Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil says he's staying at Real Madrid, and has brushed off transfer rumors that have linked the German international with a move to Manchester United. Ozil said today: "I totally identify with [Real Madrid]. Many things [have been] said in the press and although it is true that there is interest from […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas confirmed today that Gareth Bale will be sold for a world-record transfer fee. "This [transfer] can happen in a different way ... [but] Tottenham will accept most likely the biggest transfer in world football. "It could happen very very soon. It might not happen so soon so I suppose it […]

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: Premier League Lukas Podolski out for three weeks with hamstring injury — The Daily Mail Wayne Rooney won't submit Manchester United transfer request — Metro Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy hints Bale deal far from done — ESPN FC West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster ruled out for 12 weeks […]

US international striker Jozy Altidore scored his first goal for Sunderland tonight after joining the club this summer. Altidore opened the scoring for Sunderland in the second half as the team fought back after going two-nil down to MK Dons in the Capital One Cup. Altidore's goal opened up the scoring for Sunderland, who then […]

The average viewing audience for Monday's broadcast of Manchester United against Chelsea on NBCSN was 536,000. In comparison to previous Monday broadcasts of the Premier League during the early part of the season (August-December), it ranks as the number two all-time record, second only to the 540,000 who watched Manchester United against Tottenham in August […]

Today's two matches that are being beamed around the United States on television offer a reminder of where both clubs ended up last season. Arsenal scraped through and qualified for the play-off stages of the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool missed out on qualification for the Europa League and UEFA Champions League, and therefore face Notts […]

Founder/Editor of Howler magazine, George Quraishi, recently traveled to Greece to learn about the tumultuous world of Greek football and the complex but storied rivalries between clubs such as Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, as well as Aris and PAOK. Quraishi also continues his journey to Greece and dives deeper into the corruption and financial difficulties of […]

Video footage has just been released of a goal that Diego Maradona considers the best of his career. The never-before-seen footage shows an incredible run by Maradona in an international friendly that ended 4-4. Maradona considers this goal even better than the one he scored against England in the 1986 World Cup While the quality […]

For the second week in a row, Newcastle United has been bumped from NBC's 10am Saturday featured Premier League match on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). Last week, it was the dire 0-0 draw against West Ham United. This Saturday, Newcastle's clash against Fulham has been moved to Premier League Extra Time. In its place this […]

One of the highlights of every new season is waiting to find out what the BBC have done with the new opening to their famous Match Of The Day program that airs every Saturday night on British television. Almost every season they change the opening credits to include the newly promoted teams as well as some of […]

The 2013/14 season of the Premier League has already seem its first shock, but there will be plenty more surprises in store before the season ends in May. Here are my three bold predictions for this season: 1. Arsene Wenger finally gives up. After eight years without a trophy, the immense pressure from the fans […]

In 1999, the BBC aired a documentary about the Chelsea Headhunters, a gang of football hooligans. Irish investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre went undercover and infiltrated the gang, wearing a concealed camera and pretending to be a Chelsea hooligan — even to the point of getting a Chelsea tattoo to convince the hooligans that he was […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has given Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney an ultimatum. Stay with United, or tell them you want to leave. And decide one way or another in the next 24-48 hours. Here's what Mourinho told the media: "The person that started the story has to finish the story. For the good of […]

Manchester United played Chelsea today in the biggest match of the Premier League season to date. Jose Mourinho surprised everyone by starting his team with no recognized strikers, and fielding attacking midfielders instead as their offensive threat. Meanwhile, David Moyes had his own surprise up his sleeve as he started Wayne Rooney despite being the […]

With the pre-match banter between David Moyes and Jose Mourinho, the match between Manchester United and Chelsea began even before the players took the pitch. When asked about the new management at Manchester United, Jose Mourinho replied: “For me, the difference is in the routine of meeting a friend, of being together and relaxed for […]