Over two decades have passed, but Bob Pendleton remembers his first glimpse of Wayne Rooney like it was yesterday. On Long Lane playing fields in Aintree, Pendleton was headed to pitch 2 to collect some unpaid referees' fees from 'Big Nev', the coach of Copplehouse Colts. With £4.50's worth of change in his pocket, Pendleton chose to […]

NBC Sports will broadcast a Sunday Premier League game on its over-the-air NBC network for the first-time this season when Liverpool hosts Southampton at 12:15pm ET. Prior to this Sunday's game, the only Premier League games shown on the national over-the-air NBC network before was last season's game between Chelsea and Manchester United. But given […]

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola warned his side to expect to face an Arsenal 'animal' fighting for Champions League survival at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night. The German giants arrived in London on the back of a record ninth consecutive Bundesliga victory and are runaway leaders of Group F with maximum points from two […]

The Football Association has dismissed Jose Mourinho's protestations that his English was a contributory factor in his criticism of officials in handing him a £50,000 fine and a suspended one-match stadium ban. Mourinho was last week sanctioned for saying referee Robert Madeley had been "afraid" to award a penalty in Chelsea's 3-1 loss to Southampton […]

Here are the 10 things we learned from week 33 of the Major League Soccer season. 1. What Got Into Portland? In another round full of the unexpected, the Timbers’ 5-2 throttling of the LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center has to take the cake. The Timbers are now tied on points for third in […]

Juan Carlos Osorio is in as the Mexico manager. Months after firing Miguel Herrera for an off-pitch incident, the Mexican federation announced the Colombian as its new national team coach. Like any coach, Osorio is ready to put his own stamp on the team. In an introductory news conference –a format that always makes for an […]

As most of you know, working at the same job year after year after year can cause burnout. Doing the same thing relentlessly reduces efficiency, and it’s known that varying activities or swapping responsibilities on a rotating basis can keep the mind fresh and body willing. It is not necessarily that you are technically incapable of […]

Midfielder Yaya Toure wants greater recognition for his achievements after launching an impassioned defense of his record with Manchester City. The 32-year-old Ivory Coast international joined City from Barcelona in July 2010 and has lifted two Premier League trophies, the FA Cup and the League Cup since his arrival, but he has looked below his […]

Jose Mourinho refused to say whether Eden Hazard will return to Chelsea's starting line-up for Tuesday night's Champions League Group G clash at Dynamo Kiev. Mourinho was critical of Hazard, the stand-out performer in last season's Barclays Premier League triumph, after leaving the Belgium playmaker on the substitutes' bench for Saturday's 2-0 win over Aston Villa. The […]

Chelsea will look to get their Champions League campaign back on track when they take on Dynamo Kiev in the Ukrainian capital. Here, Press Association Sport looks at the five talking points ahead of the Group G meeting. HAZARD WARNING Eden Hazard was Chelsea's standout player in their Premier League-Capital One Cup double last term. […]

Arsenal take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stages at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night. Here, Press Association Sport takes a look back at some of the previous meetings between the sides. ARSENAL 0 BAYERN MUNICH 2 (Champions League last 16, February 2014) The Gunners endured a European night to forget as […]

Irrespective of the attitude many critics demonstrate, Major League Soccer (MLS) is a uniquely American success story. In a land that was long a professional soccer wasteland with the exception of short periods of achievement that quickly collapsed, MLS has been able to sustain itself and build an impressive product by any truly objective standard over […]

Jürgen Klopp’s arrival in England set off a media frenzy that has lasted right into this weekend’s Premier League action. Klopp’s management of Liverpool did more than give long suffering Reds fans hope. It has given the British press, which is starved for superstars, a figure to obsesses over. The recent exodus of global superstar […]

Georginio Wijnaldum will put his goalscoring heroics to one side to concentrate on the business of ending Newcastle's derby misery at the hands of arch-rivals Sunderland. The 24-year-old Holland international plundered four goals as the Magpies finally ended their wait for a first Barclays Premier League win of the season at the ninth attempt with […]

Tim Sherwood says he is prepared to "die on my sword" as he tries to encourage Aston Villa to play their way out of trouble. Villa lost 2-0 at Chelsea on Saturday, falling to a seventh loss from nine Premier League games this season and 18th in the table. Sherwood's future is the subject of […]