Glasgow (AFP) – No one is more excited than Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers when after a four-year hiatus the Old Firm derby returns on Saturday with his side hosting fierce foes Rangers. It will be the first time since 2012, when Celtic ran out 3-0 winners at Parkhead, that the two Glasgow giants have met […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino insists that he is not concerned by the stuttering start to the new campaign by his side and star striker Harry Kane. The Argentine believes it is only a matter of time — perhaps starting with the tricky away trip to Stoke on Saturday — that […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – American star Landon Donovan has come out of retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Galaxy as the Major League Soccer club enters the stretch run leading up to the playoffs. The 34-year-old striker hasn't played competitively since retiring from the Galaxy after the 2014 season. He is the most productive player […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Greek champions Olympiakos on Thursday said that an investigation into the club by European football's governing body UEFA has found no wrongdoing. Olympiakos responded with a statement after a report by Britain's Press Association revealed that the club's owner, shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, was being investigated in relation to match-fixing allegations. […]

With several of the major clubs in Europe already thinking ahead to next week's UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches, many of the games this weekend will be played on Saturday instead of Sunday to give the team's one day of extra rest. Many of them will need it after just returning from international […]

London (AFP) – Crystal Palace striker Loic Remy has been ruled out for several weeks after the on-loan Chelsea star suffered an ankle injury. Remy joined Palace last month in a deal lasting for the rest of the season, but Eagles manager Alan Pardew revealed on Thursday that his new recruit will be sidelined due to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Portuguese wonderkid Renato Sanches is in line to make his Bayern Munich debut as the Bundesliga champions go to Schalke 04 on Friday evening. Bayern head to Gelsenkirchen fresh from starting the season in ominous fashion a fortnight ago by thrashing hapless Werder Bremen 6-0 at the Allianz Arena. Now they will […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA on Thursday dismissed appeals by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid against a ban on registering new players in the next two transfer windows for irregularities in the signing of foreign players under 18. "The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by Spanish clubs Atletico de Madrid and […]

Beginning this weekend, beIN SPORTS will add live broadcasts of the post-match press conferences for select La Liga games. The post-match press conferences will follow the games featuring Celta Vigo vs. Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid vs. Osasuna and Barcelona vs. Alaves. All three post-match press conferences will be conducted in Spanish and will be available […]

Here it is, then. Ever since speculation swirled about the futures of Louis van Gaal and Manuel Pellegrini last season, the clash between Jose Mourinho, the figurehead of Manchester United, and Pep Guardiola, the savvy tactician at the helm of Manchester City, has been anticipated. The dynamic between these fierce rivals is poised to add […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri could give a debut to record signing Islam Slimani against Liverpool on Saturday even though the Algeria striker is yet to train with the Premier League champions. Slimani joined Leicester from Sporting Lisbon for an initial fee of around £28 million ($37 million, 33 million euros) on […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has warned Mamadou Sakho he will have a difficult task to regain his place after a troubled few months. France centre-back Sakho missed the final weeks of Liverpool's season and then Euro 2016 after being given a provisional 30-day suspension for a failed drugs test in April. That […]

The first episode of Premier League News distributed by NBC Sports in the United States has debuted online. As World Soccer Talk reported yesterday, NBC Sports has launched 4 new shows from Premier League Productions that will be available exclusively in the United States via the NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com. In the first episode […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA's ethics committee has recommended former German FA secretary general Helmut Sandrock be fined 50,000 Swiss francs (45,800 euros, $51,700) following an investigation into the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany, world football's governing body said Thursday. In a final report submitted by FIFA's investigatory chamber, the body called for […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy's Marcello Lippi could return to Chinese top flight side Guangzhou Evergrande on a three-year, 60 million euro ($67.6m) deal which would make him the world's highest-paid coach, reports said Thursday. Former Italy and Juventus coach Lippi steered the Chinese giants to three consecutive Super League titles between 2012 and 2014. According […]