After Hull City announced yesterday that they're changing their club name from Hull City AFC (in the UK) and Hull City Tigers (internationally), the Premier League has revealed to The Daily Mail that the new club name won't be endorsed for the upcoming season. A Premier League spokesperson said: "We have not been informed of a change […]

The advertising campaign by NBC Sports to promote it's Premier League coverage continues to win plaudits with videos, billboards in Times Square and subway cars. And now, NBC has taken to the streets of New York City with a street poster that shows many of the NYC boroughs and neighborhoods matched up with Premier League […]

Professional Footballers' Association Chief Gordon Taylor says it will be practically impossible for Luis Suarez to leave Liverpool this month. "With the transfer window expiring, the difficulties of not only selling him to a competitor but also replacing him makes it practically impossible. "I think it really muddies the waters to have buy-out clauses that […]

Author of Soccer In Sun and Shadow, Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano is best known in North America as the author of Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. That novel made headlines (and vaulted to #2 on the Amazon sales list) when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly handed US President […]

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville joined new colleague Jamie Carragher this week to discuss Manchester United's upcoming season — and whether Moyes will change United, or United will change Moyes. As usual, it's an informative discussion from Neville. Carragher chimes in with appropriate, intelligent comments too. And judging by Carra's work in this video, he's […]

Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani put an ad in an Italian newspaper today to formally say goodbye to Napoli supporters. Cavani joined Paris-Saint Germain on a 5-year deal several weeks ago, but loved his playing time and his fans at the Serie A club Napoli. The £54million deal that PSG offered was too good for Napoli […]

Every summer, Sky Sports typically releases a video in the lead-up to the new Premier League season. In previous years, former Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray was featured along with the other presenters and personalities. While Sky Sports hasn't, to my knowledge, released a video like that so far this summer, here's one that adds […]

As if Brendan Rodgers didn't have enough on his plate. Now, his left winger Raheem Sterling will go on trial in September charged with assaulting his girlfriend. The 18-year-old was arrested last night and spent the night in jail after being charged with common assault. Sterling went to court this morning and pleaded not guilty […]

Coverage of the 2013-14 season of the Bundesliga kicks off today. For viewers in the United States, the opening match of the season will be shown live on GolTV at 2:30pm ET featuring Bayern Munich versus Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayern Munich stormed to the Bundesliga title early in April and overshadowed the rest of the league […]

The owners of Hull City have decided that they will change the club's name from Hull City AFC to Hull City Tigers. In an interview with the Hull Daily Mail, club owner Assem Allam revealed: "Hull City is irrelevant. My dislike for the word 'City' is because it is common. City is also associated with Leicester, […]

Arsenal will have to defeat Turkish side Fenerbahce over two legs in order to reach the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, while Premier League side Swansea City will travel to Romania in the next round of the Europa League. Istanbul-based Fenerbahce were originally banned from UEFA competitions over match-fixing charges in the Turkish league. The club […]

Liverpool owner John W Henry has come down hard on Luis Suarez, saying that the striker will not be sold to Arsenal or any other European club this summer. Henry said: "I'm unequivocal that we won't sell to Arsenal, whatever the bid is. I have not said it to Stan [Kroenke, Arsenal's majority shareholder] but […]

The U.S. Men's National Team moved up three spots to No. 19 in the FIFA world rankings, which were released on Thursday. It is the first time the U.S. has made an appearance in the Top 20 since March 2011. They also moved ahead of rival Mexico, ranked No. 20, to become the highest ranked […]

Over the past 10 days, the hottest tickets in town across the United States have been the International Champions Cup featuring eight world-class teams including Real Madrid, Chelsea, AC Milan, Juventus, Valencia, Inter Milan, Everton and LA Galaxy. In total, 306,344 people attended the games, with 289,344 watching the games in person on US soil. […]

Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network tonight for the launch of NBC's first two original EPL programs — Premier League Club Guide and Premier League Countdown. Premier League Club Guide debuts at 7:30pm ET and is then followed by Premier League Countdown at 8:30pm ET. The first show will feature Rebecca Lowe and Kyle Martino taking a look at […]