Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane believes Cristiano Ronaldo's inspirational leadership will be the decisive factor when Real Madrid bid for Champions League final history against Juventus on Saturday. Ronaldo is firmly in the spotlight as Zidane's side try to become the first club to win consecutive European Cup finals since AC Milan 27 […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Ramos says Real Madrid are ready for their appointment with history as the Spanish club aim to become the first team for 27 years to win consecutive Champions League titles. Not since AC Milan in 1989 and 1990 has a side conquered Europe two years in a row, but […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid will have "special" personal significance as he approaches the end of his storied career. A world champion with Italy in 2006 and eight-time Serie A winner with Juventus, Buffon finished on the losing side in his two previous […]

Berlin (AFP) – The messy sacking of Thomas Tuchel just three days after winning the German Cup has left Borussia Dortmund scrambling around for a new coach, with main target Lucien Favre set to stay at Nice. Dortmund denied that Tuchel's departure was sparked by a public spat with CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke but that painfully-strained […]

Since the turn of the year, the European football season always feels as though it’s building towards UEFA Champions League final. With Real Madrid and Juventus facing off in Saturday’s spectacle in Cardiff, the hype is warranted. Because while finals involving teams from the same country can be special—Real have faced Atletico Madrid in two […]

Seoul (AFP) – The United States have raised hopes of a surprise Under-20 World Cup win after they stormed into the quarter-finals with a 6-0 win over New Zealand. Seventeen-year-old Josh Sargent equalled the American record with his fourth goal at the tournament as the USA ran riot late on Thursday. On Sunday, the USA […]

London (AFP) – English champions Chelsea received a record Premier League pay-out of more than £150 million ($190 million, 172 million euros) this season, nearly £60 million more than their predecessors Leicester, after new TV deals came into force. The broadcast deals, including a bumper domestic contract, ensured generous end-of-season payments for all 20 Premier […]

London (AFP) – Only Zinedine Zidane's former club Juventus stand between the Real Madrid coach and football history in Saturday's star-studded Champions League final in Cardiff. A head coach for only 17 months, the former France playmaker can become the first manager to win back-to-back European Cups in the post-1992 Champions League era. Zidane had […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi scored the winning spot-kick as Lyon retained the women's Champions League against domestic rivals Paris Saint Germain in Cardiff on Thursday. Moments after PSG's own shot stopper Katarzyna Kiedrzynek had scuffed her effort wide, Bouhaddi stepped up to seal a fourth Champions League triumph for Lyon. After […]

Liverpool Football Club is the most popular Premier League team on US television. That's according to research generated by @US_Spurs that has averaged all of the viewership numbers from their TV appearances during the 2016/17 season. The Reds averaged 481,943 viewers for the 36 matches that were broadcast live on US television. Every Premier League […]

Now that the 2016/17 Premier League season has been put to bed, it's time to take a look back to see which games were the top 10 most-watched matches of the EPL season. Not surprisingly, the matches featured in the 12:30-2:30pm ET time slot on the over-the-air NBC network ruled the airwaves, making the Premier […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United have cooled their interest in signing Atletico Madrid's French forward Antoine Griezmann, a source close to the club confirmed on Thursday. Europa League winners United were reported to be plotting an approach for 26-year-old Griezmann. But a source confirmed reports in several British media outlets that United have shifted their […]

Now that the 2017 Clausura has ended with Chivas winning in emphatic style, the club teams in Mexico will take a break to allow players to rest as well as some to compete in the international friendlies scheduled this summer as well as the Confederations Cup where Mexico will represent CONCACAF. But after those important […]

Saturday's broadcast of San Jose Earthquakes against LA Galaxy on Univision and Univision Deportes is the most-watched MLS game of the 2017 season thus far on US television. A total of 692,000 viewers tuned in to watch the game on the over-the-air Univision network, which combined with the 202,000 people who watched the match simulcast […]

The first Cascadia Cup of the 2017 MLS season between Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers averaged 554,000 viewers on the FOX network and FOX Deportes combined on Saturday, May 27. With a scheduled kick-off time of 3:10pm ET, the match immediately followed the 2016/17 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea. While the FA Cup […]