Real Madrid have edged out Liverpool to the signing of Inter Milan midfielder Mateo Kovacic, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The Italian publication reports that Liverpool tabled a bid of €25 million for the Croatian, only to be trumped by an offer between €30-35 million from Real Madrid for the 21-year-old playmaker. Amid rumors […]

Chelsea have agreed a deal for Augsburg left-back Baba Rahman, the German side have announced. The Barclays Premier League champions, who lost 3-0 at Manchester City on Sunday, will sign the 21-year-old Ghanaian for an undisclosed fee believed to be £21 million. Augsburg confirmed on their official website: "Augsburg and Chelsea have agreed on an […]

Manchester City have completed a £28.4 million move for defender Nicolas Otamendi, with center-back Eliaquim Mangala heading to Valencia on loan for the remainder of the season. Otamendi has long been linked with a move to Manchester United. However, United were unwilling to meet the player's £35.4 million buy-out clause and didn't have anything to offer Valencia […]

FOX Sports' debut of the Bundesliga coverage kicked off across its networks this weekend with a bang. On Friday, they televised the season opener between Bayern Munich and Hamburg on FOX Sports 2 and regional FOX Sports Net channels, followed by coverage on Saturday and Sunday. All in all, it was a very welcome return […]

Konami has released the demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 for the PS4 and Xbox One, and after spending some time significant time playing it, Konami does indeed appear serious about challenging EA’s FIFA franchise. In the demo, you get two national teams to choose from including Brazil, featuring this season’s cover player Neymar, as well as […]

Manchester City host Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday as they aim to open up an early five point lead over their title rivals. The Citizens were in sublime form last Monday as they brushed aside the threat of West Bromwich Albion with Yaya Toure, David Silva and Vincent Kompany on the scoresheet for […]

Harry Kane’s impact for Tottenham went far beyond his goals last season, and if anyone needed proof of that, the last 25 or so minutes for Spurs against Stoke should solidify that in the mind. Before he was subbed off due to a twinge in has calf, Spurs were absolutely rampant. They were fluid, structured […]

Manchester City host Chelsea on Sunday in an early-season clash of the two most-fancied teams for the Barclays Premier League title (live in the US on NBCSN at 11am ET). Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of the notable recent clashes between the sides. :: Chelsea 2 Manchester City 4 (February 27, 2010) Wayne […]

Crsytal Palace host Arsenal at Selhurst Park in Sunday’s early kickoff (at 8:30am ET in the US on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra). Both sides experienced contrasting fortunes in the last round of games with the Gunners losing 2-0 to West Ham at home while Palace were victors against newly promoted Norwich. Arsene Wenger […]

At the end of July, Chelsea sold left-back Filipe Luis back to Atletico Madrid after being with the reigning Premier League champions for one season. Moving the Brazilian international caused the Blues to have a lack of depth at the full-back position and it seems like they plan to fill that void by signing Baba […]

While FOX Sports 1 is showing NASCAR (vroom, vroom) and the Bundesliga is relegated to FOX Sports 2 this afternoon, the over-the-air NBC network will be showing the television debut of a highly-recommended documentary entitled Jack To A King, the story of how Swansea City rose from the brink of relegation from the Football League […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers expects some of his fringe players to leave before the end of the transfer window, having told everyone in his squad where they stand this season. Despite a good opening win at Stoke, much of this week has seen some of those who were not involved in the game air their […]

Tottenham have announced the signing of Clinton Njie from Lyon on a five-year contract. Spurs have been on the lookout for a new striker for some time, with Friday's sale of Roberto Soldado to Villarreal and Emmanuel Adebayor not being given a squad number for the new season leaving Harry Kane as the only senior […]

Barcelona's hopes of claiming a record-equaling six trophies in 2015 look to be in tatters after they were thrashed 4-0 by brilliant Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa, with Aritz Aduriz netting a hat-trick. Barca made it four trophies from four on Tuesday night when they beat Sevilla 5-4 after extra-time […]

Adnan Januzaj maintained Manchester United's stranglehold on Aston Villa as they extended their unbeaten league run at Villa Park to 20 years with a 1-0 win. The midfielder netted for the first time since April 2014 to settle an uneventful game which the visitors comfortably controlled. United have now not lost at Villa Park in […]