It is no surprise that the world of online gaming, online casinos, and sports betting has exploded. It was a predictable outcome, with high odds. Due to the rapid advancement of technology, improvements in accessibility to connectivity and the prediction that by 2020, there will be 75 billion internet ready devices in the world- it […]

Many longtime fans of the Premier League will remember the very recognizable voice of co-commentator Gary O'Reilly, who was a regular fixture of the weekend calendar for many years. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace defender was a trusted voice you could depend on for keen tactical observations. And then suddenly he went missing […]

Big Premier League clubs get all of the attention. While all 11 of the players chosen in the 2016/17 PFA Team of the Year came from clubs inside the top seven, there are still plenty of good players in the lower half of the table. In fact, most of the players included in the XI […]

After one of the most exciting el Clásico games in recent history between Real Madrid and Barcelona, soccer fans in the United States have plenty more games to look forward particularly in the next seven days. The next week offers everything from the DFB-Pokal semi-final between Bayern Munich vs. Dortmund, as well as the Manchester […]

London (AFP) – The Premier League is set to announce a record annual pre-tax loss of £312 million because of the declining value of the sterling and new accounting rules, the Financial Times reported on Friday. English football's top flight is the wealthiest major domestic football competition in the world, with much of its income […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – The head of the International Champions Cup exhibition tournament said Monday he believes the English Premier League is ready to revisit proposals to stage a 39th game overseas. Charlie Stillitano, whose company Relevant Sport runs the ICC pre-season event, told ESPN's Max & Herc podcast the Premier League was not "that […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool host derby foes Everton and Manchester City visit ailing Arsenal this weekend as the battle for Champions League qualification takes centre-stage in the Premier League following the international recess. With Chelsea 10 points clear at the top of the table and seemingly destined for the title, five major clubs are scrapping […]

London (AFP) – With the Premier League in the thrilling final third of the season, AFP Sport looks at five storylines to watch out for in this weekend's action: Can anyone catch Chelsea? With a remarkable 17 wins from their last 20 league games, rarely has the phrase "runaway leaders" been more apt than when […]

Miami (AFP) – Adult soccer players who regularly use their heads to hit balls are three times more likely to show concussion symptoms than players who don't head the ball often, a US study said Wednesday. Published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the findings were based on more than […]

London (AFP) – Premier League clubs have shelled out a record £1.4 billion in transfers this season, according to a report Wednesday that warned of over-reliance on Chinese largesse. The Deloitte consultancy study said top-tier English sides made 40 million pounds ($50 million, 46 million euros) in profit from the January transfer window, the first […]

London (AFP) – Premier League clubs have shelled out a record £1.4 billion in transfers this season, according to a report Wednesday that warned of over-reliance on big Chinese spending. The Deloitte consultancy study said top-tier English sides made 40 million pounds ($50 million/46 million euros) in profit from the January transfer window, the first […]

London (AFP) – Allegations of historical sex abuse have been made involving all five London clubs in the Premier League, the capital city's Metropolitan Police Service announced on Monday. The five clubs swept up in the scandal that has rocked English football since former Crewe Alexandra youth player Andy Woodward went public in November last […]

London (AFP) – Mike Phelan became the third Premier League manager in a fortnight to lose his job after being sacked by Hull City on Tuesday, leading to speculation about who will be next in a cut-throat world. Fired after just 82 days occupying the role in an official capacity and with his side bottom […]

London (AFP) – Children as young as four may have been molested as part of the deepening sexual abuse scandal that has shaken British football, police revealed on Wednesday. In an update on the scandal, Britain's National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said there have been significant rises in the numbers of clubs implicated, suspects and […]

Paris (AFP) – AFP Sport looks back at a selection of 'heroes' and 'zeros' from 2016: Heroes Leicester City Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City pulled off one of the greatest shocks in English football history by defying title odds of 5,000-1 to lift the Premier League trophy. Having miracuously avoided relegation the previous season, the Foxes […]