I put forth the question a few weeks ago: Why is the English Premier League dominating the Champions League? Now the BBC has taken that question to a panel of three men with a vast amount of experience and knowledge of European football to give their verdicts. Their answers are interesting and should provide good […]

I put forth the question a few weeks ago: Why is the English Premier League dominating the Champions League? Now the BBC has taken that question to a panel of three men with a vast amount of experience and knowledge of European football to give their verdicts. Their answers are interesting and should provide good […]

People are creatures of habit. When we experience something so often but are then forced to change, we often respond in a negative fashion. The same goes with website designs. Many of you spend countless hours each week on BBC Sport. Now, with a radically different design launched today, we're going to have to relearn […]

It was a brilliant weekend for Wayne Rooney. After scoring against Aston Villa, he also made an appearance as a puppet on the hit TV show "I'm On Setanta Sports" with The Special One and Sven-Goran Eriksson. Unusually though, Rooney failed to speak one word! Despite this, Sven and The Special One were in top […]

If you can't get enough of the hit show "I'm On Setanta Sports," watch the following series of videos from Marvin The Mascot Monkey. The videos are made by Caboom, the production company responsible for the hilarious Setanta puppets featuring The Special One, Sven and Wayne Rooney. While the Marvin videos are a couple of […]

Question: Has your health improved since you started watching Premier League matches on TV? Let's be honest. With the abundance of football on television, especially Premier League matches, many people — myself and probably yourself included — find it difficult to resist the temptation of watching live Premiership on TV. The problem is the sheer […]

MLS’ season opened earlier this year than it has since the league dropped the schedule from 32 games down to 28 and then back up to 30. In typical MLS style however, the opening weekend seemed to coincide with other prominent events on the American sporting calender so “First Kick” became the exclusive province of […]

Claudio Lopez, in the Club America shirt above scored on his Kansas City debut, but the match itself was tough to watch given the surroundings. MLS' season opened earlier this year than it has since the league dropped the schedule from 32 games down to 28 and then back up to 30. In typical MLS […]

How good was the move by Portsmouth for Defoe? Defoe has a goal per game average with six since the move while Benjani has scored just once since joining City. Manchester United is a wrecking ball heading for a double. Right now Christiano Ronaldo is virtually unstoppable and I feel lucky to be watching him […]

Friday our sister site EPL Talk broke the story on former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho meeting Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti, but what a difference 24 hours makes as Mourinho now denies holding talks on becoming the Nerazzurri manager next season. More... Mourinho issued a statement yesterday contradicting his own spokesman, who said he had […]

Former Chelsea boss and current "I'm on Setanta Sports" presenter Jose Mourinho has had discussions with Inter Milan about becoming their new manager. Current Milan boss Roberto Mancini previously mentioned he would resign at the end of the season, before retracting the comment one day later. The situation would be ideal for Mourinho. The man […]

The historic Santiago Bernabéu, home stadium of Real Madrid CF, in Madrid will host the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, with UEFA awarding the same season's UEFA Cup final to the Arena Hamburg. Now boasting a capacity of over 71,000, the Bernabéu has staged three previous European Champion Clubs' Cup finals. Real Madrid won the […]

AC Milan owner, chairman and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi indicated earlier this week he would veto any potential Air France take over of Alitalia if and when he wins Italy's general election next month. More... Ahead in polls as the next Italian prime minister, Berlusconi, is feeling the pulse of a nation with this response. […]

As I speculated on in an earlier post, it seems that Roberto Mancini's "I'm leaving...wait...no I'm staying" routine has contributed to Inter's shocking decline of form. The announcement was made moments after Inter had been dumped out of the Champions League by Liverpool by a 3-0 aggregate scoreline. Going back as far as February 16, […]

The 2010 Champions League final will be held at the Bernabéu, home to the team that has won Europe's top club competition on more occasions than anyone else, Real Madrid. The Spanish stadium has hosted the final three times, most recently in 1980, and was battling for this honor with Wembley and the Olympiastadion in […]