Long gone are the days when iconic Arsenal players such as Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Ray Parlour and Patrick Vieira graced the green pitch at Highbury. Not only were the legendary quartet of Gunners superb players, but they were the type of players that fans absolutely adored because of their toughness and will to win. […]

FOX Sports has a Bundesliga problem. For the first five gameweeks of the 2015/16 season, live Bundesliga games on the network are averaging just 42,000 viewers. Of immediate concern is the fact that the last two gameweeks have recorded two of the worst weekly averages for live games the league has seen on FOX Sports since the opening weekend: 29,333 […]

One month ago, I wrote about how Liverpool’s Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho was a good, sometimes very good player, but didn’t affect games consistently enough to be considered great. I wrote: “The fact that the Brazilian is the best player at a club of Liverpool’s ‘stature’ must be worrying. There was never any doubt that Luis […]

Today's Capital One Cup game between Tottenham and Arsenal will be shown live on US television and on a live stream. The eagerly anticipated north London derby, the first one of the 2015/16 season, will give one of the teams the opportunity to keep the bragging rights until the first derby is played in the […]

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored the quickest 5 goals ever in the top 4 European leagues on Tuesday, netting the five goals within exactly 8 minutes 57 seconds after coming on as a substitute to overturn Wolfsburg's 1-0 lead into a 5-1 win for Bayern. While the feat of scoring five goals within 9 […]

Liverpool have vehemently dismissed claims they have approached Carlo Ancelotti about the possibility of succeeding manager Brendan Rodgers. A report claimed the veteran Italian, a Champions League winner with AC Milan and Real Madrid, had been sounded out by owners Fenway Sports Group about taking over at Anfield. However, that was immediately rubbished by the […]

Rome (AFP) – Former Brazilian soccer star-turned-politician Romario on Tuesday described UEFA president Michel Platini as coming "from the same school" as his FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter. Now a Brazilian senator with an anti-corruption stance, the 1994 World Cup-winning striker was asked his thoughts on the upcoming leadership election at FIFA, world soccer's governing body, where Platini […]

Marseille (AFP) – Three Marseille supporters were handed prison sentences between four and six months over violent incidents during the weekend clash between their side and Lyon. The three, aged between 18 and 29, may never see the inside of a jail cell, though, as they were released from the Marseille criminal court pending an appearance […]

Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (AFP) – Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner will learn Friday whether he is to be extradited to the United States to face charges linked to a corruption scandal sweeping football's world governing body. Warner, a 72-year-old a native of the Caribbean island, was indicted in May by a […]

Paris (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his goal drought as Paris Saint-Germain extended their unbeaten start to the Ligue 1 season on Tuesday with a 3-0 victory at home to Guingamp. Javier Pastore gave PSG a first-half lead at the Parc des Princes before Angel Di Maria netted his first goal in domestic French soccer […]

Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were in top-form as Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 Capital One Cup victory at Sunderland to end a two-game losing run. The B£100million duo tore the Black Cats apart on a night when the Barclays Premier League leaders demonstrated a brutal efficiency in front of a largely horrified […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid will have to do without four first-team regulars for their challenging trip to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday after coach Rafael Benitez confirmed Sergio Ramos won't be fit to travel. Ramos hasn't featured since dislocating his shoulder in last week's 4-0 win over Shakhtar and joins Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski wrote Bundesliga history on Tuesday and sent records tumbling by scoring five goals in just nine minutes in Bayern Munich's 5-1 romp at home to Wolfsburg. Bayern were 1-0 down at the break thanks to a goal by Wolfsburg winger Daniel Caligiuri when coach Pep Guardiola opted to swap midfielder […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid moved to the top of La Liga as Antoine Griezmann's double handed them a 2-0 win over Getafe on Tuesday. Griezmann got the hosts off to the perfect start after five minutes and then sealed the three points from what was an otherwise unconvincing Atletico display from Jackson Martinez's stoppage […]

Pep Guardiola thought he could get by without his best forward, starting Robert Lewandowski on the bench as a quick turnaround from weekend action saw Wolfsburg, last season's Bundesliga runner ups, visit Bayern Munich in the league's sixth round. However, fortunate to go into halftime trailing only 1-0, the Bayern boss didn't hesitate to bring the […]