Blackburn - 1:0. In that way, the boys of the coach Kenny Jacket have the third consecutive success in the Football League Championship and have only 1 point of conferring the right to participate in the play-offs for ranking in the Premier League. According to some experts, the Wolves have a chance to reach the match against Sunderland in the elite next round of the tournament. For that purpose, the team of Wolverhampton will have to face at home against Fulham. Kenny Jackman may not only rely on Bakary Sako, who is going to play for his national team and will participate in the tournament for the cup of African Nations. There are not anyother problems in the camp of the Wolves.
Fulham lost over the weekend to the visit in the Wells of Cardiff 1-0. In that way, the Cottagers had their third consecutive loss in League Championship and remains strongly in the second half of the table. Before the visit to Molineux, the coach Kit Simmons did not have any problems with the team. The attack will be led by Hugo Rodajega with the help of the star of the team, Brian Ruiz and Ross Mccormack. The Bulgarian Nikolay Bodurov will occupy the position in the centre of defense for Fulham, where he will play in a partnership with Sean Hutchison.
Wolverhampton is in quite a good shape recently and will try to take advantage of that. The Wolves already have one victory during the season over Fulham and will try to perpetuate their superiority. The success of the hosts will provide a prestigious visit of Sunderland in the fourth round. Our soccer forecast via 24footballtips.com is for the success of the Wolverhampton estimated at odds around of 1.90 in most of the leading bookmakers.
Wolverhampton had an important victory over the weekend. The goal of Dave Edwards at the start of the second half brought 3 points for the Wolves on the ground of Blackburn - 1:0. In that way, the boys of the coach Kenny Jacket have the third consecutive success in the Football League Championship and have only 1 point of conferring the right to participate in the play-offs for ranking in the Premier League. According to some experts, the Wolves have a chance to reach the match against Sunderland in the elite next round of the tournament. For that purpose, the team of Wolverhampton will have to face at home against Fulham. Kenny Jackman may not only rely on Bakary Sako, who is going to play for his national team and will participate in the tournament for the cup of African Nations. There are not anyother problems in the camp of the Wolves.
Fulham lost over the weekend to the visit in the Wells of Cardiff 1-0. In that way, the Cottagers had their third consecutive loss in League Championship and remains strongly in the second half of the table. Before the visit to Molineux, the coach Kit Simmons did not have any problems with the team. The attack will be led by Hugo Rodajega with the help of the star of the team, Brian Ruiz and Ross Mccormack. The Bulgarian Nikolay Bodurov will occupy the position in the centre of defense for Fulham, where he will play in a partnership with Sean Hutchison.
Wolverhampton is in quite a good shape recently and will try to take advantage of that. The Wolves already have one victory during the season over Fulham and will try to perpetuate their superiority. The success of the hosts will provide a prestigious visit of Sunderland in the fourth round. Our soccer forecast via 24footballtips.com is for the success of the Wolverhampton estimated at odds around of 1.90 in most of the leading bookmakers.
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