Rome (AFP) – Former Argentina superstar Diego Maradona on Tuesday blasted FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini, who is bidding to succeed the Swiss as head of world soccer, as two of a kind. "I'm outside all that because someone called Blatter closed all doors on me," former Maradona told Naples […]

They’re just preliminary rosters — far from the final teams that Jurgen Klinsmann and Ricardo Ferretti will select for Oct. 10’s playoff at the Rose Bowl — but the possibilities for the United States and Mexico are now narrowed to 35 and 32 players per side – the players who were named to the teams’ […]

Jose Mourinho says he has nothing to prove despite Chelsea's worst start to a season in nearly 30 years. The Blues boss also bristled when it was suggested he had an issue at staying with clubs for the longer term, countering the suggestion his third season was when everything goes wrong. "I have nothing to […]

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will require surgery to fix a hairline fracture in his left leg and is set to be out for around three months, the Barclays Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Manager Arsene Wenger last week revealed the England international had suffered a "little setback" in his scheduled recovery from the injury […]

The English Premier League may dominate matters off the pitch, but in Europe another league’s dictated matters on it: the Spanish Primera. Perched atop the latest UEFA country coefficient rankings without a serious challenger, Spain’s recent performances in Europe have been streets ahead of their peers. In the 2013-2014 season, La Liga recorded the highest […]

On Monday Night Football, the Sky Sports show that focuses on the world's most popular sport, Gary Neville sat down with Ed Chamberlin and Jamie Carragher to examine and analyze what is it about Chelsea's performances that have been so poor, and what can be done to fix it. It's too simplistic to say that […]

Liverpool have turned to an American orthopaedic specialist in an attempt to get to the root of Jordan Henderson's heel injury. The Reds captain has missed the last three matches with the problem and despite treatment and rest medical staff have taken the decision to seek expert advice from New Jersey-based Dr James Cozzarelli. Press […]

West Brom have taken former West Ham forward Ricardo Vaz Te on trial. The ex-Bolton man is training with the Baggies as Tony Pulis looks at beefing up his strikeforce, Press Association Sport understands. Vaz Te has been without a club since leaving Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor in the summer after six months. He left […]

While Premier League midfielders such as Mesut Özil, Eden Hazard, and David Silva constantly receive praise for their outstanding play, Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla seems to fly under the radar, despite his superb play since arriving from Spain back in 2012. Cazorla has managed to rack up more assists than any other Premier League player since […]

Slaven Bilic gave Steve McClaren another miserable evening as West Ham finally got their home campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over Newcastle. Goals in each half from Dimitri Payet proved enough to fire the Hammers up to fifth in the Barclays Premier League and leave McClaren's Newcastle stuck in the bottom three. […]

It's the time of the year that most soccer fans look forward to — the return of the UEFA Champions League. Beginning in September, the biggest clubs in Europe start their journey through the Group stages as they try to progress through the competition and dream of an appearance in the final at the San […]

Manchester City host Juventus in their opening Champions League Group D game on Tuesday. Here, we look at five talking points ahead of the match. 1) ARE CITY FINALLY READY TO MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? City's superb start to the season suggests they are a different proposition from past seasons. Their initial […]

Memphis Depay will not temper his celebration if he scores for Manchester United against his old club PSV. Depay will return to the Philips Stadion for the first time on Tuesday since his £25 million move from PSV to Old Trafford. The Dutchman spent nine years at the club, rising through the youth ranks before […]

Let’s put it bluntly: Last week was a rough one for the US men’s national team. Another round of international fixtures came and went, with disappointing results only topped by baffling managerial decisions. These were friendly games, which are the right time to be experimenting, so perspective is needed. But an off-and-on performance against Peru […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo has more goalscoring records in his sights when Real Madrid get their Champions League campaign underway at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. Ronaldo became Los Blancos' all-time top goalscorer in La Liga on Saturday with five goals in a 6-0 rout of Espanyol to move ahead of club legends […]