Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Striker Fernando Torres says Atletico Madrid are ready for "a battle" at Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, second-leg, to keep their Milan dream alive. Diego Simeone's Atletico arrived in Munich holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg thanks to Saul Niguez's solo winner in last Wednesday's 1-0 victory […]

Leicester City's remarkable season has them crowned champions of England for the first time in their 132-year history without kicking a ball on Monday after second-placed Tottenham Hotspur failed to keep the title race alive in their 2-2 draw against Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is a ground where the Lilywhites haven't enjoyed a league win for 26 years — […]

Sunday's thrilling match between Manchester United and Leicester City posted NBCSN's best-ever overnight TV rating for a Premier League match. The 1-1 draw aired at 9:05am ET in a match that had important consequences for the Premier League title race as well as Manchester United's push for Champions League qualification. NBCSN's broadcast of the game […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 9 of the 2016 MLS season. 1. A Star is Born in Portland Some six years and a handful of weeks ago, Jake Gleeson started the Portland Timbers’ MLS home opener as a fresh-faced 19-year-old. Those were heady days for the New Zealander, who got the […]

NBC Sports will televise all final 10 games of the 2015/16 Premier League season live across its networks on Sunday, May 15 as part of its Championship Sunday promotion. The games will be featured across NBC, NBCSN, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Esquire, E!, Bravo and SyFy on what promises to be an eventful final day of […]

Leicester forward Jamie Vardy has been voted the 2016 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA). The 29-year-old striker took the award as a clear winner ahead of team-mates Riyad Mahrez, who had already taken the Player of the Year award voted on by his fellow professionals, and N'Golo Kante. Vardy has […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Giovani dos Santos produced another superb goal to help the Los Angeles Galaxy draw 1-1 at Sporting Kansas City despite being having Ashley Cole sent off in the second half. Brad Davis put Kansas City 1-0 up in the 30th minute. Twelve minutes later, Gyasi Zardes found dos Santos on a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich's coach Pep Guardiola knows he needs to prove his critics wrong by overturning a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid in Tuesday's crunch home Champions League semi-final. Guardiola and Bayern are bidding to avoid losing a semi-final to a Spanish side for the third year running having lost the first-leg […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool's young players have much to learn after his weakened side slumped to a lacklustre 3-1 defeat against Swansea. Two goals from Andre Ayew and one from Jack Cork at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday proved enough for Swansea to guarantee their Premier League safety. Christian Benteke […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manuel Pellegrini insisted he had no regrets about making eight changes to his Manchester City side ahead of this week’s trip to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. The City manager admitted his team’s 4-2 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's stadium could affect […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge as the Premier League title race moves to the home of Chelsea on Monday — except those of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri. Leicester, who drew 1-1 at Manchester United on Sunday, will complete their historic quest for the title if second-place Tottenham […]

After Sunday's thrilling 1-1 draw between Manchester United and Leicester City, the race to determine who will win the title comes down, at least for the time being, to the Chelsea-Spurs game. A win for Spurs and they're still in the race. But a draw or a defeat will hand Leicester the Premier League title. […]

Milan (AFP) – Coach Massimiliano Allegri watched Juventus celebrate winning a fifth consecutive title in Turin as former club AC Milan slipped into the Serie A doldrums and further out of contention for a place in Europe. Brazilian midfielder Hernanes hit his maiden goal for Juve to give the hosts a half-time lead but it […]

Madrid (AFP) – Villarreal warmed-up for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Liverpool by sealing fourth place in La Liga with a 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday. The Yellow Submarine are now guaranteed at least a place in the Champions League qualifiers for the first time in four years, but could […]

Real Madrid's hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo being fit for their Champions League semi-final, second leg with Manchester City on Wednesday were boosted as the Portuguese returned to training on Sunday. Ronaldo has missed Real's last three games due to a thigh injury, but may be risked against City with the tie finely balanced at 0-0. […]