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WATCH Newcastle United vs Liverpool From 1996; The Best Premier League Match Ever [VIDEO]

In this week's Friday Flashback, the 1996 Premier League match between Liverpool and Newcastle United was voted the best match of the first twenty years of the league’s history. Entering the match, the Magpies — managed by former Liverpool legend Kevin Keegan — were still in position to win the club’s first top-flight title since 1927. The […]

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Can Atlético Madrid Beat Barcelona?

Since Valencia won La Liga 10 years ago, the title has since switched between El Clásico rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid. With the league having resumed after the winter break, Atlético Madrid are tied with Barcelona with 49 points at the top of the league and have a legit chance of breaking the streak. After […]

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Interview With John Terry On Making 600 Appearances For Chelsea

Chelsea captain John Terry recently made his 600th appearance for the club, joining a select group of Chelsea legends including "Chopper" Harris, Frank Lampard and Peter Bonetti who have reached the impressive tally. Terry, who made his senior debut for Chelsea in 1998, recently sat down with Chelsea Magazine to discuss the achievement as well […]

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Hull City Agree Fee With Everton For Striker Nikica Jelavic

Hull City have agreed a fee with Everton to sign striker Nikica Jelavic just days after the club was reportedly close to signing West Brom striker Shane Long. While Hull and Everton have agreed a fee, it's now up to Hull City and Jelavic to agree player terms as well as the Croatian passing a medical. […]

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Could ESPN Show Select Champions League Games?

One of the possibilities of FOX and ESPN's expected acquisition of the joint TV rights to US Men's National Team and MLS for 2015-2022 is that it could allow ESPN to offer show some UEFA Champions League matches on its network or online as part of its deal with FOX. A source to World Soccer […]

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FOX and ESPN Could Land 8-Year USMNT-MLS TV Deal For Half A Billion

FOX and ESPN are close to securing a landmark 8-year deal to acquire US media rights to the US Men's National Team and Major League Soccer games, generating a whopping $560M in revenue between the two US soccer bodies, according to an industry publication. The parties are in advanced negotiations, but a deal is expected […]

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Leeds United Announce Strategic Partnership With San Francisco 49ers

Leeds United have announced a strategic partnership with NFL team the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers will send senior staff to Leeds to, as the football club describes, "discuss key areas of the club’s business, including ticketing strategies, sponsorship and commercial opportunities, technology, and retail and merchandising." Paraag Marathe, Chief Operating Officer of the 49ers, […]

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History Indicates That West Ham Chairmen Will Keep Faith With Sam Allardyce

While West Ham’s form and the seeming disinterest of a number of players would indicate that Sam Allardyce may be headed for the sack, West Ham United joint-chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan have in the past shown remarkable patience with managers. When the duo owned Birmingham City, they gave managers time to sort out […]

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Manchester United Manager David Moyes Charged With Misconduct For Criticizing Match Officials

Manchester United manager David Moyes has been charged with misconduct after The FA investigated the comments he made about match officials after a 2-1 loss to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday. Moyes criticized the match officials after a free kick was awarded that led to Sunderland's first goal. Plus the Manchester United […]

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Top 5 must-see soccer games: Jan. 10, 2014

After a festive hiatus, domestic football is back in earnest across Europe. Whilst the Premier League continued to plough on through the December months, the vast majority of European leagues underwent a winter break. Most of the major leagues have either resumed or will be resuming this weekend and for many sides, this set of […]

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Are These Bosnia and Herzegovina's Home And Away Shirts For World Cup 2014? Leaked [PHOTOS]

In their first appearance at a World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be wearing their blue and white colors this summer, but there's a question mark regarding whether the nation will be wearing kits at World Cup 2014 designed by clothing manufacturer Legea or Givova. If it is going to be Legea, then these photos of […]

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Tottenham Announce July 23 Friendly Against Toronto and Jermain Defoe Transfer to MLS

Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Jermain Defoe has been signed by MLS side Toronto FC. The transfer of the England and Tottenham forward will take effect on February 28, which will give Defoe time to either continue playing for Tottenham or be loaned to another English club to stay "in front of" Roy Hodgson to […]
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Gus Johnson Has 2 'Pets' That Are Plants Named Whittaker And Hector [VIDEO]

FOX Sports lead soccer commentator Gus Johnson, who should be returning to the airwaves this year to announce soccer matches for FOX Sports 1, was asked an innocuous question last summer (we just uncovered the video), but the answer to the question was quite bizarre. He was asked by FOX Sports about whether he had […]

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Roma Announces Sale of Michael Bradley to MLS for $10 Million: Nightly Soccer Report

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: North American soccer Roma announces sale of Michael Bradley to MLS for $10 million — Sports Illustrated Chivas USA appoints Wilmer Cabrera new manager — Pro Soccer Talk The forgotten story of … Dallas Tornado's 1967-68 world tour — The Guardian Premier League West Ham consider shock move […]

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New Details Released About USMNT Home and Away Shirts For World Cup 2014

New details have been released about the US Men's National Team home and away shirts for 2014 that will be worn at FIFA World Cup 2014. First, pictured above is a leaked photo of the USMNT training top from Nike, featuring a clean look and sharp, dark blue lines down the sleeve. Here's what we […]