Here’s the line-up of commentators for gameweek 10 of Premier League matches on US television across the NBC Sports Group networks this weekend: Saturday, November 2: Newcastle vs Chelsea, 8:45am, NBCSN; Steve Banyard and Jim Beglin Fulham vs Man United, 11am, NBCSN; Gary Taphouse and Tony Gale Hull vs Sunderland, 11am, Premier League Extra Time; […]

NBC Sports Network is doing everything it can to pump up TV ratings for its coverage of Major League Soccer. The network is showing some matches on free-to-air television. They're putting Arlo White back in the lead commentary booth this weekend (and putting stand-in Steve Bower in charge of commentating this weekend's Premier League matches). […]

Following Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the League Cup on Tuesday, we read analysis far and wide about how the Gunners title credentials had been unmasked by the result. These theories gained traction among many analysts during the course of this week, but they were laughable. Bashing Arsene Wenger has long proven to be […]

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher recently sat down on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football to analyze how defending has changed in the Premier League from when both of these English footballers were being coached compared to more modern defenders such as David Luiz and Jan Vertonghen. Neville argues that the Premier League clubs should incorporate […]

It’s always wise to point a camera at Jose Mourinho. Train a camera on the man, and he’ll pay you back with some remarkable scenes. Such was the case on Sunday as a revived Fernando Torres pounced on a cataclysmic piece of defending from Manchester City and their beleaguered goalkeeper Joe Hart to score and […]

After Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a spectacular back-heel goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Bastia in Ligue Un two weeks ago, a video has been created that uses a flip book to immortalize Zlatan's beautiful flick. Is it better than the flip book that was created to showcase Thierry Henry's goals for the New York Red Bulls? […]

Players from the Montreal Impact in MLS were described by TV commentators as "sore losers" and "classless" for the way they ended their MLS playoff hopes last night after losing 3-0 to the Houston Dynamo in a fiery match where three Impact players were red carded. Nelson Rivas, Andres Romero and Marco Di Vaio were […]

Joe Hart has been dropped by Manchester City for tomorrow's clash with Norwich City, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper. Costel Pantilimon will start in goal for City after making an impressive performance against Newcastle United in the Capital One Cup midweek. While Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini remained coy in his press conference interview […]

The top-class soccer is enjoyably relentless at the moment. Trawling through this weekend’s contests, I had another dilemma on what games to select for our weekly must-watch selection. So much so, that I’ve included a few honorable mentions this week. Some great games in their own right, and contests that might take your personal fancy! […]

Last week, FIFA President Sepp Blatter spoke for 45 minutes to the Oxford Union at Oxford University in England. During the discussion, Blatter impersonated Ronaldo and compared him to a commander, blamed the UK media for misrepresenting him, called himself a Robin Hood, said that FIFA was not against goal-line technology, and defends his role […]

Barcelona maintained a one-point lead at the top of La Liga after the midweek games in Spain. Barca won comfortably at Celta Vigo while Real Madrid hit seven against Sevilla and Atletico Madrid won at Granada. Barcelona coach Tata Martino made five changes from the side that won El Clasico last Saturday as his side […]

Cardiff City's head of recruitment, Alisher Apsalyamov, is being investigated by the immigration office in the United Kingdom regarding issues with his visa, according to Sky Sports. Apsalyamov, the controversial figure who is a friend of Vincent Tan's son and was promoted to become the temporary head of recruitment at Cardiff before the previous head […]

Liberated from the maniacal clutches of Ken Bates, Leeds United AFC, one of the best supported football clubs in Europe, now can safely begin its climb back to where it belongs — near the top of the England’s top flight league. In Brian McDermott, the Whites have a manager that will guide them back to […]

Manchester City were expected to be a real force this season after a change of manager and a busy summer in the transfer market. This season may only be 9 games old, and there's a lot of soccer left to be played, but so far City currently sit in seventh place, have been beaten three […]

Tottenham Hotspur have joined in the Halloween fun by convincing defender Kyle Walker to wear a mask and costume so he can prank his teammates. Several Tottenham players and coaches got pranked including Emmanuel Adebayor (yes, he's still alive), Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe, Sandro and Steffen Freund. But my favorite of all of them is […]