The owners of Hull City have decided that they will change the club's name from Hull City AFC to Hull City Tigers. In an interview with the Hull Daily Mail, club owner Assem Allam revealed: "Hull City is irrelevant. My dislike for the word 'City' is because it is common. City is also associated with Leicester, […]

Arsenal will have to defeat Turkish side Fenerbahce over two legs in order to reach the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, while Premier League side Swansea City will travel to Romania in the next round of the Europa League. Istanbul-based Fenerbahce were originally banned from UEFA competitions over match-fixing charges in the Turkish league. The club […]

Liverpool owner John W Henry has come down hard on Luis Suarez, saying that the striker will not be sold to Arsenal or any other European club this summer. Henry said: "I'm unequivocal that we won't sell to Arsenal, whatever the bid is. I have not said it to Stan [Kroenke, Arsenal's majority shareholder] but […]

The U.S. Men's National Team moved up three spots to No. 19 in the FIFA world rankings, which were released on Thursday. It is the first time the U.S. has made an appearance in the Top 20 since March 2011. They also moved ahead of rival Mexico, ranked No. 20, to become the highest ranked […]

Over the past 10 days, the hottest tickets in town across the United States have been the International Champions Cup featuring eight world-class teams including Real Madrid, Chelsea, AC Milan, Juventus, Valencia, Inter Milan, Everton and LA Galaxy. In total, 306,344 people attended the games, with 289,344 watching the games in person on US soil. […]

Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network tonight for the launch of NBC's first two original EPL programs — Premier League Club Guide and Premier League Countdown. Premier League Club Guide debuts at 7:30pm ET and is then followed by Premier League Countdown at 8:30pm ET. The first show will feature Rebecca Lowe and Kyle Martino taking a look at […]

After winning the 2013 International Champions Cup in Miami last night, a new photo of Real Madrid's unreleased third shirt for the 2013-14 season has been leaked on the Internet. While Real Madrid's away shirt for next season, and their home one is — of course — white, the third shirt is orange with black […]

Cue grumpy footballers who want to push their way out of clubs. Wayne Rooney and Luis Suarez are playing with the reserves after both moody footballers are trying to force their way out of their respective clubs. In Luis Suarez's case, he's been forced to train with the reserves, while Wayne Rooney has chosen to […]

If you're a Time Warner customer and you watch the Premier League, it's good news and bad news today. The good news is that Time Warner subscribers will have access to Premier League Extra Time, the service that provides overflow channels that will air the live Premier League matches that are not being shown on […]

Charter and Cox Cable have joined the list of TV providers in the United States who will be offering access to NBC Sports Live Extra in time for the 2013-14 Premier League season, which will provide online access (via web, tablet and mobile devices) to all 380 Premier League matches with a TV subscription to […]

NBC Sports has announced their complete TV listings for the first three weeks of the 2013-14 Premier League season. Beginning August 17, NBC Sports will show all 380 games on television and the Internet. But up until today, we didn't have all of the details of what games were going to be shown in the […]

Following Chelsea's 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday night in Miami, the majority of the focus of Jose's Mourinho's post match press conference was on his former life as Real Madrid boss. Given the context of this match, it was not surprising considering that Real Madrid was egged on by a partisan crowd in […]

Today marks the last night of the International Champions Cup featuring the semi-final between AC Milan and LA Galaxy (6:30pm ET on FOX Soccer) and then the final between Chelsea and Real Madrid. Kartik Krishnaiyer and I are sitting in the press box with a birds-eye view of the pitch at Miami's Sun Life Stadium. […]

Under new manager Roberto Martinez, Everton have experimented heavily with the 3-5-2 during this preseason. On Tuesday night at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, the Toffees were beaten 1-0 by Valencia in the Guinness International Champions Cup. Martinez had Everton set up tactically for the entire game in the 3-5-2 formation. England international Leighton Baines came […]

Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal with Toulouse to sign highly-rated midfielder Etienne Capoue. The 25-year-old French defensive midfielder has to agree personal terms and pass a medical before the transfer can be completely finalized, which could happen as early as tomorrow or Friday, according to a French website. The transfer fee is reported to […]