World Soccer Talk

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 […]

Three of the top teams in the Premier League are in action today in the Europa League. Tottenham Hotspur starts the action first at 1pm ET with their game against Greek side Panathinaikos. Clint Dempsey and Hugo Lloris get the start for the Lilywhites. Then at 3pm ET, Liverpool plays Udinese, while Newcastle is home […]

Imagine the surprise of Tube passengers Wednesday night when not only did Roy Hodgson join them on a ride through London, but the England manager reportedly told them that Rio Ferdinand's England career is over. Hodgson instead has called up Ryan Shawcross for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers as well as Fraser Forster, the Celtic […]

The champions of England play the champions of Germany today when Manchester City host Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League. After City's frustrating loss against Real Madrid at Stadio Bernabeu, Manchester City must get a win under their belt today against a very tough German team in order to boost their confidence and raise […]

It's a slower news day leading up to the Champions League matches later today, but here are the Premier League news headlines so far: Roberto Martinez fined £10,000 over referee outburst at Manchester United — The Telegraph Former Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale banned as company director for 7.5 years — The Guardian Wayne Rooney warns […]

It looks like Bobby Zamora has sour grapes regarding his departure from the greener pastures of Fulham to the relegation threatened Queens Park Rangers. The gifted striker claims that most Fulham players are unhappy with Martin Jol and that many players, himself included, didn't see eye-to-eye with Jol, which is why many of them such […]

Premier League clubs are back in Champions League action today with Manchester United playing in Romania, while Chelsea plays in Denmark. Two comfortable away victories, or not? We shall see. Post your rants, raves, questions and observations in the comments section below.