After broadcasting 64 World Cup games live across Telemundo, Universo and NBCSN, Telemundo Deportes delivered an average of 2.026 million viewers per game and achieved several other noteworthy milestones. In total, Telemundo Deportes’ complete presentation of all 2018 World Cup matches reached 36.6 million TV viewers, exceeding the Spanish-language reach for the 2010 tournament by […]

He has been at Real Madrid for five seasons, played 189 times, scored 88 goals and won 11 trophies, four of those are Champions League titles. Now after Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus, Gareth Bale’s star will finally shine on the turf of the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid bought Bale in the summer of 2013 […]

Entering the tournament, a common question posed revolved around dark horses. "Who is a dark horse in this tournament?" A difficult question. What defines a dark horse? A team that isn't expected to win it all, but has the capability? That would qualify Belgium, or Colombia, or Uruguay as a dark horse. How about a […]

For the 2018/19 season, NBC Sports will feature 150 games behind the NBC Sports Gold paywall, which means that there'll be 230 games available on television. Last season, NBC Sports advertised they would feature 130 games via the NBC Sports Gold Premier League Pass paid subscription service, but due to the way the matches were […]

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Juventus for a reported $140m. The Portuguese star, who had threatened to leave Madrid for the past few seasons, has finally moved on. Ronaldo was Madrid’s number one star player and certainly their best since Zinedine Zidane. His departure comes across as a surprise but, make no mistake, […]

Two days before Croatia's semifinal against England, Croatian manager Zlatko Dalić sat with his fingers intertwined, sipping on a coffee and staring almost rebelliously into the cameras. Ruffling his hair, he ruminated aloud while the press look back at him bemused ... "Everyone has problems. Everyone has not slept. Some have not slept enough. We […]

The post Arsene Wenger era is well and truly underway at Arsenal. New manager Unai Emery has already made four new signings for the Gunners, with a common theme: improving defensive solidity. Goalkeeper Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), center back Sokratis (Borussia Dortmund), wing back Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), and holding midfielder Lucas Toreira (Sampdoria) have all […]

Hats off to Russia for making their country proud and making it to the quarterfinals. It’s fair to say that few saw that coming. Heading into the World Cup, the Russians ranked 70th in the world, making them the worst ranked team in the tournament. They were also winless in seven friendlies leading up to […]

Arsenal have finally announced the signing of Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria. The deal, which was essentially agreed upon by both clubs weeks ago, was delayed due to the player’s involvement in the World Cup with Uruguay. Nevertheless, Torreira has completed his medical in London and the Gunners finally get their new marquee man. During a […]

Editor's note: Andy Macfarlane of Spursforlife.com takes a look at the performance of Tottenham Hotspur's players featuring at the World Cup in Russia and reckons they are dominating the global stage. The summer has been one of familiarity for Spurs fans with players from the club gracing the world stage in abundance. Now the quarter […]

Back in the summer of 2002 at the World Cup in Korea and Japan, ink was filled on the sheets of the daily newspapers that we were witnessing a World Cup full of shocks and surprises. It was hard to argue, a Luis Figo inspired Portugal had lost to the USA 3-2 and at one […]

Gareth Southgate is arguably the best manager England have had since Alf Ramsey, who won the World Cup in 1966. Southgate's experience as an England player gives him insight into what the players are going through. A great manager earns the respect of his team, he doesn’t demand it. Some of that respect has come […]

You can add another mistake to FOX Sports' long list of faux pas they've made before and during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Their latest mistake is scheduling John Strong and Stu Holden as the commentators for both World Cup semifinals and the final. Nothing against Strong or Holden, but Derek Rae and Aly Wagner […]

The 2018 FIFA World Cup continues to average more than 4 million viewers for every game of the competition across English-language and Spanish-language television combined. From June 14 to July 3, the US World Cup viewership is averaging 4.17 million on television alone. That includes games from the Group Stage through to the end of […]

We have the preliminary schedule for the first two weeks of the 2018/19 Premier League season, which will be shown live across the NBC Sports networks in the United States. The new season will kick off with Manchester United against Leicester City on Friday, August 10 in a game that'll be shown across NBCSN and […]