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 […]

The clouds looming above Old Trafford these days seem undecided. They just can’t make up their minds if they should open the floodgates, or if they should evaporate and let the sun start shining again. Each time an opening into the paradise of Top 4 can be felt, Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United blow their […]

Yesterday should be about Leicester City and what they have managed to accomplish but for me, as a Tottenham supporter, it was not. Instead, we’re left to talk about what handed Leicester the title: a street brawl disguised as a soccer match. Chelsea and Spurs are big rivals, no doubt, but before yesterday's match, no Spurs […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Javi Martinez has promised Bayern Munich will attack Atletico Madrid's one goal advantage from the first whistle in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, second-leg, as two of Europe's most miserly defences go head-to-head. Bayern have leaked just 15 goals in 32 league games in Germany's top flight this season, while Atletico have […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels is facing the wrath of his team's angry fans, bitter that their club's captain has admitted he wants to play for rivals Bayern Munich. Despite helping Dortmund to a 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg, Hummels was booed and whistled by a section of home fans in their 81,359 sell-out […]

Bangkok (AFP) – The duty-free billionaire behind Leicester City's Premier League title is a hit with fans and royalty alike — and he now stands to cash in on one of football's greatest fairytales. Polo-loving Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 58, rubs shoulders with celebrities and his surname, meaning "light of progressive glory" was bestowed by Thailand's revered King […]

Madrid (AFP) – A year ago as Gareth Bale sneaked out the side exit to Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium he was engulfed by cat calls and insults by his own fans. They were infuriated at his inability to take a slew of chances as Madrid bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals to Juventus. […]

London (AFP) – Leicester winger Marc Albrighton says the secret to his side's astonishing Premier League title triumph was their bloody minded refusal to accept defeat. Claudio Ranieri's team were crowned English champions on Monday after Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Chelsea completed one of the most unlikely sporting success stories of all time. Just 12 months ago, […]

London (AFP) – Britain's broadsheets and red tops displayed an uncustomary blue on Tuesday, the team colours of Leicester City, the club whose improbable success in winning the Premier League was hailed as a miracle. The outsiders dubbed the Foxes bounced back from near relegation last season to league champions in an achievement hailed as […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri hailed his players' "determination" and "spirit" after their improbable Premier League title triumph was confirmed. "I'm so proud," Ranieri said, in comments published on the Leicester website. "I'm happy for my players, for the chairman, for the staff at Leicester City, all our fans and the Leicester […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City completed their fairytale Premier League title quest on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw in a pulsating game with outgoing champions Chelsea. With Leicester's players gathered at the home of striker Jamie Vardy to watch the match on television, Spurs went 2-0 up, only for goals […]

Milan (AFP) – Two goals from Gonzalo Higuain gave Napoli a 2-1 win over Atalanta keeping them on track for second place in Seria A on Monday. And third-placed Roma stayed in the race for the automatic Champions League berth with a 3-2 away win at Genoa. With two games to go Napoli have 76 […]

London (AFP) – In the rough-cut figure of Jamie Vardy, newly crowned Premier League champions Leicester City possess the living embodiment of the rags-to-riches tale that has captivated fans around the world. Six years ago, Vardy was playing amateur football for Stocksbridge Park Steels in England's seventh tier and working part-time at a factory making […]

Madrid (AFP) – Levante's six-year stay in the Spanish top flight came to an end as a 3-1 defeat to Malaga on Monday saw them relegated from La Liga. Defeat leaves Levante six points behind Rayo Vallecano, Sporting Gijon and Getafe with two games remaining. However, with Getafe and Sporting still to play each other […]