London (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will hope no mishap befalls central defenders Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo after announcing on Friday both Chris Smalling and Phil Jones will be out till "mid-May". Mourinho, speaking after United returned from Belgium where they drew 1-1 with Anderlecht in the first leg of their Europa […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona boss Luis Enrique insisted he made no tactical errors in his side's 3-0 defeat to Juventus and talked up Barca's chances of another stunning Champions League revival on Friday. The Spanish champions suffered back-to-back defeats at Malaga and Juventus in the past week to severely damage their hopes of winning La […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho insists he won't be fuelled by revenge when Manchester United face Chelsea on Sunday because he regards the crucial clash against his old club as just another game. Mourinho, sacked by Chelsea last season, could be forgiven for doing everything in his power to beat Antonio Conte's side after suffering […]

Milan (AFP) – Yonghong Li was officially named AC Milan's new president on Friday, but reminded fans the Serie A club's new Chinese owners could "always count on" iconic former owner Silvio Berlusconi. A remarkable 31-year reign at the Italian giants ended for Berlusconi on Thursday when the 80-year-old media tycoon and former prime minister […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra, who was wounded when three bombs rocked his Bundesliga team's bus, described on Friday his ordeal as "the longest and hardest 15 minutes of my life". "The pain, the panic, the uncertainty of not knowing what was happening, or how long it would last... they were the […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante to forget about individual awards and focus on ensuring the Premier League leaders are crowned champions. Chelsea stars Hazard and Kante were named this week on the six-man shortlist for the PFA Player of the Year award, along with Tottenham's Harry […]

Milan (AFP) – New AC Milan chief executive Marco Fassone has promised fans a "quick return" to the Champions League and the glory days of old as the fallen Serie A giants began life under Chinese ownership on Friday. "We are AC Milan. We can't afford to sit back and say, let's see what happens," […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had insisted any discussions the Gunners' board may be having about his future will not distract him from his job, with the debate about his position showing no sign of stopping. Wenger's contract is up at the end of the season and there has been intense speculation about […]

The first leg of the UEFA Women's Champions League game between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will be streamed live to soccer fans in the United States. Viewers will be able to watch the game live on Saturday, April 22 from Noon to 2pm ET via beIN SPORTS Connect. The streaming service beIN SPORTS Connect, which […]

Based on the wall-to-wall coverage that beIN SPORTS is planning for the April 23rd encounter between Barcelona and Real Madrid, this one game should be the most closely covered el Clasico of all time on US television. The coverage plans by beIN SPORTS include a live broadcast of the game across both English-language (beIN SPORTS) […]

Depending on your local TV provider and where you live in the United States, your local beIN SPORTS and/or beIN SPORTS en Español may not be in HD. It happened to me recently when my local Comcast changed both channels from HD to SD. As soccer fans, it's incredibly infuriating to not be able to […]

Soccer fans in the United States will be able to watch a triple header of English Championship games on Friday, April 14 on beIN SPORTS. With only five games remaining in the regular season, everything is still up for grabs. Brighton and Newcastle are jostling for the title, while the race to finish in the […]

La Liga continues to grow in popularity in the United States with games from both Barcelona and Real Madrid last weekend exceeding 500,000 viewers per match. Both the Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid and Malaga-Barcelona games were televised live on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español. Out of the two matches, the 10:15am-12:15pm ET broadcast of […]

If you watch illegal streams of La Liga games or you're a pirate that's making money off these illegal streams, beware. The Spanish top-flight league and beIN SPORTS are working on shutting down sites and prosecuting individuals who are showing La Liga games without permission. Out of all of the major soccer leagues around the […]

After the first 56 matches of the 2017 MLS season, the average reported attendance is nearly even with 2016. It's currently down just 0.82%. In MLS gameweek 6, New England and Philadelphia had disappointing reported attendances. But LA Galaxy continues to slide at the gate. The southern California team's reported average attendance is down 17 […]