Leaders Leicester City can go seven points clear in the Premier League after closest rivals Tottenham Hotspur dropped points in a frantic 1-1 draw at Liverpool on Saturday. Harry Kane struck in the 63rd minute to cancel out Philippe Coutinho's opener for Liverpool, leaving Spurs four points below Leicester, who host Southampton on Sunday. Arsenal […]

Jurgen Klopp refused to write off Liverpool's hopes of forcing their way into the top four despite squandering a two-goal lead at Southampton. Liverpool's 3-2 defeat meant they were unable to take advantage of Manchester City's home loss to Manchester United and move to within four points of Manuel Pellegrini’s side who lie fourth having […]

The possibility of Britain voting to leave the European Union in its June 23 referendum leaves the lucrative and globally popular English Premier League facing an uncertain future. For some, Britain leaving the EU would have a positive impact, fully opening up the Premier League to the world whilst also enabling home-grown footballers to find […]

Steve McClaren was sacked as Newcastle United manager on Friday — AFP Sport looks at all the Premier League bosses who have left their posts this season: Dick Advocaat (Sunderland) The Dutchman had saved Sunderland from relegation last season as interim boss after taking over in March and eventually opted to come back for another […]

Premier League clubs have agreed to freeze the price of away tickets for traveling supporters at "no more than £30 ($43, 39 euros) for the next three seasons, officials announced on Wednesday. There have long been complaints from supporters' groups at the steady increase in ticket prices while Premier League revenues, particularly from lucrative broadcast […]

It is fun to play out the remainder of the season in this epic title race following Arsenal's come-from-behind 2-1 victory against leaders Leicester City on Sunday, which tightened the Premier League race. While projections are our best guess as of now, this has been a crazy Premier League season and given the tendency of […]

The betting industry has done nothing but grow and many fear that it’s the sole industry responsible for fixed matches that have plagued soccer for decades. We can safely conclude that sports betting has never been bigger. With all the new ways of placing bets through mobile applications and online betting sites, betting has even […]

A lot of people take betting lightly and make decisions based on sheer luck. However, this ignorance can cause them to lose all their money. The most imperative thing to understand is that betting is not a child’s game. There are professional gamblers out there for whom this is business, and they prefer doing extensive […]

The English Premier League unveiled its new, sponsor-free "visual identity" on Tuesday, which will take effect from the 2016-17 season onwards. The money-spinning English top flight is ending its 12-year association with Barclays bank in favor of becoming a 'clean brand' and will from now on be known simply as 'the Premier League'. The new […]

English Premier League clubs' gross spending on transfers in the January transfer window reached a five-year high of £175 million ($250.1 million, 230.1 million euros), financial consultants Deloitte said on Tuesday. The figure represented the biggest collective mid-season outlay by English top-flight teams since 2011 (£225 million), when Liverpool sold Fernando Torres to Chelsea for […]

The divide between what constitutes a bad soccer owner and a good one is purely subjective; unless, of course, your team is flirting with relegation after years and years of steadily declining league finishes. It’s not fair to paint only Aston Villa’s Randy Lerner as bad at running a football club, right? He’s not as […]

On Dec. 19, 1863, a soccer match took place at Mortlake, London between Barnes Football Club and Richmond Football Club. It was the first game under Football Association rules, and it finished 0-0. Nearly nine years later, the first international match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Cub in Glasgow, and Scotland and […]

The beginning of January is probably the most hated time of the year for Premier League clubs. Unlike their continental counterparts, they do not have a winter break to recharge and ready themselves for a busy spring and summer. For some, the three-week period sees an increase in the number of games because of the Boxing […]

A UN study of new sources of financing for its multi-billion-dollar aid operations is recommending a voluntary tax on football matches or concerts as one option to raise funds. The report released Sunday in Dubai also recommended tapping into Islamic social finance and mandatory alms-giving (zakat) as well as improving the transparency of relief operations […]

Two teams coping very differently with English soccer's high-intensity mid-season fixture program meet on Wednesday when Premier League leaders Arsenal resume their pursuit of the title at injury-ravaged Liverpool. While Arsenal could afford to make five changes as they breezed past Sunderland in the FA Cup on Saturday, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's decision to field […]