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/ 2865 days agoManchester City fancied to retain unbeaten Premier League record
Manchester City visit Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday aiming to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season. City have comfortably defeated Arsenal and Huddersfield Town in their opening two games to show that they won't give up their title easily this term. Wolves have picked up just one point since winning promotion and they […]

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/ 2867 days agofuboTV adds Turner channels for UEFA coverage
fuboTV made a big splash today in the battle between streaming providers by adding several channels from Turner that will appeal to many soccer fans in the United States. With the addition of the Turner channels, this now means that fuboTV has both the English-language and Spanish-language coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Europa […]

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/ 2868 days agoNo need to panic for Emery’s Arsenal just yet
Beginning a season with consecutive defeats is never a good thing. Being six points behind fellow top four favorites right off the bat immediately puts unwanted pressure on a club. This is especially the case when a new manager is at the helm. All of these things apply to Arsenal at the moment. Despite these […]

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/ 2873 days agoESPN’s Serie A TV debut will feature 2 familiar commentators
Sunday's Serie A debut on ESPNEWS will feature two very familiar voices to soccer fans in the United States. With the anticipation building for the Torino-Roma game that'll kick off at noon on Sunday on ESPNEWS, ESPN will feature Mark Donaldson as commentator and Matteo Bonetti as co-commentator. Donaldson has been commentating matches for ESPN […]

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/ 2874 days agoESPN’s plan is to stream all FA Cup games on ESPN+
Say goodbye to the FA Cup on television in the United States. ESPN's acquisition of the FA Cup rights in the US will feature all broadcasts streamed on ESPN+ with no plans to air any of the matches on television. The agreement will bring 79 FA Cup matches – beginning with the First Round in […]

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/ 2877 days agoAssessing Unai Emery’s first Arsenal match in the Premier League
The Unai Emery era began on Sunday with a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City. The defending Premier League champions seemed sharp, especially for the opening match of the season. It was clearly evident, however, that the Gunners were playing their first competitive game in nearly three months. Arsenal’s front line squandered solid scoring chances throughout […]

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/ 2879 days agoGrading Arsenal’s 2018 summer transfer window ins and outs
Transfer deadline day is always a big moment for Premier League fans. It’s the final day in which teams can strengthen their squad via transfers, but it also concludes the end of wild rumors for a while as well. Although Arsenal were not particularly busy on the day, the north London outfit did, however, utilize […]

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/ 2880 days agoTop 30 most-attended friendlies in USA during 2018
Another round of the annual summer friendlies has come and gone. These are usually a smashing success, both in terms of attendance at the games and the TV viewing audience. However, 2018 was down slightly for these types of friendlies (International Champions Cup attendances were down approximately 10%) while TV ratings dipped somewhat too. There […]

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/ 2880 days agoUnivision to air twice as many Champions League games on TV
Univision has announced their coverage plans for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League that will include 97 games shown live on television, which compares to Turner's 46 games that'll air on TNT. The substantial number of games to be aired on TV by Univision also carries over to the Europa League. Beginning in September, Univision Deportes […]

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/ 2880 days agoStu Holden and Tim Howard join Turner for Champions League
Former Premier League footballers Stu Holden and Tim Howard have joined Turner Sports' coverage of the UEFA Champions League as studio analysts, the broadcaster announced today. Turner Sports will simultaneously utilize two fully-integrated studios – in Atlanta and Los Angeles – throughout its coverage of the UEFA Champions League. Howard, a current MLS player, will […]

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/ 2882 days agoESPN+ acquires Serie A rights in US in multi-year deal
ESPN and ESPN+ have reached an exclusive, multi-year rights agreement in the United States for Italy’s Serie A. The agreement will bring more than 340 matches per season to ESPN+, the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment and ESPN. Starting this month, ESPN+ will carry […]

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/ 2883 days agoBarcelona-Milan draw large crowd in International Champions Cup
The International Champions Cup (ICC) returned to northern California this past weekend. This year’s edition brought two historic clubs in AC Milan and Barcelona back to the Bay Area. The sun was shining on a warm Saturday afternoon in Santa Clara for a reported 51,391 fans in attendance. The Bay Area is home to a […]

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/ 2883 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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/ 2887 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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/ 2887 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 […]