Bayer Leverkusen rejoined the fight for a Champions League qualifying berth on Sunday with a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart that saw them break back into the German Bundesliga's top six. Goals by Julian Brandt and Karim Bellarabi handed Leverkusen a win that put them level on points with fifth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach and two points […]

Champions Juventus took their Serie A unbeaten run to 20 games with a 4-1 derby win at Torino that saw goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon set a new clean sheet record of 973 minutes. Juventus made the short trip to the Stadio Olimpico looking to make amends for their spectacular Champions League collapse at Bayern Munich on […]

Mauricio Pochettino has warned Leicester that title-chasing Tottenham are ready to step on the gas as the race for pole position in the Premier League hots up. Thanks to Harry Kane's latest heroics in Sunday's swaggering 3-0 win over Bournemouth, Pochettino's second placed team are just five points behind Leicester heading into the final seven […]

Napoli can keep on dreaming of a first scudetto in more than a quarter of a century, said striker Gonzalo Higuain after taking his Serie A goal tally to 29 in 30 games with a brace in a 3-1 win over Genoa on Sunday. Napoli, chasing a first Serie A title since the heady days […]

NBCSN's Premier League presenter Rebecca Lowe will be replaced by Arlo White and Steve Bower while she's on maternity leave, according to NBC Sports. Lowe, who is expecting to deliver a baby boy in April, will initially be replaced by Arlo White, who will be temporarily moving from England to the United States to host […]

UPDATE: beIN SPORTS has decided to move the Chile-Argentina game (and all other games originally scheduled for pay-per-view) to beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Espanol. More details here. In what can only be seen as a step backwards in the evolution of soccer broadcasting in the United States, beIN SPORTS will be offering some of […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 3 of the 2016 MLS season. 1. Red Cards Everywhere PRO's point of emphasis this offseason was on properly recognizing and punishing red card-worthy tackles. So far this season? Mission accomplished – in a big way. This weekend's slate of games was littered with sending offs […]

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes that his team have a "big chance" of finishing in the Premier League's top four following their 1-0 win at Manchester City. United's season looked to be on the rocks after they were knocked out of the Europa League by Liverpool last Thursday, but teen sensation Marcus Rashford's […]

Dundee United came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw with Dundee in a dramatic city derby at Tannadice on Sunday that keeps alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation. Dundee had looked on course to claim a first win away to their local rivals since August 2004 when leading marksman Kane Hemmings […]

A derby between bitter Istanbul rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce was postponed Sunday over a "serious" threat, authorities said, a day after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city killed four people. "The football match was postponed in light of serious information" pointing to the risk of an attack, the local governor's office said in […]

Newcastle United striker Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home an 83rd-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Sunderland on Sunday that did nothing to ease both clubs' Premier League relegation fears. Both remain in the bottom three, but it could have been so much worse for Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez as his side trailed in his second […]

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to nine points despite blowing a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 at Villarreal on Sunday. Ivan Rakitic and a controversial Neymar penalty had Barca on course for a 13th consecutive La Liga win before half-time. Yet, Villarreal were more than worthy of a point and […]

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has issued a thinly-veiled 'hands off' warning to Manchester City after Pep Guardiola's future employers have been linked to a string of Bayern's stars. "I have been wondering somewhat about statements made by our colleagues from Manchester City, because contracts are contracts and that also applies to Manchester City," Rummenigge […]

When Garry Monk was sacked as manager of Swansea City on December 9, Swansea City were in a free fall. At that time, they had recorded just one victory in their previous 11 games. With the club unable to finalize deals with several prospective managers, the Swans decided to name assistant coach Alan Curtis as […]

Sporting Gijon scored twice in the final 11 minutes to land a huge blow to Atletico Madrid's La Liga title challenge with a 2-1 win on Saturday. Antoine Griezmann's sunning first-half free-kick put Atletico in front. However, Atletico felt the after effects of their efforts in seeing off PSV Eindhoven after extra-time and penalties in […]