Berlin (AFP) – Thomas Tuchel's arrival at Borussia Dortmund following the departure of Juergen Klopp has revitalised the Westphalian club after a very underwhelming 2014-15 campaign. Dortmund are the league's early pacesetters, above Bayern Munich on goal difference, after thumping wins over Borussia Moenchengladbach, newcomers Ingolstadt and Hertha Berlin, with a trip to lowly Hanover […]

The NWSL postseason begins Sunday with four teams competing for the league's title, with a doubleheader featured live on FOX Sports 1 beginning on Sunday the 13th at 1:30 p.m. EST. This begins the completion of one of the NWSL's most exciting seasons. The final four teams feature several women who played for their countries […]

Berlin (AFP) – Spain international Javi Martinez could make his Bayern Munich comeback in Saturday's Bavarian derby at home to Augsburg after more than a year out with a serious knee injury. Martinez, who can operate in both central defense and midfield, has missed all but one game for Bayern since rupturing knee ligaments in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Louis van Gaal has attempted to quash reports of a "mutiny" among Manchester United's players despite admitting Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick led a delegation to express their concern about the mood in the team's dressing room. Reports emerged this week saying United captain Rooney and senior midfielder Carrick had […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has launched a plea for this weekend's city derby to benefit "those less fortunate than ourselves" as Europe reels from an unprecedented migrant crisis. Milan face city rivals Inter Milan on Sunday for the season's first Derby della Madonnina, with both sides eyeing victory amid what will be […]

Seoul (AFP) – South Korean FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-Joon on Friday accused soccer's governing body of overlooking an "election fraud" favoring rival and front-runner Michel Platini. Chung claimed last week that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had sent "unsolicited" letters to almost every AFC member association supporting Platini's candidacy. He urged FIFA's Ad-hoc Electoral Committee […]

What a difference two weeks makes. David de Gea was minutes away from joining Real Madrid. A stage had been built at the Bernabéu to introduce Florentino Pérez’s latest Gálactico, and the Spanish international had a suit ready for the occasion. A couple of weeks and a few rounds of finger-pointing later, Spanish Dave has […]

Paris (AFP) – UEFA will increase drug testing measures ahead of Euro 2016 in France, European soccer's governing body said on Friday. "In advance of the UEFA EURO 2016 tournament, UEFA will conduct the largest pre-tournament testing program ever implemented. All players with the potential to be selected for participating teams will be subjected to testing […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea's troubled start to their Premier League title defense suffered a fresh blow on Friday when it emerged that goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois requires knee surgery. Sources close to the player, who has a torn meniscus in his right knee, expect the Belgian star to be sidelined for between 10 and 12 weeks. […]

Andy Carroll is in contention to make his return to the West Ham side in time to face boyhood club Newcastle on Monday night. The 26-year-old has been sidelined since February when he required surgery on a serious knee issue. But now he is fit and has been training with the first team for a […]

Just the three massive derby matches this weekend for us to savor, as domestic soccer returns following an international hiatus. England, Italy and Argentina will all have their biggest rivalries played out. In addition, there’s a massive crunch clash from the Premier League and an encounter between the two previous champions in Spain at what […]

Chelsea's loan policy has come under further scrutiny after FIFA confirmed it had received a complaint from Fiorentina over Mohamed Salah's switch to Roma. The Premier League champions allowed Salah, a January 2014 arrival from Basle, to join Fiorentina on loan in February and the Egypt winger impressed in Serie A. Fiorentina have complained to […]

Manchester City playmaker David Silva has been ruled out of Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Crystal Palace with an ankle injury. The Spaniard is expected to be fit for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Juventus but midfielder Fabian Delph (hamstring) faces a month out with the injury suffered on international duty. Bacary Sagna is […]

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has signed a four-year extension with the club, keeping him at Old Trafford until 2019. There is also an option to extend the deal for a further year. The news of De Gea's renewal comes shortly after a proposed transfer with Real Madrid collapsed last week after the required paperwork did […]

Unbridled optimism is standard for Bayern Munich. Bayern is one of the rare clubs whose, no matter the circumstances, fans will always see the glass as half full. Even during last year’s capitulation to Barcelona in the Champions League, the sense was that this was an aberration of some kind. Barcelona were not better than […]