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Newcastle United has been inundated with joke offers after owner Mike Ashley invited anyone interested in buying the club to make contact via email. Supporters of Newcastle's local rivals, Sunderland, took particular delight in responding to a statement on the relegated club's website which said that potential purchasers could go through the unusual process of […]

Nestor de la Torre, president of the commission for Mexico's national teams, has asked the press not to encourage Tricolor fans to boycott Mexico's upcoming World Cup qualifying match against Trinidad and Tobago. "We are in the same boat to go together to the World Cup and to be encouraging situations that divide I do […]

“Seattle Sounders FC seems to be following Macaulay Culkin‘s career path, and that’s not a great thing,” writes Don Ruiz of The Olympian. “The former child star of ‘Home Alone’ quickly grew from cute little kid that everybody loved into a less-likable adolescent who just made everybody miss the cute little kid he used to […]

At 27 years of age, DaMarcus Beasley should be in his athletic prime. However, the Fort Wayne native, once a "golden child" of U.S. soccer, finds himself at a crossroads. Although he played every minute of the first four matches of World Cup qualifying, Beasley has failed to find a consistent position. Against Honduras, Beasley […]

Immediately after completing the $96 million capture of Kaka, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez warned Manchester United that Cristiano Ronaldo was next on his hit list. Perez said last week that he would not jeapordize his relationship with United to sign Ronaldo, but he appeared in a bullish mood after the success of the Kaka […]

Argentina, beaten 6-1 by Bolivia at 3,600 meters (11,811 feet) above sea level in April, faces another high-altitude World Cup qualifier in Ecuador on Wednesday. Coach Diego Maradona appeared to underestimate the effects of the altitude against Bolivia. The result marked the team’s heaviest defeat in 15 years and Lionel Messi was among players who […]

Former Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has been named coach of Bunyodkor, the Uzbek champion announced on Tuesday. The 60-year-old former Brazil World Cup-winning coach, who was sacked by the London club in February, has agreed an 18-month contract with the Uzbek side. "Uzbek soccer is on an upswing right now while Bunyodkor is a […]

Bayern Munich should offer French playmaker Franck Ribery a contract extension or allow him to leave as speculation about a move to Real Madrid is rife, club president Franz Beckenbauer said on Monday. “I only see two solutions – Ribery extends his contract to end any talk of a transfer or we offer his release,” […]

Toronto FC announced its second friendly game of the season on Saturday, facing Argentine club River Plate on July 22. This game, following hot on the heels of the announcement of the visit of Real Madrid on Aug. 7, will be inclusive of Toronto FC season ticket packages, and will represent the annual Carlsberg Cup […]

West Ham has been taken over by an asset management company, CB Holdings, a subsidiary of its main creditor, the Icelandic bank Straumur. The club had been up for sale but unable to find a buyer. The move to Straumur, which former West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson reportedly owed $160 million, should safeguard the club's […]

"It's always special. Chicago is a special place for me. Chicago is where I learned to play soccer. Coming from Green Bay, I didn't necessarily grow up as a soccer player but I learned how to be a professional and the skills I needed to make it as a pro. I hold this place special […]

Reports in the Spanish press indicate that Real Madrid will officially present Kaka as one of its own on June 30, after the Confederations Cup and if he passes a medical this week. Although reports in Italy state that a conclusive decision will not happen until Monday night, Spanish newspaper Marca state that the move […]

Guus Hiddink declared that he wants to manage a Premier League club again in the future but admitted that it won’t necessarily be Chelsea, here he had a run on an interim basis last season. “I will be back,” the former Australia, South Korea and Netherlands boss told English daily The Sunday Mirror . “Chelsea […]

Elvin-King Ibe flew 8,000 miles to pursue a dream. He and his family flew to Houston from Johannesburg, South Africa, so that Ibe could take part in this week's Dynamo Elite Camp along with 300 other campers. If he makes the cut at the end of the week, he'll begin training to be part of […]

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is desperate to sell the club after it dropped out of the Premier League. The sports store millionaire has seemingly accepted he will suffer a huge loss on his investment in the northeast club after spending a reported $370 million. The Magpies issued an official statement setting a price as Keith […]