Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas is ready to make an attempt to sign Brazilian striker Hulk on a £30million deal, but the club faces a tough mountain to climb as Zenit St Petersburg want £40million for him. Villas-Boas is interested in reuniting with Hulk. The Portuguese boss managed Hulk when they were both at Porto. […]

Saturday's installment of gameweek 2 in the Premier League today wasn't the most memorable, but there were still enough moments to deserve recognition. Here are our heroes and villains from Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 2 of the 2013/14 season: Lucky: Olivier Giroud. Sometimes the ball falls kindly to a footballer, and today was the perfect example […]

Who said Italian soccer was boring? After returning to Serie A for the first time in 11 years, Hellas Verona defeated AC Milan 2-1 in the opening match of the 2013/14 Serie A season. The match had everything — Thirty-six-year-old striker Luca Toni scored two goals on his Verona league debut, fans rioted with seats […]

Romanian centre back Vlad Chiriches is close to signing with Tottenham Hotspur for a Steaua Bucharest club record fee, according to the manager of the Romanian club team. The 23-year-old defender, who has 19 caps for the Romania national team, is seen as an ideal replacement for Steven Caulker who joined Cardiff City this summer. Tottenham […]

West Ham United have unveiled their new third shirt for the 2013-14 season. While I loved West Ham's home shirt, this new West Ham United third shirt seems like a waste of an effort. I like that the Hammers colors of claret and blue and included on the side of the shirt, but the rest […]

In English football, the Director of Football role remains a mystery to the average Premier League follower. Whilst some fulfill ambassadorial duties, the majority are there to cite transfer targets, facilitate deals and provide a go-between for the manager and board. In the Premier League, it is a role that comes with something of a negative […]

Millwall Football Club had to wear Sheffield Wednesday's away uniform today after their kit man brought the wrong one by accident. When Millwall play away, they typically wear their white away kit. But the kit man brought Millwall's blue kit instead, which clashes with Sheffield Wednesday's blue and white home strip. As a result, Millwall were […]

Sunderland have made an offer of £6million for AS Roma and US international midfielder Michael Bradley, according to a report in Italy. However, the Italian club values Bradley at between £8.5m-£10m, so the two clubs are currently at a stalemate in their negotations for the American World Cup star. Earlier this week, in an interview with […]

Despite everyone thinking that a deal had been done and dusted for Real Madrid to sign Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale, the BBC is reporting this morning that the Spanish club have made two separate offers for Bale for the White Hart Lane club to consider. And the Spanish club are waiting to see which one […]

Here are today's world soccer news headlines: Premier League David Moyes: Roberto Martinez should let Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini go — The Independent Tottenham express outrage after Chelsea hijack Willian transfer — The Guardian Luke Moore joins Turkish club Elazigspor after leaving Swansea by mutual consent — The Mail Karim Benzema deal is out of […]

When NBC's coverage of the 2013/14 Premier League season kicked off on the weekend of August 17, NBC Sports Group executive Rick Cordella was blown away by the sheer number of hours that soccer fans consumed. "It's like March Madness every Saturday," said Cordella. Soccer fans in the United States streamed more than 5.7 million […]

The commentators for this weekend's Premier League matches on US television and Internet via NBC Sports have been revealed. Arsenal supporters will be "pleased" to know that expert co-commentator Stewart Robson will be announcing the Gunners game against Fulham on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, Arlo White returns to the commentary booth for the biggest matches on […]

UPDATED: NBC Sports Group has launhed a new update for its Android version of the NBC Sports Live Extra app today in the Google Play store. It was released at 5am ET today, Saturday, August 24. Many soccer fans who own Android devices encountered issues with getting the NBC Sports Live Extra app to stream […]

It’s a pleasure to see The Special One return to the Premier League. His antics provide the media with so much fodder to digest, swoon over and replay over and over again. Not to be undersold, however, are his transfer tactics. It seemed as though the Gareth Bale transfer saga was finally coming to a […]

Manchester City defender Mateja Nastasic, who was out injured and not expected to return to action until September, could be in the squad that travels to Cardiff City on Sunday for the club's second Premier League match of the season. With Vincent Kompany ruled out for one month due to an injury, the return of […]