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/ 5116 days agoNominate the Best Premier League Footballers and Managers for the 2012 EPL Awards
We're getting ready to launch the fourth-annual EPL Awards next week, which recognizes the best of the 2011-12 EPL season, but we need your help. In the categories of best footballers and managers, we want to make sure we haven't left any glaring EPL footballers or managers out, so please take a minute or two […]
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/ 5116 days agoPremier League Saturday: April 28, 2012
In today's Premier League Saturday Open Thread, I'm going to do things differently and have some of the astute EPL Talk readers who are on Twitter (who follow @epltalk) to tell you and I which matches they're most looking forward to watching today on TV and why. Let's begin with: Followed by the match of […]
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/ 5117 days agoUEFA Euro 2012 Video Game Trailer, England National Team [VIDEO]
The England national team is such a polarizing topic. Either you love them or hate them. And that's just speaking for the people who live in England, nevermind the rest of the world. Some days, I wonder if the England national team is more popular in the United States than in its home country, but […]
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/ 5117 days agoUEFA Euro 2012 Video Game Trailer Featuring Spain [VIDEO]
It's been a brutal weak for Spanish soccer, but La Liga fans can at least look forward to this summer when Spain plays in the Euro 2012 tournament. In keeping with Euro 2012, EA Sports has released their UEFA Euro 2012 video game which is available to FIFA 12 users. Here's a video promoting the […]
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/ 5117 days agoTampa Bay Rowdies to Play Fort Lauderdale Strikers For the First Time Since 1993
Editor's note: The following is a reprint of a MLS Talk article from two years ago when the Florida derby between Miami FC and Tampa Bay was played. This weekend the Florida derby returns, but it takes on a deeper sense of importance because it's the first actual derby between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and […]
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/ 5117 days agoAre These Everton's Home and Away Shirts From Nike for the 2012-13 Season?
There's been a lot of anticipation to see what Everton's home and away shirts will look like for the 2012-13 season especially since Le Coq Sportif will no longer be the club's kit manufacturer, and they've been replaced by Nike. Note, the above pictures are not the official designs of Everton's new home and away […]
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/ 5118 days agoAl Jazeera Not Planning On Bidding for Premier League TV Rights In UK, Says Report
Al Jazeera may not bid for Premier League TV rights in the United Kingdom and Europe after all, according to a report this week on the Football Economy website. The website quotes a source at Citigroup who revealed that: "The bidding process [for Premier League TV rights] will potentially have more twists and turns, making […]
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/ 5118 days agoFOX Soccer to Produce and Air Liverpool Behind-The-Scenes Documentary, Due Fall 2012
FOX Soccer will produce and air a six-episode original documentary, which will provide viewers with behind-the-scenes footage of Liverpool Football Club from the end of the 2011-12 Premier League season, and this season's FA Cup Final through to Liverpool's summer US tour. The documentary, entitled "Our Liverpool: Never Walk Alone," is scheduled for release during […]
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/ 5119 days agoChelsea Victory Against Barcelona Smashes Super Bowl Record
Tuesday night's historic win by Chelsea against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League smashed the 2012 Super Bowl's record number of tweets per second (TPS) on Twitter. The peak for the 2012 Super Bowl was 12,233 TPS. But immediately after Fernando Torres scored his injury-time goal for Chelsea, Twitter exploded with 13,683 tweets per second. […]
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/ 5119 days agoFAIL: ITV Cuts Away From Live Champions League Coverage to Reveal News Presenter [VIDEO]
What is it about Britain's ITV network and them cutting away from live soccer matches? Tonight, during the Real Madrid against Bayern Munich Champions League semi-final, ITV (Independent Television) broke into the live coverage of the match and cut away to a surprised TV news presenter standing on a studio set (see above video). One […]
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/ 5119 days agoPES 2013 Trailer: Plus Konami Announces New Features in Pro Evolution Soccer [VIDEO]
Konami this week launched a debut trailer for PES 2013 (see below). Plus they announced the new features that video gamers can expect to see in Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (PES 2013), scheduled for release later this year. According to Konami, here are the new features and enhancements: Total Freedom of Control: PES 2012 introduced […]
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/ 5119 days agoGary Neville Lets Out An Orgasmic Howl After Fernando Torres Scores Against Barca [VIDEO]
In injury time against Barcelona, Chelsea hoofed the ball down field. Gary Neville told TV viewers "He's in," and then a moment later, we saw Fernando Torres controlling the ball near the halfway line and penetrating through the Barcelona defense. And then, all of a sudden, Neville let out an orgasmic howl (see video below). […]
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/ 5120 days agoESPN Moves Manchester City vs Man United From ESPN2 to ESPN For US Soccer Fans
The most anticipated match of the 2011-12 Premier League season featuring Manchester City against Manchester United has been moved on television in the United States from ESPN2 to ESPN. Moving the Manchester derby, in a match which may decide who will go on to win the title, is a fantastic decision by ESPN to try […]
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/ 5120 days agoEuropean Press Reaction to Chelsea's Brave Victory Against Barcelona [PHOTOS]
Chelsea recorded a historic victory Tuesday evening, beating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate to qualify for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final. The European media were quick to jump on the story with Marca, the Catalan newspaper, summing up the mood in Barcelona (see above). Meanwhile, the Madrid newspaper AS coined the feeling of many Real […]
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/ 5120 days agoChelsea's Heroes Defeat Barcelona 3-2 On Aggregate To Storm to UEFA Champions League Final
Chelsea, against all odds, have defeated Barcelona and have qualified for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final in an incredibly entertaining match that had everything. A red card, missed penalty, a shot that hit the post and — who would have guessed it — a last minute goal by Fernando Torres. What a brilliant performance […]