With the announcement of Steven Gerrard’s international retirement, after 38 games as captain and 114 appearances, attention was quickly turned to one question. Who will wear the captain's armband next for the Three Lions? Frankly, England isn’t littered with options. Perhaps that is part of the reason the English performed so poorly in Brazil. Ex-England […]

Stoke City have announced the signing of 23-year-old Barcelona La Masia product, Bojan Krkic. The Spanish striker, who has spent loan spells with AS Roma, Ajax and AC Milan, has signed a four-year deal with the Premier League side. An official announcement was issued via Stoke City's Twitter account: “#HolaBojan Stoke City are delighted to […]

Despite recent reports, Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has told new manager Luis Enrique that he is staying with the club and will resume training with the first team on Thursday. The 34-year-old Spanish international had been the subject of transfer speculation the past few days, being linked with a move to New York City FC […]

FIFA’s official investigation into the World Cup bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments in Russia and Qatar has been delayed until September of this year. Initially due to be submitted during this month, FIFA’s ethics committee now say they expect the report to be ready in the first week of September 2014. The […]

Cardiff City defender Steven Caulker has had a medical this morning and is set to finalize a move to Queens Park Rangers. According to reports in the British media, the two sides have already agreed a fee for the Bluebirds' captain in the region of £8million ($13.6 million). The 22-year-old is a product of the Tottenham […]

Tottenham Hotspur has yet to officially announce the signing of Swansea City left back Ben Davies. However, the Welsh defender has been spotted training with Tottenham Hotspur in Toronto today, ahead of the club's friendly against Toronto FC on Wednesday night. While Swansea was on its preseason tour of the United States in Illinois, Milwaukee […]

After a dramatic Sunday, where we saw pictures and stories flying around the Internet, Colombian international James Rodríguez has wrapped up a hectic 48 hours and completed a £63 million move to Spanish giants, Real Madrid. The 23-year-old attacking midfielder passed his medical this morning and will be unveiled by the club this afternoon at Santiago Bernabéu. […]

This past weekend, Tottenham midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson left the club's pre-season training camp in Seattle and this morning was reportedly having a medical at Swansea City ahead of a proposed £10million ($17 million) move. Speculation is that the 24-year-old is part of a deal that will see Swansea left-back Ben Davies go the opposite way to […]

In my opinion, the squad that Luis Felipe Scolari chose to represent Brazil at their own World Cup was the worst Brazil squad ever assembled. What was supposed to be a sixth World Cup championship on home soil ended in utter humiliation and exposed an assortment of flaws and frailties. Here, I'll take a look at those who made […]

Inter Milan has announced their 26-man squad for the team's preseason tour of the United States, which will include games in the International Champions Cup. Goalkeepers: Tommaso Berni, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Samir Handanovic Defenders: Marco Andreolli, Juan Jesus, Ibrahima Mbaye, Andrea Ranocchia, Matias Silvestre, Nemanja Vidic, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Dodo Midfielders: Jonathan, Saphir Taider, Yuto Nagatomo, Fredy Guarin, […]

Super Rock Games, an indie gaming company based in London, has created a new computer based video game using pixel art to simulate soccer games for some of the most popular teams in the world. Using top-down design with inspiration from the popular FIFA and Sensible Soccer games, Pixel Soccer combines minimal design with fluid […]

Sunderland supporter Gary Ferguson was touched by the story of John Alder and Liam Sweeney, two devoted Newcastle supporters who lost their lives in the Malaysian Airlines disaster. John, 63, and Liam, 28, of were en-route to New Zealand to support Newcastle United during its pre-season tour. They boarded Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Amsterdam, […]

Former Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole has given his first interview as an AS Roma player. The 33-year-old defender signed a two-year deal with the Serie A side on July 7. Cole started his career with Arsenal making 229 appearances and scoring nine goals. Along the way, he made a Champions League final appearance, won two […]

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi is close to finalizing a three-year deal with MLS team New York City FC, which would see the 2010 World Cup winner team up with fellow Spaniard David Villa. Barcelona and MLS are trying to finalize the deal before Xavi is scheduled to return to Barcelona training on Thursday, according […]

Premier League new boys Leicester have released their new home shirt. The kit is in the club's traditional ‘reflex’ blue with white shorts and blue socks. Made by Puma, the shirt takes on a new feature for Leicester City, with gold flairs on the sleeves of the shirt and on the Puma logo. Traditionally the […]