Teresópolis (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil's star forward Neymar is returning to training "better than expected," after more than two months out with a broken foot bone, the Brazilian team physical trainer said Wednesday. The Paris Saint-Germain striker, who was injured in February and underwent surgery in Brazil, is in training with the national team in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Andres Iniesta tweeted Wednesday he was going to his "new home" with his "friend" Hiroshi Mikitani, owner of Japan's Vissel Kobe, implying he would now be playing there after leaving Barcelona. The 34-year-old posted a photo of himself and Mikitani in what appeared to be a private jet, along with emojis of […]

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is less than a month away and it holds the potential of making many new stars, who’d be remembered for many years to come. The 2014 edition saw the likes of James Rodriguez becoming a superstar. His amazing work with the ball for the Colombian national team won him the […]

Milan (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed coach of Italian club Napoli on a three-year deal, the Serie A side confirmed on Wednesday. "Napoli are happy to announce agreement has been reached with coach Carlo Ancelotti to lead the first team for the next three seasons," the club said in a statement. Ancelotti, who […]

Arsenal's third shirt for the 2018/19 season will be a turquoise jersey with navy trim. Designed by Puma, the third shirt will herald a new chapter in the history of Arsenal Football Club now that Unai Emery has taken charge to replace Arsene Wenger. In the history of the Gunners, the club had an away […]

Milan (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti has reached agreement to take over as Napoli coach ending Maurizio Sarri's three-year reign at the Serie A club, according to reports in Italy on Wednesday. Italian Ancelotti — who was sacked by Bayern Munich last September — hammered out a deal Wednesday after a series of meetings with Napoli […]

Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines (France) (AFP) – Ruled out of the World Cup with a ruptured Achilles tendon, Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has written a letter of encouragement to the France squad, national coach Didier Deschamps said on Wednesday. The 32-year-old, who has 50 France caps, was stretchered out of Arsenal's Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid […]

Telemundo has unveiled its theme music for the coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is composed and produced by the award-winning Yoav Goren. The theme song, “Sueño de Campeones” (see video below), was recorded from the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London. Meaning "Champions Dream" in English, the song is part of an […]

Belgium is the latest country to witness a golden generation of players. Their current contingency of stars have the right amount of maturity, experience and skill to finally shine at a major international competition. Prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Red Devils went through a barren spell in the international scene. Their […]

Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Tuesday delivered a hammer blow to Peru captain Paolo Guerrero's hopes of overturning a doping ban to play at the World Cup by underlining the supremacy of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Guerrero's attempt to clear his name following a ban for testing positive for […]

FOX Sports' list of excuses defending why they've chosen to have 66% of their commentators calling games from a studio in Los Angeles during this summer's World Cup continues to grow. In an interview with The Athletic, FOX Sports Executive Producer David Neal claims that calling soccer games off a TV monitor instead of being […]

Telemundo Station Group today announced it’s dispatching a team of local station journalists from stations in Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, McAllen and its news bureaus in Washington, D.C. and Miami to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The station group’s team consists of 12 sports and news anchors, photographers and producers. This […]

We've compiled the Telemundo World Cup schedule for the 2018 tournament so you have all of the kickoff times and TV details in one place. After beating Univision to win the rights, Telemundo will have the rights to this summer's World Cup tournament for the first time ever. They also have the US Spanish-language TV […]

Leaked images of Liverpool's third shirt for the 2018/19 season reveal that the design from New Balance will feature a unique pattern. Released by the experts at FootyHeadlines, the leaked photos and designs show a one-of-a-kind design that will be very interesting to see what it looks like in person and on television. Liverpool's third […]

When it comes to trailers to promote a network's television coverage of a World Cup, few do it better than the BBC. In fact, this is the best trailer we've seen so far to get us excited for Russia 2018, which is much more superior than anything ITV and FOX has created. Featuring an opera […]