Reports from SI.com and ESPN.com have claimed that there was a high possibility that D.J Durkin who is the current Michigan coordinator would take up the role of the head coach of the Maryland football.

The 37 year old is well known for his coaching experience having taken up various roles with Urban Meyer and Harbaugh. Despite being a phenomenal coach, Durkin has been an outstanding talent spotter and has recruited several players who have seen their talents rise up and become the best of the best in the football league. Durkin was accorded with the honors of the best recruiter back in 2012. This time he was in Florida.

Gary Blackney who took coached Durkin for four years during their time at Bowling Green and later became the defensive coordinator at Maryland when the team was mentored by Ralph Friedgen claimed that the acquisition of Durkin by Maryland was exceptional. He continued to describe him as a young guy with a wonderful pedigree and has been involved in different coaching jobs which have gained him a lot of experience. He added that Durkin will have a strategy that would bring all the departures back to the system.

Durkin has a good record when it comes to defensive coordination and this has seen Michigan being ranked fourth national wide in total defense and has also seen it scoop the 11^th position in scoring defense. The team has gone on to keep three consecutive clean sheets in September including their 28-0 win over Maryland.

Before securing a job with the Wolverines, Durkin had spent five years in Florida in which he undertook the defensive coordinating role for two years. Expulsion of head coach Will Muschamp in January gave him an interim role as the head coach and went on to win the Birmingham Bowl. Before joining Florida, he was working under Harbaugh in Stanford and spent some time as the team’s defensive coordinator.

Durkin who started his coaching career in 2001 in with Atlanta Falcons is claimed to be the man who would open a new page for the Maryland team after the firing of Randy Edsall who had a poor record of 22-34.

Despite having less playing time following the inform services of striker Jamie Vardy, Andrej Kramaric has a number of clubs including Internazionale, Milan, Bologna and Juventus fighting for his signature. The Leicester forward has played only 12 minutes in the EPL but has been involved in the domestic cup where he scored a goal against Bury.

Basel’s forward Breel Embolo has caught sight of various European clubs following his outstanding goal scoring record so far. Arsenal Juventus, Manchester United as well as Barcelona are claimed to have enquired about the 18 year old striker. United sent their scouts during a match between Basel and Fiorentina in the Europa League where they evident Embolo and another player Borna Valero who once played for West Brom. Valero is also eyed by Southampton.

Arthur Masuaku could be on his way to Sunderland if the team is able to raise the £7m release clause set by Olympiakos. However, Sunderland will also fight it out with Roma, Internazionale and Juventus who also want to sign the left-back. At the same time, Stoke will be looking to bring in Nigerian born Werder Bremen striker Antony Ujah whereas league counterparts West Ham could hijack full-back Danilo d’Ambrosio from Milan.

Another player catching the eyes of various European clubs is Genoa’s Roland Mandragora with West Ham, Chelsea, Milan, Juventus and Inter vowing to bring him to their teams. However, the 18-year-old midfielder claims that he is going nowhere as Genoa has given him a place to term as home. Nonetheless, Chelsea’s Papy Djilobodji could be on his way out on loan in January with Lazio being his likely destination.

Arsene Wenger has sent scouts to Spain to watch the free scoring techniques of Celta Vigo’s striker Nolito with a possible transfer. However, Nolito claims that he would prefer staying in La Liga with a possible move to Barcelona. However, Barcelona is still in a dilemma after it had formed a habit of inserting buy-out clauses to every player they sell. Nonetheless, this was not evident during the transfer of Adama Traore to Aston Villa in a deal worth £7m. If Arsenal won’t be able to bring in Nolito, they would switch their attention to Inter’s skipper Mauro Icardi who is believed to have a release clause of £35m.

Due to an upcoming UK football game, the University of Kentucky men’s basketball match that was scheduled to take place on the 14^th day of November against NJIT will be affected and this has prompted some vital changes to be incorporated. The game now will be played on the same day but from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. unlike it was stipulated ago.

The announcement of the changes by the UK on Tuesday was a precautious aspect to avoid any antagonism between the basketball game and the Wildcat’s football game that is scheduled to take place the same day. The UK based football team is scheduled to lock horns with Vanderbilt on the 14^thof November at 4p.m. a date that was confirmed on Monday.

The SEC Network has been accorded the privilege of airing live coverage of the football game. On the other hand, the SEC Network Plus will stream live the basketball game. This is the exclusive and one of a kind option that will be incorporated during the Monday’s showdown as the team comes head to head with Ottawa.

This days is a historical day to be remembered as it marks the very first time that Kentucky and the New Jersey Institute of Technology come head on. It forms an enticing moments as the two teams will have the chance to prove that they are worth to be ahead of their opponents.

