Biarritz (France) (AFP) – Euro 2016 hosts France kick off preparations for next month's tournament with a first training camp from Tuesday in Biarritz on the southwestern French coast. Coach Didier Deschamps, who comes from nearby Bayonne, opted to bring his squad here for five days and four training sessions at the Stade Aguilera, which […]

London (AFP) – Former Football Association executive Adrian Bevington has left his advisory post at Aston Villa, the relegated Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Bevington joined Villa in March to review and evaluate the managerial position and playing staff at the ailing Midlands club, who finished the season at the foot of the table […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City's inspirational manager Claudio Ranieri has picked up another piece of silverware after being elected Manager of the Year by England's League Managers Association (LMA). The 64-year-old Italian, who led Leicester to a 5,000-1 Premier League title triumph, becomes only the second non-Briton to win the award after Arsenal's French manager […]

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Emre Can believes the Reds' legendary battling qualities can help end their 11-year wait for a continental trophy against treble-chasing Sevilla in Wednesday's Europa League final. In their first European final since defeat by AC Milan in the 2007 Champions League, Liverpool are bidding to scupper the Spanish side's […]

Sydney (AFP) – Veteran Tim Cahill was included Tuesday in Australia's squad for a double-header against Greece, one of 10 changes from the Socceroos line-up unveiled last week to play England. The Australians face the Greeks on June 4 in Sydney and three days later in Melbourne. The games follow a clash with Roy Hodgson's […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla look to continue the reign of Spain in European competition when they face Liverpool in the Europa League final on Wednesday aiming to win the competition for a third consecutive season. An all-Madrid Champions League final for the second time in three years between Real and Atletico Madrid on May 28 […]

NBC Sports has announced that the overnight TV ratings for its 2016 edition of Championship Sunday increased by 10% compared to last season's number for the final day of the Premier League season. Sunday’s schedule featured live Premier League matches on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks, as well as one match apiece on Spanish-language networks […]

London (AFP) – England manager Roy Hodgson said Marcus Rashford could follow the example of Dele Alli after naming the 18-year-old Manchester United striker in his provisional Euro 2016 squad on Monday. Rashford only made his senior United debut in February, but having scored seven goals in his first 16 appearances, he now has an […]

The first leg of the Liga MX playoff between Chivas and Club América last Thursday was the most-viewed club soccer match in US cable history. The match was televised live on Univision Deportes to an audience of 1.4 million total viewers. The 0-0 draw was also delivered the most streams and minutes watched of any […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – United States striker Jozy Altidore was ruled out of the upcoming Copa America Centenario on Monday with a hamstring injury, his club said. Toronto FC said in a statement Altidore faced up to eight weeks out after suffering the injury while taking a penalty during Saturday's Major League Soccer clash with […]

Chicago (AFP) – Jurgen Klinsmann named a 22-man United States squad on Monday for an upcoming friendly against Puerto Rico ahead of next month's Copa America Centenario. The squad, made up entirely of US players based in Europe and Mexico, will form the basis of the roster for next month's June 3-26 tournament. The final […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City's incredible Premier League fairytale reached a joyous crescendo as around 240,000 fans turned the city blue while revelling in the club's title parade on Monday. For two weeks since Claudio Ranieri's side were crowned one of the most unlikely champions in English football history, the city of Leicester […]

London (AFP) – Sheffield Wednesday cruised through to the Championship play-off final after drawing 1-1 at Brighton on Monday to secure a 3-1 aggregate victory. Carlos Carvalhal's side are one step away from a lucrative place in the Premier League thanks to a combative display in the semi-final second leg at the Amex Stadium. Leading […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy veteran Andrea Pirlo was among the absentees as coach Antonio Conte named a provisional 28-man squad on Monday for a pre-Euro 2016 training camp with several stars absent with Cup finals to play. Conte, who earlier Monday was cleared of sporting fraud charges relating to a match-fixing affair while he was […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy coach and future Chelsea manager Antonio Conte on Monday welcomed the end of "a nightmare" after being acquitted of sporting fraud charges. "Four years ago when they came to search my house at five o'clock in the morning it was the start of a nightmare period that seemed never to end," […]