World Soccer Talk

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 […]

In the absence of live football during the close-season, the avid football fan is kept entertained by the bi-annual transfer merry-go-round where rumours of unlikely moves and bargain buys are rife as each team looks to build on the past season. This summer has been no exception and certainly hasn’t disappointed. Manchester United were fast […]

EA Sports has unveiled the cover for FIFA 12 which will be distributed in the United States. Gracing the cover are Landon Donovan, Wayne Rooney and Rafa Marquez. That takes care of MLS/US soccer fans, eurosnobs and the hispanic market — which make up a large contingent of soccer fans in the US of A. […]

FIFA 12 is all about authenticity, but they've taken it to a new level with the upcoming release of FIFA 12 by painstakingly upgrading Wayne Rooney's hairstyle so his new hair transplant is plain to see. In the above photograph (before, on the left, and the hair transplant image on the right), you can see […]

Wigan Athletic is hardly the most fashionable club in the Premier League. But this upcoming season, more so than others, their selection of home, away and third shirts are aesthetically pleasing for once. Gone is the Dutch orange, and in comes a navy blue shirt for Wigan's new away kit. The bold color is accentuated […]

The Premier League has announced that it's in discussions with Sony to develop a unique immersion technology. The end result will be to allow soccer fans from around the world to put on headphones while watching a match and feel as if they're sitting in the ground watching the game in person, when they're actually […]

Inspired by the FA Umbro Fives competition (with a final at Wembley), I've picked the ultimate 5-a-side team. The only criteria is that the players must be currently active, regardless of which league they are playing in. Have a look through my selection below, and then share your own in the comments. Selection Criteria 1. […]

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In episode 71, Peter Hargitay (special adviser to FIFA President Sepp Blatter) responds to the allegations made against him and FIFA from the recent interview with Andrew Jennings. Plus, Hargitay answers questions on many FIFA-related topics such as Jack Warner, FIFA's new headquarters, why FIFA's offices were raided by Swiss fraud police in 2005 and […]