London (AFP) – Burnley midfielder Dean Marney has been ruled out for the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee for a second time. Marney suffered the injury while challenging Mesut Ozil in a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal in the Premier League last Sunday. The 32-year-old sustained the same […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino expects Erik Lamela to report to the club's training ground on Friday after completing his treatment for a hip problem at his former club Roma. Lamela hasn't played for Tottenham since October and reports suggested the forward might try to engineer a transfer back to Italy when he […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger has defended Granit Xhaka after the Arsenal midfielder was spoken to by police over an allegation of racial abuse just days after being sent off for the second time this season. Xhaka will serve a four-match ban after being dismissed during Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Burnley last Sunday following a […]

Saturday's live broadcast of Manchester City against Tottenham Hotspur helped NBC Sports mark four consecutive weeks that a Premier League match has drawn more than 1 million viewers on the network. The 12:30-2:30pm ET broadcast on NBC posted 1.16 million viewers. This number ties the match between Hull City and Manchester United in the opening […]

London (AFP) – West Ham manager Slaven Bilic spent two days in hospital this week after a bad bout of flu, according to reports on Thursday. Bilic is believed to have checked himself into a London hospital on Sunday following West Ham's 3-1 win at Middlesbrough last Saturday. The 48-year-old Croatian was feeling unwell before […]

Berlin (AFP) – Neven Subotic confirmed Thursday he has joined Cologne on loan from Bundesliga rivals Dortmund until the end of the season, as he looks to regain form after injury. The 28-year-old has been with Dortmund since 2008 and was a key part of the side which won the 2011 and 2012 German league […]

Bayern Munich's game last Friday against Freiburg was the least-viewed Friday afternoon Bundesliga game on FOX Sports since September, 2016. The opening game of the second half of the 2016/17 Bundesliga season after the winter break was watched by an audience of just 54,000 people. The last time a Friday afternoon Bundesliga game got a […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he will accept a Football Association misconduct charge after being sent off in Sunday's explosive win over Burnley. Wenger was sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss after allegedly using abusive or insulting language towards fourth official Anthony Taylor after Burnley were given a stoppage-time […]

London (AFP) – A potential FA Cup banana skin awaits Pep Guardiola as he takes his inconsistent Manchester City team to Crystal Palace in the fourth round on Saturday. This month's results tell the tale of City's erratic form, with Guardiola's men cruising to a 5-0 win at West Ham United in the FA Cup […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid will recover their killer instinct in front of goal, coach Zinedine Zidane warned as his side's treble ambitions ended with elimination from the Copa del Rey at the hands of Celta Vigo on Wednesday. A 2-2 draw on the night at Balaidos saw Celta progress to the semi-finals 4-3 on […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Brendan Rodgers praised his Celtic players for their professionalism as they equalled a club record run of 26 domestic games unbeaten at the start of a season. Belgium defender Dedryck Boyata's 72nd minute header helped the current crop of Celtic stars defeat St Johnstone 1-0 at Celtic Park on Wednesday to match […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp claimed it was "really hard" to accept the refereeing decisions he feels are going against Liverpool on a regular basis after his side were denied a place in the League Cup final. Klopp's team crashed out of the competition on Wednesday as Southampton reached the final for the first time […]

Major League Soccer (MLS) has learned the lesson every other American professional and college sports league does — that despite discussion of parity and competitiveness, the real selling point of a league on TV is having elite clubs. Elite clubs could be those that excel on the pitch or perhaps those with the greatest atmospherics […]

Whether you like or dislike Tommy Smyth's soccer analysis, there's no doubt that he's been an important part of the history of soccer on US television. Sadly, today was his last day at ESPN. Smyth, who is most famous for his catchphrase "Bulge in the old onion bag," bid farewell to ESPN today after a […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho intends to keep a close watch on how the Football Association deal with the misconduct charge facing Arsene Wenger. Manchester United manager Mourinho is keen to ensure Wenger is dealt with correctly after the Arsenal boss was accused of verbally abusing and pushing a fourth official during a […]