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Jose Mourinho Delivers Ultimatum to Manchester United Over Wayne Rooney Bid; It's Rooney Or Bust

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has delivered an ultimatum to Manchester United over his club's bid for striker Wayne Rooney. In a press conference in Asia today, Mourinho confirmed that the Blues made a bid for Rooney, but he said that Chelsea will not make an improved bid for Rooney. The Special One admitted the English […]

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More Details Regarding ESPN's New Daily Soccer Show 'ESPN FC'

More details have been announced regarding the launch of ESPN's daily new soccer show entitled 'ESPN FC,' which will launch on August 11. The 30-minute 'ESPN FC' show will air weeknights at 5:30pm ET on ESPN2. 'ESPN FC' will be shown on ESPN2 weeknights beginning at 5:30pm ET and Sunday nights beginning at midnight. No […]

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FOX Sports 1 to Debut ‘FOX Soccer Daily’ on August 19

UPDATED: FOX will debut a brand-new daily soccer show on FOX Sports 1 beginning August 19 entitled FOX Soccer Daily. The show will broadcast daily (Monday through Friday) from 4-4:30pm ET and be recorded from a studio in Los Angeles. In the promo for the new show, FOX claims that "The world authority in soccer […]

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Papiss Cisse Pulls Out of Newcastle Tour After Sponsor Row: Daily Soccer Report

Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse has pulled out of the club's pre-season tour to Portugal after refusing to wear the club shirt featuring shirt sponsor Wonga. Cisse objects to wearing the shirt promoting the payday lender due to religious reasons. As a Muslim, the shirt infringes Sharia Law, which forbids Muslims from benefiting from lending […]

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Sevilla Confirm Alvaro Negredo Is Set to Join Manchester City

Sevilla President José María del Nido has confirmed that Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo is set to leave the club and join Manchester City. "We are about to close the sale of [Alvaro Negredo] and, if everything goes [well] and everything is signed, [he will] soon [say] goodbye [to] the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Manchester City [are buying a […]

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Chelsea Confirm Bid For Wayne Rooney, But No Players Offered In £20million Deal

Chelsea Football Club confirmed today that they put in a written offer for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney yesterday, but the bid did not offer a player as part of the deal. It was reported earlier today that Chelsea put in a £10million bid for Wayne Rooney plus either Juan Mata or David Luiz. However, The […]

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USA vs Costa Rica, Gold Cup Match Highlights [VIDEO]

The US men's national team played their third and final game of the first round of the 2013 Gold Cup Tuesday night against Costa Rica to determine which of the two teams playing would finish first in their group. Watch all of the action from the Gold Cup match between the United States and Costa […]

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Napoli Attempt to Sign Gonzalo Higuain and Leandro Damiao, Says Club President

After selling Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain for £54million, Napoli are negotiating to sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain as well as Internacional striker Leandro Damiao, according to Napoli's club president Aurelio De Laurentiis who was quoted in La Repubblica Sport. New Napoli manager Rafa Benitez has been given a reported transfer budget of £108m to spend […]
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Manchester United Dismiss Chelsea's £10million Plus Player Bid For Wayne Rooney

Manchester United have rejected Chelsea's initial bid of £10million for Wayne Rooney plus either Juan Mata or David Luiz, according to BBC Sport. The Old Trafford club remain insistent that Rooney is not for sale. Wayne Rooney returned to Manchester United's training ground today to begin treatment on the hamstring injury he suffered in Asia […]

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Real Madrid Away Shirt for 2013-14 Season: Leaked [PHOTO]

A photograph of Real Madrid's new away shirt for the 2013-14 season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed by adidas, Real Madrid's away shirt for the 2013/14 season will be blue with white trim. The design looks quite similar to recent Chelsea home shirts. The Real Madrid away kit is completed with blue shorts […]

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Barcelona Need Cash From Cesc Fábregas Sale to Manchester United: Nightly Soccer Report

There's an interesting development in the Cesc Fabregas to Manchester United transfer saga tonight as The Guardian is reporting that Barcelona need the cash from the sale of Fabregas to help the club's coffers after all of the money they've spent in the past two seasons on Neymar, Alexis Sanchez, Fabregas and a new contract for Messi. […]

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Are AS Monaco FC A Cash Cow Or A Big Bust?

Going into the 2013-14 Ligue 1 season, all the talk is centered around AS Monaco FC. With Monaco’s tax advantages causing quite the controversy, the prospective Ligue 1 powerhouse makes a strong case for players to transfer to The Principality. Dmitry Rybolovlev and his millions bring in the kind of purchasing power that Ligue 1 […]

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Trailer for Istanbul United, A Documentary About Turkish Football Ultras [VIDEO]

Judging by the four-minute trailer, the forthcoming documentary entitled "Istanbul United" looks to be an explosive, informative, emotional and wild ride into the world of Turkish football Ultras and the political protests in Turkey. The trailer gives a wonderful preview to a documentary that will hopefully see the light of day. It's an Indiegogo project […]

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Jose Mourinho Advised Frank Lampard Not to Play In MLS

Jose Mourinho admitted today that he advised Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard not to play in Major League Soccer, and to instead stay at Chelsea. In the interview with Sky Sports News, Mourinho discussed how he had a conversation with Lampard before the 2012-13 Premier League season ended: "I was telling him that the way I […]

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Paris Saint-Germain Sign Edinson Cavani In £54million 5-Year Deal

Paris Saint-Germain have signed Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani to a five-year deal at the Ligue Un club. The reported transfer fee is a whopping £54million. Cavani had been a transfer target for both Manchester City and Chelsea, but the French club were the victors in the race to sign the former Napoli striker. Paris Saint-Germain […]