One of the often-overlooked reasons why the Premier League is the world’s most popular sports league is the expertise of the commentators. Whether it’s the commentators or co-commentators (aka color commentators), the men bring the Premier League to life in our living rooms and in pubs on a weekly basis. But who are these men, […]

The 2014/2015 UEFA Champions League is halfway through the group stage and it is time to review the tournament to date. Are there any major surprises? What team is most likely to win the entire tournament? To find out the answers, simodds.com has simulated the tournament a few hundred thousand times. The Champions League is an […]

Manchester United defender Paddy McNair has been named in the Northern Ireland squad for their Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania. The international call-up is the first for the 19-year-old United youth academy product. He is the only uncapped player in the 25-man squad which was announced today. McNair, who has featured three times for United this season […]

Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov has been sidelined for up to one month with an injured calf. The 28-year-old suffered the problem during the warm-up prior to Sunday's Manchester derby. Gael Clichy replaced the Serbian international in the Citizen's starting eleven against city-rivals Manchester United. "Kolarov has a muscle injury in his calf," manager Manuel Pellegrini […]

After a season which saw Atletico Madrid break Barcelona and Real Madrid's stranglehold on the La Liga title, the alarms bells went off over the summer as Diego Simeone saw his two best players exit the Vicente Calderon to join Jose Mourinho' side at Stamford Bridge. The loss of Thibaut Courtois was significant to the Madrid club because the Belgian […]

Manchester United truly boast a roster of attacking players the likes of which has rarely been seen before. Between them, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Radamel Falcao have scored almost 650 goals in their club careers and many more when internationals are considered. But Louis van Gaal is only a few injuries away from […]

Following Sunday's derby day defeat to Manchester City, a large section of the media have focused attention on the fact that Manchester United have now accumulated 13 points after ten games; the club's worst start to a domestic campaign since 1986. There have also been numerous links made between United's start under Louis van Gaal as compared to the club's […]

Regular users of the NBC Sports Live Extra app will have noticed several new enhancements added in the last few weeks as NBC Sports aims to make the content and stats to accompany each game even more useful. The new functionality and visualizations include real-time lineups and match statistics; minute-by-minute text commentary synchronized with the video stream […]

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet faces a stern test today to convince the club's supporters that he has the future of his team in his destiny after a series of poor results. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, will hope to continue their good form under manager Neil Warnock. Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Crystal […]

Starting with the 2006-07 competition, there was a stretch of three successive Champions League campaigns where it could be argued that English clubs dominated the European tournament. Although a Premier League club only took the title once during that three-year span (Manchester United – 2008), English sides made up three of the four Champions League semi-finalists in successive […]

Yesterday afternoon, as the sky darkened an hour early, and as the cold November wind blew around the arena, the New York Red Bulls kept a clean sheet against a DC United team and had Thanksgiving coming a few weeks early for their fans. Coach Mike Petke had talked about the importance of away goals […]

In a slap in the face to Nike, Puma has released a brand-new video that discusses how the German manufacturer has designed a jacket for manager Arsene Wenger that won't suffer the multitude of jacket malfunctions that the Arsenal manager had when his Gunners wore Nike apparel. As you can see from the video below, […]

The January transfer window is only a couple of months away and no doubt clubs are already plotting potential moves. There are some high profile players whose contracts will be up at the end of the season, most notably Sami Khedira, Dani Alves, Giorgio Chiellini and James Milner, to name but a few. However if […]

Manchester City ran out 1-0 winners in the first Manchester derby of the campaign after Sergio Aguero capitalized on the visitors going down to ten men by scoring a second-half goal. United were spirited in their play but following Chris Smalling's dismissal, City were in the ascendency. Manchester City Joe Hart- 7 The England goalkeeper […]

After a thrilling Manchester derby with plenty of talking points and controversy, the second and final Premier League match of the day pits Aston Villa against Tottenham with both clubs desperate for a win in the league. Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Aston Villa vs Spurs, 11am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live […]