World Soccer Talk

After England's win against Brazil yesterday courtesy of a beautiful Frank Lampard strike, England manager Roy Hodgson urged Frank Lampard not to move to MLS if he wants to continue winning caps for England. Lampard has 94 England caps and needs only 6 more to reach the elite 100 club. By moving to MLS, where […]

There are two big matches being played in the world of football today that have a lot of meaning to the readers of this blog. The first is England against Brazil at Wembley in a friendly that will feature Ashley Cole playing his 100th game for The Three Lions. The game also marks probably the […]

Newcastle United are still interested in bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside, so in order for the deal to go through, Liverpool are interested in getting Hatem Ben Arfa heading to Anfield as part of the deal, according to The Guardian. It sounds like a brilliant deal to me, but I can't see it happening. Newcastle […]

It's just one match, so it's a little early to be waxing poetically in my opinion, but there's no doubting that Newcastle United's new Ligue Un signings — particularly Moussa Sissoko — are made for the Premier League. They've got the pace, the skill and the power to completely turn around Newcastle United's season. Having said that, […]

Soccer is a simple game with very few rules, which is one of the reasons we love it so. But bring up the topic of offside and whether a footballer is interfering with play or not, and it gets complicated. Thankfully, next month, soccer's ruling body plans on making a change to simplify the rules. […]

How many times have we heard about betting scandals in European soccer but nothing is ever done about it? Today, it's revealed that Europol has pinpointed one UEFA Champions League match that was played in England that was allegedly fixed. The specific teams that played the game were not revealed. But it's part of a […]

It was one of the best Premier League weekends this season full of sensational goals, amazing comebacks and plenty of talking points. In case you missed any, or if you want to watch them again, here are the highlights from gameweek 25 of the Premier League: Queens Park Rangers vs Norwich City Video: QPR v […]

The protest by football supporters throughout the Premier League is beginning to spread. After Manchester City and Liverpool fans protested at their separate away matches versus Arsenal in recent weeks, today City and Liverpool supporters continued their protest by joining together to hoist an "£nough is £nough' banner. The solidarity among the supporters is so […]

Attention Fantasy Premier League contestants: Wayne Rooney has handed over the penalty duties at Manchester United to Robin van Persie. You may remember that the last straw for Sir Alex Ferguson was when Rooney hit a penalty against West Ham United skyward during the FA Cup third round replay at Old Trafford. It was Rooney's […]

After all of the transfers in and out of the Premier League yesterday, the Beat The Manager prediction game is open again — this time for Gameweek 25. We're awaiting to find out who won Beat The Manager for gameweeks 18 and 24, so we'll let you know as soon as we update the leaderboard. […]

Brilliant artist Dan Leydon, whose work has been featured in The Guardian, has released his latest masterpiece. And this time it's an illustration of Arsenal's number 10, Jack Wilshere. The beautifully designed illustration features Wilshere in mid-stride, with the ball knocked on in front of his path. "Super Jacky Wilshere," splendid in his Arsenal home kit, […]

Ryan Giggs — The man. The myth. The legend. The 39-year-old Manchester United legend is featured above in soccer stickers dating from 1993-94 to the current season. It's a wonderful display of haircuts, football shirts and how Giggsy has aged ever so slightly over the years. It's also a revealing look at how the design […]

Oh, Peter Odemwingie. When will you learn? The West Bromwich Albion striker has hit out at his club by saying that they broke a gentleman's agreement which would have seen the Nigerian footballer join Queens Park Rangers. According to The Guardian, Odemwingie met today with West Brom's legal director and technical director and has been given […]

It was a mad day in the Premier League transfer window today. Peter Odemwingie went AWOL. Brek Shea was beaming like a Cheshire Cat on his drive in to Stoke City. Aston Villa signed a French footballer that no one had heard of or rated. And then Harry Redknapp, the man who said that "I don't […]

Today is one of the biggest days in the Premier League calendar, and EPL Talk has you covered. Throughout the day, I'll be updating this blog post with the latest breaking transfer news stories (and not just from Sky Sports — it'll be from several sources). We'll be your one-stop guide to all of the […]