Chelsea maintains their lead in the English Premier League (EPL) after 1-1 draw against fourth-place Southampton while second-place Manchester City and third-place Manchester United fail to make up ground in the standings. Arsenal managed to creep into the top five with a key victory on the road against West Ham United.
With both teams looking to catch Chelsea in the standings, Manchester City thumps Southampton 3-0 to move to second place in the standings. In other EPL Sunday action, Roberto Soldado, who had not scored a goal since September, nailed the game-winner for Tottenham Hotspurs for the victory over Tim Howard and Everton.
Arsenal failed to take advantage of Alexis Sanchez's eighth goals for the year losing to Swansea City 2-1 while Tottenham Hotspur go down 2-1 to Stoke City after giving up two early goals in the match.
England's national team head coach, Roy Hodgson, has been very critical of English Football Association (FA) for scheduling National Football League (NFL) games prior to his team's Euro 2016 qualifier games.
After going through a rough patch in UEFA Champions League, the Capital One Cup and English Premier League (EPL) action, defending champions Manchester City bounced back defeating crosstown rival Manchester United in the "Manchester Derby." Also, Tottenham Hotspur turned things around thanks to Harry Kane's late-game heroics to defeat Aston Villa.
Chelsea keeps their five point lead over defending English Premier League (EPL) defending champions Manchester City despite Diego Costa sitting the game with an injury while Arsenal needed Danny Welback's heroics to pull off a draw against Hull City.
World Cup winners Germany were upset 2-0 on Saturday by Poland in the Euro 2016 qualifiers, giving Poland their first win over their neighbors in 18 previous games. Also, LA Galaxy's Robbie Keane scored a hat-trick for the Republic of Ireland against Gibraltar in their 7-0 at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
With concerns over how concussions were handled in the 2014 World Cup, the English Premier League (EPL), UEFA, and FIFA are implementing new protocols over how to handle head injuries.
With the 2014 World Cup now in the rear-view, Luke Dempsey's entertaining book "Club Soccer 101" helps new-school soccer fans and sports history wonks learn more about professional club teams from around the world -- including La Liga, Bundesliga, English Premier League (EPL), Liga MX, and Major League Soccer (MLS) -- with his new book further helping them understand the passion of "the beautiful game."
Lionel Messi is the face of Barcelona. He is the team's all-time highest goal scorer and he has been the reason for the club's success over the last few years. But could he possibly be on his way out? And is Barcelona's biggest Real Madrid ready to buy him up?
