The 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League season begins Tuesday, August 2 with no sign of English-language coverage in the United States. FOX Sports’ most recent contract for the CONCACAF Champions League ran from 2012-13 season to 2015-16. There are currently no listings for any matches on any of the FOX Sports channels or their streaming site FOX […]

Milan (AFP) – Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik was paraded in front of Napoli fans Monday ahead of signing an imminent deal with the Serie A giants to replace the now despised Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain. Milik, who will join Napoli from Ajax, is expected to be officially announced as the Italian club's new striker on […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Ex-France coach Bruno Bini believes China's women footballers "work harder and complain less" than his former team as they prepare to face Brazil in a daunting Olympic football opener on Wednesday. China, silver medallists when women's football made its debut in the Olympics in 1996, return to the Games following […]

When Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger brought in Calum Chambers from Southampton for a fee potentially rising to £16 million in 2014, many fans of the north London club were a bit surprised. After all, at just 19-years-old, Chambers was one of the five most expensive transfers in the club’s history at the time of the […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Former England Under-21 goalkeeper Alex McCarthy became Premier League side Southampton's third signing of the close season on Monday, joining from rivals Crystal Palace. The 26-year-old — who signed a three year contract — is likely to play second fiddle to England international goalkeeper Fraser Forster but should gain playing […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Full-back Martin Montoya has joined Valencia on a four-year deal after being released by Barcelona, the two clubs confirmed on Monday. The 25-year-old Spaniard broke into the first team at the Camp Nou in 2011, but could not consolidate his place and only made 45 La Liga appearances for the Catalan giants […]

London (AFP) – Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Walter Zenga insists his surprise appointment by the Championship club's new Chinese owners will prove a wise decision. Former Italy goalkeeper Zenga was confirmed as the second tier team's boss less than 12 hours after the Fosun International group announced they had sacked Kenny Jackett. Fosun's decision to axe […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's World Cup winner Mario Goetze relished his return to Borussia Dortmund's pre-season training on Monday for the first time after three barren years at Bayern Munich. Alongside fellow new signings Andre Schuerrle and Raphael Guerreiro, Goetze was put through his paces with a series of fitness tests at Bochum University by […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 21 of the 2016 MLS season. Schmid’s Farewell to Seattle Sigi Schmid’s firing on Tuesday may have been seen as a necessity by a number of fans, but it certainly wasn’t greeted with any cheers in Seattle. Schmid was, until Sunday, the only MLS coach the […]

London (AFP) – Sunderland boss David Moyes insists he has been revitalised by his spell out of management as he looks to bring stability to the Stadium of Light. Moyes had been out of work for eight months after being sacked by Real Sociedad last November, but the former Manchester United and Everton manager feels […]

Gelsenkirchen (Germany) (AFP) – Leroy Sane underwent a medical check with Manchester City on Monday, his club Schalke 04 has confirmed, with the imminent deal reportedly worth a record 50 million euros ($55.8m). If the transfer goes through, and hits the 50 million mark, it would make Sane the most expensive German signing of all […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney has blamed England's Euro 2016 humiliation on Roy Hodgson's unsuccessful selection gamble. Hodgson made six changes for England's final group match against Slovakia and the subsequent goalless draw cost England first place in their group. England captain Rooney was one of those rested by Hodgson and the Manchester United forward […]

Bordeaux (AFP) – France international Jeremy Menez is set to join Bordeaux from Italian giants AC Milan, pending a medcial, the Ligue 1 club announced on Sunday. Menez would be Bordeaux's third signing ahead of the new season following the arrivals of veteran midfielder Jeremy Toulalan and Guinea striker Francois Kamano. The 29-year-old spent the […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazil ruled goalkeeper Fernando Prass out of their Olympic campaign on Sunday after he injured an elbow warming up for a friendly against Japan. The 38-year-old Palmeiras goalkeeper was one of the three over-23 players included in the Brazil squad. His place was taken by Atletico Mineiro’s Uilson for the […]

Berlin (AFP) – French forward Franck Ribery has been called to order by Bayern Munich over his criticism of the club's former coach Pep Guardiola as well as his conduct on the pitch. Ribery, currently with Bayern on their pre-season tour of the United States, has described Guardiola as inexperienced and repeatedly compared him unfavourably […]