For the third time in less than a month, cross-town rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are set to meet at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday evening. On the outset, it may seem like a derby of little value – after all, the Spanish season is less than a month old. Yet, there is still […]

Liverpool play Aston Villa on Saturday against a Villa side who are absolutely flying at the moment. This is the first of many games Brendan Rodgers’ men will play without star man Daniel Sturridge and it will be very interesting to see how they fair in his absence. The 25 year old picked up the knock on […]

In a battle of the top two Premier League sides, and the only two to not yet lose a match this season, Swansea City travel to West London to take on Chelsea. Both clubs have looked impressive in their early season fixtures, and each will be looking to take maximum points from this encounter at […]

The Barclays Premier League returns to action this weekend and to kick off the busy weekend in British soccer, Arsenal will host the reigning champions Manchester City on Saturday at 7:45 AM (ET). With both sides having some injury issues, let’s take a look at who the managers could select to start the important match. […]

NBC has announced the commentators for this weekend's Premier League matches that will be shown on television and Internet across the United States. Here's the line-up: Saturday, September 13: Arsenal vs Manchester City, 7:45am, NBCSN and mun2 and NBC Sports Live Extra; Peter Drury and Danny Mills Chelsea vs Swansea, 10am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live […]

[Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid will be shown LIVE on BeinSPORT at 2:00pm EST on Saturday] There aren't many things more exciting in soccer than a "derby" match. Every league in every country boasts a matchup of local or regional teams that just bring out the hate in opposing fans: Manchester United-Liverpool, AC Milan-Internazionale, Rangers-Celtic, Fenerbache-Galatasary […]

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal revealed that defender Phil Jones will be out of action for up to one month due to a torn hamstring, an injury he suffered during England's 2-0 win in Switzerland earlier this week. "Phil has a torn hamstring," Van Gaal told the gathering. […]

For Premier League fans, like James Bond in The World is Not Enough, Christmas comes twice a year. First, when August brings a three-week tease of action, and then again when the Prem triumphantly returns replete with new transfers after a torpid international break. Before Saturday’s slate, let The Sweeper fill you in on some […]

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has unveiled a new lighting system which uses kinetic energy from the movement of players on a pitch, as well as solar panels; to illuminate a community soccer field in Morro da Mineira, Rio de Janiero. The intention of the project is to provide a safe space at night for young […]

Today, Hull City owner Assem Allam kept to his word and announced that he is putting the club up for sale. The Egyptian businessman had previously stated if the Football Association would not allow him to rename the team "Hull Tigers", he would consider selling the 110-year-old Yorkshire club. Speaking to the media at the KC […]

Reports emanating from England and Spain are speculating that Cristiano Ronaldo is approaching an end to his time at Real Madrid. Although the player himself has professed his "happiness" at his current club, Ronaldo has also confessed that a return to Old Trafford is very much in his thoughts. Just last week, the reigning Ballon d'Or […]

Former FA and Arsenal F.C. vice-chairman David Dein has called on the Barclays Premier League to implement a winter break halfway through its season. Dein also suggested at the Soccerex Global Convention this week that the Premier League should enforce the break as soon as possible. Debate of a potential winter break from league matches […]

With the international break nearing its conclusion we can now turn our attention back to the Premier League, which resumes this weekend with Arsenal hosting champions Manchester City early on Saturday. With the transfer deadline seeing numerous high profile moves involving Premier League clubs, this weekend will see several players making their debuts with supporters […]

It’s over; the international break is finally over. We get teased by the start of league play only to have to put our excitement on hold for the week while the national teams potentially injure our favorite players. Starting this weekend, however, the club games start again and we have some juicy match-ups. I have […]

Despite criticism that the club was abandoning their policy of promoting youth following a summer spending spree of £150 million on new arrivals, Manchester United still have the most homegrown players in the Premier League, according to a new report by Prime Time Sport. United have seven players classified as homegrown, this coming after the […]