Christopher Harris

Christopher Harris

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Since launching World Soccer Talk in 2005, Harris has played an influential role in shaping how broadcasters deliver the sport by providing in-depth analysis and reviews of the soccer TV coverage. He has interviewed virtually all media executives at the different media giants to stay apprised of changes in OTT and broadcast television while also keeping up with the latest reports and breaking news about key soccer rights acquisitions and the media landscape. Christopher is a member of the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR). He's the recipient of 18 WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association. Prior to World Soccer Talk, Chris wrote for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as well as The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Illustrated.

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Crystal Palace Sign Arsenal Striker Marouane Chamakh On One Year Deal: Nightly Soccer Report

Crystal Palace have signed Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh on a one-year deal. While Chamakh has been the butt of jokes for a couple of years since joining Arsenal in 2010, this will be a wonderful opportunity at Crystal Palace to prove the doubters wrong in a team where he should have a regular starting spot […]

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Arsenal Have Spent Only 1% of Their Available Cash Flow In The Transfer Market Since 2007

Since 2007, Arsenal have spent only 1% of their available cash flow in the transfer market according to an astonishing report by The Swiss Ramble today. The soccer financial blog goes into exhaustive detail regarding Arsenal's impressive financial fair play status, but also reminds readers what Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis boasted at the beginning […]

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Sunderland Complete Signing of Trabzonspor’s Czech Defender Ondrej Celustka

Sunderland have completed the signing of Trabzonspor’s Czech defender Ondrej Celustka on a season-long loan deal. Celustka is Sunderland's tenth signing of the summer. The 24-year-old played for Slavia Prague in 2009 where he made 41 league appearances and scored three goals. According to the Sunderland club website, Celustka linked up with Trabzonspor — following […]

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West Bromwich Albion Close to Agreeing Loan Deal For Udinese Striker Matej Vydra: Daily Soccer Report

Other than Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion have been the quietest Premier League club in the summer transfer window, but that's all about to change as Steve Clarke's side are set to finalize a deal to sign Udinese striker Matej Vydra on a loan deal in the next 24 hours, according to The Daily Mail. Vydra, who […]

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2013 FA Community Shield: Manchester United 2-0 Wigan Athletic Match Highlights [VIDEO]

Manchester United lifted the Community Shield trophy on Sunday at Wembley after a comfortable 2-0 win against Wigan Athletic. However, it could have been so different if Wigan was able to bury their two golden chances to score to pull the Latics back into the match. If you missed any of the highlights, or if […]

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Wayne Rooney Recovers From Shoulder Injury to Train With England

So much for Wayne Rooney's mysterious shoulder injury that he supposedly picked up eight days ago in a closed-door friendly against Real Betis, the same injury that ruled Rooney out of friendlies against AIK and Sevilla as well as the FA Community Shield yesterday against Wigan Athletic. Now, miraculously, Rooney returned to training today with […]

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Gareth Bale to Man United, Luiz Gustavo to Arsenal and Other Ridiculous Rumors: Nightly Soccer Report

Tonight's transfer speculation in the media is a perfect example of why it's called the silly season. For the past 10 days, there's been plenty of talk about Bayern Munich's Luiz Gustavo being interested in moving to the Premier League, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressing an interest. However, there's nothing concrete there, but The Guardian finally […]

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Broadcast TV Network NBC to Air EPL Club Guide and Countdown On US TV Today

Over-the-air TV network NBC will broadcast Premier League Club Guide and Premier League Countdown on national television today in the United States. The two-hour Premier League programming will air beginning at 4pm ET across the free-to-air NBC network across the country. The programs originally aired on NBC Sports Network on Thursday night. Premier League Club Guide features Rebecca Lowe and […]

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2013 FA Community Shield: Manchester United vs Wigan Athletic: Open Thread

Today's FA Community Shield game between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic (8:40am ET on FOX Soccer) will be memorable for several reasons. One, for many of us, it'll be FOX Soccer's swan song in a meaningful English match before FOX pulls the plug on the channel in early September. Yes, FOX Soccer will be showing […]

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Sporting Kansas City Defeats New England Revolution 3-0 In Physical Match [PHOTOS]

Sporting Kansas City moved back into first place in the MLS Eastern Conference Saturday night after defeating New England Revolution 3-0 in a physical match that saw two players red carded. Striker Kei Kamara scored the first two goals in front of a crowd of 19,988 before Benny Feilhaber scored the third goal in injury time. […]

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Cardiff Spend Over £8m to Sign Chilean Midfielder Gary Medel From Sevilla: Daily Soccer Report

Cardiff City have broken their club transfer record for the third time this summer after signing Chilean midfielder Gary Medel from Sevilla on a deal that's over £8million. While the deal is subject to a work permit, the midfielder has made close to sixty appearances for Chile and played three games at World Cup 2010. […]

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Newcastle and LA Galaxy Offered Cut-Price Deal For Samuel Eto'o: Daily Soccer Report

Newcastle United and LA Galaxy have been offered a cut-price deal to sign striker Samuel Eto'o from Russian Premier League side FC Anzhi Makhachkala. The Dagestan-based team have gone bankrupt and have transfer listed their entire team. Eto'o, who joined Anzhi in 2011 from Inter Milan, is the world's highest paid footballer. According to reports in […]

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Premier League Refuse to Endorse Hull Tigers Name Change

After Hull City announced yesterday that they're changing their club name from Hull City AFC (in the UK) and Hull City Tigers (internationally), the Premier League has revealed to The Daily Mail that the new club name won't be endorsed for the upcoming season. A Premier League spokesperson said: "We have not been informed of a change […]

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NBC Poster Campaign: EPL Teams As New York City Boroughs & Neighborhoods [PHOTO]

The advertising campaign by NBC Sports to promote it's Premier League coverage continues to win plaudits with videos, billboards in Times Square and subway cars. And now, NBC has taken to the streets of New York City with a street poster that shows many of the NYC boroughs and neighborhoods matched up with Premier League […]

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PFA Chief Says It Will Be "Practically Impossible" for Luis Suarez to Leave Liverpool This Month: Nightly Soccer Report

Professional Footballers' Association Chief Gordon Taylor says it will be practically impossible for Luis Suarez to leave Liverpool this month. "With the transfer window expiring, the difficulties of not only selling him to a competitor but also replacing him makes it practically impossible. "I think it really muddies the waters to have buy-out clauses that […]