News - Page 2034

News

/ 4050 days ago

Legitimate questions need to be asked about Jurgen Klinsmann's decisionmaking

The US Men's National Team loss to Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final Wednesday night is a shock to the US Soccer system, and it’s indicative of many tournament specific failures. However the big picture is still a different matter. In this particular tournament, the US was not good enough by any measure. It was […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

FOX will show Bundesliga games across FOX networks

FOX Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2015/16 Bundesliga season will feature games that will be shown live across FOX Sports 2, FOX Soccer Plus and streaming service FOX Soccer 2GO. UPDATE: FOX SPORTS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES BUNDESLIGA TV COVERAGE PLANS. As of press time, here's what World Soccer Talk can reveal so far: about the first season of […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

USA vs. Jamaica, Gold Cup semi-final TV times and open thread

The US Men's National Team kicks off its semi-final in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup tonight against Jamaica at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. If you live in the United States, here's where you can watch the game on television: USA v. Jamaica 6pm ET FOX Sports 1 Atlanta, Georgia Or you can watch the […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

West Ham sign Argentine midfielder Manuel Lanzini on season-long loan

West Ham have signed Argentinian midfielder Manuel Lanzini on a season-long loan from United Arab Emirates club Al Jazira. Lanzini is the Hammers' seventh signing of the summer and the club hold an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season. The 22-year-old, who is nicknamed 'The Jewel', has played four […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Liverpool confirm signing of Christian Benteke for £32.5 million

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has finally captured his number one summer transfer target after striker Christian Benteke completed his £32.5million transfer from Aston Villa. The Belgium international becomes the seventh new arrival at Anfield since the end of last season but he was always the priority for the Reds boss. Benteke is understood to have […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Swansea will resist attempts from Al Ahli to sign Bafetimbi Gomis

Swansea will resist any attempts to lure their France striker Bafetimbi Gomis away from the Liberty Stadium. Wealthy Dubai-based Al Ahli have been linked with a shock move for the 29-year-old Gomis, who scored 10 goals for Swansea after joining from Lyon on a free transfer last summer. Gomis had an eventful first season at […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Mario Balotelli's Liverpool future is in his own hands, says Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists Mario Balotelli's future lies in the player's own hands despite his omission from their pre-season tour. The Italy international was among a number of players, Jose Enrique and Fabio Borini included, who were left behind at the club's Melwood training base while the rest flew out for friendlies in Thailand, […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Chelsea fans banned over Metro incident

Four Chelsea fans caught up in the Paris Metro train race row have been banned from football matches for up to five years. Video showed Frenchman Souleymane Sylla repeatedly pushed off the carriage amid chants of "we're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it". It happened as Chelsea fans were in the […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

USSF needs to be accountable if it knew about Blazer corruption

The United States is a country that stands for freedom, with a hands-off, free market economy. So much so, in fact, that many a rich person has built their fortune using the rather unimposing economic principles that govern our system. It is also a playground for the robber baron, a place where the con artist […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Louis van Gaal expects Angel Di Maria to stay despite interest from PSG

Louis van Gaal still expects Angel di Maria to join Manchester United's tour of the United States on Saturday despite reports the £59.7million midfielder is closing in on a transfer to Paris St Germain. Di Maria failed to impress at United last season following his record move to Old Trafford from Real Madrid. The 27-year-old […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Arsenal's Szczesny in line for loan move to Roma

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny could be offered the chance of a loan move to Roma, Press Association Sport understands. The 25-year-old played in the FA Cup final win over Aston Villa at Wembley, but lost his place in the Gunners' Barclays Premier League side to David Ospina at the turn of the year following some inconsistent […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

USA vs. Jamaica Gold Cup semi-final preview

The US is once again into the semifinals of the Gold Cup thanks to what was their best display of the tournament thus far, thrashing Cuba 6-0. The focus now turns to making sure that the US can take care of business against a much improved Jamaica team. It was a huge positive to see […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

It’ll take a huge fee for Chelsea to sign John Stones from Everton

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has conceded it may take a huge fee to prise Everton defender John Stones away from Goodison Park. The Premier League champions had a bid reported to be in the region of £20million rebuffed by the Toffees last week, with manager Roberto Martinez criticizing the Blues for the way they handled […]

News

/ 4050 days ago

Sheffield Wednesday supporters feeling optimistic

The term “Sleeping Giant” is an overused cliché often used for clubs who have fallen on hard times, whose better days are a distant memory or highlight footage that is only available in black and white. The Football League is littered with clubs who at one point or another dominated English football. Leeds United, […]

News

/ 4051 days ago

Analyzing Atletico Madrid's summer transfer window

Diego Simeone has had a very busy transfer window so far rebuilding his side that won La Liga and made the Champions League final two years ago. The 2011-12 Europa League winner has plenty to do if he wants Atletico Madrid to be contending with Barcelona and hated rivals Real Madrid for the Spanish league […]