World Soccer Talk

"Middlesbrough supporters travelling to Swansea for Wednesday night’s Capital One Cup clash will have their journey paid for by the competition sponsors – as a reward for being drawn away from home an incredible 12 consecutive times," says The Daily Mail. Boro fans will be traveling a round-trip of 656 miles from their city to Swansea. […]

The race is on to sign Arsenal winger/striker Theo Walcott who has been unable to agree a deal with his club. Now, The Telegraph is reporting that Manchester United are preparing to join the race to sign the England star. The pressure is on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board to flash the cash and agree to […]

It's not even halfway through the 2012-13 Premier League season yet, but we have a relegation dogfight on our hands tonight as Sunderland battles Reading. It's third bottom versus second bottom, in a match that is rescheduled after the initial match was postponed in August due to a waterlogged pitch. For the entire season, both […]

Martin O'Neill is under pressure to deliver results, which makes today's home match against Reading a must-win for the Black Cats. A loss for Sunderland could see them drop to second from bottom. With the pressure on, O'Neill has come out fighting. The Northern Irishman says that he's the best man for the job and […]

Fulham plays Newcastle United today at Craven Cottage in a match where both teams started the season well but have been faltering as of late. Newcastle will be buoyed by their victory against Wigan Athletic last week, even if a red card changed the game in Newcastle United's favor. Fulham, meanwhile, will be wanting to […]

Hopeful news this morning for one of the most annoying facets of the professional game — diving. The FA could turn to retrospective action by the end of this season to ban the game's divers by tweaking the disciplinary code. Hopefully the FA will move ahead with this since it's one of the sore points […]

Peculiar words from Tottenham Hotspur Andre Villas-Boas today after the Portuguese manager has said that Clint Dempsey can be the new Gareth Bale. It's peculiar because I don't see Dempsey and Bale in the same role. At his best, Dempsey is an attacking midfielder. Bale is a left winger who, earlier this season, was playing […]

West Ham United co-owner David Gold says he wants to introduce safe standing at the Olympic Stadium in East London if West Ham United becomes the new tenants of the ground. While Gold's desires are to be commended (to have safe standing terrace sections at the ground), his ideas will no doubt be rejected by […]

Sporting Kansas City has announced that their star striker Kei Kamara is training with Stoke City. Typically these sort of trials don't result in anything, but it's a golden opportunity for Sierra Leone striker to show what he's capable of in front of Stoke manager Tony Pulis. Do you think Kamara has what it takes to […]

Today's a massive day for Premier League clubs in the Europa League tournament. Liverpool needs a win away at Udinese to guarantee a spot in the next round of the Europa League. A draw or a loss won't be good enough for Brendan Rodgers' side. Newcastle United has already qualified for the knockout stages of […]

Mexico has a solution to its crime rate problem: Play Chicharito more often! According to a recent study, the Mexican crime rate drops whenever Javier Hernandez (aka Chicharito) is playing. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: Mexican crime rate drops when Chicharito is playing — Soccerlens Michael Owen injury jinx strikes again as Stoke striker […]

Arsenal supporters could be in for more headaches next summer if both Theo Walcott and now Bacary Sagna leave the club. Talks to renew the contract for popular Arsenal defender Sagna have reached an impasse after the Gunners have only offered Sagna a one-year extension. Not surprisingly, Sagna wants a longer term deal. The French […]

Today is D-day for Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez whose side has the chance of making it through to the next round of the UEFA Champions League. In the past, Benitez has been a master tactician in the Champions League tournament. Let's see if he can figure out a way to help Chelsea convincingly beat Nordsjaelland, […]

Most of us probably can't afford to watch a match from an executive box at Anfield, but if we did, this is certainly one executive box we'd like to step into.

The turtle that is FIFA has decided goal-line technology will make its debut at this month's Club World Cup tournament in Japan, where Chelsea will be representing England. The technology is long overdue (terribly long, in fact; this has been an age-old problem). And don't be surprised to see FIFA giving itself a pat on […]