Everton has officially unveiled their new home football kit for the 2010-11 season. Everton's new home shirt from Le Coq Sportif features a simple yet elegant blue top with white trim (see above picture featuring Tim Cahill wearing the kit). The shirt also features a wave of blue across the upper part of the chest, […]

When Spain fell to the hands of Switzerland in the opening match of World Cup 2010, the vultures suddenly appeared from the sky and circled around their "dying" carcass. No team has ever won the World Cup after losing its first match. The ghosts from yesteryear are rising from the dead and haunting this current […]

Schweinsteiger Aims To End Argentina's World Cup Run. Germany's battling midfielder, Bastian Schweinsteiger, has today come out in the press and has spoken about his side's quarter-final meeting against Argentina. Schweinsteiger spoke to the press on Wednesday and is quoted as saying; From Goal.com, "When one sees Argentina's games and the way in which they […]

He's had a successful World Cup and proved last season he can play in the Premier League, but should Landon Donovan join big spending Manchester City this summer? Donovan is now in high demand, but is Manchester City the right fit for the US international's second go at the Premier League? As reported by Yahoo! […]

We've seen 19 straight days of World Cup soccer. During that time, we've watched an mind boggling 56 games. There have been plenty of highs, lots of controversy and a few lows. But how does this World Cup compare to previous ones in your opinion? Better or worse, or same? Vote in the poll below. […]

Roy Hodgson’s possible move to Liverpool is, of course, still in the realm of speculation, however, multiple sources (including The Guardian and The Telegraph) have reported he will be named as early as Thursday as the new manager. With reports that Fabio Capello will more than likely retain his position as manager of the English […]

Watching the highlights of Germany's demolition of England in the World Cup are a pretty depressing sight, but LegoFussball.eu have brought some levity to the situation by featuring the highlights as played out by Lego characters. Each scene uses stop motion photography. Particularly interesting is the replay of Frank Lampard's disallowed goal. In the Lego […]

In short: Everywhere. Though that won’t do. England’s problems were numerous and solutions are not easy to come by. It’s best to look at the team and the manager as a whole. Hang on, that sounds awfully familiar, oh well the point still stands. England’s elimination was in hindsight predictable but before the game started […]

Photos of Paris Saint Germain's new shirt for the 2010-11 season have been revealed. To mark the 40th anniversary of the club, the French side will be red shirts with dark blue collars and trim. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the new Paris Saint Germain jersey features a special edition team crest to mark the […]

I am fully aware that I am late to the why-England-were-eliminated-party here, but as I've pored over the litany of explanations on the web, I've found that there is an unfair discrepancy of player blame vs. manager blame. Sure, the England stars appeared lackadaisical and short on ideas, but these are the same players that […]

The contrasting World Cup fortunes of Frank Lampard and Carlos Tevez have inadvertently re-opened up the debate around the use of video technology at the highest level of the game. In the space of one day of the World Cup both Frank Lampard and Carlos Tevez were affected by controversial refereeing decisions. Whilst Frank Lampard was denied […]

Spain is through to the quarterfinals, eliminating the third ranked team in the world (per FIFA) in Portugal. They joined Paraguay, who won the tournament's first penalty kick shoot-out to eliminate Japan. On this episode of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, I am joined by Laurence McKenna to talk about those matches as well as […]

Spain is through to the quarterfinals, eliminating the third ranked team in the world (per FIFA) in Portugal. They joined Paraguay, who won the tournament's first penalty kick shoot-out to eliminate Japan. On this episode of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, I am joined by Laurence McKenna to talk about those matches as well as […]

Referee Koman Coulibay, who made the controversial decision to disallow a United States goal against Slovenia, says he does not believe he'll be refereeing any more games in the 2010 World Cup. In an exclusive interview with ESPN Radio, Coulibay says, "No, I don’t believe I’m going to be refereeing another game. We have been […]

England’s exit in the Round of 16 in the World Cup has triggered a fresh call to rein in the cosmopolitan roster sheets of the Premier League by placing quotas on the number of foreigners on each team. I have yet to come across a coherent argument as to why such a move will assist […]