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 […]

Saturday's broadcast of the 2016/17 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea on the FOX network and FOX Deportes averaged 984,000 viewers combined across both networks. Out of the 984,000 viewers, 836,000 watched Chelsea-Arsenal on the English-language FOX network, while the remaining 148,000 watched it on the Spanish-language FOX Deportes. Compared to last year's FA […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United have been rated as Europe's most valuable club by a new report into the financial muscle of the continent's top teams. The report by professional services firm KPMG looked at the finances of 39 clubs based on their popularity on social media channels, revenues for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, […]

Burton-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho had no influence over the decision to excuse Marcus Rashford from duty at the Under-21 European Championship, England manager Gareth Southgate said on Tuesday. Southgate has frequently underlined the importance of giving young players tournament experience, but he called Rashford into his senior squad, rather […]

Thursday’s match in Chicago had a poor turnout of 12,584 in attendance. That's too bad because Chicago’s revival took a boost with a win over FC Dallas. And Dallas’ showing for the Texas Derby of 15,055 was also soft too. The rest of the league had good reported attendances. The Cascadia Cup matchup between Seattle […]