Olivier Giroud may be the most polarizing player in the Premier League. Despite the fact that the Frenchman has scored the second-most goals in the prestigious league since the start of the 2013-14 season, behind only Sergio Agüero, Giroud has his fair share of detractors. The Arsenal striker’s statistics are even more impressive considering that […]

Real Madrid have had an appeal against their disqualification from the Copa del Rey rejected, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Thursday. "Every club is responsible for checking whether their players are eligible to play," the Federation's appeals committee said as they rejected an appeal made by Madrid last week. The Spanish giants were […]

Pumas had a remarkable turnaround this Liga MX season. The historic Mexico City side finished 13th in spring’s Clausura but are in this week’s final after finishing atop the table in the recently concluded Apertura. What spurred this rebound? You don’t need to look much further than Fidel Martínez. It’s safe to say that without […]

A couple of weeks ago it was reported that Celtic, Dundee and the Scottish Premiership Football League (SPFL) were close to committing to playing a competitive league game in the US. To describe the idea as a bad one would be a massive understatement. The proposal is borne from a misreading of the sophistication of […]

FOX Sports will broadcast two high-profile Bundesliga matches live on its over-the-air FOX network in the US during the first two months of 2016. The matches will be Bayer Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich and Stuttgart vs. Hamburg. The matches will be the first of eight that FOX plans to feature on its over-the-air network during the […]

Is there anyone in the US soccer establishment more ready for 2015 to be over than federation president Sunil Gulati? Well, check that … in this glorious year of FIFA comeuppance, perhaps we should say it this way: “Is there anyone associated with US soccer not headed to jail who is more ready for 2015 […]

The French Football Federation (FFF) on Thursday indefinitely suspended star striker Karim Benzema because of criminal charges of involvement in a sex tape blackmail attempt against teammate Mathieu Valbuena. Federation president Noel Le Graet said the suspension would include the 2016 European Championship to be held in France — which get under way in exactly […]

Manchester United's Bastian Schweinsteiger has accepted the charge of violent conduct from The FA and will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect. The incident occurred during Manchester United's game last Saturday against West Ham United. Schweinsteiger elbowed Winston Reid in the face in the 49th minute, knocking the New Zealander directly to the ground. […]

With Wednesday’s announcement by MLS, the league has made a major stride forward now that nearly $37 million will be invested into league-wide player compensation during the next two seasons. This will certainly allow MLS clubs to be competitive in attracting players on the international market and give the league a better opportunity for its clubs to win […]

Manchester United will be wearing a jersey for the 2016/17 season that will be inspired by Newton Heath, the name of the club before they became Manchester United Football Club in 1902. While Manchester United won't quite be wearing green and gold jerseys like they did from 1992 to 1994, the Red Devils will be […]

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is concerned Neymar may be set for a lengthy layoff after the Brazilian superstar injured his groin before their final Champions League group match. The defending champions were already through to the Champions League's last 16 for the 12th year in succession and ended their group campaign on Wednesday with a […]

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 100th win as Bayern Munich coach as Robert Lewandowski scored both goals in Wednesday's 2-0 Champions League win at Dinamo Zagreb. Bayern had already secured their place in the next round as Group F winners before the match at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb which saw Guardiola reach his landmark figure […]

The extravagance of Real Madrid when compared to the results of the new Galactico Era has become shocking. Utterly shocking. Eight-goal wins over Malmo not withstanding, compared to where Los Blancos were before Florentino Perez’s 2009 return, the club hasn’t made progress, having regressed from the heights of their 10th European title a year-and-a-half ago. […]

The final TV viewing numbers are in for 2015 MLS Cup, and it's not good news. As we reported yesterday, the combined viewing figure for the Columbus-Portland game on ESPN and Univision Deportes was 874,000. The only number we were missing was UniMas. Despite positive numbers for last year's final on UniMas, the number for […]

Romelu Lukaku is brilliant. There are few who will deny the fact now. You only need to delve into statistics surrounding the young to realize that. The striker scored 100 career goals quicker than the likes of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Earlier this term, he notched his 50th Premier League goal, with […]