Colombia shatter American dream in Copa opener Santa Clara (United States) (AFP) – Colombia wrecked the United States’ hopes of a winning start to the Copa America Centenario as goals from James Rodriguez and Cristian Zapata gave the South Americans a comfortable 2-0 victory. AC Milan’s Zapata and Real Madrid star Rodriguez struck in the first half before a sell-out 67,439 crowd at the Levi’s … [Read more...]

Paraguay ready to defy rankings at Copa America Orlando (AFP) – Paraguay’s veteran goalkeeper Justo Villar says FIFA’s rankings undervalue his team and believes they can defy expectations and once again make a real impact in the Copa America Centenario tournament. Paraguay have the lowest FIFA ranking of the four teams in Group A, sitting behind third-ranked Colombia, Costa Rica and the United … [Read more...]

Mourinho set to make first Old Trafford appearance London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho is set to make his first appearance at Old Trafford since being named Manchester United manager in Sunday’s prestigious Soccer Aid charity match. Just nine days after the official confirmation of Mourinho’s appointment, the 53-year-old will be in Manchester to give his support to UNICEF, who use the friendly fixture … [Read more...]

Raid on FIFA amid new revelations on Blatter payments Zurich (AFP) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and two of his deputies awarded themselves more than $80 million in often suspicious payments over the past five years, FIFA said Friday, after Swiss investigators raided the headquarters of football’s governing body. On a day that FIFA also had to deny media reports that new president Gianni … [Read more...]

Copa América 2016 Schedule We’ve compiled the most comprehensive Copa América 2016 Schedule. Hopefully, it’ll to give you as many options as possible to watch the 100th anniversary of the Copa America Centenario. Every single game will be shown live on US television and streaming. Plus all of the games will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. We’ve navigated through all of the … [Read more...]

Hodgson defends toiling England trio after Portugal warm-up London (AFP) – England manager Roy Hodgson was forced to defend his tactics after his side narrowly edged 10-man Portugal 1-0 in their final warm-up game prior to Euro 2016. Hodgson fielded forwards Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy from the start, but despite Portugal losing Bruno Alves to a first-half red card, it took an … [Read more...]

PSG boss hints at Blanc departure Paris (AFP) – The future of Laurent Blanc as Paris Saint-Germain coach was thrown into grave doubt on Friday after the chairman of the big-spending French champions said major changes were afoot. Nasser Al-Khelaifi in April insisted that Blanc, who has been head coach at Qatari-owned PSG since 2013, would stay on despite failing once again to get past the … [Read more...]

Euro 2016 Groups D, E and F previews: EuroCopa Soccer Podcast Welcome to the latest episode of the EuroCopa Soccer Podcast, the daily digital download focused on Copa America Centenario and Euro 2016. In this episode, the EuroCopa Podcast host Nipun Chopra is joined by Kartik Krishnaiyer, Robert Hay Jr. and Kristan Heneage to preview the teams in Euro 2016 Group D — Croatia, Czech Republic, … [Read more...]

England a work in progress says Harry Kane London (AFP) – Harry Kane admits England’s spluttering attack still has plenty of room for improvement ahead of their Euro 2016 opener.  Roy Hodgson’s side wrapped up their preparations for the tournament in France with a 1-0 win over Portugal at Wembley on Thursday and the main talking point of a drab display was the lack of cohesion between England’s … [Read more...]

Haiti Copa America games on TV If you want to find out the schedule of Haiti Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Haiti games in Spanish will be shown across Univision’s networks, … [Read more...]