Cristiano Ronaldo admitted today that the personal competition between himself and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi plays a role in his desire to become the best player in the history of the sport, per an article published in France Football. During the extensive interview with the bi-weekly French magazine, the Real Madrid forward confessed that he is […]

During a recent interview with Radio America 1190, manager Diego Simeone was asked about the speculation concerning his future with Atletico Madrid. The Argentine boss is perhaps the hottest managerial property in world soccer and speculation has been that the 44-year-old could potentially move to another European club at the end of his current contract with the […]

Two weeks ago, Norwegian prodigy Martin Odegaard began training with Real Madrid. The 16-year-old traveled with his father and agent to the Spain capital in order to tour the club's facilities and to take part in sessions with Castilla (Real Madrid's reserve side). The teenager also spent time with members of the first-team coaching staff […]

For soccer fans in the United States, DishWorld is offering a free 48-hour trial of its online HD streaming service so you can watch today's Capital One Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Chelsea. The match will be shown live exclusively on beIN SPORTS. But even if you don't get beIN SPORTS on your TV, you […]

On Monday night, the Goodison Park crowd roared as a couple of excitable figures on the field put in an effervescent effort. It was a noise befitting of the old stadium's revered atmosphere and arguably the loudest din to emit from the fans in attendance in what’s been an unrelentingly moribund season for Everton. But […]

Who better than Gary Neville to discuss and analyze how Arsenal were able to defeat Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Neville, joined by Jamie Carragher, broke down the tactical analysis on Sunday's show, and showed why they're at the top of their game (as well as Arsenal in this victory). What […]

Premier League leaders Chelsea travel to Anfield to play Liverpool in Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-final first leg fixture. The Blues come into the game on the back of a 5-0 win away to Swansea and will be keen on getting one over Liverpool at Anfield once again after beating them twice in 2014. However, […]

Today quite possibly the most important player signing in MLS’ recent history was unveiled in Toronto. La formica atomica, Sebastian Giovinco was introduced as another marquee signing for the flagging Toronto FC. Last year it was a “bloody big deal” when Jermain Defoe was introduced, and it turned out to be a “bloody big flop”. […]

As part of a series of the greatest team of the 2000s, the first team to start the list will be the Scudetto winning AS Roma side of the 2000-2001 season. As the last Roma side to win the Scudetto, they had a superb tactician in Fabio Capello leading the side and had players hitting […]

Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists there is no issue with Kevin Mirallas missing a penalty which should have been taken by Leighton Baines. Baines has missed just one of his 16 spot-kicks for the Toffees but allowed Mirallas to have the honor against West Brom and watched as the Belgium international hit the outside of […]

Despite putting together a string of impressive performances over the last month, Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin faced his first major test of the season on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. The 23-year-old defensive midfielder not only held his own during the massive match in Manchester, but Coquelin passed the test with flying colors […]

Gary Neville thinks Manchester United's defense lacks "control" and consistency. United may be on course for Champions League qualification, their defensive vulnerabilities have been exposed on many occasions this season and they have relied heavily on the excellent form of goalkeeper David de Gea. United concede an average of around a goal a game and […]

David Sullivan has astonishingly laid out his ambition for West Ham to be English and European champions within five years. The Hammers are enjoying a fine campaign, easing the pre-season pressure on manager Sam Allardyce with a run to seventh in the Barclays Premier League and at one point having been as high as third. […]

Everton supporter Sylvester Stallone will be making a guest appearance at half-time of today's Everton-WBA match to film a segment for his upcoming film, as well as to give some words of encouragement to the Everton club who are badly in need of some wins to lift them up from their unlikely position of 13th […]

There was great anticipation around the Camp Nou heading into the this season. Barcelona's summer signing of Luis Suarez from Liverpool meant the Catalan club had a potential starting eleven which could boast the talents of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Suarez all at the front of its attack. The La Liga side's 'Big Three' would be one […]