The mess that is Brazil 2014 and FIFA continues as a newspaper report in Brazil claims that this Sunday's friendly between Brazil and England at the redeveloped Maracana Stadium has been suspended due to public safety issues. According to reliable Brazilian journalist Fernando Duarte, the Brazilian newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reports a court order […]

Cardiff City have yet to play a game in the Premier League, but they're already becoming the laughing stock of the league. Last season it was Cardiff changing their home kit colors from blue to red. For the upcoming season, it's their laughable home kit that featured an ordinary design that looked liked a children's […]

FOX Sports has acquired the US media rights to the European qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2016 and FIFA World Cup 2018. FOX will have exclusive rights in the USA to all of the qualifying matches. The qualifying matches for Euro 2016 begins in September, 2014 and runs through November, 2015 to determine the 23 qualifying […]

Konami has released a teaser trailer for PES 2014, their brand-new video game that's scheduled for release later this year. More details about Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will be revealed next week, but in the meantime, enjoy the trailer, which is quite a tease. Indeed.

It's with great sadness to report that Ron Davies, the Southampton and Wales legend, has died aged 70. Described by Matt Busby as the best centre-forward in Europe, Davies had an incredible career in Britain where he's best remembered for his time at Southampton. But the tall number nine also played for Manchester United, Wales, […]

NBC Sports has released a new 30 second spot to promote its coverage of the Premier League on US television beginning this August. This is the third promo spot NBC Sports has released thus far. The other two being "Every," featuring the song "Vindaloo" by Fat Les. The second was entitled "The Real English Drama," […]

Former England captain David Beckham is in Miami today for exploratory meetings regarding the possibility of a MLS team coming to the city. While a lot of noise has been made recently about the potential MLS expansion to Miami, what has been often lost in this discussion is that southeast Florida already has a professional […]

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez is trying to unsettle Gareth Bale by saying that the Welsh footballer was "born to play in Madrid." Perez was quoted in Spanish newspaper Marca. And the quote comes hot on the heels of Gareth Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett saying that “If Florentino Perez is interested in Gareth Bale it would […]

Stoke City have confirmed that Mark Hughes is the club's new manager. Hughes replaces Tony Pulis on a three-year deal "I am an ambitious manager and this is an ambitious Club. We want to become a consistent top ten Premier League Club, and I firmly believe that with an incredible amount of hard work we […]

Lots of news out of England today on a busy day with international friendlies-a-go-go being played around the world. The lead story tonight is that The Sun newspaper is reporting that Jose Mourinho has signed a four-year deal with Chelsea adding up to a cool £40 million salary for The Special One. There's no official word from […]

LA Galaxy footballer Robbie Rogers was interviewed today on The Dan Patrick Show. During the candid 10-minute interview, Rogers discussed a variety of topics including why other athletes don't come out as well as the differences between soccer fans in England compared to the United States. "There’s a reason athletes don’t come out. Sports are […]

Live from Cleveland, it's the United States Men's National Team against Belgium in an international friendly. For viewers in the United States, the game will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN3.com at 8pm ET. USA starting XI: Howard, D. Beasley, Gonzalez, Goodson, Cameron, Jones, Kljestan, Davis, Dempsey, Zusi, Altidore. Belgium starting XI: Mignolet, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Kompany, […]

So it looks as though Roberto Martinez is set to be the man to take over at Everton. After a bittersweet season, in an FA Cup victory was immediately followed by relegation, the Spaniard has called time on his Wigan career, telling Dave Whelan this week that he will be leaving the club. If Everton […]

Former Manchester United first team coach Rene Meulensteen has emerged as a surprise favorite to replace Roberto Martinez as the manager of Wigan Athletic, according to the Manchester Evening News. David Moyes recently decided to let Meulensteen leave Old Trafford after the Dutch coach rejected an opportunity to coach the youth team. Meulensteen had spent the last seven […]

Soccer fans in Australia have gone on a buying spree for friendlies this summer featuring Manchester United and Liverpool. The ticket allocation of 82,000 for Manchester United's friendly against A-League All Stars in Sydney sold out in 18 minutes. The game, scheduled for July 20, will be played at the ANZ Stadium. Liverpool will play […]