Here are tonight's main news headlines: Top-flight football crowds in England on course for 40-year high — Sporting Intelligence Chelsea 5-4 Manchester United | Capital One Cup match report — The Guardian Steven Caulker charged by Serbian police — Tottenham Hotspur Henning Berg confirmed as new manager of Blackburn Rovers — The Independent Chelsea face […]

After the news that NBC Universal won the US media rights to the Premier League on US TV and Internet, it's been announced today that Rogers and TSN will split the Premier League media rights in Canada fifty-fifty, with games to be shown across Sportsnet and TSN. In the three year deal, Sportsnet will get […]

The Professional Footballers' Association has today revealed a six-point plan to tackle racism. The six points are: 1 Speeding up the process of dealing with reported racist abuse with close monitoring of any incidents. 2 Consideration of stiffer penalties for racist abuse and to include an equality awareness programme for culprits and clubs involved. 3 An English form […]

Premier League's impact on tourism has been written about today in The Guardian, who explain that almost one million soccer supporters traveled to Britain last year. According to the report, more than 60,000 alone came from the United States. It makes for interesting reading as do many of the Premier League-related stories today: 900,000 football […]

Ask Americans why they don't watch soccer, and chances are that most of them will argue that soccer is boring and that there's not enough scoring in the game. Dig a little deeper, however, and you may be surprised by what you find. Reddit user Rolldog did some research after one of his friends got into […]

A few months ago I wrote an article listing reasons why NBA fans, with the then impending and thankfully short lockout of the NBA season, should get into soccer. After a rollercoaster season in the EPL which saw Manchester City, rivals of Manchester United, finally bring home a title after 40+ years, after seeing Real […]

One thing people cannot contest is the impact the Premier League has had all over the world. The Premier League is undoubtedly the most popular league in the world. It is estimated that the Premier League is broadcast to 600+ million viewers in over 200 countries. It is no secret that its influence is immense. […]

I am in a favor of the 39th game (audible gasp). By that I don't mean each team should play an extra round of fixtures tagged on somewhere in an already congested season that would ultimately imbalance the entire league structure and everything we hold dear about equality, fairness and the unbiased (cough) nature of […]

Starting today, the Premier League added a watermark in the bottom right corner of many of its TV and Internet broadcasts (see above example). Adding the Premier League logo is certainly a move by the league to protect its copyright and prevent pubs in the United Kingdom from using its footage without permission. The move […]

We all know that Premier League football is far more than the 90 minutes our favorite team plays each weekend. Throughout the week there's plenty of programming, on television, the Internet and radio, to keep us informed and entertained about our passion. But what if, for a minute, you could pick and choose your dream […]

Over the last two weeks it’s hard to look beyond the results of Manchester United who secured two very impressive away wins, but let’s not forget Wigan, who have also had a great few days. A few weeks ago United were struggling in the APL as they were winning, but not winning well. They were […]

Outside of the TV coverage of the actual matches themselves, what are the things that you can't live without when it comes to following the Premier League? For example, what TV shows, radio shows, websites, phone apps, plug-ins, or anything else do you use that are the most important to you — whether they're legal […]

I realize that what I will suggest will border on being sacrilegious in the eyes of English football traditionalists, but here goes: The weekend Premier League football schedule needs to change. Let me explain. This past weekend's matches in the Premier League were very entertaining (except for the Sunderland against Fulham game). But the shame […]

Talk to any football fan and chances are, they can painfully recall a weekend ruined by a bad refereeing decision. And for supporters of Premier League sides, the pain is that much greater. Thanks to the TV cameras present at every EPL game, fans get to relive the nightmare decision through slow-motion action replays which […]

The EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) is about to set in and is due to drastically change the way youth players are developed in England. The changes will begin in the 2012-2013 season and it will mean that academies are set up in a four tier system and it will also see every club gain […]