Leicester boss Nigel Pearson stressed after his team's 2-1 win over West Ham that they were likely to need something similar four or five more times to beat the drop. The victory, the Foxes' first in nine Barclays Premier League matches, gave their survival bid a considerable boost as the gap between Pearson's bottom-placed side […]

Everton captain Phil Jagielka's solitary goal cut through the mediocrity on an afternoon when both the Toffees and Southampton disappointed. Even the centre-back's close-range finish in the first half was relatively routine but neither he, his team-mates or manager will mind as it secured a third successive league win and back-to-back home wins in the […]

Chelsea responded from conceding a Charlie Adam goal from his own half and losing Diego Costa to a hamstring injury to beat Stoke 2-1 and move seven points clear in the Premier League title race. Stoke midfielder Adam's 65-yard strike soared over Thibaut Courtois to cancel out Eden Hazard's penalty opener before Loic Remy struck […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accepts Champions League football is unlikely to return to Anfield next season, but insisted once again that contract rebel Raheem Sterling will do. This has been an uncomfortable week on Merseyside after the England forward's ill-advised interview only heightened speculation over his future. Sterling told the BBC that he turned down […]

Tonight's episode of World Soccer Talk Radio features host Nate Abaurrea and special guest Richard Farley. Listen to the show live between 9-10pm ET (6-7pm PT) via Sports Byline on the radio, the Sports Byline website, the Tune-In app or via the embedded player below. Hosted by Nate Abaurrea, World Soccer Talk Radio is a nightly […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes "every player has a price" and he would sell an unhappy squad member. Mourinho used Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, who recently signed a new contract until 2020, as a hypothetical example when Raheem Sterling's situation at Liverpool came up on Friday. Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers this week insisted Sterling was […]

Dick Advocaat will welcome "controller" Lee Cattermole back to the heart of his Sunderland team as he attempts to launch another late survival bid with a record fifth successive derby victory. The 27-year-old enforcer has missed the last two games through suspension after reaching 10 bookings for the season, and that meant he was unavailable […]

Louis van Gaal says Marouane Fellaini is undroppable on current form. Many tipped Fellaini to be one of the first players to leave Old Trafford when Van Gaal took over as Manchester United manager last summer. After missing United's tour of the United States, Fellaini was jeered on his only pre-season outing for the club, […]

Diego Simeone says Atletico Madrid have ten finals remaining before the end of the season, with the manager stressing that Saturday's match at Cordoba is the most important one. Atletico are currently a point behind third place Valencia in La Liga, and Simeone has set the target of finishing as high as possible on the […]

Photographs of Newcastle United's home, away and third shirt have been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by Puma, Newcastle's shirts for the 2015-16 season are a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. The Good Newcastle's home shirt for the 2015-16 season features a blue v-neck collar and familiar black and […]

The Premier League is back after the international break and there will be plenty of interesting fixtures to keep an eye on this weekend. Top of our list is the crunch tie at the Emirates Stadium where in-form Arsenal host Liverpool on Saturday as they attempt to go above Manchester City for the first time […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is yet to decide whether to risk striker Diego Costa for the Barclays Premier League leaders' clash with Stoke on Saturday. Costa suffered a recurrence of his hamstring problem in last month's 3-2 win at Hull and withdrew from international duty with Spain. Chelsea's top scorer will be in the squad […]

Robin van Persie has been ruled out of Manchester United's Barclays Premier League match against Aston Villa on Saturday. Van Persie has not played for United since he suffered an ankle injury in the 2-1 defeat to Swansea on February 21. It was expected he would return this weekend after the international break, but manager […]

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood believes Manchester United are "beatable" and expects his side's pace on the counter-attack to cause their opponents problems on Saturday. United are currently in fourth place in the Premier League and are coming off of successive wins over Tottenham and Liverpool. While Aston Villa have shown new life and separated themselves […]

Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez is set to return to Carlo Ancelotti's starting eleven against Granada on Sunday. The Colombia international has been sidelined since February after having surgery on his broken right foot. He resumed training on March 24 and has steadily increased his efforts in order to secure a place in Ancelotti's squad. […]