Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Midfielder Michael Carrick is likely to miss Manchester United's Champions League home game with Wolfsburg on Wednesday due to injury, manager Louis van Gaal revealed on Tuesday. England international Carrick was one of four players who sat out training on Tuesday, along with Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo, […]

Count Gary Neville among the people who were keeping an open mind about Anthony Martial, the Monaco attacker Manchester United made the most expensive teenager of all time in the last transfer window. But having seen the 19-year-old in person three times, and focusing specifically on him this weekend at Old Trafford, the Sky Sports […]

Had Iker Casillas written his own script, his vindication would have been Lisbon, a year-and-half-ago, when he wore the captain’s armband as Real Madrid claimed their 10th European crown. But it’s been a some time since San Iker could author his own fairytales. Over the past five years, a player that was once considered among […]

The Swiss justice ministry on Tuesday approved the extradition to the United States of Costa Rican national Eduardo Li, one the FIFA officials whose arrest in May ignited an unprecedented crisis in world soccer. "The Federal Office of Justice (FoJ) has approved the extradition of Eduardo Li to the USA. The Costa-Rican citizen has 30 […]

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been banned for life from all football-related activity, the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of the sport's world governing body said on Tuesday. The former Caribbean federation president "was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official […]

Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson will be out for at least six months after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Wilson, Bournemouth's top scorer with five goals, sustained the injury during his side's 2-1 defeat at Stoke City last Saturday and is due to undergo surgery […]

There's been a lot of promising signs about Spurs this season even before their 4-1 victory against Manchester City that knocked the Citizens off the top of the table. Here to go through a few of the reasons why there's a feel-good factor at White Hart Lane is the one-and-only Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville. […]

It’s a question that has plagued every women’s soccer league in the United States since the Women’s United Soccer Association collapsed: How do you get people to come to games, and keep coming to games? How do you grab people’s attention, then turn that into loyalty? On the surface, it may seem like a fairly […]

Number one soccer animator Richard Swarbrick is up to it again with another sensational animation. This time, it's Manchester United's Anthony Martial in action. The video below features animation of Martial's goals against Liverpool and Southampton. Swarbrick created the animated video for Shwapsies, an art collective on social media where designers create beautiful virtual stickers […]

Jose Mourinho has told his Chelsea players they are far from untouchable as he prepared to unleash Diego Costa on his former club Porto. The Blues boss memorably described the nucleus of his first Chelsea side as permanent names on the team sheet, but he believes his underperforming players are short of that status this […]

Madrid (AFP) – A charge on two counts of tax fraud was launched against Barcelona player Javier Mascherano by Spain's public prosecution service, a court filing revealed on Monday. The Argentine is alleged to have failed to declare over 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million, £1.1 million) in 2011 and 2012 made through his image rights by […]

There have been better, more talented and more accomplished men than Sebastian Giovinco to perform in Major League Soccer. Start with a fellow who just left MLS, Thierry Henry, who is sometimes called “King” for a reason. The majesty of his best days in the game can hardly be overstated. In terms of team accomplishment, […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Highly-rated Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has pledged his future to England after a tug of war with the Republic of Ireland, his club said on Monday. The 20-year-old represented Ireland at youth levels but some strong showings for Villa caught the eye of England manager Roy Hodgson. Grealish, who […]

Early success in Europe could have former U.S. men's national team head coach Bob Bradley on the brink of a prestigious move, if today's reports out of Norway are correct. The current Stabæk boss and former head coach of the Chicago Fire, New York/New Jersey Metro Stars, Chivas USA and the Egyptian national team is reportedly on […]

Both the offices of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini issued statements today to try to counteract the negative publicity about the two top figureheads in world soccer given the criminal probe against Blatter from Friday, as well as Platini being questioned. Sepp Blatter has told FIFA's staff that he will stay […]