World Cup 2022 in Qatar has taken a step closer to being held in late November and late December after a FIFA task force recommended shifting the global event from summertime to winter. The task force's recommendations will be taken to FIFA executive committee meeting in Zurich on March 19 and 20 for a final […]

When most athletes get to 30, they understand their athletic peak is coming to an end. Most teams in all sports leagues around the world start looking for successors to their superstars once they hit that benchmark. Or they sever ties with them similar to how A.C. Milan got rid of Andrea Pirlo. Arjen Robben […]

Bob Bradley cuts an imposing figure on a touchline. Booming voice. Chiseled features. Wilting stare. And you’d kill for his posture. On Sunday afternoon, it was Bradley standing ramrod straight for 90 minutes on a clear, chilly Portland day, coaching his Norwegian outfit Stabaek in a friendly against the Chicago Fire. His counterpart, Frank Yallop, […]

There have been an array of top players to ply their trade in the top tier of Dutch soccer. Ronaldo, Robin van Persie, Zlatan Imrahimovic, Luis Suarez and Wilfried Bony, just to name a few. While the formerly mentioned Eredivisie top scorers went off to impress on bigger stages almost immediately, another former Golden Boot […]

La Liga champions Atletico Madrid churn out the finest goal scorers in world soccer year after year. Ever since Fernando Torres captained the club in 2007, the standard of strikers being produced has been of the highest quality; far superior compared to other teams around the globe. Three of these forwards are the most feared in world soccer, and now plying their trade in England they […]

Bundesliga side Stuttgart slumped to a 3-2 home defeat to Borussia Dortmund with young defender Timo Baumgartl making the decisive error that cost Die Roten. Dortmund's Marco Reus pounced on the 18-year-old's under-hit backpass in the 89th minute to score the decisive goal of the game that condemned Stuttgart to the very bottom of the […]

When Manuel Pellegrini was hired by Manchester City, he was charged with bringing stability to a squad that had little of it, and take the Etihad club to new heights. In his first season, he won a double, which included his team’s amazing comeback from a substantial deficit to win the Premier League title and […]

Former Liverpool strikers Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez have been tipped to return to Anfield next month to feature in Steven Gerrard's scheduled testimonial according to Spanish newspaper AS. Torres in particular, enjoyed a fantastic partnership with Gerrard in his Liverpool days before his £50million transfer to Chelsea, a move that was said to have […]

Mousa Dembélé’s removal at halftime from the thrilling 2-2 draw between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United on Sunday was not surprising. His first half performance bordered on dismal. He failed to contribute meaningfully to attack and regularly conceded possession, most notably in the build up to Cheikhou Kouyaté's opening goal. To be fair, he […]

Manchester City host Barcelona at the Etihad in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie for the second year in a row with the English champions looking for a favorable outcome this time around. The Citizens are coming into this match with two wins on the bounce including the 5-0 demolition of Newcastle […]

Tottenham have called for tough action against fans who were shown on a video clip chanting a "vile" anti-Semitic song. The video (NSFW), filmed by a passenger on the London Underground, appears to show West Ham supporters chanting anti-Semitic songs before Sunday's 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane. The latest clip shows a group of […]

Burnley's Ashley Barnes will face no disciplinary action for his challenge on Nemanja Matic, the Football Association has confirmed. Barnes put in a full-blooded tackle on the Blues midfielder during Saturday's 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, leaving his foot up and studs showing as he made contact with Matic's leg. Having initially gone to ground […]

When the draw for the UEFA Champions League last-16 was made, the tie between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund is one that immediately stood out for a plethora of reasons. Not only is this a game that harbors some historical significance—these two teams contested the 1997 European Cup final—but both sides are in intriguing predicaments coming […]

The last time Borussia Dortmund appeared in the UEFA Champions League, they were in the midst of a horrifying run of form domestically. Jurgen Klopp's side were hovering slightly above the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, with injuries and poor performances the major reasons behind the team's demise. Their domestic performances reached a season-low just a few weeks […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes his team is "fresher" and performing at a higher level than they were at the same point last season, speaking ahead of his side's Champions League Round of 16 first leg, A year ago, Barcelona advanced to the quarter-final of the European competition after dispensing with Manchester City by […]