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5.7 million watched USA-China Women's World Cup game on FOX

FOX's coverage of USA against China in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Women's World Cup was watched by an audience of 5.7 million, which is the third most-watched women's soccer game of all time on US television. The number broke the short-lived mark set June 18 for the USA-Nigeria Group Stage match (5.0 million) by 14%, […]

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Women’s World Cup: Australia-Japan, England-Canada TV times

The final two teams to join the United States and Germany in the semi-finals of the 2015 Women's World Cup will be decided today. The host nation, Canada, is looking to place themselves one step closer to the title and the defending champions Japan, who want to have the chance to win back-to-back World Cup […]

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Brazil vs. Paraguay: Copa America quarter-final preview and TV times

Four years on from their elimination at the hands of Paraguay in the 2011 Copa America, Brazil have the opportunity to exact some revenge. But there are some stark similarities between each team in 2015 as they bid to book a place in the semi-finals. Again, as was the case four years ago, Paraguay have […]

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Neymar's suspension is a blessing in disguise for Brazil

It was approximately one year ago when Luiz Felipe Scolari's managerial tenure as Brazil's head coach looked in tatters. Some would argue that partially through no fault of his own, Scolari's stint was left in a sorry state. Neymar's campaign was over after having his back broken in the latter stages of their World Cup […]

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Why Manchester City need to close Raheem Sterling deal soon

Manchester City’s poor transfer dealings the last several windows have allowed the club to lose its English core, to be passed by Chelsea and caught by Arsenal and Manchester United. Again this summer, City’s buying and selling appear to be belated and perhaps based more on hopefulness and naivety than reality. The Blues have already […]

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2015-16 Bundesliga schedule released

The full 2015-16 Bundesliga schedule was released earlier today, with title holders Bayern Munich getting the season started off against Hamburg in the first matchup of the campaign on August 14th. While the German champions will certainly be heavy favorites, there have been some interesting final scores in recent games versus “The Red Shorts.” Over […]

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Sepp Blatter reneging on resignation shows his power

If you went out in the streets and fired off guns in the air on the day Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA President, you were obviously premature in your celebration. Or mistaken. Or maybe both. You see, Uncle Sepp has become that senile man we all love to invite over for Christmas dinner, allow to […]

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USA 1-0 China match highlights from Women's World Cup

The US Women's National Team recorded a 1-0 victory Friday night against China to advance to the semi-finals of the 2015 Women's World Cup. With the goal from Carli Lloyd, the US now advances to play Germany — one of the favorites in the tournament — on Tuesday night where they'll play in Montreal in a game […]

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USA vs. China quarter-final: TV times and open thread

US fans can take satisfaction in the fact that the last time the U.S. played China in the Women's World Cup, Brandi Chastain won her team a World Cup. But today’s game is a much different game. This isn’t a powerful and dominate Chinese team and this isn’t a sure and confident American squad. Once again […]

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Women’s World Cup quarter-final: France vs. Germany TV times

The battle for the semi-finals in the 2015 Women's World Cup begins today with France facing Germany in the quarter-finals stage followed by the United States taking on China. Today's matches contain the favorites to win the World Cup and whomever emerges from this bracket of the tournament is favored to win the trophy at […]

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Swansea captain Ashley Williams says sports psychologist has helped him improve

Wales captain Ashley Williams has revealed that working with Swansea's club psychologist has improved his leadership skills. Williams was Garry Monk's on-field leader as Swansea secured their best-ever Barclays Premier League finish of eighth last season and the 30-year-old also played a huge role as Group B leaders Wales closed in on qualifying for the […]

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Argentina vs. Colombia: Copa America quarter-final preview and TV times

Talk about a star-studded quarter-final! Argentina, in possession of some of the world’s finest attacking players and arguably the greatest natural talent of all time, going up against Colombia, a team who thrilled us all with some dynamic displays at the World Cup last summer, coming into this clash having beaten Brazil in the group […]

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David Neal, the man behind FOX’s Women’s World Cup coverage

There's no doubt that this year's Women's World Cup is the most beautiful coverage of the tournament in US TV soccer history. From the set to the virtual graphics, FOX's coverage of the Women's World Cup has grown by leaps and bounds compared to what we've been accustomed to from the network. While there's undoubtedly several people behind […]

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Sunderland want to sign Stewart Downing from West Ham United

Sunderland are hoping to push home their interest in West Ham midfielder Stewart Downing as head coach Dick Advocaat awaits a transfer breakthrough. Press Association Sport understands the Black Cats are looking to take advantage of new Hammers boss Slaven Bilic's squad re-shaping program to persuade the 30-year-old England midfielder to return to his native […]

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Manchester United can challenge for the Premier League title, says Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney believes Manchester United can challenge for the Premier League title next season if they get their recruitment right this summer. The Red Devils captured the final Champions League place last season after a stuttering start to the campaign but were never in title contention and finished 17 points behind champions Chelsea. Louis van […]