CNBC's Adam Reed discusses the race between soccer teams Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich to secure the top position in Germany's Bundesliga.
German sportwear manufacturer Puma signed a long-term strategic partnership with current English Premier League champions Manchester City.
The club has also been fined $600,000 and given 90 days to address the situation of the players concerned.
The parent company of English Premier League champions Manchester City announced Wednesday that it has added a seventh soccer club to its growing stable.
City are drawn against lowly Newport County in the Fifth Round of the English FA Cup.
BANGKOK, Feb 13- The honeymoon that Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi and his wife had hoped to have in Thailand late last year did not go according to plan. As the 25- year-old, who has refugee status in Australia, got off a plane in Bangkok on Nov. 27, Thai immigration police were waiting to arrest him based on an Interpol "red notice" from Bahrain.
The soccer club was boosted by reaching the Champions League final and the sale of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona.
The news bodes well as Qatar builds toward featuring at its first World Cup, which the tiny oil-rich state will host in 2022.
The United Arab Emirates, host of the 2019 AFC Asia Cup, reached the end of its tournament run with a 4-0 loss to Qatar at Tuesday night's semi-final in a heated match marred by outbursts from angry spectators.
BeIN Sports has accused the rival broadcaster of brazenly stealing its sports content.
Manchester United is European soccer's best supported team in China, with over 107 million followers.
The governing body of world soccer, FIFA, revealed that around half of the world's population watched some part of the 2018 World Cup, according to audience data.
Martin Glenn will resign from his post as the FA's CEO in May 2019, it was announced Thursday.
January's game in Miami against Girona FC would have been part of the regular season.
Britain's biggest gambling firms have voluntarily agreed to a TV ad blackout running from "whistle-to-whistle" during soccer matches.
The app, called OTRO, is intended to be a digital fan club fueled by content created by the world's leading soccer players.
The owner of English Premier League team Newcastle United, Mike Ashley, is reportedly in talks with an American financial investment firm over a potential sale of the club.
The team pays its players an average £600,000 more per year than local rivals and current champions Manchester City, according to an annual report.
Soccer clubs from England's Championship have expressed "grave concerns" about how the English Football League (EFL) renegotiated a new multi-million pound TV deal with British broadcast partner Sky.
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to create a healthy soccer market in the country. Oscar Grau of FC Barcelona says his club wants to help Beijing get closer to its goal.
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