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Europa League games on TV: April 6, 2016

We're down to the final eight teams in the UEFA Europa League — a competition where this year, the winner gets an automatic qualification into next season's UEFA Champions League. For viewers in the United States, all of the Europa League quarter-final games will be shown live on television and live streaming. Here's the schedule: Thursday, […]

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Hillsborough jury retires to consider verdicts

Jurors at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster retired to consider their verdicts on Wednesday, over two years since the hearings began. The jury of seven women and three men, which has been sitting since March 2014 at a purpose-built courtroom in Warrington, northwest England, will consider […]

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FOX Sports interrupts soccer game to show 15 minutes of FOX News election coverage

Soccer fans who tuned in to watch the Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City on FOX Sports GO got a surprise Wednesday when the broadcast of the match suddenly switched to live coverage of FOX News. The mistake happened in approximately the 9th minute of the game. One second, viewers were watching […]

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Barcelona protected by referees, fumes Fernando Torres after red card

Fernando Torres raged that Atletico Madrid are not treated equally to Barcelona by referees after his early red card turned their Champions League quarter-final, first leg around on Tuesday. Torres had put Atletico in front at the Camp Nou before seeing two quick-fire yellow cards to leave the visitors a man light for over an […]

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NBC Sports to visit England again to cover Premier League games live from pitchside

After last season's successful decision to send NBC's entire broadcast team to England to cover a select number of Premier League matches, NBC Sports Group has decided to do the same again this April but with a twist. Last season, the crew of Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle teamed up with […]

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El Clasico win buoys Real's Gareth Bale for Wolfsburg mission

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says their El Clasico win over Barcelona has given the Spanish giants the perfect confidence booster for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg at Wolfsburg. Real used to have a terrible record away to German opposition in Europe, but their run to the 2014 title, when they claimed their tenth […]

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'SoccerWarz' book by Kartik Krishnaiyer examines feud between MLS, NASL and USL

The history of the evolution of soccer in the United States is a fascinating journey that's awash with acronyms. MLS, NASL, USL, USSF, APSL, NPSL and MISL are just a small number in a long list of soccer organizations that have tried to grow the game on these shores. Nowadays, three acronyms that interest many soccer […]

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Wes Morgan rise to glory is Leicester & CONCACAF success story

With Leicester City’s title hopes squarely on the line Sunday, the Foxes captain Wes Morgan rose to the occasion, thumping a header past Southampton keeper Fraser Forster. Morgan’s goal sent Leicester seven points clear atop the Premier League a year to the day the club sat buried seven points from safety at the bottom of […]

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Gianni Infantino implicated in Panama Papers, says report

The signature of new FIFA president Gianni Infantino has cropped up in the so-called "Panama Papers" in connection with questionable TV rights sales in South America, the German newspaper behind the mass leaks reported on Tuesday. Swiss-Italian lawyer Infantino, 46, succeeded the suspended Sepp Blatter in February as the head of FIFA, which is reeling […]

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Middlesbrough close on Championship leaders Burnley [VIDEO]

The race to be crowned champions of English football's second-tier Championship took a new twist on Tuesday when Burnley's lead at the top of the table was cut to a point. Championship leaders Burnley could only manage a goalless draw at home to Cardiff as nearest challengers Middlesbrough and Brighton both won. The Clarets now […]

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PSG vs. Manchester City predicted lineups and team news

Both Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are bidding to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever after unsuccessful attempts in the recent past. For the French champions, this is their fourth successive quarter final appearance in the Champions league but they were eliminated on the three previous occasions by Barcelona […]

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Rangers secure title to seal Scottish top flight return

Fallen Scottish football giants Rangers have ended their four-year absence from the Scottish Premiership after their 1-0 win at home to Dumbarton clinched the Championship title for the Ibrox club. A goal from James Tavernier sent the Gers 17 points clear of Falkirk in second place with four games remaining while third-placed Hibernian, who have […]

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Arturo Vidal gives Bayern slender lead against Benfica

Arturo Vidal gave Bayern Munich a slender 1-0 lead for their Champions League quarter-final return leg at Benfica next week, after hitting the winner just 109 seconds into Tuesday's first leg. Bayern produced an off-key display at Munich's Allianz Arena and their fifth straight appearance in the Champions League semi-finals is far from assured. "Benfica's […]

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Luis Suarez double salvages Barcelona against 10-man Atletico [VIDEO]

Atletico Madrid were left to rue Fernando Torres's first-half red card as Luis Suarez's double handed Barcelona a 2-1 lead on Tuesday heading into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Torres got Atletico off to the perfect start as he slotted home Koke's through ball for a vital away goal on 25 minutes, […]

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Average reported attendances for MLS through gameweek 5 of the 2016 season

Attendances in Major League Soccer always have to be taken with a grain of salt. While teams such as Seattle Sounders and Orlando City generate impressive numbers that can't be denied, there are always some teams that report home attendances that are considerably more than what we can see in the stadiums and on television. […]