Manchester City host Chelsea on Sunday in an early-season clash of the two most-fancied teams for the Barclays Premier League title (live in the US on NBCSN at 11am ET). Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of the notable recent clashes between the sides. :: Chelsea 2 Manchester City 4 (February 27, 2010) Wayne […]

Crsytal Palace host Arsenal at Selhurst Park in Sunday’s early kickoff (at 8:30am ET in the US on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra). Both sides experienced contrasting fortunes in the last round of games with the Gunners losing 2-0 to West Ham at home while Palace were victors against newly promoted Norwich. Arsene Wenger […]

At the end of July, Chelsea sold left-back Filipe Luis back to Atletico Madrid after being with the reigning Premier League champions for one season. Moving the Brazilian international caused the Blues to have a lack of depth at the full-back position and it seems like they plan to fill that void by signing Baba […]

While FOX Sports 1 is showing NASCAR (vroom, vroom) and the Bundesliga is relegated to FOX Sports 2 this afternoon, the over-the-air NBC network will be showing the television debut of a highly-recommended documentary entitled Jack To A King, the story of how Swansea City rose from the brink of relegation from the Football League […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers expects some of his fringe players to leave before the end of the transfer window, having told everyone in his squad where they stand this season. Despite a good opening win at Stoke, much of this week has seen some of those who were not involved in the game air their […]

Tottenham have announced the signing of Clinton Njie from Lyon on a five-year contract. Spurs have been on the lookout for a new striker for some time, with Friday's sale of Roberto Soldado to Villarreal and Emmanuel Adebayor not being given a squad number for the new season leaving Harry Kane as the only senior […]

Barcelona's hopes of claiming a record-equaling six trophies in 2015 look to be in tatters after they were thrashed 4-0 by brilliant Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa, with Aritz Aduriz netting a hat-trick. Barca made it four trophies from four on Tuesday night when they beat Sevilla 5-4 after extra-time […]

Adnan Januzaj maintained Manchester United's stranglehold on Aston Villa as they extended their unbeaten league run at Villa Park to 20 years with a 1-0 win. The midfielder netted for the first time since April 2014 to settle an uneventful game which the visitors comfortably controlled. United have now not lost at Villa Park in […]

Bayern Munich got their quest for a fourth straight Bundesliga title off to an emphatic start with a 5-0 win over Hamburg on Friday night. No team has ever won four Bundesliga titles in a row, but after goals from Medhi Benatia and Robert Lewandowski were added to by a Thomas Muller brace and a […]

The summer transfer saga of Nicolas Otamendi appears to finally be coming to its conclusion after the Argentine defender asked out of Valencia's training session earlier today. Also, Otamendi has been excluded from Valencia's probable first team squad ahead of their Champions League qualifier against AS Monaco next week. According to Cadena Cope, the center-back […]

Everton defender Leighton Baines has been ruled out for three months after ankle surgery so 19-year-old Brendon Galloway is expected to deputise at left-back again at Southampton. Forward Kevin Mirallas has recovered from the ankle injury which forced him off against Watford last weekend. Gerard Deulofeu, Aiden McGeady and Muhamed Besic all returned to training […]

Roberto Soldado is on the verge of moving back to Spain after Tottenham announced they had reached an agreement to sell the striker to Villarreal. Soldado became Spurs' most expensive signing when he moved to north London from Valencia for £26million in August 2013. But he scored just 16 goals in 76 appearances over the […]

Domestic soccer in Europe is back in full swing and that means the return of our weekly piece picking out the best five games for you to savor this weekend. The Premier League is into its second round of matches and Sunday will see two tantalizing clashes played, which could have an early say on the […]

Typically, Fridays are quiet soccer days. There's the late-night MLS kick-off on UniMas as well as a mid-afternoon game from Ligue 1, but today is something quite different. Aston Villa vs. Manchester United First, there's Aston Villa against Manchester United, which is the first Friday night game (outside of holiday games) since 2003. The Premier […]

At White Hart Lane, it appears to be a case of out with the old and in with the new. Roberto Soldado’s ill-fated adventure in the Premier League appears to be at an end with Clinton N’Jié close to finalizing his move from Lyon to the North London club. On the face of it, the […]