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/ 4607 days agoFOX Sports Opposed to Switching 2022 World Cup to Winter
FOX Sports opposes FIFA's plan to move the 2022 World Cup from the summer to winter, according to a report in Bloomberg. In 2011, FOX agreed to pay FIFA $425 million for the US media rights to the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments with the understanding that the competitions would be played in […]
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/ 4607 days agoSwansea City vs Liverpool, Premier League Gameweek 4: Open Thread
Swansea plays Liverpool today in the final game of the weekend. For viewers in the United States, the broadcast begins on NBCSN at 2:30pm ET, building up to the 3pm ET kick-off. This is an intriguing match to me. All of the pundits and bookmakers are predicting a Liverpool win tonight, so as a Swansea […]
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/ 4607 days agoWorld Cup Playoff Draw Revealed for Africa: Bob Bradley's Egypt Faces Tough Tie vs Ghana
Egypt, coached by Bob Bradley, have accomplished so much in the past two years under the leadership of the American — even despite the Port Said riots and the national league being shut down. Against all the odds, Egypt qualified for the World Cup play-off round on the African continent, but now faces an extremely […]
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/ 4607 days agoMartin Jol Admits He Wants to Take Fulham Boo Boys Outside After Game: Daily Soccer Report
Watch out Fulham supporters. Martin Jol wants to pick a fight with you. Last week, Jol said that Fulham supporters needed to lower their expectations. And now, after Fulham let in a late equalizer against West Brom on Saturday, and where some fans were chanting "Jol Out," Jol has fired back at his critics — […]
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/ 4607 days agoEx-Premier League Ref Mark Halsey Was in Direct Contact By Phone and Text With Sir Alex Ferguson
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey was in direct contact by phone and text with Sir Alex Ferguson, according to the retired referee in his new book. Ferguson was reportedly on friendly terms with a number of Premier League referees including Halsey. The revelation casts a negative light on the PGMOL (Professional Game and Match […]
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/ 4607 days agoPhil Jones to Miss Manchester United's Game Against Bayer Leverkusen: Nightly Soccer Report
Manchester United defender Phil Jones has been ruled out of the UEFA Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. He suffered an ankle injury against Liverpool a few weeks ago, but hasn't recovered in time to help United in their opening European match. The absence of Jones is a blow to United manager David […]
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/ 4608 days agoSouthampton vs West Ham United, Premier League Gameweek 4: Open Thread
Southampton hosts West Ham United today at St Mary's Stadium in the only Premier League match of the day. For viewers in the United States, the broadcast begins at 10:30am ET on NBCSN, while the match itself kicks off at 11am ET. For viewers in the United Kingdom, the match will be shown live on […]
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/ 4608 days agoCristiano Ronaldo Agrees £14million-a-year Contract Through 2018: Daily Soccer Report
Real Madrid have scheduled a press conference for today to announce that Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new contract. According to reports in Marca, Ronaldo will sign a new £14million-a-year contract that will keep him at Real Madrid until 2018. It's incredible to consider how far Ronaldo has come. When he arrived at Manchester United and […]
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/ 4608 days agoNBC Launches Premier League Matches On Demand: Today's Matches Are Now Online [VIDEO]
NBC Sports followed through on their promise this weekend to make the broadcasts of the Premier League available on demand via the web. It's messy, but all eight matches today are now viewable online. The messy part is that the links to the videos are hard to find (we only found them because one of […]
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/ 4608 days agoEmmanuel Adebayor Asks Tottenham for £1m Pay Off to Quit the Club: Nightly Soccer Report
Emmanuel Adebayor has asked Tottenham to give him a £1million pay off to leave the club after being banished to the reserves, according to a report in Metro newspaper today. Adebayor is interested in leaving the club and joining Queens Park Rangers or a club in the Middle East as a free agent. But Tottenham would need […]
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/ 4608 days agoEverton vs Chelsea Match Highlights [VIDEO]
In one of the most entertaining matches of the day, Everton got a deserved win against Chelsea in a closely fought match at Goodison Park. Chelsea's Andre Schurrle will have won few friends today with some glaring misses for Chelsea, but Everton deserve a lot of credit for continuing to push Chelsea to their limits. […]
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/ 4608 days agoFulham vs West Bromwich Albion Match Highlights [VIDEO]
Fulham manager Martin Jol is feeling the pressure tonight after his side drew 1-1 against West Brom, after giving up a last minute equalizer to deny the Cottagers all three points. With the draw, Jol responded post match and said that Fulham supporters need to lower their expectations this season. That's easy to say, but […]
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/ 4608 days agoAston Villa vs Newcastle United Match Highlights
If there was one shock result in the Premier League today, it was this one. With Newcastle United suffering from poor away form, and their team falling apart at the seams, it was a shock when Newcastle took the lead in this match against Aston Villa at Villa Park. The victory for Newcastle was just […]
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/ 4608 days agoSunderland vs Arsenal Match Highlights [VIDEO]
Today's match between Sunderland and Arsenal had a little bit of everything — a manager getting sent to the stands, a goal being unfairly disallowed, some sensational skill leading to goals, and much more. It also marked the Arsenal debut for Mesut Ozil, as well as two more goals for hot-to-trot midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who is […]
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/ 4608 days agoStoke City vs Manchester City Match Highlights
Manchester City supporters were thoroughly dejected by a poor performance from their footballers today during a hard fought 0-0 draw for Stoke City. Former City manager Mark Hughes will be feeling more pleased with the result given how Stoke City were the better team during spells of the game. For City manager Manuel Pellegrini, it's […]