To fully appreciate the implausibility of Leicester City's astonishing rise to the top of the Premier League, wind the clock back 12 months. A year ago, Leicester were at the foot of the table, five points from safety with 10 points from 16 matches and looking dead certain for an immediate return to the Championship. […]

The United States will launch its 2016 season with friendlies against Iceland and Canada before resuming 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Tuesday. The US team will entertain Iceland on Jan. 31 and welcome Canada on Feb. 5, with both matches in suburban Los Angeles. "Iceland is one of the up-and-coming […]

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice. The decision is commonly regarded as one of the most momentous in the business of sport, but there have been over the years many misconceptions surrounding the consequences and repercussions of the ruling. Jean-Marc Bosman was a journeyman midfield player […]

Stefan Kiessling is set to stay at Bayer Leverkusen for the rest of the season, the club said on Tuesday, just days after the ex-Germany striker revealed he wanted to leave. The 31-year-old, who won the last of his six caps for Germany at the 2010 World Cup, scored twice in Leverkusen's 5-0 thrashing of […]

There was a collective groan from North London on Monday when Arsenal were drawn against Barcelona in the Round of 16 of the Champions League. The massive matchup against the Spanish giants was widely considered the worst-case scenario for the Gunners, as Barca are the reigning European champions and still rated as the best team […]

Jose Mourinho insists he will fight to stay as Chelsea manager after accusing his players of betraying him in their 2-1 defeat at Premier League leaders Leicester City. Mourinho told Chelsea's underachieving stars to be humble as they look to turn around their dismal defense of the English title and claimed he wants to remain […]

Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc refuses to see his side as favorites to beat Chelsea in their Champions League last 16 tie despite the contrasting form of the two teams. PSG beat Chelsea on away goals at the same stage of last season's Champions League and their only defeats in their last 39 games have […]

Lionel Messi believes the current Barcelona side has more weapons than Pep Guardiola's 2009 world-beaters and wants to prove it by winning a record third Club World Cup. The Spanish giants, who have captured the Champions League, Spain's La Liga, the Copa del Rey and European Super Cup this year, take on China's Guangzhou Evergrande […]

High-flying Borussia Dortmund must do without Marco Reus for the rest of 2015 as the Germany winger has a groin injury. Reus limped off just before halftime in Sunday's 4-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, and although an MRI scan has revealed there is no tear, he will miss Wednesday's German Cup third-round tie at Augsburg […]

To say Tottenham were resting on the laurels of their 14-game unbeaten run in the Premier League is a bit harsh. But cracks were starting to show before Sunday’s loss to Newcastle, the first of which was not putting a weak Arsenal side to the sword at the Emirates. Still, with underwhelming draws against Chelsea […]

Barcelona were mobbed by Japanese fans on Monday after holding their first training session at the FIFA Club World Cup. The European champions, bidding to become the first team to win the competition three times, had a gentle run-out in Yokohama after being greeted like rock stars on their arrival in Japan earlier in the […]

NBC analyst Robbie Mustoe described it as one of the most honest post-match interviews he's seen from Jose Mourinho. After Chelsea's 2-1 loss to Leicester at the King Power stadium, Mourinho confessed the Foxes were better for the first hour, but he also admitted to feeling "betrayed" by players' inability to execute the game plan […]

Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez fired Leicester back to the top of the Premier League and extended Chelsea's miserable season with a 2-1 victory on Monday that heaped renewed pressure on Jose Mourinho. Mahrez created Vardy's 15th goal of the season with a wonderful cross on 34 minutes. Then the Algeria winger scored superbly on […]

La Liga side Espanyol replaced the sacked Sergio Gonzalez with former Romanian international Constantin Galca as the club's head coach on Monday. Gonzalez was fired after a run of just one win in their last eight games left Espanyol three points above the relegation zone in 12th. Galca played over 100 times for Espanyol between […]

Some soccer fans claim that UEFA's European Championship, and not the World Cup, is soccer's most prestigious tournament. While any tournament without the South American powers cannot be elevated to such an exalted status, Saturday's group stage draw for Euro 2016 shows why the tournament is so highly regarded. For two nations recently ascended to […]