Comedian, table tennis aficionado and soccer-loving '30 Rock' actor Judah Friedlander sat down in front of the camera this week to tell the true story of a coach's sneaky substitution. Friedlander goes back into the archives to remind us how coach (then New York Metrostars coach, now Egypt national team manager) Bob Bradley took advantage […]

Everton unveiled their third shirt for the 2013-14 season today. New Everton loan signing Gareth Barry is pictured in the new shirt alongside Everton manager Roberto Martinez. According to the Everton club website "the 2013/14 third shirt is a dazzling white pearl and dark navy combination and features a high v-neck collarless design. Similar to […]

Mesut Ozil has completed his first television interview as an Arsenal footballer. Arsenal's newest signing was interviewed by Sky Sports News in Germany, where Mesut Ozil described how he's looking forward to playing in the best soccer league in the world. Ozil even found a way to slot in a "Let's go Gunners" soundbite. Ozil […]

Promoted Villarreal are the surprise team in La Liga after three rounds of games, joining last season’s top three on maximum points after the weekend’s matches. Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona overcame Valencia 3-2, while Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-1 with an Isco double. Goals from Jeremy Perbet, Javier Aquino and Ikechukwu […]

There was a point during deadline day, at about 10pm local time, that things were looking pretty bleak for Everton Football Club. The Toffees were understandably lambasted by Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, with a £12million bid for James McCarthy – in which payments were staggered over four years – laughed off. Whelan subsequently claimed that […]

Manchester United have announced the signing of 17-year-old teenage right back Saidy Janko from FC Zurich today for an undisclosed fee, according to Manchester United's official club website. Janko had a trial spell with Manchester United recently, where he impressed the United coaches. Born in Switzerland, Saidy has a Gambian father and Swiss/Italian mother. The […]

Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka returned to Italy yesterday after completing a free transfer from Real Madrid to AC Milan. On his return "home" to Italy, he was greeted with a hero's welcome from the AC Milan supporters who were jubilant. When Kaka played for AC Milan from 2003 to 2009, the player was a fan […]

After being the subject of a world-record transfer fee on Sunday between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale is with the Wales squad in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifier matches against Serbia and Macedonia. However, Wales manager Chris Coleman says that Bale is not fit enough to play 90 minutes against Serbia […]

Domestic success for English footballers in the Premier League won’t be the only thing resting on the minds of players this season. In less than a year, English footballers up and down the country will be desperate to book their seat on the flight to Brazil World Cup 2014. Hopefuls know they will have to […]

FOX Soccer is no more. The 24/7 soccer TV network aired its last show on Monday before morphing into FXX, which is ironically a comedy channel. But before FOX pulled the plug on FOX Soccer, the network aired these final few seconds. Thanks for the memories, FOX Soccer.

The soft-spoken Belgian Marouane Fellaini was interviewed for the first time tonight as a Manchester United player. Watch the video below from his first interview as a Manchester United footballer. Here's what David Moyes said about Fellaini, who was signed by United for £27.5million: “I have worked with Marouane for five years and I’m delighted […]

There's no clear answer yet whether Fabio Coentrao has signed for Manchester United or not tonight. There are a series of conflicting press reports (see below) that claim that Coentrao signed for United, didn't sign for the club, or is awaiting final word from the Premier League. We'll find out for sure in the morning. […]

Jose Mourinho’s second act at Chelsea is starting very much where his first left off with the manager’s comments becoming more a caricature of himself than anything deep and thoughtful. While I felt the almost universal skepticism in the British press upon the return of The Special One to Chelsea was out of place, I […]

Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion have been busy in the transfer market today with both clubs picking up a new footballer for the season. Stoke have acquired Werder Bremen forward Marko Arnautovic who can play either as a striker or winger. The Austrian has made 27 appearances for his national team, and helped Inter Milan […]

In what has been one of the most entertaining matches of the 2013/14 season so far, Barcelona scored three goals courtesy of Lionel Messi to grab an away win against Valencia at Mestalla Stadium. It looked like a walk in the park for Barcelona in the first half as they coasted to a 3-0 lead […]