World Soccer Talk

Nigeria has announced its 23-man squad for World Cup 2014. Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi will be leading the current African champions, which include several footballers who play in many of the top leagues around the world. Familiar names include John Mikel Obi, Shola Ameobi, Peter Odemwingie, Emmanuel Emenike, Victor Moses and Joseph Yobo. Nigeria's World […]

Ecuador National Team Head Coach Reinaldo Rueda has named his 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The biggest headline is that Segundo Castillo has been included in the squad despite picking up an injury over the weekend in a friendly against Mexico. Team doctors hope that Castillo will be fully recovered in 3 weeks. […]

Ivory Coast Head Coach Sabri Lamouchi has selected his 23-man squad for World Cup 2014 that is filled with experience. "I've known a few difficult moments in my two years as national coach of the Ivory Coast, like when I was appointed, the criticism, the pressure to get results etc. But today has been by far […]

FIFA investigator and New York lawyer Michael Garcia will complete his investigation into alleged corruption involved in the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments next week, and will hand over his findings to FIFA. The outcome of the investigation won't be revealed until after the World Cup. After an explosive story in […]

Aston Villa Football Club have unveiled their new home shirt for the 2014/15 season. Designed by Macron, Aston Villa return with the familiar claret and blue kit. The differences this time are pinstripes on the front and back of the shirt. The collar is a modern adaptation on the classic polo neck, with detailed embroidery […]

Italy has named its 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The most glaring omission is the decision not to select Giuseppe Rossi for the team due to the striker's lack of match sharpness. The American-born striker only recently returned from injury. However, the player looked anxious when going into challenges in the friendly […]

The US Men's National Team played its second match of the Second Off Series today in an international friendly against Turkey. The sold-out crowd at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, watched the USA win the match after taking an early lead in the game against admittedly a Turkey B team, which some were […]

The US Men's National Team plays Turkey today in the second of its three pre-World Cup warmup matches on US soil. The match will be televised live on ESPN2 and UniMás at 2pm ET. Here is today’s TV/Internet schedule for matches being shown in the US (including commentators): USA vs Turkey, 2pm ET, ESPN2, ESPN3.com and UniMás […]

In the United Kingdom this summer, both the BBC and ITV will beam the World Cup into the homes of football supporters throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We've already shared with you the World Cup promo videos from BBC. So now it's time to share the one from ITV (Independent Television). While the […]

One of the traditions of every World Cup is when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) releases its new advert, commercial or video for soccer's biggest tournament. This time around, BBC Sport has done not one but two World Cup promos with parts I and II following the adventures of Flick Football figures traveling to Brazil […]

England cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory against Peru on Friday night, in their final send-off match at Wembley before The Three Lions head to the United States for training and two additional World Cup matches. While England started off slowly, the team quickly got into gear particularly in the second half with two of […]

West Ham United have hired Teddy Sheringham as attacking coach to work on Sam Allardyce's coaching staff at the Boleyn Ground in east London. The hiring of Sheringham serves two purposes. First, it placates the West Ham United supporters who have grown tired of Allardyce's style of football, which they consider not the "West Ham […]

Atletico Madrid and Spain striker David Villa will sign a 3-year contract to join New York City FC, the new MLS side that is scheduled to launch in 2015. After reports in the Spanish media during the past 48 hours speculated that Villa is close to a deal, reputable reporter Gianluca Di Marzio has confirmed […]

Spain will be taking a third kit to them this summer in the World Cup as a last-minute change requested by FIFA because both of Spain's home and away shirts for Brazil are considered dark colors. FIFA's regulations for World Cup 2014 mandate that teams need to have two very distinguishable shirts — where one […]

After gaining promotion to the Premier League via the Championship Playoff Final, Queens Park Rangers have unveiled their home, away and third shirts for the 2014/15 season. QPR's new shirts are designed by Nike. The home shirt features QPR's classic blue and white hoops, this time with a rounded collar. The away shirt is a […]