Nice (France) (AFP) – Nice fans are dreaming of seeing their Mario Balotelli-fuelled underdogs do a Leicester and steal the French title from the likes of crisis-stricken Paris Saint-Germain. Balotelli's double in a 2-1 victory over Dijon on Sunday ensured Nice will go into the winter break on top of Ligue 1, and victory over […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain's Spanish coach Unai Emery is in the spotlight as his side close a difficult first half of the season at home to Lorient on Wednesday. Emery always faced a tough task in improving on the capital side's achievements in the previous three seasons under Laurent Blanc, but the former Sevilla […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy striker Ciro Immobile insists he's staying put in the capital as Lazio head to shaky Inter Milan looking to underline their status as potential Champions League candidates. The final round of Serie A games in 2016 are held in midweek without leaders Juventus and AC Milan, who will contest the Italian […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp finally had a reason to celebrate Christmas after Sadio Mane's dramatic 94th-minute goal saw his side move second in the Premier League table with a 1-0 victory in the Merseyside derby at Everton on Monday. The result hauled Klopp's team to within six points of leaders Chelsea heading into the […]

For soccer fans, the launch of the brand-new DIRECTV NOW streaming service means that there's another option to be able to cut the cord and watch the Beautiful Game without having to pay exorbitant cable and satellite TV prices. First, the most important thing to know about DIRECTV NOW is that you don't need DirecTV […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Sadio Mane's 94th minute tap-in ensured Jurgen Klopp enjoyed his first visit to Everton with a 1-0 win that saw his Liverpool team move into second in the Premier League on Monday. A game with an abundance of passion and pride failed to deliver many goalmouth incidents and seemed more likely to be […]

London (AFP) – English champions Leicester City appealed on Monday against striker Jamie Vardy's red card in Saturday's ill-tempered 2-2 Premier League draw with Stoke City. Match referee Craig Pawson infuriated the Leicester players and manager Claudio Ranieri in also booking five players in the final seven minutes of the first half — Vardy had […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA fined England 45,000 Swiss francs ($43,850, 42,000 euros) on Monday for wearing a poppy tribute to British war dead during their November 11 World Cup qualifier against Scotland. Scotland were fined 20,000 Swiss francs, while Wales and Northern Ireland were given 20,000 and 15,000 Swiss franc fines respectively for making their […]

Doha (AFP) – World Cup 2022 labourers in Qatar are to be given "cooling" hard hats which reduce their body temperature as they build football stadiums in the fierce desert heat, tournament organisers announced Monday. The innovative technology uses a solar-powered fan to reduce the skin temperature by up to 10 degrees, said the Supreme […]

If you've been contemplating signing up for fuboTV's soccer streaming service, the time to act is now. Reason being is that when fuboTV launches their two new streaming packages (fuboTV Deportes, $14.99/month and fuboTV English Basic, $34.99/month) in the coming days, the base package of $9.99 per month will no longer be available. Having the […]

London (AFP) – Premier League leaders Chelsea's storming 11-game winning run was forged in their back-to-back defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal, according to manager Antonio Conte. Chelsea's 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday equalled the club record for successive league victories, set over two seasons in 2009, and left them seven points clear at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his side will be ready to pounce if Premier League leaders Chelsea falter following their impressive 2-1 comeback victory over title rivals Arsenal. Chelsea have streaked clear at the summit thanks to a storming run of 11 consecutive victories. City trail Antonio Conte's side […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City's fairytale Premier League title win made 2016 the year of the underdog in English football, but as 2017 approaches, the giants are emerging from their slumbers. A team of misfits and cast-offs marshalled by twinkly-eyed Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, Leicester pulled off a 5,000-1 triumph that was one of the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich face an acid test of their status as Bundesliga leaders in Wednesday's crunch showdown when they host second-placed RB Leipzig, who know they have nothing to lose. The Bavarian giants have won the Bundesliga title at a canter in each of the last four seasons, but Leipzig, who were only […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Brendan Rodgers says Stuart Armstrong is a shining example for all the players in his squad for the way the midfielder has rejuvenated his Celtic career. The 24-year-old enjoyed a good start to his time at Celtic Park after signing from Dundee United in February 2015, but then a dip in form […]