London (AFP) – Arsenal showed why the Football Association can only dream of hiring Arsene Wenger to take charge of England as Theo Walcott's double inspired a swaggering 2-0 victory over Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday. The FA's decision to part ways with disgraced England manager Sam Allardyce on Tuesday triggered reports that […]

FC Basel must improve its record against Portuguese sides in order to get past FC Porto in their UEFA Champions League last 16 return leg on Tuesday night (3:45pm ET on FOX Sports 2 in the US). The 1-1 first leg draw means Porto are still unbeaten in this season's competition (six wins and three draws), […]

Later today, the majority of viewers will likely be tuning into see how the defending European champions, Real Madrid, fare against Schalke 04 during their Champions League Round of 16 first leg in Gelsenkirchen. But the most entertaining game of the day will not feature Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, it will be the matchup between […]

The knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League typically churns out some of the most dramatic soccer matches of the entire campaign and we don’t have to wait long until the last-16 gets underway. This season’s competition is packed with quality, as the remaining sides look to plot their path to the Berlin final on June […]

Chelsea have reached an agreement with FC Basel to sign 21-year-old winger Mohamed Salah. Personal terms have still to be finalized with Salah, and the player needs to pass a medical before he can officially become a Chelsea footballer in a transfer that has been reported as £11million. Chelsea reportedly wanted to announce the Salah news […]

Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah will join Liverpool Football Club in January from FC Basel, according to a report tonight. Salah's close friend and former teammate Mohamed Zika revealed the news to Egyptian TV today. Salah, a 21-year-old winger with 27 caps for Egypt and who is valued at 12million Euros, was named CAF Most Promising African Talent of […]

FC Basel's Mohamed Salah scored an exquisite goal at Stamford Bridge tonight to equalize against Chelsea, before Basel's Marco Streller scored in the 82nd minute to win all three points. The goal by Salah was a perfect example of the teamwork by the Swiss side. Plus, the way Salah struck the ball first time into the net […]

With the another matchday of the Champions/Europa League group stages coming up, I've decided to take  a look at what could be the more interesting matches of the 40 which will be played in the two competitions. The way I've chosen these matches is by looking at the teams which are playing, how they've been […]

A massive number of clubs are involved in the Second Qualifying Round (80 in total). The winners of the 23 First Qualifying Round ties were joined in this round by a further 57 clubs that includes the domestic cup winners from the national associations ranked 30 to 53 in the UEFA coefficient, the runners-up from […]

There are some pivotal battles to be fought in the upcoming Matchday and while some groups look to have clear patterns emerging, others could go down to the wire. Let's take a whirlwind tour of the current state of the groups along with my speculations on the ties on Matchday 5. Group A A win […]

Matchday 4 should be a pivotal one as many groups may well be decided once the games are completed. Who needs a win and who can afford to slip? Let's take a look at Tuesday's games. Group A Roma need to win at home against Chelsea but that is looking to be a tall order […]