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The Premier League was high on drama and plot lines this season, but if it were a wine, some customers might be sending it back to the waiter. Manchester United were deserving champions, but not even their most devoted fans would argue that Sir Al...

It hasn't been the finest vintage, this Premier League season. But most football fans agree, they will drink anything if the price is right. Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham all got what they needed over the weekend, even if there were a string of rat...

It is going to feel like the Wall Street crash for whichever three teams drop out of the English Premier League on the final day of the season. With the most lucrative TV deals in history in place for next season, a conservative estimate woul...

If the jury is still out on Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers, then it might not be back in to deliver a verdict for some time. Visually, Liverpool often look as if they are a better team this season, playing some attractive football and with that ele...

Something seems very wrong at Manchester City, judged by the lethargic, error-strewn display at Southampton that was almost too bad to be true. Manager Roberto Mancini, who has been blaming everyone but himself, might be struggling to hold on to his ...

If Chelsea win any silverware this season, it will be despite owner Roman Abramovich. The autocratic Russian billionaire presides over a club immersed in turmoil and mutiny despite the extravagant array of talent his club can put on the pitch. ...

What has Santa got on his sleigh for the English Premier League teams this Christmas? And what can you buy for multi-millionaires anyway? Here are a few tongue-in-cheek gift ideas. Arsenal -- New spectacles to re-focus on winning trophies...

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The coins, handshake snubs, monkey chants, last-minute goal gluts and slapstick defending that are dominating English football's headlines this season have masked a hidden truth: this Premier League campaign has been tactically poor but storyline-ric...

#INSERT type:video subtype:lead caption:ESPN commentators Ian Darke and Steve McManaman break down Chelsea's 3-1 win over Sunderland. END# Fernando Torres handed Rafael Benitez a first Premier League victory as Chelsea manager as he ended his perso...

#INSERT type:video subtype: lead caption:Ian Darke and Steve Mcmanaman run the rule over Liverpool's goalless draw with Swansea END# Brendan Rodgers secured a point on his return to the Liberty Stadium but will feel his Liverpool side deserved mo...

Never look at the Premier League table until November because it can tell you lies. Oh wait, it is November already. And perhaps that table does not speak with forked tongue when it speaks of Manchester United out on top from champions City with ...

You could sense the relief of the USA players as they filed back in to their Kansas City hotel having advanced into the final hexagonal World Cup qualifying round, but how good is Jurgen Klinsmann's team? A school report might say: "Impressive in cam...

Chelsea go into the international break with a useful four-point lead over the two Manchester clubs, yet many are still unconvinced they can finish on top. Only seven games have been played; 31 to go. So to borrow a line from Winston Churchill, "This...

The future of American soccer will be determined by one man. And, perhaps surprisingly, he is neither Jurgen Klinsmann, Clint Dempsey nor Ian Darke. Rich Luker, a 59-year-old baseball-loving social scientist based in North Carolina, is the brains ...

Jurgen Klinsmann was facing his first mini crisis as USA coach in Columbus, Ohio, this week. In the city that gave the world Jack Nicklaus, there was suddenly the real danger that the Americans would fail to make the cut for the World Cup. A shoc...