World Soccer Talk

Mesut Ozil has completed his first television interview as an Arsenal footballer. Arsenal's newest signing was interviewed by Sky Sports News in Germany, where Mesut Ozil described how he's looking forward to playing in the best soccer league in the world. Ozil even found a way to slot in a "Let's go Gunners" soundbite. Ozil […]

Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka returned to Italy yesterday after completing a free transfer from Real Madrid to AC Milan. On his return "home" to Italy, he was greeted with a hero's welcome from the AC Milan supporters who were jubilant. When Kaka played for AC Milan from 2003 to 2009, the player was a fan […]

The soft-spoken Belgian Marouane Fellaini was interviewed for the first time tonight as a Manchester United player. Watch the video below from his first interview as a Manchester United footballer. Here's what David Moyes said about Fellaini, who was signed by United for £27.5million: “I have worked with Marouane for five years and I’m delighted […]

Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion have been busy in the transfer market today with both clubs picking up a new footballer for the season. Stoke have acquired Werder Bremen forward Marko Arnautovic who can play either as a striker or winger. The Austrian has made 27 appearances for his national team, and helped Inter Milan […]

In what has been one of the most entertaining matches of the 2013/14 season so far, Barcelona scored three goals courtesy of Lionel Messi to grab an away win against Valencia at Mestalla Stadium. It looked like a walk in the park for Barcelona in the first half as they coasted to a 3-0 lead […]

During a recent Turkish soccer match, a footballer walked off the pitch in tears after being on the receiving end of verbal abuse from a small set of supporters of his own team. The incident happened during last week's match between Trabzonspor and Rizespor in the Turkish Super League. The footballer, Volkan Sen, walked off the […]

The winners of the 2013 UEFA Champions League face the winners of the 2013 UEFA Europa League today to determine who will lift the UEFA Super Cup trophy. The match features Bayern Munich against Chelsea, which is being played in Prague. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on FOX […]

Against all odds, Celtic mounted an amazing comeback tonight to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. After losing 2-0 in the first leg against Shakhter Karagandy, Celtic had to score two unanswered goals in order to tie up the match. And that they did. But with just minutes to go before the match was set […]

There are plenty of world soccer matches in store this afternoon with your choice of UEFA Champions League play-off matches, Capital One Cup and Spanish Supercopa. For viewers in the United States, Everton against Stevenage kicks off at 2:45pm ET on beIN SPORT. The Toffees will be hoping to progress to the next round of […]

Founder/Editor of Howler magazine, George Quraishi, recently traveled to Greece to learn about the tumultuous world of Greek football and the complex but storied rivalries between clubs such as Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, as well as Aris and PAOK. Quraishi also continues his journey to Greece and dives deeper into the corruption and financial difficulties of […]

Manchester United played Chelsea today in the biggest match of the Premier League season to date. Jose Mourinho surprised everyone by starting his team with no recognized strikers, and fielding attacking midfielders instead as their offensive threat. Meanwhile, David Moyes had his own surprise up his sleeve as he started Wayne Rooney despite being the […]

Arsenal's Emirates Stadium opened in July, 2006 for Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial match against Ajax. But the story behind how the stadium was built, within viewing distance of Highbury Stadium, is a fascinating one that many soccer fans, even Arsenal supporters, may not know. Watch the following documentary entitled 'Building the Emirates Stadium' to learn the […]

Serie A club Parma unveiled their centenary shirt this week to celebrate 100 years of the club being in existence. The special edition home shirt will only be worn one time, on December 15 against Cagliari — which is almost 100 years to the day when Parma was founded. The Parma centenary shirt is an […]

In case you missed any of the highlights from the Premier League today, or if you want to watch them again, here they are in all their splendid glory. Fulham vs Arsenal Video unavailable Southampton vs Sunderland Video unavailable Everton vs West Bromwich Albion Video unavailable Stoke City vs Crystal Palace Video unavailable Hull City […]

The 2013/14 season of Serie A kicked off earlier today featuring Verona against AC Milan. The next match on deck is Sampdoria versus Juventus, which will be shown live on television — for viewers in the United States — on beIN SPORT beginning at 2:30pm ET. Juventus will want to get their new season off […]