11/28/2008 - Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serbian international Zoran Tosic has moved a step closer to sealing a transfer to Manchester United after being granted a work permit.
The 21-year-old Partizan Belgrade winger is now expected to complete his switch to Old Trafford when the transfer window opens at the beginning of January.
Tosic made his international debut 14 months ago when he came on as a substitute in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Finland and has gone on to make 11 more appearances for his country.
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<< Stars host Sharks with another shot at back-to-back wins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Stars haven't had much momentum this season. Dallas
will try again for back-to-back victories for the first time this year as it
hosts the San Jose Sharks tonight at American Airlines Center.
At 7-10-7, the Stars have
<< Red Wings host Blue Jackets at the Joe
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After a five-game winning streak, the Red Wings have hit a
small bump in the road. Detroit will try to snap a two-game slide tonight,
when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets at Joe Louis Arena in the first of
six meetings be
<< Ovechkin tries to extend point streak as Caps host Habs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fresh off his first hat trick of the season, Washington
superstar Alex Ovechkin will try to lead the Capitals to a second straight win
when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens for tonight's test at the Verizon
Center.
Ove
<< Rangers, Panthers begin home-and-home in Sunrise
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Rangers and Florida Panthers begin the first
portion of their home-and-home series with a test tonight in Sunrise at the
BankAtlantic Center.
The Rangers enter this game having won two in a row and five of the
Kinnear to coach Newcastle for rest of season >>
Newcastle, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Newcastle has confirmed that Joe Kinnear
will remain as the club's manager until the end of the season.
The former Wimbledon, Nottingham Forest and Luton Town boss was appointed
interim manager at
Giants/Cowboys to remain on Sunday night for Week 15 >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NFL announced its final schedule for Week
15 and decided to keep the contest between the New York Giants and Dallas
Cowboys in the Sunday night slot.
There were two time changes. The Pittsburgh Steel
Bayern sets Podolski's price at $19.3 million >>
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer
has confirmed his club will allow Germany striker Lukas Podolski to move on for
a fee of $19.3 million.
The 23-year-old has struggled to hold down a regular sta
Peaking at just the right time >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If we have learned anything during the BCS
era in college football, it is that it isn't so much how you lose, but when
you lose that matters most.
While everyone is waiting on the edge of their seats for t
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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