World Soccer Talk

The Times newspaper of London has egg on its face this morning after it's been revealed that their "exclusive" story about Qatar launching a 'Dream Football League' was a hoax. As was reported last night, the DFL was billed as a summer tournament in Qatar and neighboring Gulf States that would pay teams as much […]

The Qatari royal family are planning on releasing plans next month to launch a new soccer club tournament to be held every two years in Qatar and the neighboring Gulf states, according to an exclusive in The Times newspaper. The tournament would rival the UEFA Champions League and Club World Cup, and would be held every second […]

A photo of Chelsea's new home shirt for the 2013-14 season has been leaked on the Internet. Chelsea's home shirt for next season is designed and manufactured by Adidas, and sponsored by Samsung. The new design of Chelsea' home jersey features a two tone blue hoop design that features blue sleeves and yellow trim. The […]

The news continues to get worse for Arsenal. After last night when we revealed that Jack Wilshere would miss tomorrow's Champions League match against Bayern Munich, it's been confirmed by Arsenal today that he'll also miss this weekend's game versus Swansea. According to The Telegraph, Wilshere will be ruled out until April. But on Arsenal's website, […]

Arsenal Football Club have been dealt a massive blow with the news that midfielder Jack Wilshere is a major doubt for Wednesday's Champions League match against Bayern Munich. The footballer is still recovering from an ankle injury, and will be a doubt for this Saturday's Premier League match against Swansea City too. If any Arsenal […]

Reading Football Club have sacked manager Brian McDermott with immediate effect. McDermott's last match in charge of Reading was their 2-1 home loss against Aston Villa this past Saturday in the relegation battle. "Owner Anton Zingarevich wishes to place on record his thanks to Brian who had achieved great success with the club since taking […]

It couldn’t have happened again, could it? The Red Bulls with a solid first half and leading this time by a goal at Buck Shaw Stadium with a performance that was just adequate to get the full three points and give Mike Petke his first professional victory as a head coach. But something creeps in […]

Here we go again. The tension between managers Rafa Benitez and Sir Alex Ferguson was increased today after Benitez claimed that Ferguson snubbed a handshake before today's FA Cup quarter-final match kicked off at Old Trafford. According to Benitez, Ferguson walked directly past the Chelsea manager and made no attempt to shake his hand. Here […]

Feuerstein's Fire #140 Monday, March 11th 8:00PM EST – 5PM PST Guests: Douglas Zimmermann, Independent Photographer who was at Estadio Azteca for World Cup Qualifier between Mexico & the USA Josh Hakala & Tavio Palazzolo of www.thecup.us as we discuss the format of the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Red Bulls […]

Sir Alex Ferguson has come out on the offensive today in defense of Wayne Rooney. According to The Guardian, "Sir Alex Ferguson has launched a fierce defence of Wayne Rooney, stating his determination to keep the striker at Manchester United, attacking criticism of his performances as 'rubbish' and condemning the Football Association for not treating him […]

After the interesting and exciting week of Champions League football in both UEFA & CONCACAF, there are those that are still asking questions about referee decisions, and of course demanding repercussions for those actions against certain sides that fell victim to it. I think the main questions we are asking ourselves when it comes to […]

After today's FA Cup matches, the names of Wigan Athletic and Manchester City are in the hat for the semi-final draw tomorrow, which EPL Talk will be bringing you live at 2:30pm ET. Unless there are draws after the final whistle, tomorrow we'll find out what other two teams will be in semi-final, whether they'll […]

Here are today's Premier League news headlines: Everton hit by Tim Howard blow as injured keeper faces six weeks out — The Mail Swansea extend Michael Laudrup's contract until 2015 — The Telegraph Liverpool has announced a new 6-tier ticket structure to allow more accurate ticket pricing — Liverpool Roberto Mancini leaves door open for […]

The all new FFS – Friday Football Special – is published. In the week that Man United were toppled by a Turkish ref, FFS looks at the fall out of the game, gets exclusive insight into how Chelsea select their managers and offer analysis of a Stuart Holden tweet. All this and a song about […]

A photo of Juventus's home and away shirts for the 2013-14 season of Serie A has been leaked on the Internet. The photo features the new shirts from Nike including the classic black and white striped shirt and a new yellow away shirt. Share your opinions below regarding what you think of the shirt designs.