World Soccer Talk

Arsenal's new signing Santi Cazorla, the talented midfielder, has sat down for his first interview. In the interview, the new Gunner claims he wants to help the club end its wait for a trophy. I'm sure many Arsenal supporters and neutrals are looking forward to see if he's as good as people say he is.

It's not often that Stoke City is considered as a pioneer in the Premier League, but in this particular case, they are. Beginning in the 2012-13 Premier League season, Stoke City will be the first club in the league to feature two rows of advertising signboards around the perimeter of the pitch. In recent years, […]

Arsenal has finally confirmed the signing of Santi Cazorla, the talented Spanish midfielder who will be a "huge asset" to Arsenal, according to Arsene Wenger. There are plenty of Premier League-related stories today. Here are the latest headlines: Arsenal finally confirm signing of Cazorla from Málaga — The Guardian Liverpool is considering selling Daniel Agger […]

Manchester City has been relatively quiet during this summer transfer window. Expect that to change very quickly. The club has decided that it won't wait until it sells Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz before it goes ahead and buys more players. The club, instead, will try to buy first and hope it can sell […]

Newcastle United players Cheick Tiote, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse were allegedly the target of racist chants yesterday in a game against Den Haag. Meanwhile, there were plenty of other friendlies played yesterday, and several interesting tidbits of Premier League-related news: Newcastle to investigate racist chants aimed at their players at Den Haag — The Daily […]

Team GB faces a massive match today when they play South Korea in the Olympic men's soccer tournament. A win and Team GB will be in the semi-final. A loss, and they'll make the short trip home. You could argue that Team GB has exceeded expectations thus far. With manager Stuart Pearce in charge, everyone […]

It's not often that I get to use the words Brighton And Hove Albion in a sentence, but today is one of those lucky days. Brighton And Hove Albion (or Brighton, as they're more commonly named) host a friendly today against Chelsea. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on, […]

Since May, we've been working hard to bring you the daily EPL news and links in one succinct post, so you don't have to spend an hour or more scanning the Internet. We do all the work for you. Starting today, the regular column has a new name, something which encapsulates what these posts are […]

Beep, beep, beep. Don't faint, but Arsenal is about to announce another new signing this summer — Santi Cazorla, a £16m attacking midfielder from Málaga. And believe it or not, but Arsenal is poised to announce a loan move for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin. Meanwhile, in a story we told you about 4 days ago, The Guardian […]

Norwich City's away shirt for the 2012-13 season will be all black. Norwich's away shirt last season was a forest green color, but the Canaries have switched to a more aesthetic black away kit, as seen above — modeled by club captain Grant Holt, midfielder Jonny Howson and new signing Jacob Butterfield. The footballers, looking […]

Liverpool has the task of being the first Premier League team to kick off the 2012-13 season with its match today against FC Gomel in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. In addition to FC Gomel from Belarus and Liverpool from England, there are plenty of other European teams in action today […]

Real Mallorca defender Ivan Ramis has decided to sign with Wigan Athletic instead of West Ham United. The Spanish centreback originally agreed a deal to join West Ham United, but the Spanish-speaking influence of Wigan manager Roberto Martinez convinced the player to join the Latics instead. Ramis is currently undergoing a medical before being named […]

Team GB kicks off against Uruguay today at 2:45pm ET on NBC Sports Network and NBCUniversal Soccer Channel (as well as NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app). Great Britain only needs a draw to qualify for the quarter-finals, but they face a Uruguay side that needs to win the match so they can […]

West Ham United have signed defender James Collins, three seasons after the Welshman left Upton Park to join Villa. Collins has signed a four-year contract at West Ham United where he'll add more steel to the Hammers defense. The centre back is a Welsh international. Here's the latest Premier League news headlines from the past […]

Manchester City's third shirt for the 2012-13 season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed by Umbro, Man City's new third shirt has a distinctive design with stripes. It's a little difficult to discern what the colors are exactly from the image, but they appear to be a charcoal and silver or navy blue. What […]