World Soccer Talk

The draw for the group stage of the 2011-12 Champions League tournament has begun. The highlights include Manchester City playing their first Champions League matches against Bayern Munich, Napoli and Villarreal, while Manchester United will face Benfica, Otelul and Basle. Arsenal will face Marseille, Borussia Dortmund and Olympiacos, while Chelsea will play Valencia, Genk and […]

Watch the above video to see Samir Nasri arriving at Manchester City's offices to sign his new contract which is believed to be as much as £180,000-a-week, according to newspaper reports. The fascinating thing about the above video is that it looks like it could be a normal first day on the job for most […]

Who is the most searched for player on Google? Which club is most popular on Facebook? And which transfer rumors have got Twitter talking? Find those answers and more in the following infographic entitled "Who's Premier League In Digital?" I'm not a big fan of the title of the infographic, but the information contained within […]

If you're curious about what PES 2012 has to offer, watch the following dozen videos that show what the gameplay looks like. Videotaped by soccer fans who attended last week's Gamescom video game trade show in Cologne, Germany, the Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 videos were recorded off-screen from the trade show floor. Looking at the […]

FIFA 12, the much anticipated game from EA Sports, was all over Gamescom this week in Cologne, Germany. At the world's largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment, there were plenty of people playing the upcoming FIFA 12 game and many of them captured some of the gameplay videos on camera. […]

British magician Dynamo took to the streets recently to meet with Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic as well as unsuspecting strangers throughout England. If you love card tricks, or sleight of hand, this is definitely a fun video to watch. If only Premier League tickets could be obtained as easy as this magician makes them out […]

The official trailer for PES 2012 (Pro Evolution Soccer 2012) has been released at Gamescom 2011, the video game tradeshow being held in Germany this week. The big announcement from Konami was that Cristiano Ronaldo will be on the cover of the game. And by watching the above video, you can see why PES 2012 […]

FIFA Street is back. EA Sports announced the news this week at Gamescom 2011 in Germany. The new game will be launched in 2012, but you can watch the trailer for it now (see above video). The FIFA team at EA in Vancouver have been working on the game and are hoping for a renaissance of […]

Watch Barcelona v Real Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup live on ESPN Deportes (4pm ET, August 17). For fans of Premier League clubs or the league itself, you might presume that today will be an unusually quiet day based on what matches are available to watch. That's because after watching […]

Anticipation is building for the late September launch of FIFA 12, the new video game from EA Sports. And to coincide with Gamescom 2011, the huge video game event in Germany this week, EA Sports have released a new trailer for FIFA 12 which is quite spectacular. The above video features stunning graphics and more […]

Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe today unveiled the details regarding the upcoming launch of Football Manager 2012. Scheduled for release before Christmas 2011, the game includes over 800 new features including: Transfers & Contracts – significant changes to the transfer and contract systems, including loyalty bonuses, better implementation of amateur and youth contracts, an improved […]

Nike have released a video to showcase their new ball for the 2011-12 Premier League season. The Nike T90 Seitiro ball is featured in the video along with brief interviews with Clint Dempsey, Jack Wilshere, James Milner and Ashley Cole — who were taped during a break at NikeTown London. Visit Nike's website for more […]

Friday Flashback Videos, EPL Talk's regular weekly feature, has returned for the new season. And kicking off the 2011-12 Premier League season is a special treat: the official history of Manchester United from 1878 to 2002 (part 1). The 83 minute video charts the history of one of the most successful clubs in English football […]

God bless Ian Darke and ESPN2. After their best plans went to ruins when Tottenham Hotspur and Everton cancelled their opening match of the season Thursday, the game that ESPN2 was supposed to show live to viewers in the United States, ESPN will now show a different match live instead. Fulham against Aston Villa will […]

Talk about bad timing. Zippo, the American lighter brand, chose this week to unveil their lighters that feature the crests of four of the Premier League's biggest clubs. The irony is that in the same week that Zippo releases these, London was in flames while major cities in the rest of England also were the […]