Fallen Scottish football giants Rangers have ended their four-year absence from the Scottish Premiership after their 1-0 win at home to Dumbarton clinched the Championship title for the Ibrox club. A goal from James Tavernier sent the Gers 17 points clear of Falkirk in second place with four games remaining while third-placed Hibernian, who have […]

Arturo Vidal gave Bayern Munich a slender 1-0 lead for their Champions League quarter-final return leg at Benfica next week, after hitting the winner just 109 seconds into Tuesday's first leg. Bayern produced an off-key display at Munich's Allianz Arena and their fifth straight appearance in the Champions League semi-finals is far from assured. "Benfica's […]

Atletico Madrid were left to rue Fernando Torres's first-half red card as Luis Suarez's double handed Barcelona a 2-1 lead on Tuesday heading into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Torres got Atletico off to the perfect start as he slotted home Koke's through ball for a vital away goal on 25 minutes, […]

Attendances in Major League Soccer always have to be taken with a grain of salt. While teams such as Seattle Sounders and Orlando City generate impressive numbers that can't be denied, there are always some teams that report home attendances that are considerably more than what we can see in the stadiums and on television. […]

Amazing facts about Leicester City are to be expected considering the remarkable story from the title-winning side. Hundreds of column inches have been written in recent months on Leicester City’s monumental rise from relegation fodder to title favorites in the space of twelve months. Nevertheless, it still seems so surreal. Out of nowhere, Claudio Ranieri’s boys […]

Moscow (AFP) – Russian Premier League leaders CSKA Moscow hope to bounce back from Monday's 4-1 defeat to Zenit St Petersburg in the domestic cup final when they host Terek Grozny on Saturday. The Red Army side moved top of the table following a 3-0 win at Ural Yekaterinburg last week but are just two […]

Napoli's Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain has been hit with a four-match ban following his sending off in Sunday's 3-1 defeat to Udinese, a blow for his team who are battling with Juventus for the Serie A title. Higuain was shown his second yellow card for kicking out at defender Felipe, prompting the striker to launch […]

French emergency services carried out terrorist attack simulation exercises on Monday at selected fan zones and venues two months ahead of the 2016 European Championships. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Health Minister Marisol Touraine both assisted at the exercise at a fan zone in the western city of Bordeaux which mobilized 600 fire fighters, police, […]

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw returned to training on Monday for the first time since suffering a horrendous double fracture in his leg last September. England international Shaw, 20, was training with a United physio as he enters the final stages of a long rehabilitation period from the injury he sustained in a Champions League […]

The first el Clasico of 2016 between Barcelona and Real Madrid was watched by 1.9 million viewers in the United States between the beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español networks. Of the 1.9 million total, 695,000 watched it on beIN SPORTS (English-language) while the remaining 1,220,487 watched it on beIN SPORTS en Español (Spanish-language). On […]

Pep Guardiola says he can handle the pressure to deliver the triple of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup titles in his swansong season as Bayern Munich's head coach. "Everyone at Bayern Munich wants to win the triple, but it is just the same at Barcelona and Real Madrid," said Guardiola ahead of Bayern's home […]

An Italian court on Tuesday called for incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte to receive a six-month suspended prison sentence over match-fixing allegations. The current Italy manager, who will take over Chelsea after Euro 2016, is accused of sporting fraud. The "Calcioscommesse" (football-betting) probe maintains that the 46-year-old former Juventus boss failed to expose an alleged […]

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique believes Atletico Madrid pose an even greater threat to his side than Real Madrid, who ended Barca's 39-game unbeaten run in El Clasico on Saturday. Atletico travel to the Camp Nou on Tuesday for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, but are also Barca's closest challengers in La Liga […]

In recruiting and signing manager Antonio Conte, Chelsea has hired the one man that can single-handedly bring the club back to the heights Jose Mourinho 2.0 aspired. At only 46 years old, Conte has the resume, coaching acumen, and man-management style that fits Chelsea’s goals as a top club internationally. This offseason was one of […]

Current UEFA Champions League holders Barcelona will hope to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat in the El Clasico when they host Atletico Madrid the in first leg of their Champions League quarter-final encounter. The Blaugrana were outwitted tactically by Real Madrid in that game but their overall record is still impressive with 32 wins and […]