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/ 3009 days agoNBC Sports Gold launches EPL streaming for bars & restaurants
NBC Sports has launched a version of their Premier League Pass streaming service for pubs, bars, restaurants and other commercial properties in the United States for $199/season. This season’s Premier League Pass guarantees 150 live Premier League matches (with at least four matches per Premier League club) and a suite of shoulder programming. Both the […]

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/ 3013 days agoVerizon Fios removes beIN SPORTS from its programming
In the space of 24 hours, beIN SPORTS has been removed from Comcast Xfinity and Verizon Fios in carriage disputes between the TV providers and US-based sports network that broadcasts LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Turkish Super Lig. beIN SPORTS was given a deadline of midnight on Wednesday to reach a deal with Verizon Fios, but […]

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/ 3013 days agoFormer US teen sensation Gedion Zelalem returns after serious injury
There was once a time in which Gedion Zelalem was labeled as America’s next big soccer star. After all, the German-born midfielder transferred from a Maryland area high school varsity team to a major European club at the age of just 16. Within his first year at Arsenal, Zelalem quickly made his way from the […]

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/ 3014 days agoComcast Xfinity removes beIN SPORTS ahead of new seasons
Subscribers to beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español will no longer be able to access those channels on Comcast Xfinity due to a dispute between both parties. According to a statement by beIN SPORTS, "This announcement comes four months after beIN SPORTS was forced to file a carriage complaint against Comcast due to violating […]

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/ 3015 days agoNBC heading to England to bring Premier League on location
NBC Sports has announced more coverage details for their opening weekend of the 2018/19 Premier League season, which will include their talent being on-site in England to bring you closer to the action. From Thursday, August 9 to Sunday, August 12, the entire NBC Sports crew will be together on-location in England. The coverage will […]

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/ 3021 days ago6 players the US Men's National Team missed out on
The United States Men’s National Team has a long-standing tradition of being a team comprised of multinational players. From the inaugural World Cup, the USMNT has called on multinational players to don the red, white, and blue kit. Here's a list of notable players the USMNT missed out on. Giuseppe Rossi – Italy Rossi’s career […]

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/ 3027 days ago5 players Arsenal should offload this summer
Arsenal are mostly done with their additions to the squad this summer. This, however, could change if the north London outfit were to shed some players from their ever-increasing first-team list. Listed below are five players that manager Unai Emery and company could sell to both fund another transfer target and shift player wages around. […]

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/ 3028 days agoFS1's first Liga MX game in English will be Xolos vs. Chivas
FOX Sports will broadcast their very first Liga MX game in English this Saturday night when Club Tijuana meets Chivas de Guadalajara in a game that will be shown live across FS1. As first reported by World Soccer Talk in May, FOX Sports acquired the English-language and Spanish-language rights to the Club Tijuana home games […]

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/ 3028 days agoWorld Cup 2018 team of the tournament
The 2018 World Cup is in the books, which means it's time to pick our World Cup Team of the Tournament. I'll provide 2 players at each position (first team and second team), along with a brief explanation of my selections. Feel free to disagree in the comments below! Goalkeeper: 1st Team: Jordan Pickford, England […]

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/ 3028 days agoLiverpool star Oxlade-Chamberlain 'likely to miss whole season'
London (AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is likely to miss the whole of the forthcoming season, with the Premier League club saying Wednesday that they were already aware of the grim scenario. The 24-year-old suffered multiple knee ligament damage during the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Roma in April and underwent […]

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/ 3029 days agoWorld Cup Final nets 17million viewers across FOX and Telemundo
The 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia averaged 17.2 million viewers across the FOX network and Telemundo combined including online viewership. Not reflected in the viewing number is the out-of-home viewership, which included huge numbers that watched the game in bars, restaurants and public watch parties across the United States. TV numbers […]

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/ 3029 days agoBook Review: Men in Blazers present Encyclopedia Blazertannica
Maybe the only thing that drives more debate in the soccer world than the dreaded “p/r” words is Men in Blazers. Roger Bennett and Michael Davies have a passionate fanbase that has followed them through multiple networks and iterations. They also have a number of detractors who view their schtick as tired analysis and infantile. […]

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/ 3029 days agoTelemundo's World Cup coverage reached 36 million TV viewers
After broadcasting 64 World Cup games live across Telemundo, Universo and NBCSN, Telemundo Deportes delivered an average of 2.026 million viewers per game and achieved several other noteworthy milestones. In total, Telemundo Deportes’ complete presentation of all 2018 World Cup matches reached 36.6 million TV viewers, exceeding the Spanish-language reach for the 2010 tournament by […]

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/ 3029 days agoGareth Bale set to step up in absence of Ronaldo
He has been at Real Madrid for five seasons, played 189 times, scored 88 goals and won 11 trophies, four of those are Champions League titles. Now after Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus, Gareth Bale’s star will finally shine on the turf of the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid bought Bale in the summer of 2013 […]

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/ 3029 days agoCroatia's success underlines parity at World Cup 2018
Entering the tournament, a common question posed revolved around dark horses. "Who is a dark horse in this tournament?" A difficult question. What defines a dark horse? A team that isn't expected to win it all, but has the capability? That would qualify Belgium, or Colombia, or Uruguay as a dark horse. How about a […]