Barcelona star Lionel Messi believes his record of six Ballon d Or awards will be broken.

Messi, 32, claimed the prize for a sixth time in Paris on Monday, beating Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo.

While only Ronaldo has also won the award at least five times, Messi feels someone can get more than six.

I think so. I don t know who but it s possible, he told reporters.

Records are made to be beaten, but I don t know who or when. But at the moment I hold the record and I m very happy.

Sheesh!

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)

Messi won his first Ballon d Or in 2009 before his dominance led to him claiming the prize in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and this year.

The Argentina international sa…

The international break is set to conclude this week, but there are still many fixtures to be played. The bulk of these fixtures are scheduled for 6 September. Amongst these games are 2012 European Championship qualifiers, 2014 World Cup qualifiers (AFC and CONCACAF), and international friendlies. With 52 international matches scheduled for Tuesday, you need a place to check on all the fixtures taking place. For this reason, I have decided to provide the schedules for all of Tuesday s international matches here on SoccerNews editorials.

But before I overwhelm you with the 52 fixtures, let s take a look at the most intriguing games scheduled for Tuesday, 6 September.

Belgium v. United States

Jurgen Klinsmann will be keen on getting his first as the m…

Rarely have we been able to pat ourselves on the back during this NFL survivor pool season, but if you took our advice last Sunday and pumped the breaks on the Minnesota Vikings (our team to avoid), you’re welcome.

Minnesota was the most popular pick for poolies, taking on the winless Lions. But a nasty schedule spot and the Vikings’ bad habits in close games killed off a good chunk of pool players. We also guided you to winning survivor pool picks with Indianapolis (savvy pick) and the L.A. Rams (safe pick), who won their respective matchups by a combined score of 68-7. 

So, what do we do for an encore?

Here are our Week 14 survivor pool picks.

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The New York Giants head to La-La Land for a date with the Los Angeles Chargers. However, with a spread this big, bookies don’t expect a Hollywood ending. The Giants could be forced to start third-string quarterback Jake Fromm – a downtick for an offense that just can’t produce points.

Los Angeles, on the other hand, is coming off an impressive road win at Cincinnati but is one of the league’s most two-faced teams and runs the risk of a lookahead spot with a rivalry game against Kansas City looming next Thursday.

Here are our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Giants at Chargers on December 12.

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Smart football bettors don’t have just one way to handicap the NFL Week 8 odds. They layer in a number of angles and information to leave no edge unaccounted for.

Situational handicapping — also known as spot bets — is an effective way to unearth an impactful angle that advanced metrics and analytics just don’t measure. I run down the NFL Week 8 schedule and pick out the spots to watch.

Here are my best NFL spot bets: letdown, look-ahead, and schedule spots in Week 8.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s teaser time!

It brings me great pleasure to share that my teaser cold streak has come to an end, but I won’t dine out on that very long as I still have a hole to get out of with my 6-9 season-long record.

Week 16 odds feature plenty of great options for teaser bettors, with a few big favorites that you can tease inside of the key number of seven and a handful of underdogs that you can tease both three and seven.

Let’s get into this week’s NFL picks, where we’ll hopefully land on a winning pairing that can add a little joy to the holiday season and a little bit (or a lot) of cash to our bankrolls!

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NFL Week 15 is a quirky one. We have action on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 

But no matter the day of the week, the assignment is the same: get the best NFL odds for your opinions. 

That means jumping on opening odds when they hit the board and waiting for some movement to buy back the other side later. That’s the name of the game with my weekly “Bet Now, Bet Later” lines.

Here are spreads and totals to wager on immediately and a couple of lines to wait on in NFL Week 15.

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The Seattle Seahawks will open up their 2024 preseason in Southern California against Jim Harbaugh and a Los Angeles Chargers team looking to shore up its defense in the hopes of improving in a big season.

L.A. will go with backup Easton Stick under center in this one while Seattle will rest Geno Smith in favor of youngster Sam Howell.

Let’s get right into it with our Seahawks vs. Chargers predictions and NFL picks for August 10.

Seahawks vs Chargers prediction

My best betSeahawks -3 (-110 at Caesars)

My analysis

There’s a reason why the Seattle Seahawks have been getting so much love from bettors here, and it’s because they’ve got a clear edge on the offensive side of the ball with a much more com…

Granit Xhaka feared he had played his last game for Arsenal after falling out with the club’s fans in October and being stripped of the club captaincy, but feels proud of the resolve he has shown in restoring his reputation since then.

The path back for Xhaka seemed narrow when, during the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on 27 October, he gestured towards the Emirates Stadium support and swore after his substitution was cheered. He explained afterwards that he had reached “boiling point” after receiving threats online, and was minded to leave the club in January before Mikel Arteta talked him round.

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka is reluctantly making a big impression at the backRead more

Since then he has become a vital…