Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's teenage stars Ousmane Dembele and Christian Pulisic will be in the spotlight in Saturday's 150th Ruhr Valley at bitter Bundesliga rivals Schalke 04 in Germany's top derby. Both Dortmund and Schalke will be heavily stacked with the German league's top young talent at Gelsenkirchen's Veltins Arena. "In the category of […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino has warned title-chasing Tottenham not to underestimate Burnley in Saturday's crucial trip to Turf Moor. Pochettino's side have won their last four matches and still have an outside chance of winning the Premier League as they try to close the 10-point gap on leaders Chelsea. Although Tottenham are […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco have a real chance to end two years of complete domestic dominance by Paris Saint Germain when they face the title holders in Saturday's French League Cup final. Owned by billionaire Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev, Monaco have banked on recruiting the cream of French youth whilst their Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Henrikh Mkhitaryan insists he was never concerned about his Manchester United career despite making a slow start to life at Old Trafford. The United playmaker made just one substitute appearance in two and a half months earlier this season as he struggled for fitness and form following his arrival from […]

Tuesday's broadcast of the Panama-USA game netted 1.41 million viewers across Telemundo and Universo combined, which ranked as the most watched show in Spanish-language television in its time period among Adults 18-49 in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Denver and Boston. The game averaged 257,000 on Universo (formerly known as NBC Universo) as well as 1,153,000 on […]

While many English-language sportswriters and sports business reporters in the U.S. were caught by surprise by Turner Sports' $180 million winning bid for the U.S. English-language media rights for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League for August 2018-May 2021, this seemingly bold move by Turner Sports appears to this long-time observer of […]

Univision's broadcast of the World Cup qualifier between the US Men's National Team and Honduras on Friday night averaged 1.62 million viewers across Univision, Univision Deportes and UniMas. The broadcast featured a 6-0 win by the United States, which was televised live from Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California. Univision's coverage of the USA-Honduras game […]

After Friday night’s overwhelming win over Honduras, many US fans are breathing a massive sigh of relief. Had the US not picked up all three points, they would have been in extremely dire straits trying to qualify for the World Cup in Russia next year. But nobody needed to worry as the US went up […]

The kickoff time for the April 23, 2017 el Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been confirmed. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:45pm ET. For viewers in the United States, the live Sunday broadcast will be shown live across beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español. With the viewing time starting on […]

Bayern Munich Americas President Rudolph Vidal can point to a lot of metrics to illustrate the growth of the club's reach in the United States as well as its impressive network of supporters throughout the country. But the challenge the club and Bundesliga faces in the United States is that almost all of its matches […]

Turner Sports and FOX Sports have teamed up in South America to acquire the rights to the Primera Division, according to a report by Reuters. Media in Argentina is reporting that FOX Sports Latin America and Turner Broadcasting System Latin America will pay $206 million per year for the rights to the league over a […]

Sunday's Premier League game between Manchester City and Liverpool averaged 1.022 million viewers on the NBC over-the-air network. The 1-1 draw was shown live on NBC network television from 12:30 to 2:30pm ET. The later than usual kickoff time for a high profile Premier League game on a Sunday was a result of the US […]

Arsenal could be set for a massive transformation this summer. With their manager of 21 years and their two best players, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Özil, all possibly on the way out, there might be some big holes to fill during the summer transfer market. Sanchez and Özil have their current contracts expire following the […]

Although originally scheduled to air live on FS1, FOX Sports has moved the Mexico vs. Costa Rica game from FS1 to FS2 for Friday night's important World Cup qualifier. The match was originally advertised that it would air beginning at 8:30pm ET on FS1, but FOX Sports will instead show the game at 9:50pm ET […]

Tottenham Hotspur have announced that the club will be playing several friendlies in the United States this summer as part of their 2017 preseason tour. The Lilywhites have confirmed three friendlies thus far, all part of the 2017 International Champions Cup. It's quite possible that the club may announce additional friendlies against MLS teams, but […]