Away goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho handed Manchester City a 2-2 first-leg draw at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday to give the English side the edge in their Champions League quarter-final tie. On a night that will be remembered for some comical defending and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty that was saved by City goalkeeper […]

Swiss police on Wednesday searched UEFA's headquarters for contracts linked to a Champions League television rights deal revealed in the so-called "Panama Papers", which involves FIFA's new president Gianni Infantino. "UEFA can confirm that today we received a visit from the office of the Swiss Federal Police acting under a warrant," the European football confederation […]

Leicester City are staying grounded despite requiring just 12 points from their final six games to complete an extraordinary Premier League title triumph, according to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. A year ago, the east Midlands club were bottom of the table and six points adrift of safety, but Sunday's 1-0 win over Southampton left them seven […]

Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi's trial for tax fraud has been reset to its initial start date of May 31 after an earlier change in the schedule threatened his participation in June's Copa America in the United States. The initial decision to delay the start of the trial till June 7 would have seen […]

We're down to the final eight teams in the UEFA Europa League — a competition where this year, the winner gets an automatic qualification into next season's UEFA Champions League. For viewers in the United States, all of the Europa League quarter-final games will be shown live on television and live streaming. Here's the schedule: Thursday, […]

Jurors at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster retired to consider their verdicts on Wednesday, over two years since the hearings began. The jury of seven women and three men, which has been sitting since March 2014 at a purpose-built courtroom in Warrington, northwest England, will consider […]

Soccer fans who tuned in to watch the Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City on FOX Sports GO got a surprise Wednesday when the broadcast of the match suddenly switched to live coverage of FOX News. The mistake happened in approximately the 9th minute of the game. One second, viewers were watching […]

Fernando Torres raged that Atletico Madrid are not treated equally to Barcelona by referees after his early red card turned their Champions League quarter-final, first leg around on Tuesday. Torres had put Atletico in front at the Camp Nou before seeing two quick-fire yellow cards to leave the visitors a man light for over an […]

After last season's successful decision to send NBC's entire broadcast team to England to cover a select number of Premier League matches, NBC Sports Group has decided to do the same again this April but with a twist. Last season, the crew of Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle teamed up with […]

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says their El Clasico win over Barcelona has given the Spanish giants the perfect confidence booster for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg at Wolfsburg. Real used to have a terrible record away to German opposition in Europe, but their run to the 2014 title, when they claimed their tenth […]

The history of the evolution of soccer in the United States is a fascinating journey that's awash with acronyms. MLS, NASL, USL, USSF, APSL, NPSL and MISL are just a small number in a long list of soccer organizations that have tried to grow the game on these shores. Nowadays, three acronyms that interest many soccer […]

With Leicester City’s title hopes squarely on the line Sunday, the Foxes captain Wes Morgan rose to the occasion, thumping a header past Southampton keeper Fraser Forster. Morgan’s goal sent Leicester seven points clear atop the Premier League a year to the day the club sat buried seven points from safety at the bottom of […]

The signature of new FIFA president Gianni Infantino has cropped up in the so-called "Panama Papers" in connection with questionable TV rights sales in South America, the German newspaper behind the mass leaks reported on Tuesday. Swiss-Italian lawyer Infantino, 46, succeeded the suspended Sepp Blatter in February as the head of FIFA, which is reeling […]

The race to be crowned champions of English football's second-tier Championship took a new twist on Tuesday when Burnley's lead at the top of the table was cut to a point. Championship leaders Burnley could only manage a goalless draw at home to Cardiff as nearest challengers Middlesbrough and Brighton both won. The Clarets now […]

Both Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are bidding to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever after unsuccessful attempts in the recent past. For the French champions, this is their fourth successive quarter final appearance in the Champions league but they were eliminated on the three previous occasions by Barcelona […]