World Soccer Talk

Didier Drogba, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse and several Premier League players were forced off the field tonight during a riot in the game between Senegal and Ivory Coast. With Ivory Coast leading 2-0 until the 20th minute, the Senegal fans began to riot, setting off fireworks. The Africa Cup of Nations playoff match was then […]

Don't worry Steven Gerrard. Wayne Rooney respects your position as captain of the England team. But if the opportunity ever did come along, Mr. Rooney would love to captain England again. In the meantime, Rooney says that he plans on leading by example and improving his behavior, helping young players and being more captain-like. See, […]

While San Marino was hardly tough opposition, Wayne Rooney played an exceptional role in England's 5-0 win against the minnows on Friday night with a wonderful performance as captain and attacking midfielder at Wembley. Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Wayne Rooney proves worthy of the honour as England's latest captain — The Telegraph […]

England's starting line-up for today: Joe Hart, Kyle Walker, Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Theo Walcott, Wayne Rooney, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Welbeck. England kicks off its World Cup qualification match against San Marino today in front of a sold-out crowd of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. For […]

Today marks one giant step closer to justice for the 96 people who died at the Hillsborough Disaster after Britain's independent police watchdog is "to launch a major investigation into allegations of misconduct by South Yorkshire police, West Midlands police and others arising from the Hillsborough independent panel report published last month," according to The Guardian. This […]

Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero says he declined a summer move to Liverpool and chose to move to Australia instead because of the Heysel Tragedy. The Heysel Stadium Disaster occurred in May, 1985 when 39 Juventus fans tragically died after a wall in the stadium collapsed. The incident happened after Liverpool fans breached a fence […]

While the debate about diving rages on, there's still plenty of real news to chew on this evening including Santi Cazorla saying that joining Arsenal has helped him get noticed in Spain. Deservedly so based on his performances thus far. Read below for more details regarding that story and much more. Here are the Premier […]

Everton's Marouane Fellaini has been ruled out for three weeks due to knee injury he suffered in the weekend match against Wigan. That's the bad news. The good news is that the two week international break will mean he won't miss as many matches as he normally would during the busy Premier League season. Here […]

Former Liverpool striker Roger Hunt, a member of England's team that won the World Cup in 1966 and a footballer who won two top-flight titles with the Reds, has come out and said that someone at Anfield needs to tell Luis Suarez to stop taking theatrical dives. "I think he's got the reputation now and […]

Gary Neville has hailed Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross as an example to youngsters after Stoke's captain has been called up to Englabd's squad. "Any kid who has a dream should look at Ryan Shawcross maybe more than people at the highest elements of the game," said Neville. "He is a great story and the […]

Robin van Persie could face a ban from The FA if they decide to punish the Manchester United striker for his elbow on Yohan Cabaye from yesterday's match against Newcastle United. With van Persie and Rooney on song for United right now, that's the last thing that Sir Alex Ferguson would want. Today's a bumper […]

Ashley Cole, in a moment of immaturity, posted his tweet on Friday morning, calling the FA a bunch of twats. And now he's set to pay the price with fines from Chelsea and possibly England, as well as exclusion from England's upcoming World Cup qualifier against San Marino. Here are the Premier League news headlines […]

As if we needed another reason to stay glued to Sunday's match between Newcastle United and Manchester United. We now have another one. Alan Pardew promises that the Toon Army will go out with an all-out attack against Manchester United. This will certainly be a must-see match, as a result. Here are tonight's main stories: […]

The FA released details from their investigative report this morning, which revealed that Chelsea captain John Terry is not a racist, but his racism defense was not credible. John Terry's defence against allegations that he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was as "improbable, implausible and contrived" according to the the independent disciplinary commission that banned the […]

Mark your calendar for October 27 when the fireworks between Aston Villa and Norwich City kick off at Villa Park. Not only did Paul Lambert walk out of Carrow Road this summer when Norwich refused to let the manager go, but now the Norwich chairman is reporting that Lambert is suing Norwich City for £2 […]