Chelsea have added another match to their 2013 US summer tour. Jose Mourinho's side will face AS Roma on August 10 at RFK Stadium near Washington DC as their final match of the pre-season before they face Hull City on Sunday, August 18. Kick-off time for Chelsea-Roma is scheduled for 6pm ET. Tickets will go […]

For soccer fans who can't wait until the European seasons start in a few weeks, ESPN has acquired different rights packages to three upcoming pre-season tournaments — the Emirates Cup, Audi Cup and International Champions Cup, which will feature teams such as Arsenal, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid and many other clubs. The […]

The transfer of Thiago Alcantara to Bayern Munich has done nothing but pain me. What happened to the club that used to take care of its own youth and nurture them to become the Bastian Schweinsteigers and Philip Lahms of today? What about Bayern's great youth academy? Is the transfer of Thiago Alcantara really necessary […]

Manchester City have agreed a deal with Sevilla to sign Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo, pending a medical. The Spanish club have confirmed that the deal has been finalized, and will be hosting a farewell send-off at Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium at 1:30pm ET today to bid goodbye to Negredo. Sevilla are inviting his colleagues to […]

In the 1990's, Mark Hughes, who in May replaced Tony Pulis as Stoke City manager, wore his hair long, played for several European powerhouses, and routinely scored incredible volleys. He was a sexy center forward, the kind of player who these days appears on billboards and negotiates image rights. Presumably, Stoke hopes Hughes will recapture […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has delivered an ultimatum to Manchester United over his club's bid for striker Wayne Rooney. In a press conference in Asia today, Mourinho confirmed that the Blues made a bid for Rooney, but he said that Chelsea will not make an improved bid for Rooney. The Special One admitted the English […]

More details have been announced regarding the launch of ESPN's daily new soccer show entitled 'ESPN FC,' which will launch on August 11. The 30-minute 'ESPN FC' show will air weeknights at 5:30pm ET on ESPN2. 'ESPN FC' will be shown on ESPN2 weeknights beginning at 5:30pm ET and Sunday nights beginning at midnight. No […]

UPDATED: FOX will debut a brand-new daily soccer show on FOX Sports 1 beginning August 19 entitled FOX Soccer Daily. The show will broadcast daily (Monday through Friday) from 4-4:30pm ET and be recorded from a studio in Los Angeles. In the promo for the new show, FOX claims that "The world authority in soccer […]

Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse has pulled out of the club's pre-season tour to Portugal after refusing to wear the club shirt featuring shirt sponsor Wonga. Cisse objects to wearing the shirt promoting the payday lender due to religious reasons. As a Muslim, the shirt infringes Sharia Law, which forbids Muslims from benefiting from lending […]

Sevilla President José María del Nido has confirmed that Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo is set to leave the club and join Manchester City. "We are about to close the sale of [Alvaro Negredo] and, if everything goes [well] and everything is signed, [he will] soon [say] goodbye [to] the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Manchester City [are buying a […]

Chelsea Football Club confirmed today that they put in a written offer for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney yesterday, but the bid did not offer a player as part of the deal. It was reported earlier today that Chelsea put in a £10million bid for Wayne Rooney plus either Juan Mata or David Luiz. However, The […]

The US men's national team played their third and final game of the first round of the 2013 Gold Cup Tuesday night against Costa Rica to determine which of the two teams playing would finish first in their group. Watch all of the action from the Gold Cup match between the United States and Costa […]

After selling Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain for £54million, Napoli are negotiating to sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain as well as Internacional striker Leandro Damiao, according to Napoli's club president Aurelio De Laurentiis who was quoted in La Repubblica Sport. New Napoli manager Rafa Benitez has been given a reported transfer budget of £108m to spend […]

Manchester United have rejected Chelsea's initial bid of £10million for Wayne Rooney plus either Juan Mata or David Luiz, according to BBC Sport. The Old Trafford club remain insistent that Rooney is not for sale. Wayne Rooney returned to Manchester United's training ground today to begin treatment on the hamstring injury he suffered in Asia […]

A photograph of Real Madrid's new away shirt for the 2013-14 season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed by adidas, Real Madrid's away shirt for the 2013/14 season will be blue with white trim. The design looks quite similar to recent Chelsea home shirts. The Real Madrid away kit is completed with blue shorts […]