The 21st season of Major League Soccer kicks off across North America this weekend with officials optimistic about prospects for future growth despite emerging challenges from rival competitions across the globe. A legacy of the 1994 World Cup, MLS has come a long way since the San Jose Clash kicked off the league with a […]

Germany's Bundesliga has revealed their schedule for the upcoming weeks, so we now know which two games will be featured on the over-the-air FOX network in the near future. FOX's national TV network has agreed to feature 8 Bundesliga games live on its terrestrial channel for the latter half of the 2015/16 Bundesliga season. With […]

The father of UEFA's new interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis, a top official at Greek champions Olympiakos, has called on media to leave his son out of match-fixing talk concerning the club. "They should leave my son out of it," Olympiakos vice-president Savvas Theodoridis told sports daily Fos on Friday. "(Theodore) is an outstanding boy, […]

Chelsea come into Saturday’s game against Stoke City at Stamford Bridge with one eye on the big midweek Champions League tie against PSG next Wednesday. Guus Hiddink’s men have been in superb form of late with 19 points in this calendar year, more than any other Premier league side bar Tottenham. The Blues will want […]

Following Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Swansea City on Wednesday, which was their third defeat in a row, the Gunners are now six points behind league leaders Leicester City. Although the teams surrounding Arsenal in the table, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, both lost as well, there are some serious issues with the Gunners at the […]

After a long winter lay-off the Russian Premier League is back with a bang this weekend as leaders CSKA Moscow welcome city rivals Spartak for the nation's most hotly disputed derby. CSKA top the table with 37 points from 18 matches, three ahead of second-placed Rostov, while another Moscow outfit, Lokomotiv sit, third two points […]

Borussia Dortmund deserve an immense amount of credit for still being in touch with league leaders Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga. Because Pep Guardiola’s swashbuckling side have been awesome in 2015-16, the champions have suffocated opposition teams with a constricting cocktail of pressing and possession, surging to the summit of the table, […]

Arsenal will be looking to arrest their dreadful run of three consecutive defeats in all competitions when they travel to bitter rivals and fellow title contenders Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Arsene Wenger has come under severe criticism in recent weeks for the failure of his side to capitalize on the collapse of regular title contenders […]

A former president of Portuguese football giants Benfica, Manuel Damasio, was arrested and indicted Thursday for alleged influence peddling and money laundering as part of an international corruption investigation. The 75-year-old — who served as Benfica president between January 1994 and October 1997 — was arrested in the morning and brought before an investigating judge […]

What goes around comes around, and so it did for Manuel Pellegrini and his Manchester City side all within 72 hours this week. On Sunday, Manchester City was celebrating their fourth League Cup trophy victory after they had defeated Liverpool in a tense match and went on to win on penalties. But as luck had it, the two sides […]

Just as Juventus have overhauled pace-setters Napoli in the race for the Serie A title, the Italian leaders are under increasing pressure as they head to Atalanta on Sunday. The defending champions qualified for the Italian Cup final beating Inter Milan after extra-time and penalties on Wednesday in what was described as a dreadful performance […]

Back in November, I wrote about that edition of the north London derby, which was shaping up to be the most important in years. That game was important in its own way, but after the past few months of soccer, it turns out that that game was an appetizer for the return leg at White Hart […]

FOX Sports has made a last-minute U-turn and has decided to broadcast the biggest Bundesliga game of the season between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich on FX. Originally, FOX Sports announced on Tuesday that the high-profile game would only be shown on FOX Soccer Plus, the sports network that very few soccer fans in the […]

European champions Barcelona can take another step closer to a sixth La Liga title in eight years when they travel to the humble surroundings of Eibar's 6,000 capacity Ipurua on Sunday. Barca are on a record 35-game unbeaten streak stretching back to October to put them well on course to repeat the treble of league, […]

Nemanja Matic claims Chelsea can still secure a top four finish if they can secure a fourth successive Premier League win when Stoke visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The Blues' win at Norwich this week moved last season's champions into the top half of the table for the first time since August and within eight […]