Melbourne (AFP) – Departing veteran Archie Thompson extended his Melbourne Victory career when he struck a rare AFC Champions League goal to steer his team into the last 16 on Tuesday. Thompson, 37, who shed tears last week when announcing the end of his 11-year Victory stint, netted what turned out to be a crucial […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Fernando Torres is backing Atletico Madrid to lift the Champions League trophy in Milan after Antoine Griezmann's crucial away goal fired them into the final on May 28. Atletico reached their second Champions League final in three years, despite losing 2-1 at Bayern Munich on Tuesday in the semi-final return leg […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich suffered a third straight Champions League semi-final exit to Spanish opposition on Tuesday as Atletico Madrid reached the final on away goals despite a 2-1 second-leg defeat. Having won the first leg 1-0 in Spain, Atletico advanced thanks to Antoine Griezmann's crucial away goal in Munich as […]

While mega-money transfers in the soccer world receive a lot of buzz, for obvious reasons, good players can be had for reasonable prices as well. In fact, there are even some quality players available each summer for a free transfer. Let’s take a look at the top five 2015/16 Premier League signings that cost clubs […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City's heroes celebrated with lunch at an Italian restaurant on Tuesday after achieving one of the biggest upsets in sporting history by winning the English Premier League. Thousands danced in the city's streets waving blue and white flags, while millions around the world watched in wonder as the one-time […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City's triumphant Premier League title-winners were acclaimed by well-wishers as they enjoyed a celebratory lunch at an Italian restaurant in the city on Tuesday. Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, star striker Jamie Vardy and Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were in attendance at the San Carlo restaurant to celebrate the first […]

Ahead of the 2013-14 season, Real Madrid and Barcelona were involved in an arms race in the transfer window. Having won the title the campaign before, the Blaugrana were keen to preserve some distance between themselves and their great rivals, signing Neymar in a huge deal from Santos. Los Blancos, seeking to close the gap […]

Budapest (AFP) – UEFA admitted Kosovo as its 55th member in a narrow vote Tuesday, boosting its hopes of competing in the 2018 World Cup despite warnings from former ruler Serbia. The UEFA congress voted 28 to 24 with two votes declared invalid to accept Kosovo, which will also have a team at the Olympics […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane claimed three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo is 100 percent fit for his side's Champions League semi-final, second leg showdown with Manchester City on Wednesday. Ronaldo missed last week's 0-0 draw in the first leg due to a thigh injury, but took a full part […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City's Robert Huth and Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini were charged with violent conduct on Tuesday after clashing in Sunday's 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, the Football Association announced. Belgian midfielder Fellaini appeared to swing his elbow into Huth's jaw after the German centre-back seemed to pull his hair in an incident […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur left-back Danny Rose has apologised for his role in Monday's ill-tempered 2-2 draw against Chelsea, which has been dubbed "The Battle of the Bridge". There were 12 yellow cards and two touchline melees during the match at Stamford Bridge, which saw Spurs' Premier League title hopes dashed by Eden Hazard's […]

London (AFP) – As Leicester City's supporters awoke on Tuesday, fuzzy of head and bleary of eye after celebrating their fairytale Premier League triumph, the club were already entering a new sporting and financial dimension. It is estimated that Leicester's 5,000-1 success could be worth around £155 million ($227.5 million, 196.4 million euros) in revenue […]

Budapest (AFP) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday hailed Leicester City's unlikely English Premier League triumph as a "fairytale" come true. "It's a fairytale. It's one of these beautiful football stories that only football can write and no one would have believed possible at the beginning of the season," Infantino told reporters on the […]

MLS attendances for 2016 thus far are 2.5% greater than the same number of games played last season. This past weekend, the average reported attendance was 20,800 with general strong reports from around the league. The one poorly attended game was New England’s midweek match and Chicago in the rain. New England, however, had a […]

The world is one dour place, is it not? News headlines are riddled with incredible social injustices while we have also faced injustices and tough times in our personal lives. Some of us may even be going through a rough patch as I am sitting here writing this article. The depressing truth is that money […]