Just hours on from Real Madrid’s decision to part ways with manager Rafael Benitez and replace him with Zinedine Zidane, rumors started to gather pace about what personnel will be make up the Frenchman’s side at the Santiago Bernabeu. Intriguingly, various reports suggested the man who has arguably been Los Blancos’ standout player this term, […]

Uruguay will bid to mark the centenary of its triumph in the first football World Cup by hosting the 2030 tournament jointly with rival Argentina, the countries' presidents said Thursday. Argentina's new President Mauricio Macri was visiting neighboring Uruguay to warm up relations that cooled under his predecessor Cristina Kirchner. To strengthen their ties, "there […]

Jurgen Klopp has rubbished Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce's claims that the Liverpool boss has exhausted his players by over-working them. Allardyce has clashed with Klopp on several occasions since the German arrived at Anfield earlier this season and he shows no signs of making peace. After recently calling Klopp a "soft German" following Sunderland's defeat […]

MLS is finally coming to over-the-air network television in the United States. In the past five years, FOX Sports has televised everything from the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and Bundesliga on the over-the-air FOX channel, but hasn't shown MLS games on its flagship network. That is until now. FOX Sports today announced that […]

Alan Curtis will remain as Swansea City manager until the end of the season, the struggling Premier League club announced on Thursday. Curtis, who had three spells as a Swansea player in the 1970s and 1980s, took over from the sacked Garry Monk in December and won just one of his five games as caretaker […]

When it comes to assessing and dissecting the U.S. national team’s January camp rosters, here is this most important thing to remember: You really should conquer any urge to overreact. Generally speaking, what happens in the January camp has only marginal bearing on what happens through the rest of the year, also known as the […]

Arsene Wenger has ruled Chile forward Alexis Sanchez out of Arsenal's FA Cup third round clash with Sunderland on Saturday. Sanchez missed the entire Christmas and New Year program after suffering a hamstring injury in Arsenal's draw at Norwich in November. The 27-year-old was expected to make his comeback for the win over title rivals […]

After delivering a psychological blow to Manchester City and moving into 2016 on top of the table, Arsenal are now the bookie’s favourites to win the Premier League this season, a fact that made for some sweaty palms among the traveling fans last week at Vicarage Road. City supporters knew it was a ‘must win […]

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez faces a ban of up to three Copa del Rey matches after being cited in the referee's report for calling Espanyol players "a waste of space" at the end of a heated Catalan derby. Barca won the first leg of the Copa de Rey last-16 tie between the sides 4-1 on […]

Liverpool's Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho faces up to three weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury, coach Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Thursday. Arguably Liverpool's player of the season so far, Coutinho limped off during the first half of his side's 1-0 League Cup semifinal first-leg victory at Stoke on Tuesday. Dejan Lovren was also […]

Last May, we reported that FOX Sports was on the verge of being announced as the TV rights holder to Copa America Centenario, which was to be held in the United States. And then the FIFA/CONCACAF/CONMEBOL scandals happened, which put the future of the tournament in doubt. After it was announced that the tournament would […]

Liverpool are one step away from Wembley in the League Cup, but have been promised a testing start to their FA Cup campaign by underdogs Exeter City. A 1-0 victory at Stoke City in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final on Tuesday has put Jurgen Klopp's side in a strong position to reach […]

In BT Sport's ad for next week's Premier League game between Liverpool and Arsenal, the British sports TV network features animations of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in a battle between heavy metal and classical music. There are no prizes for guessing which manager is akin to which type of music, […]

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique compared Espanyol's roughhouse tactics to the NFL after the visitors had two men sent-off in the second bad-tempered Catalan derby in four days as Barca came from behind to win 4-1 in the Copa del Rey. Hernan Perez and Papakouli Diop were shown red cards in a four-minute spell in the […]

The FA Cup still holds the same allure for Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech as he embarks upon his quest for a fifth success in the 145-year-old competition this weekend. A four-time FA Cup winner with Chelsea, Cech is hoping to help Arsenal win the FA Cup for the third year running — a feat last […]