It was a brilliant opening weekend for Major League Soccer with 36 goals across the 10 games giving fans plenty to cheer about. The action on the field translated into fans in the stands as MLS averaged 26,152 fans for 10 games on Sunday. That put MLS sixth in the world in average attendance over […]
Chelsea are all set to complete the appointment of Italy national team coach Antonio Conte as their new manager for next season after handing him a three-year deal worth around £5m (€6.5) per year. Compared to what Jurgen Klopp is getting at Liverpool and Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho will get at City and United […]
Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro has demanded that Jose Mourinho has to make a public apology or the employment tribunal involving the former Chelsea team doctor will go to a full public hearing. The demand emerged as Dr Carneiro and her lawyers met with officials from Chelsea at the London South Employment Tribunal in […]
Chelsea will go into their crunch European tie against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night without their captain John Terry who has failed to recover from a hamstring injury. PSG head to Stamford Bridge with a 2-1 lead and Blues interim manager Guus Hiddink was hoping to have their inspirational leader back in the lineup. However […]
It had been a great week for Louis van Gaal. Heading into the weekend’s fixtures Manchester United had cut into Arsenal’s lead over them by 6 points. United fans were dreaming of a top four finish once again. The Gunners draw in the North London derby on Saturday meant that a United win over West […]
The financial state of Italian clubs was laid bare to the world this week and it extremely worrying for any fan of Serie A. Collectively, clubs in Serie A lost a combined €365 million last season, up from the €220m combined losses they had incurred just 12 months prior. Only seven of the 19 clubs […]
Leicester City took another big step towards an improbable Premier League title as they beat Watford 1-0 while Spurs and Arsenal drew in the North London derby. Hours after seeing fellow title rivals Tottenham and Arsenal draw 2-2 in the north London derby, Leicester beat Watford 1-0 away to extend its lead to five points […]
Barcelona lead Real Madrid by 12 points in La Liga and defeated their rivals 4-0 earlier in the season ‒ and now the Spanish giants have broken their record by going 35 games unbeaten. Luis Enrique’s side set a new Spanish record after securing a 5-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano on Thursday night. The victory, […]
Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have admitted that they ‘underestimated how poor’ the quality of the squad was when taking over in 2010. As part of a long-running legal dispute between Mill Financial, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the club’s former co-owner George Gillett, FSG’s former counsel Edward Weiss was forced to testify. And […]