Eden Hazard says Chelsea are finding life as Premier League champions challenging as "everyone wants to kill you". The Blues are eight points adrift of leaders Manchester City after four points in four games and suffered a rare home loss – Jose Mourinho's second at home in 100 league matches – against Crystal Palace before […]

If it seems like many soccer writers in this country have been recycling the same game recaps, features and columns about the US Men’s National Team recently, your eyes are not deceiving you. After another harrowing performance against a team of pedigree in the international game, there are more questions than answers going into one […]

Underwhelming is one way to describe Manchester United’s start to the new Barclays Premier League season. Seven points after four games and three ahead of last season’s champions all looks good on paper, but the reality is something altogether different. Whilst the new signings have slotted into the team — Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schnederlin […]

Strikers in the game of soccer, much like quarterbacks in American football, receive more attention than any other position player in the sport. Whether it is positive attention or negative, these players are normally praised for leading their team to victory, or criticized in defeat. Arsenal and France forward Olivier Giroud, however, may be the […]

Converting a penalty kick in the 84th minute of England's 2-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday, Wayne Rooney passed Bobby Charlton on the England men's national team's all-time goal-scoring list, becoming the first Three Lions player to reach the 50-goal plateau. Rooney's finish high into the left of the Swiss goal broke a tie with […]

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata expects teammate David de Gea to have a smooth return to Old Trafford. De Gea, who is with Mata on international duty with Spain in Skopje for Tuesday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Macedonia, will fly to England on Wednesday to join the Red Devils in training. The 24-year-old goalkeeper, who […]

It probably wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that, even with nine points from a possible 12, Crystal Palace haven’t really exceeded expectations so far in the 2015-16 term. But that’s no slant on the team’s tremendous start. After a strong finish to the previous term under the tutelage of the divisive but undeniably effective Alan […]

Thierry Henry has been warned he will have to undergo a "psychological and mental transformation" if he wishes to succeed as a manager. The retired forward is presently working with Arsenal's under-18 team while undertaking his coaching badges. Henry became the club's record goalscorer after Arsene Wenger signed him from Juventus in 1999, and the […]

Over the course of Swansea's first four games played during the 2015/16 season, I would argue that the biggest test for the club was the match against Sunderland, not the games against Chelsea, Manchester United or Newcastle. To an outsider, that opinion may seem bizarre given the immense talent at Manchester United and Chelsea, as […]

Gareth Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett insists the Wales international was never close to leaving Real Madrid this summer and he hopes to remain at the Bernabeu for the remainder of his career. Manchester United were linked with the 26-year-old but Barnett dismissed the rumors. "He was nowhere near leaving – that was all stupid paper […]

A leading medical lawyer expects FIFA to reinforce its support of the role of medical staff in treating players in the wake of the Eva Carneiro saga at Chelsea. On Friday, the world governing body's medical committee will discuss the matter after Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were catapulted into the spotlight when they were […]

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The U.S. men's national team got back onto the right track on Friday when they beat Peru 2-1 on a pair of Jozy Altidore goals. The next big challenge before facing Mexico in the Confederations Cup playoff is another South American opponent, Brazil. It was very important for the U.S. to get back into the win […]

It seems as though a week can't go by without Barcelona being linked with a new endorsement deal in some form or another, be it the club itself or one of the Catalan giants' star-studded players. While the highest profile members of the Barca squad probably need a sizeable Excel document to keep track of their various endorsements, […]

I must admit, I had never pondered this dilemma until Chris Baird was sent off for two fouls in one sequence in Monday’s crucial Euro qualifier in Belfast. With eight minutes left, with Northern Ireland down 1-0 to Hungary following an unfortunate yet dreadful goalkeeping error by Michael McGovern, Michael O’Neill’s men pushed forward in […]