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La Liga continues to show its Champions League dominance

La Liga has once again shown its dominance of the UEFA Champions League. Prior to Real Madrid's 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid, the Spanish league was already guaranteed of having two representatives in the Champions League semi-final for the fifth year in a row. No other league can boast having more than one team in the "Final Four" […]

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Bayern Munich eager to renew Pep Guardiola’s contract

Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed his club is eager to begin negotiations with Pep Guardiola in order to renew the coach's contract past June 2016. The English press have made Guardiola the likeliest candidate to replace Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini after his current contract expires with the German champions. Last month, it was […]

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2015 International Champions Cup announces teams for China

The 2015 International Champions Cup has announced a trio of clubs to feature in the competition to be played in China. Reigning UEFA Champions League winners, Real Madrid, headline the list and they will be joined in Asia by Italian clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan. While the United States has hosted the two-year-old competition […]

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Nike defends USA home jersey against backlash of complaints

In an interview with USA Today, Nike's vice president of North America communications, defended the company’s design of the USA home jersey for 2015 that features a white shirt with black trim. The biggest complaint among soccer fans in the United States this week is that the shirt has no red and blue in it. Black, […]

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Sevilla’s Europa League title defense in jeopardy

Sevilla's Europa League title defense is in jeopardy as their quarter-final tie against Zenit St Petersburg is poised precariously at 2-1 heading into today's return leg in Russia. The La Liga club had to battle back from a one-goal deficit to defeat Zenit in Spain last week. But while the three-time Europa League champions hold […]

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1.4m watch Chelsea-Man Utd & Arsenal-Reading on NBC & FOX

The viewing numbers are in for the broadcasts by NBC and FOX over-the-air networks for last Saturday's simultaneous live coverage of Chelsea's Premier League game against Manchester United and Arsenal versus Reading in the FA Cup semi-final. NBC's live broadcast of Chelsea against Manchester United netted 1.011 million average viewers. The game posted a 0.66 […]

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Soccer Morning with Montreal and La Liga discussion

Today's episode of Soccer Morning is a listener call-in show where you can dial in with your questions, or to get something off your chest. Plus, we'll have a couple of guests on to discuss Montreal Impact in the CONCACAF Champions League Final, as well as La Liga talk with David Cartlidge. Hosted by Jason […]

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Jordan Henderson signs 5-year contract extension at Liverpool

Liverpool vice-captain Jordan Henderson has committed his long-term future to the club by signing a new five-year contract. The 24-year-old England international has become a central part of manager Brendan Rodgers' team over the last two years and is expected to take over the armband from Steven Gerrard when he leaves for Los Angeles Galaxy […]
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UEFA announce changes to Champions League seeding system

UEFA have announced ratified changes to the seeding system for next year's Champions League which will affect how the top seeds are determined. The new system will see the winners of the 2014-15 Champions League joined by the winners of the domestic titles in Spain, Germany, England, France, Italy, Portugal and Russia. What this means is […]

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Pep Guardiola charged by UEFA for an incident of non-sporting nature

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has been charged by UEFA for an incident of non-sporting nature. In all its wisdom, European football's governing body has elected to take issue with Guardiola for wearing a t-shirt which promoted a campaign for justice surrounding the death of an Argentine journalist during his pre-match press conference prior to the […]

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Chicharito an unlikely hero as Real Madrid edge into Champions League semi-finals

In the last seven meetings of the Madrid derby, Real were unable to win. Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez's goal in the 88th minute ended the streak as the 10-time European champions advance to their fifth Champions League semi-finals in a row. With injuries to striker Karim Benzema, winger Gareth Bale and midfielder Luka Modric, plus left-back […]

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Interview with FC United's Press Officer Andy Walker

Set up in direct protest to the Glazer family takeover of Manchester United, FC United of Manchester and its supporters have been the renegade club of England for the last decade. Ready to celebrate its 10th anniversary in June with a glamor-friendly against Portuguese giants Benfica, the club from Manchester will open the brand new […]

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Janusz Michallik on World Soccer Talk Radio

Tonight's World Soccer Talk Radio features an interview with Janusz Michallik. Michallik is a former MLS and USMNT footballer who is now a commentator and analyst for FOX Sports, ESPN and others. He'll be on the show to review this week's UEFA Champions League matches, to preview tomorrow's UEFA Europa League matches and to talk […]

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Club America vs Montreal Impact preview

When the Montreal Impact step into the “bee’s nest” that will be the sold out Estadio Azteca tonight, they’ll not only have to fight an angry Club America team coming off a 4-0 home loss on the weekend, but a team that is desperate to win this very competition. The Impact’s story is feel good. […]