World Soccer Talk

You've got to love Stoke City football club. Eighteen of their players are playing Fantasy Premier League in their own private league. Each of the teams reveal some interesting insights into each player. Peter Crouch has Begovic and Shawcross in the back with Robin van Persie up top. Crouchie scored a whopping 73 points last […]

The referee for Sunday's Premier League clash between Manchester United and Liverpool will be one Howard Webb, one of the better referees in the division. In such a high profile match, the referee is bound to come under some immense pressure. Hopefully Webb will be able to have one of his games where the focus […]

League Two side Cheltenham Town face Everton tonight in the last FA Cup match of the weekend. The game will be beamed live on television across the world from Whaddon Road, the quaint ground on the edge of the Cotswolds in one of the most beautiful parts of England. The winner of this match will […]

It's been a busy morning for transfer news as Sky Sports are reporting that Chelsea is close to signing a new midfielder named Taison from FC Metalist. Meanwhile, West Ham have signed a Brazilian on loan, while Sunderland has signed a French midfielder. All of the news is below. Here are today's Premier League news […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has come out in defense of star striker Luis Suarez saying that it's not the job of the Uruguayan "to own up" to whether he handled the ball or not despite it being vividly clear that the footballer purposely handled the ball to help him knock Mansfield Town out of the […]

Luis Suarez has done it again. With the FA Cup match at 1-0 to Liverpool against Mansfield, and the Stags edging closer to causing a shock draw, the Uruguayan and Liverpool striker scored Liverpool's second goal Sunday. However, it was blatantly obvious that Luis Suarez handled the ball by batting it down after the Mansfield goalkeeper […]

Mansfield Town, a club in the fifth tier of English football, displayed a lot of class this weekend when they decided to take 96 seats at their ground in Nottinghamshire and set them aside as a tribute to the 96 people who died as a cause of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster. Mansfield plays Liverpool tomorrow […]

Footballers from Manchester United and Liverpool star in a new commercial from Chevrolet, the US car maker who is a sponsor of both American-owned football clubs. In the bizarre video, footballers such as Ryan Giggs, Jordan Henderson, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Allen, Paul Scholes, Jonjo Shelvey, Robin van Persie and Glen Johnson star. I think we […]

Bad news for Manchester United fans this morning, but it's good news for Javier Hernandez. Wayne Rooney has been ruled out of action for a further two weeks, which will mean he'll miss the match against Liverpool on January 13. Rooney injured his knee during training on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, Nani — who has been […]

After Johan Cruyff managed what was probably his last game for Catalonia in a friendly yesterday, the Dutch legend was asked whether former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola could be next in line for the Catalonia job. In a surprising answer, Cruyff revealed, "Pep now looks set to coach in England, so he won’t have the […]

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and striker Mario Balotelli reportedly got into a bust-up on the training pitch this morning. The incident happened after Balotelli made a very aggressive tackle against Manchester City winger Scott Sinclair. According to press reports, Balotelli then got into a face-off with Mancini before the two had to be separated […]

Israeli attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun has completed his loan deal at West Ham United, and today has returned to Chelsea. Unfortunately he's one of those talented players who has slipped off the radar despite playing for Liverpool, Arsenal and the aforementioned West Ham and Chelsea. Benayoun may not be too happy about being shipped back […]

Liverpool is ready to cut their ties with Joe Cole so the attacking midfielder can join West Ham United. If the move goes through, Joe Cole will return to the club where he started his career in the youth academy in 1994 before leaving the club in 2003 to join Chelsea. According to The Guardian, […]

Expect ESPN commentator Ian Darke to be frothing at the mouth during today's broadcast of Liverpool against Sunderland on US television. Darke will assuredly be very excited about all of the transfer activity today with Daniel Sturridge expected to be in the director's box to watch his new club play Sunderland, while Demba Ba will […]

Released in July 1995, the graphics and gameplay in FIFA 96 are certainly quite different than what we're used to in more modern-day FIFA video games. The game was the first to feature 3D graphics with FIFA's technology called "Virtual Stadium." As you can see in this 25 minute video which features voiceovers explaining the […]