It should surprise no one that this season's title challengers in La Liga would come from the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Madrid. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti and Barcelona boss Luis Enrique spent the summer green-lighting moves for some of the world's top footballers in an effort to wrestle the La Liga title back […]

Only six games into the season, we have a Premier League relegation battle between West Bromwich Albion (fourth from bottom) against Burnley (second from bottom) in a clash at The Hawthorns. West Brom will be buoyed by their shock away win against Tottenham Hotspur last week, while Burnley is searching for its first win of […]

A show of unusually resolute defending from both Liverpool and Everton meant only two fantastic captains’ goals made the scoring. Liverpool looked the more likely to notch in the first half creating 16 chances to Everton’s three but it took a free kick not long after the hour mark to open the scoring, and who […]

The Blues returned to winning form with a dominant 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Blockbuster signings Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa stood out once more as the London giants put another stamp on their Premier League title campaign. Here's our player ratings from Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa. Chelsea Thibaut Courtois – 7.0 The globally […]

FC Dynamo Moscow centre-back Christopher Samba has been handed a two-match ban by the Russian Football Union (RFS) for making an offensive gesture towards Torpedo Moscow supporters who had been racially abusing the former Blackburn and QPR defender during Monday's Russian Premier League encounter. During the match at the Saturn Stadium, Torpedo fans directed racial […]

NBC has announced the commentators for this weekend’s Premier League matches that will be shown on television and Internet across the United States. Here’s the line-up: Saturday, September 27: Liverpool vs Everton, 7:45am, NBCSN and mun2 and NBC Sports Live Extra; Steve Bower & Jim Beglin (world feed: Peter Drury & Chris Waddle) Manchester United vs […]

The yearly center-back crisis at Manchester United has arrived. A couple of seasons ago, in spite of having five center backs in Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, Sir Alex Ferguson was forced to deploy Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick in central defense. For that reason, Manchester United has grown […]

After selling the club captain and second top scorer of last season, Southampton was viewed as a team you should fear for. People within football claimed they wouldn’t be surprised if Southampton weren’t able to survive this Premiership season but with only one defeat so far this season and recently defeating Arsenal in the Capital […]

The thirteen cities that will play host to the Euro 2020 tournament have been officially confirmed by UEFA President Michel Platini. The announcement came early last Friday morning following a draw to decide which of the many hopeful nations that entered bids would be successful. Celebrating the 60th anniversary since the first European Championship was held, […]

With both Liverpool and Everton desperate for a win, there is an extra importance to this forthcoming tie. The nervous fans of either camp need a sign that their season is not lost- what better way to show this than to beat your rivals. Liverpool and Everton are currently sat in 11th and 14th in the table […]

Surely, Louis van Gaal and Alex Ferguson have many qualities in common. But their approach to soccer is also fundamentally different. The most obvious similarity is that they are both proven winners. The Dutch began his managerial career at Ajax in Amsterdam, the country’s most prestigious and traditional club, and he continued his learning curve […]

Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus has been the subject of constant transfer speculation. The attacking midfielder's contract with the Bundesliga club is set to expire on June 30, 2016. But that hasn't stopped a host of European clubs from attempting to pry the 25-year-old from Jurgen Klopp's side. Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Bayern Munich have […]

It hasn’t really gone to plan for Manchester United has it? Unwanted records are being broken and despite spending a vast sum in the summer transfer window and shipping out a number of players too, the squad still looks unbalanced. In amongst the gloom though there have been some signs of encouragement. United’s sharp-shooting attackers […]

Stoke City have had a mixed beginning to the 2014-15 Premier League season and have posted mixed results since the start on the campaign. With one win, two draws and two losses, the Potters are perched in 13th spot on the log. The highlight of their campaign thus far certainly has to be the 1-0 […]

Real Madrid were facing questions from fans and the media after the club stumbled at the start of the 2014-15 La Liga season. Carlo Ancelotti's side had lost the Spanish Supercopa to city rivals, Atletico Madrid. Shortly thereafter the club dropped a league match to Real Sociedad, a contest which saw Real storm out of the starting gates to take a […]