Manchester United strikers Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial have been passed fit for Wednesday's Champions League home game with PSV Eindhoven, manager Louis van Gaal revealed on Tuesday. The two players missed United's 2-1 win at Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, captain Rooney due to illness and Martial because of a foot injury […]

Barcelona's devastating attacking trident of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar are among eight players from the European champions named on a 40-man shortlist for the UEFA Team of the Year. Italian champions Juventus, beaten 3-1 in June's Champions League final, have six players on the list. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is included on the […]

Saturday's El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona delivered an average of 1.8 total viewers across beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español, according to Nielsen. A total of 1,106,137 watched the game on beIN SPORTS en Español, while 768,445 watched the game on the English-language beIN SPORTS network. “We are proud to be the […]

Depleted Juventus host Manchester City on Wednesday looking for the win that would secure their passage to the last 16 of the Champions League. City's 3-1 win away to Sevilla last time out left Manuel Pellegrini's men top of Group D on nine points and, with Juventus one point behind in second, they will clinch […]

FIFA's ethics watchdog wants Michel Platini to be banned for life over a suspect payment, the European football chief's lawyer declared on Tuesday. Platini is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges over a $2 million payment he received from FIFA president Sepp Blatter who is also suspended. Platini's lawyer Thibaud d'Ales described FIFA's life […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has demanded UEFA change their rules on doping because he claims the current regulations don't do enough to discourage drug cheats. Wenger has been outspoken against doping and questioned why UEFA's rulings mean there is no way of disqualifying a team from continental competition unless more than two players fail a […]

Juventus have confirmed attacking midfielder Hernanes will be sidelined for three weeks after scans revealed a tear in his right thigh. The Brazilian international, already out of Wednesday's Champions League clash at home to Manchester City due to suspension, suffered the injury in Saturday's 1-0 home win over AC Milan and is now set to […]

Dundee are considering the possibility of playing a Scottish Premiership match against Celtic in the United States, according to reports on Monday. It is believed Dundee and Scottish champions Celtic have held talks about the prospect of playing a top-flight fixture in the USA, with Boston and Philadelphia mentioned as possible venues. The BBC reported […]

Former Liverpool star Steven Gerrard will pull on the famous Reds' shirt once again after agreeing to play for the club's 'Legends' side in Australia next year. Gerrard is currently on a post-season break from his LA Galaxy commitments after joining the Major League Soccer club from Liverpool earlier this year. The ex-Liverpool captain has […]

Real Madrid defenders Marcelo and Sergio Ramos will not feature in Wednesday's Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine due to injury, the club said on Monday. After undergoing a series of tests, Brazil left back Marcelo was diagnosed with a thigh injury, said the club, still reeling from a 4-0 defeat to arch […]

The North American Soccer League (NASL) concluded its fifth season on Nov. 15 with the New York Cosmos' 3-2 win over the Ottawa Fury in the league’s title game. The title was the Cosmos' seventh across the league's two incarnations, with the club currently benefiting from a league model that's drastically different from Major League […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger the broke news, and the hearts of Arsenal fans, on Monday by confirming defensive midfielder Francis Coquelin will be sidelined “at least two months” with a knee injury suffered during Arsenal’s disappointing 2-1 defeat to West Brom on Saturday. Coquelin is one of the most important players in the entire Arsenal […]

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola insists Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympiakos is effectively 'a final' for the Germans in the battle to finish top of the group. Both Olympiakos and Bayern have nine points in Group F, but Guardiola's Bavarians lead the table with an overwhelming goal difference and beat their Greek rivals 3-0 […]

No matter how you spin Swansea's record so far this season, the situation looks bleak in South Wales. While the club has achieved victories against Aston Villa, Manchester United and Newcastle, it has been mired by a string of losses against Arsenal, Watford, Southampton, Stoke and Norwich, as well as draws against Sunderland, Spurs, Chelsea, Everton […]

Bayern Munich will be able to find a "great coach" to replace Pep Guardiola, should the Spaniard not renew his contract which expires next June, says captain Philipp Lahm. "If Guardiola leaves one day, for sure another excellent coach will come along, but first we have to see what happens," Lahm told German magazine Kicker. […]