A soccer financial expert says that business people in Brazil are becoming very concerned about the financial growth and rising popularity of Major League Soccer, and fear that it will soon overtake the Brazilian top-flight league, the Campeonato Brasileiro. In a recent exclusive interview with World Soccer Talk Radio, soccer journalist and broadcaster Tim Vickery […]

A former FIFA match agent's confession that he helped pay big bribes to soccer officials in Central America and the Caribbean promises to fan the flames of the scandal rocking the game's beleaguered world body. Miguel Trujillo, a 65-year-old Colombian resident in the US, on Tuesday pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to […]

Diego Costa and Eden Hazard both sustained injuries as Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, interim manager Guus Hiddink confirmed after the game. Costa, Chelsea's goal-scorer, hobbled off shortly before Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in the 67th minute to give PSG a 2-1 win on the night and complete a […]

Steve McClaren is to be sacked as manager of Newcastle United and will not be in charge for Monday's game against Leicester City, according to a report by Sky Sports. The news outlet is claiming that Rafael Benitez will replace McClaren, and the Spaniard may be in place in time for Monday's game. Newcastle United […]

The United States came from behind to defeat Germany 2-1 and win the inaugural SheBelieves Cup on Wednesday in a repeat of last year's FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final battle. Alex Morgan and Sam Mewis scored first-half goals for the American women after the hosts had been rocked by a 30th-minute Anja Mittag strike as […]

The Europa League is now in the stage of the Round of 16 where the clubs are eyeing a possible run to the final where the winner will qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League. As luck would have it, the draw has scheduled some mouthwatering matches. For soccer fans in the US, here's the […]

Louis van Gaal says anyone who derides Manchester United and Liverpool for being in the Europa League is living in the past. The English giants have been champions of Europe eight times between them — Liverpool on five occasions, United three — but now find themselves facing each other in Europe's secondary club competition. Van […]

Eternal rivals Manchester United travel to Liverpool in the Europa League last 16, first leg on Thursday in a battle of English football's two most successful sides. United have won the English title a record 20 times, twice more than Liverpool, but the Reds have the edge abroad, having been crowned European champions on five […]

Former Arsenal full-back Emmanuel Eboue has joined Premier League strugglers Sunderland for the rest of the season, the Black Cats announced Wednesday. The 32-year-old former Ivory Coast international, who was released by Turkish club Galatasaray in pre-season, was taken on by north-east club Sunderland after training with Sam Allardyce's squad for several weeks. Last week […]

Arsene Wenger will take stock of Arsenal's mounting injury problems after the FA Cup holders' progress to the quarter-finals came at a cost. Aaron Ramsey, Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista were all substituted during the comfortable 4-0 victory at Championship side Hull City that stretched the Gunners' three-year unbeaten record in the competition. Retaining the […]

Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said on Wednesday he is not convinced Germany's Ilkay Gundogan will stay amidst reports Pep Guardiola's future employers Manchester City are set to swoop. The 25-year-old has a contract with Dortmund until June 2017 and German media report that Gundogan's agent, his uncle Ilhan, met with City's director of sport […]

Wolfsburg sporting director Klaus Allofs admitted it was beyond his wildest dreams to have reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in the club's history. Andre Schurrle fired the Germans into the last eight with the only goal in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Gent in the second leg of their last 16 tie […]

The number of viewers for the opening weekend of MLS games on national television in the United States declined by 11% compared to the opening MLS weekend in 2015. While this year's opening weekend is not an apples to apples comparison to last year, it's pretty close. For the opening weekend of 2015, the season […]

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted he was happy as his side progressed into the Champions League quarter-finals despite being given a scare by Roma before sealing a 4-0 aggregate win. Madrid booked their place in the last eight thanks to two goals in four second-half minutes from Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez to seal […]

French authorities have seized documents from the country's football federation in connection with the Swiss criminal investigation targeting former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, Switzerland said Wednesday. The search was conducted Tuesday — two days before Blatter's 80th birthday — with Swiss officials present while French investigators searched the French Football Federation (FFF) […]