Lower division clubs were dealt a dose of Premier League reality on Tuesday, with three fixtures in the Capital One Cup quarterfinals between Premier and Football League sides going the way of top-tier clubs. The results leave Manchester City, Everton and Stoke in the competition's final four, with the semifinals' last spot to be settled […]

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to protect his status as the Bundesliga's top scorer in order to win the 2015 African Footballer of the Year title. "Of course it's important for me to be the top scorer, because I want to be Africa's Footballer of the Year," he told the Bundesliga website having won the […]

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls took a swipe at Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema on Tuesday, saying that great sportsmen should set a moral example. "A great sportsman should set an example. So many kids, so many young people ... see themselves in well-known sports people," Valls told Europe 1 radio. "Therefore, this […]

Bayer Leverkusen Chief Executive Officer Michael Schade says his club would be interested in signing an American soccer player who could help his team score goals and market the club in the United States. In an interview with US journalists on Monday, the chairman said: “If I could have a wish, I would like to […]

Yesterday’s report on agent fees was as much a glimpse of that cottage industry as it was an update on player power. The $195 million siphoned off by lawyers, fathers, best friends and former night club doormen was the headline, but remember the silver lining: Players are moving all the time, to bigger places with […]

Arsenal fans have always had a special place for Cesc Fabregas's magical free kicks (not particularly the one that led to Chelsea's goal against them this season, though). Be it those delicious inswinging curlers which nestled at the top corner, winning three points for the Gunners in the past, or the ingeniously pathetic ones he […]

Barcelona star Lionel Messi, the favorite to win FIFA's prestigious Ballon d'Or title, was on Monday voted the top striker in the Spanish league last season ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo. It is the sixth time that the Argentinian has won the title in seven editions of the trophy given by the Spanish […]

Manchester City and Liverpool head the list of teams coveting a berth in the League Cup semifinals this week as the competition reaches the quarterfinal stage without several major names. With Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and holders Chelsea having fallen by the wayside, City and Liverpool will already have designs on the Feb. 28 […]

UEFA's Gianni Infantino said he would work to clean up FIFA from "day one" if elected leader after an evening of close discussions with his Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa. Infantino told AFP that he would instigate reforms immediately if he is elected on Feb. 26 to succeed the suspended and deeply […]

Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels has hit back at criticism from the German media as the World Cup winner struggles for form and says Bayern Munich's success is not helping his club's cause. Hummels found himself on the bench for second-placed Dortmund on Sunday in their 4-1 win at home to VfB Stuttgart, coming on […]

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski was officially honored by the Guinness Book of Records on Monday after his stunning five-goal haul in a single Bundesliga match sent four records tumbling. Lewandowski needed just eight minutes, 59 seconds to score five goals after coming off the bench in the second half of Bayern's 5-1 drubbing of […]

Valencia confirmed on Monday that Portuguese coach Nuno Espirito Santo has left the La Liga club. Nuno had already said on Sunday night following a 1-0 defeat to Sevilla that he was resigning. "Nuno Espirito Santo, who until now was the coach, is no longer tied to Valencia, after coming to an amicable agreement with […]

Victor Valdes's wife has slammed Manchester United for failing to invite the Spanish goalkeeper to a high-profile charity event at Old Trafford. The Premier League club held its annual dinner for UNICEF on Sunday, and many United players were in attendance. But Valdes, who is out of favor with boss Louis van Gaal, was not […]

Many Arsenal fans took to Twitter to vent following their team’s 1-1 draw against 16th placed Norwich City. The consensus among the majority of Gunners supporters was “title-winning teams don’t play like that.” While it was certainly a lackluster performance from the Gunners, championship clubs do, in fact, have hiccups. Just last season, Chelsea drew […]

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes Swansea should stick with their under-pressure manager Garry Monk. Klopp's side moved into the Premier League's top six with a nervy 1-0 victory over the Swans at Anfield. The result means that Monk's side, who were fourth at the end of August, are only four points above the relegation zone […]