Under-fire Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted he remains as motivated as ever despite strong calls for his 20-year reign to come to an end of the campaign if he fails to deliver a trophy. Arsenal travel to European champions Barcelona on Wednesday with the daunting task of trying to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit. […]

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says the injury-hit Italians will need a 'perfect' display to knock hosts Bayern Munich out of the Champions League in Wednesday's last 16, second-leg clash. Having fought back from two goals down for a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Turin three weeks ago, Juventus arrived in Munich with some […]

Center-backs Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Otamendi were forced off by injury inside 23 minutes as Manchester City made a calamitous start to Tuesday's Champions League meeting with Dynamo Kiev. Captain Kompany, who has been dogged by recurring calf problems, was forced off in the seventh minute after hurting himself when he slipped in a tussle […]

The total viewing figures for the three nationally-televised Major League Soccer games last weekend declined by more than 40% compared to the numbers from the opening weekend of the 2016 season. That's on top of the 11% decline that MLS already saw last weekend compared to the viewing figures for the opening weekend of the […]

Aitor Karanka resumed his role as Middlesbrough manager on Monday after the Spaniard had appeared on the verge of quitting the Championship club. Karanka's future was shrouded in doubt over the weekend after he stormed away from showdown talks with his under-performing squad on Friday. The 42-year-old questioned the players' desire to win promotion to […]

Leicester City's inexorable climb up the Premier League has left many pundits scratching their heads wondering what the key to their success is. But Thai monk Phra Prommangkalachan knows at least one of those secrets: good karma. For the last three years, he and some half a dozen fellow Buddhist monks have been making regular […]

Soccer streaming service NGSN has temporarily suspended service, and plans to become available again this summer. NGSN (Next Generation Sports Network) temporarily shut down its service on Friday. According to NGSN, "In order to be ready for a fresh rebound in [the] summer, we have temporarily suspended our services." NGSN launched their streaming service in […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted his side face an almost impossible task when they travel to face a red-hot Barcelona on Wednesday looking to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in six years. As so often in the second half of Wenger's 20-year reign, Arsenal will […]

Italy coach Antonio Conte, who has been linked to Chelsea, will give up his post after Euro 2016, the Italian Football Federation said Tuesday. The 46-year-old former Juventus coach took over the national team in August 2014 and secured their qualification for the European Championship. Federation president Carlo Tavecchio told Italian media: "Antonio Conte has […]

Week 2 of the Major League Soccer season is in the books. Teams have made a case for being considered favorites and others left fans scratching their heads. Here are five things learned from week 2. Are Sporting KC and Montreal Impact the league’s best teams? While Sporting and Montreal lead their respective conferences and […]

Udinese coach Stefano Colantuono has been sacked a day after fans clashed with players during a 2-1 defeat to Roma. The northerners' 15th defeat of the campaign left them in 16th place in Serie A, four points above the drop zone. A statement by the Serie A club said: "Udinese announces that Stefano Colantuono and […]

AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic could be resigned to a possible summer departure after reportedly claiming he can't "do any more" with the struggling Serie A giants. Milan's hopes of battling their way to a top three finish and a possible return to the Champions League after a two-year absence were virtually ended by a […]

Often overshadowed by the glitz and glamour of Real Madrid's galacticos and collective brilliance of Barcelona's attacking triumvirate of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, Atletico Madrid have carved out their own golden era on a historically great defense. PSV Eindhoven travel to the Vicente Calderon for the second-leg of their Champions League last-16 clash […]

Manchester City are well set to make Champions League history and alleviate the misery engulfing English soccer's heavyweights as they take on Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday. City have never yet made it beyond the last 16 in Europe's premier club competition but hold a 3-1 lead from the first leg in the Ukraine. Although Manuel […]

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker says the club's push to win the Premier League this season "defies logic" and the team are on the threshold of "sporting immortality". Having only narrowly avoided relegation from the lucrative English top flight last season, the Midlands club were 5,000/1 with several British bookmakers to be crowned champions […]