While Premier League midfielders such as Mesut Özil, Eden Hazard, and David Silva constantly receive praise for their outstanding play, Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla seems to fly under the radar, despite his superb play since arriving from Spain back in 2012. Cazorla has managed to rack up more assists than any other Premier League player since […]

Slaven Bilic gave Steve McClaren another miserable evening as West Ham finally got their home campaign up and running with a 2-0 win over Newcastle. Goals in each half from Dimitri Payet proved enough to fire the Hammers up to fifth in the Barclays Premier League and leave McClaren's Newcastle stuck in the bottom three. […]

It's the time of the year that most soccer fans look forward to — the return of the UEFA Champions League. Beginning in September, the biggest clubs in Europe start their journey through the Group stages as they try to progress through the competition and dream of an appearance in the final at the San […]

Manchester City host Juventus in their opening Champions League Group D game on Tuesday. Here, we look at five talking points ahead of the match. 1) ARE CITY FINALLY READY TO MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? City's superb start to the season suggests they are a different proposition from past seasons. Their initial […]

Memphis Depay will not temper his celebration if he scores for Manchester United against his old club PSV. Depay will return to the Philips Stadion for the first time on Tuesday since his £25 million move from PSV to Old Trafford. The Dutchman spent nine years at the club, rising through the youth ranks before […]

Let’s put it bluntly: Last week was a rough one for the US men’s national team. Another round of international fixtures came and went, with disappointing results only topped by baffling managerial decisions. These were friendly games, which are the right time to be experimenting, so perspective is needed. But an off-and-on performance against Peru […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo has more goalscoring records in his sights when Real Madrid get their Champions League campaign underway at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. Ronaldo became Los Blancos' all-time top goalscorer in La Liga on Saturday with five goals in a 6-0 rout of Espanyol to move ahead of club legends […]

Paris (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets the chance to face his hometown club, and the team with whom he started his career, as Paris Saint-Germain begin their Champions League campaign against Malmo on Tuesday. The French champions and the Swedish title holders meet at the Parc des Princes in the opening round of games in […]

Right knee injured on Saturday after foul by Palace's Dann Silva, Sterling expected to be available Fernandinho, Nasri miss training, expected to play Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Aguero will miss Manchester City's Champions League opener at home to Juventus on Tuesday due to a knee injury, manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed on Monday. The […]

The mutually rewarding relationship between super agent Jorge Mendes and Real Madrid — specifically, its club president Florentino Perez — is beginning to wind down. Over the past several seasons, the former semi-professional soccer player, DJ and nightclub owner has represented a number of players in the Real Madrid squad: Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Angel di […]

The National Women's Soccer League will expand to Orlando next season, according to a report today in the Guardian. The franchise would be the 10th in the United States' women's professional league and the circuit's first foray into the U.S. southeast. The franchise would be a notable addition in what will be a landmark year […]

FIFA has continued its investigation of Barcelona and is considering sanctioning the La Liga side further due to its unrepentant exploitation and trafficking of children into the club's youth academy, La Masia. In April 2014, FIFA issued a two-window transfer embargo on Barcelona after the Catalan giants were found guilty of repeatedly breaking rules governing […]

Here are the 10 things we learned from Week 28 of the 2015 MLS season. 1. Doors remain open It’s been a tough few weeks for the better teams in MLS – even more so than usual – and this week saw teams mostly fail to take advantage of major opportunities as the regular season […]

Manchester United take on PSV Eindhoven in their first Champions League group match on Tuesday. Here, Press Association Sport looks at five talking points ahead of the match in Holland. 1) WILL ANTHONY MARTIAL START? Only ardent fans of Ligue 1 knew who Anthony Martial was before transfer deadline day – even his new team-mates […]

Manchester United have confirmed that captain Wayne Rooney will miss Tuesday's Champions League game against PSV. United fly out to Holland on Monday afternoon ahead of their first Champions League group stage match, but Rooney will not be on the plane. The United forward suffered a hamstring injury last week and was not among the […]