The Blues returned to winning form with a dominant 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Blockbuster signings Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa stood out once more as the London giants put another stamp on their Premier League title campaign. Here's our player ratings from Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa. Chelsea Thibaut Courtois – 7.0 The globally […]

FC Dynamo Moscow centre-back Christopher Samba has been handed a two-match ban by the Russian Football Union (RFS) for making an offensive gesture towards Torpedo Moscow supporters who had been racially abusing the former Blackburn and QPR defender during Monday's Russian Premier League encounter. During the match at the Saturn Stadium, Torpedo fans directed racial […]

NBC has announced the commentators for this weekend’s Premier League matches that will be shown on television and Internet across the United States. Here’s the line-up: Saturday, September 27: Liverpool vs Everton, 7:45am, NBCSN and mun2 and NBC Sports Live Extra; Steve Bower & Jim Beglin (world feed: Peter Drury & Chris Waddle) Manchester United vs […]

Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus has been the subject of constant transfer speculation. The attacking midfielder's contract with the Bundesliga club is set to expire on June 30, 2016. But that hasn't stopped a host of European clubs from attempting to pry the 25-year-old from Jurgen Klopp's side. Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Bayern Munich have […]

Real Madrid were facing questions from fans and the media after the club stumbled at the start of the 2014-15 La Liga season. Carlo Ancelotti's side had lost the Spanish Supercopa to city rivals, Atletico Madrid. Shortly thereafter the club dropped a league match to Real Sociedad, a contest which saw Real storm out of the starting gates to take a […]

The fallout from last week's clash between supporters of AS Roma and CSKA Moscow during their Champions League Group E encounter in Rome could see both sides fined by UEFA. UEFA has confirmed that both the Italian and Russian club will fall under investigation for the behavior of their fans at this fixture, with a decision from […]

It was reported last week that Liverpool Football Club had submitted a proposal to the city's council to expand Anfield's capacity. The redevelopment – which is only phase one of the project – would focus on the Main Stand and would add an additional 8,500 seats, taking its capacity to nearly 21,000 and the overall […]

Speaking ahead of his club's Capital One Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini confirmed that he will consider extending midfielder Frank Lampard's six-month loan in January. The Chelsea legend joined Manchester City in August after initially agreeing to a contract with the new MLS club, New York City FC (NYCFC). It was believed […]

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has confirmed that Luis Suarez will feature in Barcelona B's friendly against Indonesia under-19s tomorrow. The Barca boss informed the Spanish press that the striker will use the match as a way to build up his fitness. Suarez will be eligible to play for Barcelona's senior squad on October 25th, after the completion of his four-month ban for […]

It is still very early in the Spanish season, but Barcelona are giving every indication that there is going to be no repeat of last year's up-and-down performances. For all the questions regarding the La Liga giants' defence, Luis Enrique's men have yet to concede a goal after four La Liga matches. Although the Blaugrana […]

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil believes that he has always been an easy target for criticism, since his early days in Germany. Speaking to the German news agency DPA, the World Cup winner stated that he has 'nothing to prove' in regards to his critics. Ozil faced some questions during his first season with Arsenal and has recently been […]

Former Manchester United captain and current Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville commented on his former club's 5-3 defeat at Leicester City yesterday. Neville shared his thoughts with fellow Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher, Graeme Souness and host Ed Chamberlain following the conclusion of Sunday's match between Manchester City and league-leading Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. […]

European clubs have been increasingly snatching up South American players over the past few seasons. This summer, some of the most expensive player transfers involved South American footballers: James Rodriguez to Real Madrid (£63.2m), Luis Suarez to Barcelona (£65m) and Angel Di Maria to Manchester United (£59.7m). Players from this region are typically suited for […]

Let's get this out of the way, Louis van Gaal's new-look squad failed its first test in the pressure cooker that is the Barclays Premier League. Yes, referee Mark Clattenburg had a 'shocker' and allowed Leicester City back into the match when he dismissed Jamie Vardey's barge of Rafael da Silva, then awarded a penalty […]

To Manchester United’s many fans, it must have been a long-awaited pleasure to watch their team with its many recently imported “Gaalacticos” demolish Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford after a poor start to the season and after a truly miserable last season. The signs were there in their 4:0 win, the signs of future […]