David Moyes was perhaps overstepping his bounds when he challenged the Premier League over Manchester United’s difficult opening fixture schedule, but he can’t be faulted for being too upset. A quick look at United’s first few matches shows that they’ll be facing some of their toughest challenges straight out of the gate. Their opening game […]

Clint Dempsey will make his home debut for Seattle Sounders tonight against Portland Timbers in front of a sell-out crowd of more than 66,500. “I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like when the whole stadium is completely packed and they are behind us,” said Dempsey, who likened his introduction in front of […]

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: Premier League Craig Bellamy pours water over referee during Cardiff victory over Manchester City — Dirty Tackle David Platt: 'Roberto Mancini wanted to sell Joe Hart' — Sports Mole Yohan Cabaye saga leaves Alan Pardew in limbo at Newcastle United — The Guardian Arsenal makes €30 million Angel […]

Manchester City's defensive frailties were exposed today after Pablo Zabaleta was guilty of poor marking for all three of Cardiff City's goals in a shock defeat for the Premier League title chasers. With Vincent Kompany and Mateja Nastasic injured in central defense, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini may want to address the lack of quality […]

Chelsea have officially confirmed that they've agreed personal terms with Brazilian midfielder Willian, and that the deal is done. All that remains is for Willian to be granted a work permit. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. The Stamford Bridge club stole Willian away from Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday after the Anzhi footballer had agreed […]

Tottenham Hotspur are turning their attention to try to sign Italy and Roma left back Federico Balzaretti, according to a report in The Sunday Times newspaper today. The paper also reports that it's unlikely that Fabio Coentrao will be included in the deal to let Bale go to Real Madrid, but that Tottenham — if […]

It’s been a sorry start to the season for Carlisle United both on the pitch and in the stands. After three years of steady progress up the League One table, the club are struggling to dust themselves off from the tumble that left them lodged in a disappointing seventeenth last term. There is cause for […]

Serie A club Parma unveiled their centenary shirt this week to celebrate 100 years of the club being in existence. The special edition home shirt will only be worn one time, on December 15 against Cagliari — which is almost 100 years to the day when Parma was founded. The Parma centenary shirt is an […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas is ready to make an attempt to sign Brazilian striker Hulk on a £30million deal, but the club faces a tough mountain to climb as Zenit St Petersburg want £40million for him. Villas-Boas is interested in reuniting with Hulk. The Portuguese boss managed Hulk when they were both at Porto. […]

Saturday's installment of gameweek 2 in the Premier League today wasn't the most memorable, but there were still enough moments to deserve recognition. Here are our heroes and villains from Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 2 of the 2013/14 season: Lucky: Olivier Giroud. Sometimes the ball falls kindly to a footballer, and today was the perfect example […]

Who said Italian soccer was boring? After returning to Serie A for the first time in 11 years, Hellas Verona defeated AC Milan 2-1 in the opening match of the 2013/14 Serie A season. The match had everything — Thirty-six-year-old striker Luca Toni scored two goals on his Verona league debut, fans rioted with seats […]

Romanian centre back Vlad Chiriches is close to signing with Tottenham Hotspur for a Steaua Bucharest club record fee, according to the manager of the Romanian club team. The 23-year-old defender, who has 19 caps for the Romania national team, is seen as an ideal replacement for Steven Caulker who joined Cardiff City this summer. Tottenham […]

West Ham United have unveiled their new third shirt for the 2013-14 season. While I loved West Ham's home shirt, this new West Ham United third shirt seems like a waste of an effort. I like that the Hammers colors of claret and blue and included on the side of the shirt, but the rest […]

In English football, the Director of Football role remains a mystery to the average Premier League follower. Whilst some fulfill ambassadorial duties, the majority are there to cite transfer targets, facilitate deals and provide a go-between for the manager and board. In the Premier League, it is a role that comes with something of a negative […]

Millwall Football Club had to wear Sheffield Wednesday's away uniform today after their kit man brought the wrong one by accident. When Millwall play away, they typically wear their white away kit. But the kit man brought Millwall's blue kit instead, which clashes with Sheffield Wednesday's blue and white home strip. As a result, Millwall were […]