Is there anyone in the US soccer establishment more ready for 2015 to be over than federation president Sunil Gulati? Well, check that … in this glorious year of FIFA comeuppance, perhaps we should say it this way: “Is there anyone associated with US soccer not headed to jail who is more ready for 2015 […]

The French Football Federation (FFF) on Thursday indefinitely suspended star striker Karim Benzema because of criminal charges of involvement in a sex tape blackmail attempt against teammate Mathieu Valbuena. Federation president Noel Le Graet said the suspension would include the 2016 European Championship to be held in France — which get under way in exactly […]

Manchester United's Bastian Schweinsteiger has accepted the charge of violent conduct from The FA and will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect. The incident occurred during Manchester United's game last Saturday against West Ham United. Schweinsteiger elbowed Winston Reid in the face in the 49th minute, knocking the New Zealander directly to the ground. […]

With Wednesday’s announcement by MLS, the league has made a major stride forward now that nearly $37 million will be invested into league-wide player compensation during the next two seasons. This will certainly allow MLS clubs to be competitive in attracting players on the international market and give the league a better opportunity for its clubs to win […]

Manchester United will be wearing a jersey for the 2016/17 season that will be inspired by Newton Heath, the name of the club before they became Manchester United Football Club in 1902. While Manchester United won't quite be wearing green and gold jerseys like they did from 1992 to 1994, the Red Devils will be […]

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is concerned Neymar may be set for a lengthy layoff after the Brazilian superstar injured his groin before their final Champions League group match. The defending champions were already through to the Champions League's last 16 for the 12th year in succession and ended their group campaign on Wednesday with a […]

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 100th win as Bayern Munich coach as Robert Lewandowski scored both goals in Wednesday's 2-0 Champions League win at Dinamo Zagreb. Bayern had already secured their place in the next round as Group F winners before the match at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb which saw Guardiola reach his landmark figure […]

The extravagance of Real Madrid when compared to the results of the new Galactico Era has become shocking. Utterly shocking. Eight-goal wins over Malmo not withstanding, compared to where Los Blancos were before Florentino Perez’s 2009 return, the club hasn’t made progress, having regressed from the heights of their 10th European title a year-and-a-half ago. […]

The final TV viewing numbers are in for 2015 MLS Cup, and it's not good news. As we reported yesterday, the combined viewing figure for the Columbus-Portland game on ESPN and Univision Deportes was 874,000. The only number we were missing was UniMas. Despite positive numbers for last year's final on UniMas, the number for […]

Romelu Lukaku is brilliant. There are few who will deny the fact now. You only need to delve into statistics surrounding the young to realize that. The striker scored 100 career goals quicker than the likes of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Earlier this term, he notched his 50th Premier League goal, with […]

Gary Neville endured the worst possible start to his managerial career as Valencia crashed out of the Champions League due to a 2-0 home defeat to the already eliminated Lyon on Wednesday. Goals either side of halftime by Maxwel Cornet on his first Champions League start and Alexandre Lacazette handed the French side their first […]

Jose Mourinho clawed himself back from the brink of the sack as Chelsea swept into the Champions League last 16 with a 2-0 win over Porto on Wednesday. Mourinho was in severe danger of being axed as Blues boss heading into a tie that would decide Chelsea's Champions League fate. But, needing a draw to […]

Olivier Giroud netted a hat-trick to propel Arsenal to a 3-0 win at Olympiakos on Wednesday and send the Gunners through to the Champions League knockout stages at the expense of the Greeks. The France striker gave Arsenal a first-half lead at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus before netting twice more, the third coming from […]

Top South American football official Jose Luis Meiszner, one of the latest figures indicted in the corruption scandal rocking FIFA, turned himself in Wednesday in his native Argentina. Meiszner was the secretary general of South American federation CONMEBOL until his indictment by US prosecutors last week alongside 15 other top Latin American soccer officials, the […]

Liverpool's injury-plagued striker Daniel Sturridge has sustained a hamstring problem likely to sideline him for a few weeks, according to widespread British media reports on Wednesday. The 26-year-old has only recently recovered from knee and foot injuries and has made only three appearances for new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who was appointed in October, as […]