With the news that midfielder Santi Carzola has ligament damage in his knee, the Arsenal long-term injury list has a roster more likely to win the Premier League than the current starters. While injuries to the Gunners are as expected as snow in Maine, this year's seem particularly troubling to fans of the North London […]

I remember exactly where I was for the very first kick of Major League Soccer: at an oddly configured but otherwise terrific Irish pub with a bunch of soccer nerds just like myself, excited for the match but absolutely giddy with anxious delight about what was unfolding more broadly. I doubt that anybody associated with […]

Karim Benzema says his go-between role in the Mathieu Valbuena sextape blackmail case has been misunderstood as the Real Madrid striker prepares to explain himself on French TV on Wednesday. The pre-recorded interview comes after French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday suggested only players with exemplary records should represent France at Euro 2016. "I […]

French winger Franck Ribery admits he was delighted to take part in team training at Bayern Munich on Wednesday for the first time after nearly nine months out with injury. "It's a super day for me and very emotional," said Ribery after 264 days out with the persistent ankle injury he suffered on March 11. […]

With five games until the half-way mark of the Premier League season, Southampton are at a bit of a crossroads. Sitting 10th, Southampton are nine points behind top of the league Manchester City, and they’re 10 points from the relegation zone. Relegation was the fate that many predicted back in the summer of 2014, when […]

England coach and Manchester United legend Gary Neville has been named Valencia boss for the rest of the season, the Spanish side announced on Wednesday. "Valencia have reached an agreement with English coach Gary Neville for him to be coach of the first team until June 30, 2016," the club said in a statement. "Neville […]

Real Madrid look set to be without right back Dani Carvajal for up to a month due to a thigh injury picked up in Sunday's 2-0 win over Eibar. "A muscle injury has been diagnosed in his left thigh," Madrid said in a statement on Tuesday without clarifying how long Carvajal would be sidelined for. […]

A Singaporean accused of leading the world's largest soccer match-fixing syndicate was rearrested in the city-state Tuesday about a week after he was freed by the country's highest court, local media reported. Businessman Dan Tan, who was arrested in Sept. 2013 but never tried, was released on Nov. 25 after the Court of Appeal ruled […]

Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez has restated his support for French striker Karim Benzema amid increasing criticism of Benzema's off-field behavior in his homeland. Benzema has been charged in France for his alleged participation in a blackmail case involving international teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls added his voice […]

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique admitted he feels for Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan missed out on joining teammates Lionel Messi and Neymar as one of the three finalists for the 2015 Ballon d'Or. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo will join Messi and Neymar on the podium in Zurich on Jan. 11 to crown the world's best […]

Lower division clubs were dealt a dose of Premier League reality on Tuesday, with three fixtures in the Capital One Cup quarterfinals between Premier and Football League sides going the way of top-tier clubs. The results leave Manchester City, Everton and Stoke in the competition's final four, with the semifinals' last spot to be settled […]

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to protect his status as the Bundesliga's top scorer in order to win the 2015 African Footballer of the Year title. "Of course it's important for me to be the top scorer, because I want to be Africa's Footballer of the Year," he told the Bundesliga website having won the […]

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls took a swipe at Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema on Tuesday, saying that great sportsmen should set a moral example. "A great sportsman should set an example. So many kids, so many young people ... see themselves in well-known sports people," Valls told Europe 1 radio. "Therefore, this […]

Bayer Leverkusen Chief Executive Officer Michael Schade says his club would be interested in signing an American soccer player who could help his team score goals and market the club in the United States. In an interview with US journalists on Monday, the chairman said: “If I could have a wish, I would like to […]

Yesterday’s report on agent fees was as much a glimpse of that cottage industry as it was an update on player power. The $195 million siphoned off by lawyers, fathers, best friends and former night club doormen was the headline, but remember the silver lining: Players are moving all the time, to bigger places with […]