In an official announcement from AS Roma, former United States national team star Mia Hamm has been named to the Serie A club's board of directors. Hamm, 42, is a two-time FIFA World Player of the Year and the first woman to be inducted into the World Football Hall of Fame. While playing for the […]

The Argentine television program "Nosotros al Mediodia" has shown a video which appears to show legendary footballer Diego Maradona hitting his ex-girlfriend Rocio Oliva. Oliva secretly filmed the episode which shows the former Argentina international shouting at her for using her mobile phone and then apparently hitting out at her twice. The Spanish newspaper El […]

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was handed three LFP awards in the Spanish capital on Monday night. His club were also the big winners at the La Liga ceremony; taking home a total of six trophies. Ronaldo was named winner of the 'Best Forward', 'Best Goal' and 'Best Player' in La Liga last season. The Portugal international finished as the […]

Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher analyzed the Manchester United-Chelsea game on Monday Night Football last night and, as always, they provided some stellar analysis. Carragher and Neville discussed what Manchester United did so well to frustrate Chelsea, and what changes Jose Mourinho made to increase the intensity of his Chelsea side. Watch […]

The Capital One Cup (aka League Cup) games featuring Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and other teams will be televised on beIN SPORTS in the United States today and tomorrow. The fourth round Capital One Cup games that are being shown on US TV and Internet are: All times Eastern Tuesday, October 28: Shrewsbury Town vs […]

Sunday's entertaining game between Manchester United against Chelsea was heightened by the world-class coverage from NBC Sports on US television. The combination of Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe in the US studio as well as Gary Lineker and Graeme Le Saux in the studio at Old Trafford was exemplary. But it was the commentating by Arlo […]

West Ham United continued their impressive form at the weekend. Diafra Sakho has been a key factor in the Hammers success and he scored the second goal in their 2-1 win over the reigning champions Manchester City. The use of goal line technology was crucial in the awarding of the goal. Joe Hart saved the […]

FIFA has released the 23-man shortlist of contenders for this year's Ballon d'Or award. In what will come as a surprise to some fans of the sport, the world organization has omitted former Liverpool and Uruguay international striker Luis Suarez from the list of nominees for World Player of the Year. The 27-year-old scored 31 goals for […]

Jose Mourinho thinks Spain coach Vicente del Bosque is the man to blame for Diego Costa's recent injury troubles. Costa began the season in prolific fashion, scoring nine goals in seven matches, but he has missed Chelsea's last three fixtures because of a persistent hamstring injury. The former Atletico Madrid man had also been suffering […]

Mario Balotelli is not affected by the scrutiny he is under and has the hunger to succeed as a Liverpool player, according to Reds assistant boss Colin Pascoe. Balotelli has scored just once in his first 11 appearances for the Merseysiders and the maverick striker left his manager Brendan Rodgers less than impressed last week […]

Chelsea captain John Terry claims he and Branislav Ivanovic were "double headlocked at every corner" during Sunday's gripping 1-1 draw at Manchester United. Chelsea were denied their eighth win of the season thanks to Robin van Persie's injury-time header, which canceled out Didier Drogba's opener at Old Trafford. Jose Mourinho could barely hide his dismay […]

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp is running out of excuses to save his job at Loftus Road. All season long, Redknapp has been selling his QPR team short. In the summer, after promotion back to the Premier League, he said his team was decimated by injuries even though the club was stocked with so many […]

Major League Soccer set a new record for average attendance in the league's 18-year history last night. With the 2014 regular season now completed, the average attendance was 19,099 — which is a 2.63% increase compared to MLS's 2013 regular season. The top 3 teams with the highest average attendance in the 2014 season were: 1. Seattle […]

Liverpool and England are too reliant on Raheem Sterling, according to former Reds captain Graeme Souness. The 19-year-old has been the best player at Anfield this season and he has become an increasingly effective player for the national team. Against Real Madrid in the Champions League last week, Liverpool's game plan appeared to consist of […]

Chris Wondolowski and Roy Lassiter hold the joint record for the top scorer in a MLS season with 27 goals. Now Bradley Wright-Phillips has joined them after last night's emphatic 2-0 away win against Sporting KC. In a season where the focus has been mainly on the futures of Tim Cahill and Thierry Henry, Wright-Phillips has […]