Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has joined Bundesliga club Wolfsburg on a five-year deal, the London club announced today. The reported transfer fee is £19million. De Bruyne has been a touchy subject at Chelsea recently. In September, Jose Mourinho walked out of a press conference after being asked about De Bruyne's omission from Chelsea games. […]

Here’s the line-up of commentators for gameweek 22 of Premier League matches on US television across the NBC Sports Group networks this weekend: Saturday, January 18: Sunderland vs Southampton, 7:45am, NBCSN; Ian Crocker & Dean Sturridge Arsenal vs Fulham, 10am, NBCSN; Daniel Mann & Tony Gale Crystal Palace vs Stoke, 10am, Premier League Extra Time; […]

The NBC Sports Live Extra app is coming to Windows Phone. Whether you're a fan of the Winter Olympic Games or not, one benefit of the mammoth sports competition is that NBC Sports is pushing forward to have the Windows Phone version of the NBC Sports Live Extra app ready in time for the Olympics, […]

The 2014 Winter Olympics officially begin in early February. After its successful coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NBC will broadcast the Winter Olympics to TV sets, browsers and apps across the United States. That's wonderful news for sports junkies, but what does it mean for NBC's Premier League coverage, and how will it […]

This season, it could be strongly argued — statistics aside — that Samir Nasri has been the most influential attacking player at Manchester City. While some fans and journalists outside the club seems to have missed many of his contributions, many supporters are nervous about his long-term absence. Here are the three scenarios of how […]

West Bromwich Albion's shirt sponsor has threatened to immediately axe their deal with the club if Nicolas Anelka plays against Everton on Monday night, according to a report by industry publication MarketingWeek. The initial controversy erupted after Anelka made the salute, which is a reverse Nazi symbol, in the match against West Ham United. Anelka […]

Subscribers to AT&T U-Verse who were frustrated last week that none of the Premier League Extra Times games were available on television can breathe a sigh of relief regarding this weekend's matches. The matches featuring Manchester City vs Cardiff, West Ham United against Newcastle, Norwich versus Hull and Crystal Palace vs Stoke should all be […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will appear on BBC's Football Focus this week to discuss several topics, one of which is the perceived media bias against Chelsea in the British media. The words by Mourinho are another guarded attack on 'Match Of The Day' and other UK pundit shows where many of the analysts are ex-Liverpool […]

Chelsea over the festive period unleashed a new weapon on the Premier League. That weapon was thought by many, myself included, to simply be a “tactical” purchase last summer by Jose Mourinho to prevent the player from joining Tottenham Hotspur. That player's name is Willian. The Brazilian winger could play a key role this weekend […]

Right, here we go again. Clubs are back into the swing of things after the winter break and the early rounds of the domestic competitions in England and Spain have been boxed off. So teams should have total focus on this weekends games, which have churned up some key ties in title challenges, races for […]

The Chelsea-Manchester United fixture has more often than not decided the Premier League title since Roman Abramovich’s purchase of the Blues that broke up the Arsenal-Manchester United duopoly that dominated the Premier League for many years prior. But beginning in 2009, this fixture has become infamous for controversial calls: 1. November 2009 Referee Martin Atkinson […]

Shane Long is now a Hull City footballer after joining the club for an undisclosed fee on a 3.5-year deal. So far this season, Hull City has turned in efficient performance after efficient performance — especially at home. Yet the East Yorkshire club remains a relegation candidate just six points off the drop zone. Steve […]

Tonights show: Nick Geber talks with beIN SPORTS Qatar-based presenter Nicky Crosby about Qatar 2022 and the situation at Southampton. Also, Nick and Danny Page will chat about re-signing players that you once deemed not good enough. Watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or call in to the studio at 800-878-PLAY. […]

Napoli manager Rafa Benitez predicts that Liverpool will qualify for the UEFA Champions League at the end of this season instead of Manchester United because Liverpool do not have European competitions to worry about this season. The former Liverpool manager, who had his fair share of tense moments and arguments against Manchester United over the […]

AC Milan's 2013/14 season will be one to forget, but fans of the Serie A team may already want to start dreaming about next season particularly because Clarence Seedorf will continue to be their manager plus they'll be able to visualize what the players will look like after photos of the AC Milan shirts for […]