Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool's young players have much to learn after his weakened side slumped to a lacklustre 3-1 defeat against Swansea. Two goals from Andre Ayew and one from Jack Cork at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday proved enough for Swansea to guarantee their Premier League safety. Christian Benteke […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manuel Pellegrini insisted he had no regrets about making eight changes to his Manchester City side ahead of this week’s trip to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. The City manager admitted his team’s 4-2 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's stadium could affect […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge as the Premier League title race moves to the home of Chelsea on Monday — except those of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri. Leicester, who drew 1-1 at Manchester United on Sunday, will complete their historic quest for the title if second-place Tottenham […]

After Sunday's thrilling 1-1 draw between Manchester United and Leicester City, the race to determine who will win the title comes down, at least for the time being, to the Chelsea-Spurs game. A win for Spurs and they're still in the race. But a draw or a defeat will hand Leicester the Premier League title. […]

Milan (AFP) – Coach Massimiliano Allegri watched Juventus celebrate winning a fifth consecutive title in Turin as former club AC Milan slipped into the Serie A doldrums and further out of contention for a place in Europe. Brazilian midfielder Hernanes hit his maiden goal for Juve to give the hosts a half-time lead but it […]

Madrid (AFP) – Villarreal warmed-up for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Liverpool by sealing fourth place in La Liga with a 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday. The Yellow Submarine are now guaranteed at least a place in the Champions League qualifiers for the first time in four years, but could […]

Real Madrid's hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo being fit for their Champions League semi-final, second leg with Manchester City on Wednesday were boosted as the Portuguese returned to training on Sunday. Ronaldo has missed Real's last three games due to a thigh injury, but may be risked against City with the tie finely balanced at 0-0. […]

Coach Massimiliano Allegri watched Juventus celebrate winning a fifth consecutive title in Turin as former club AC Milan slipped into the Serie A doldrums and further out of contention for a place in Europe. Brazilian midfielder Hernanes hit his maiden goal for Juve to give the hosts a half-time lead but it took until Simone […]

With one match to play, Ajax lead PSV Eindhoven on goal difference in the Dutch title race after the pair won again on Sunday to remain neck-and-neck on 81 points each. The Amsterdam outfit enjoy a goal difference of plus-6 over PSV after a 4-0 win over Twente and face 17th placed De Graafschap next […]

Bangkok (AFP) – Bangkok's growing contingent of Leicester City fans guzzled free beers and plates of fried rice laid on by the club's Thai owners at a raucous big screen broadcast of Sunday's nail biting 1-1 draw with Manchester United. The ranks of Leicester supporters in Thailand, or "Siamese Foxes", are swelling each week as […]

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal bizarrely compared Leicester defender Robert Huth's hair-pull on Marouane Fellaini with "sex masochism" and also tugged a television reporter by the hair in an eccentric attempt to defend his player. Van Gaal was quizzed on the incident which saw United midfielder Fellaini escape without punishment after elbowing Huth in […]

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri will not watch Tottenham Hotspur's pivotal meeting with Chelsea because he is flying home to Italy to take his 96-year-old mother out for lunch. Following their 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday, Leicester will be crowned champions for the first time in their 132-year history if second-place Tottenham fail […]

Thirty-six games into the 2015/16 Premier League season, and it's Arsenal and Manchester United that are the two teams that have been shown on television the most by NBC Sports in the United States. While every single Premier League match is streamed by NBC Sports Live Extra, not every game can be shown live across […]

David Villa scored twice to lead New York City FC to their first home win of the Major League Soccer season, a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps. The triumph ended a seven-game winless streak for Patrick Vieira's men, who rallied from an early 1-0 deficit at Yankee Stadium. The Whitecaps took the lead in […]

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique believes the Spanish champions took a big step towards retaining their title as they overcame 10-man Betis 2-0. Enrique's men still need to win their two remaining games against local rivals Espanyol and Granada to be assured of winning the league after Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid were also victorious on […]