As the sun sets on another enthralling Premier League season, Arsenal are once again vying for Champions League football. Is this a surprise? No. Is this unacceptable? Yes. Clearly, investment is a word often associated with Arsenal, but for many wrong reasons. Losing their best and only world class player to the eventual champions was […]

Today kicks off the first semi-final in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League season with a classic match-up between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, scheduled to kick off at 2:45pm ET, live from Munich. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on FOX Soccer (with pre-game coverage beginning at 2pm ET). With […]

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has accepted The FA's charge of violent conduct after Luis Suarez bit Branislav Ivanovic in a game at Anfield this past Sunday. According to a statement by The FA, Suarez accepted the charge but "Suarez has denied The FA’s claim that the standard punishment of three matches is clearly insufficient for […]

Individual tickets for Chelsea's friendly against Manchester City at Yankee Stadium, scheduled for May 25, will go on sale beginning this Thursday (April 25, 2013). Previously, tickets were available as a package along with tickets to the Spain-Ireland friendly. But now, according to the Chelsea club website, "Tickets for the match will now be sold […]

In the past several months, many of the readers to EPL Talk have posted many detailed questions about all of the ins- and -outs of NBC's coverage plans for the Premier League, which will begin on August 17, 2013 when the new Premier League season begins. I've answered all of your questions below (plus many […]

In order to make sure that you have access to 100% of the live Premier League matches that NBC Sports will show next season, it's time to take action right now! The days of soccer fans having to pay for online streaming products such as FOX Soccer 2Go are almost over. Beginning this August, soccer fans […]

The vast majority of soccer fans in the United States are excited about NBC Sports taking over the US media rights to the Premier League beginning this summer, but there are several misconceptions that are being bandied around on the Internet that I want to address, so that everyone has the information they need to […]

Mark Clattenburg will referee Chelsea against Swansea this Sunday. Despite Clattenburg’s magnanimous efforts to put the recent racial accusations against him to bed, we can learn some lessons, lest another hapless victim falls foul to indiscriminate accusations of racism. Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Chelsea’s John Terry are two high-profile players who’ve been punished for racial […]

Four of the top teams in Europe are preparing to lock horns to fight for the most coveted trophy on the continent – and perhaps even the world – the UEFA Champions League. In the first semfinal, new champions of Germany, Bayern Munich will face the champions-to-be of Spain, Barcelona. The second semifinal of the […]

John Terry says he'll begin talks over a new deal in the summer. The former England captain hopes to get a 12-month extension to his contract. Here's what the 32-year-old defender said: “People have to realise that I’ve got a year left at Chelsea after this. People have spoken about no new contract and this […]

It was a match that both teams desperately wanted to win for completely different reasons, but there was only winner. And that person was Robin van Persie who stole the show and scored three well-taken chances — one of which will go down as a contender for goal of the season. If you missed any of […]

Sir Alex Ferguson considers Robin van Persie's second goal for Manchester United tonight as a "goal of the Century." Here's what Ferguson said about van Persie and the goal: "It was goal of the century for me. It was marvellous – the technique with his head down, over the ball and just perfect timing. It […]

Chelsea footballers celebrated the birthdays today of Marko Marin and John Obi Mikel by having a fancy dress party, where photos were tweeted of the footballers in all of their attire. David Luiz dressed up as Chelsea Pensioner. Marko Marin was an elf. Paolo Fereira turned into Robin, while several other Chelsea footballers donned all […]

Manchester United are the winners of the 2012-13 Premier League after convincingly defeating Aston Villa 3-0 at Old Trafford. The latest Premier League triumph is the twentieth English top flight title that the Red Devils have won. Sitting on 84 points, Manchester United won the title with four matches remaining in the reason. Most of […]

Robin van Persie has put Manchester United on the verge of their twentieth top flight title by scoring three goals in quick succession against Aston Villa at Old Trafford. His first goal was scored after an assist from Ryan Giggs and a second assist from Rafael da Silva. That came within the second minute of […]