Barcelona full-back Dani Alves has told the Catalan daily SPORT that he has not been offered a contract renewal by the club, with the defender's current deal set to expire in the summer. The 31-year-old arrived back in Barcelona this afternoon after spending his holiday at home in Brazil and was immediately mobbed by reporters. According to SPORT, Alves […]

NBC Sports launched its first-ever Premier League Breakaway Show on Thursday, which ended up being an attack on the senses as goals flooded in throughout 90 minutes of soccer action. Even for those soccer fans who were eagerly anticipating the debut of Premier League Breakaway on New Year's Day, few fans were prepared for the sensory […]

It is no small irony that after 24 hours of headlines about Frank Lampard that the spotlight has passed to Steven Gerrard. After all, it's these two players who are forever inextricably linked in the minds of a generation of fans and journalists alike. Gerrard’s decision to retire from the only club he has ever played […]

Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski is on his way to Inter Milan after the clubs reached an agreement which will see the German international join the Serie A side on-loan for the remainder of the season, according to reports from Italy. Internazionale director Piero Ausilio is understood to have worked the deal out with officials at […]

Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic is relishing the champions' title battle with Chelsea. City pulled alongside Chelsea at the top of the Barclays Premier League with a dramatic 3-2 win over Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium on New Year's Day. Chelsea had an eight-point advantage over City in November but the two teams now have […]

Manager Arsene Wenger believes his side must lay to rest their defensive "ghosts" before they can move forward in 2015. The Gunners begin the defense of their FA Cup crown at home to Hull on Sunday having started the new year with a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Southampton, which left them in sixth and three […]

If you had to pin the blame for the current state of the soccer economy on one man, you likely wouldn’t get much farther than Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez. He won his first tenure as president of the club on the back of a lopsided season that saw Madrid win the UEFA Champions League […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers faces a challenge none of his predecessors have had to even consider – replacing Steven Gerrard. Gerrard's departure at the end of the season will leave a hole at Anfield in terms of midfield dynamism and leadership. It will be an opportunity for players such as Jordan Henderson or Joe Allen […]

Imparting a culture of victimization in his players is an old Jose Mourinho trick. An equally old trick of The Special One is to use the media to his advantage planting statements that give his side in an edge in upcoming matches. The Chelsea manager has historically said lots of provocative things in post-match that […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini claimed he could understand the frustration of New York City supporters after his victory in the fight for Frank Lampard's services. City are set to keep the former England midfielder until the end of the season after deferring his move to their sister club in the United States. Lampard had […]

Tottenham enjoyed an unforgettable start to 2015 as Chelsea were disposed of in remarkable fashion, with Jose Mourinho's side shipping five goals as the Premier League title race burst wide open. Spurs have rarely had the bragging rights in this fixture – just three times in 45 Premier League encounters, in fact – but this […]

A seething Jose Mourinho invited scrutiny on the performance of referee Phil Dowd after witnessing his Chelsea side lose 5-3 at Tottenham in a result which wiped out their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League. Harry Kane scored twice as Spurs ended a 10-match winless run against the Blues, who now share […]

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is set to announce he is to leave his boyhood club at the end of the season, Press Association Sport understands. The midfielder, who will turn 35 in May, is out of contract in the summer, but, despite being offered a new deal, he appears to have decided the time is […]

For years, it has seemed that West Bromwich Albion was content to be either a yo-yo club or barely scraping by to avoid relegation. Steve Clarke raised the club to unseen heights in the Premier League era finishing 8th in the 2012-13 season but was sacked before Christmas when 2013-14 didn’t start off quite as […]

NBCSN's launch of Premier League Breakaway has been a hit and a miss according to soccer fans in the US, but one consensus that seems to be unanimous is this: Rebecca Lowe, NO SPOILERS! NBC Sports launched Premier League Breakaway today to give soccer fans a chance to see live and slightly delayed highlights of […]