However, Kentucky playing at home will have an extra advantage and will be boosted by their last outstanding 117-58 thrashing they showcased on Monday. The team achieved this despite having injury concern to its top main man Poythress who according to Coach John Calipara is 80% fit. There were other notable deductions during the match as top five players were involved more often and contributed to a number of points for the UK team. In the three point range, players exhibit different attempts; Mychal Mulder had five attempts on target from 14,Derek Willis had two of four attempts, Tyler Ulis exhibited four of nine,Jamal Murray had seven of 16 whereas Poythress had five of six.

This weekend provided bookmakers with well convinced profits from football betting. This comes as many home teams were faced by various losses and hence implicating losses to bettors and in turn awarding bookmakers with substantial profits.

According to AccaTracker a mobile app that was launched by Team FA to check on the user’s bets, a third of the ten matches that people bet on claimed home wins with five recording away wins with two ending in draws.

Over the weekend in the English Premier league, Manchester City were lucky to escape their first league defeat after second half goals from Sterling and Fernadinho were enough to take three points from Watford. However, defending champions Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season and the second ever defeat at home under Jose Mourinho I 100 games when they went down 2-1 to London rivals Crystal Palace. On the other hand, drama unfolded in Liverpool when the Merseyside team went down 3-0 to Westham at Anfield.

The two away wins gave punters a shock while bookies were smiling all the way.In fact in a multi bet of 20 teams, only five home teams that thrived with the most convincing one being the crucial win for Swansea against Manchester United.

Team FA Marketing Director Tim Pindar claimed that it was a good day for bookmakers as it was only Manchester City and narrowly arsenal that took home the three points. The defeat of Manchester United by Swansea would change the mind of many punters when placing a multi bet.

Here is a list of various matches that bettors selected and their outcomes:

It has been verified that Performa Group one of the renowned Sports data as well as content supplier has come into terms and put pen on paper in a deal that was between them and Early Warning System (EWS) an auxiliary of the world’s FIFA. The deal was meant to act as watchdog and integrity site for football matches.

In the deal, it was stipulated that Performa would have all its existing football data supplies being included in the EWS monitoring system. Among these would be the analysis of the live performance platform as well as historical data matches. However, reports have that this could not be the only reason for the partnership since it came into conclusion that EWS was keeping tabs with the eradication of illegal betting activities and hence its involvement in this deal was more of being a way of enhancing its potential of perceiving and scrutinizing any apprehensive acts that may emanate from illegal gambling acts.

FIFA EWS claimed that it would put in place all its available assets in the fight against illegal sports betting by being on watch and undertaking substantial study on manipulated games. This comes on the onset of European football seasons which are set to kick off this month and others already started up to May next year.

Ralf Mutschke the Director of Security at FIFA claimed that the new association pitting them and one of the principal sports data service provider is a key aspect as they would be in a position of incorporating various scrutinizing approaches that would see match analysis be run effectively. Being among the top leaders in eradicating match fixing, the partnership with Perform provides the much needed team work and dedication in the fighting fixed games approach.

His words were echoed by the Director of Integrity and Security at Perform Matthew Drew who claimed that his company will offer EWS all its support as they try to eradicate match manipulation and that he was pleased to have the digital content of Perform being used by the best holders who are on the verge of doing away with match fixing. He concluded that he was eager to work closely with EWS in the benefit of today’s football.

Oddschecker has always on alert across every football season in compiling a report on various bookmakers and their paying odds. The firm concluded its research on the recently concluded 2014/2015 football season. It emerged that BetVictor had once again topped the list among all other betting sites offering football wagering as the best in terms of its quality prices they offered.

BetVictor which is based in Gibraltar scoops the top spot for the fifth consecutive year. It tops the list with its handsome betting offers as it looks forward for future commitment to both existing as well as new clients who wage on soccer.

According to this survey, it emerged that BetVictor was very prominent among bettors as it offered an improved value on Match Odds market. The other bookies under Oddschecker list were said to have a medium odd which was almost 70% the ones offered the previous season.

In a more convincing data analysis, it was seen that BetVictor has been the only betting firm that was radically involved in all football games played in Europe. The stats showed that the betting firm was the lead when it came to Match Odds awarded to various leagues such as the Premier League, FA Cup, Championship, the Champions League as well as the Europa League.

Recently, BetVictor has indulged in various developments. Among them, the firm has incorporated fresh technical innovations that among others include the recently launched in-house Cash Out facility that comprises of five major markets of football. It has also announced its worldwide betting joint venture with last season’s English premier League Champions Chelsea.

The Chief Marketing Officer at BetVictor Anton Bell claimed that it was with pride and pleasure to hear Oddschecker naming his firm as the leading betting company as far as betting offers is concerned. It is their duty to see bettors win big with BetVictor.

He added that the newly introduced in-house development of cash Out and fresh football markets, will provide the most amazing moments of clients of BetVictor. This has proved to be the most spectacular step the company has taken in making football products better and better for their customers.