We here at EPL Talk usually don't publish rumors, but this one is too big to overlook. We've received several anonymous reports that Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports have agreed to merge to form a new company. Setanta Sports, who have reportedly been in financial trouble in the United Kingdom, have long worked with […]

Gentleman, let us put away childish things. Yes, international breaks can provide some godawful football. Yes, it doesn’t seem fair for a player to risk injury for a team he plays with only five times a year and miss games for the club that employs him on a weekly basis. Yes, nations like Lichtenstein don’t […]

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during Mike Ashley's meeting when he decided that Alan Shearer was the man to replace Joe Kinnear as manager of Newcastle United: Blimey! Okay men, we 'ave a problem. Old Joe Kinnear 'as a dodgy 'eart, an' aaahr team is in freefall an' looks likely ter […]

Well! It's finally happened. The breaking news in the last 15 minutes is that Alan Shearer will take charge of Newcastle United until the end of the current season. Joe Kinnear's medical condition leaves him unfit to return to work at this current time which has left owner Mike Ashley with a search for a new […]

The empire strikes back could have been the headline for Saturday as Mexico beat nemesis Costa Rica to reclaim a little bit of lost mojo. But now Mexico must go to Honduras and slay another dragon, in the form of traditional Mexican killer Carlos Pavon. Pavon's international career has been on the rocks of late […]

Well, there's one thing you can't hold against Fabio Capello and that's that he keeps his cards close to his chest. Today he's announced that Peter Crouch will lead the England attack against Ukraine tomorrow night and deservedly so. Crouch has been the victim of some vicious criticism over the last few seasons, undeservedly so […]

Our Anglophile’s guide to British music gives just a taste of the depth and greatness of Great Britain in pop culture. Great Britain has given us The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin and many other famous bands. This article features none of them. Instead, we’ll focus on lesser-known – but just as worthy – British […]

The rumors have begun to churn: Benitez wants to go after Samuel Eto'o in the summer. The Barcelona striker has already scored 25 goals in 27 matches for his club this season, but could the Camaroon international find a place at Liverpool? With Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both in great form and leading the […]

Photo by deegs Amid all the murmurings about ESPN losing Champions League rights in the US, Canadians, with some notable exceptions, have emerged relative winners in the last few years, even with the initially disruptive introduction of Setanta Sports in the latter part of 2007. In a perfect world, all the football we'd ever want […]

The loss of Champions League rights for the United States is just the latest blow to ESPN's once dominant position broadcasting Football in the United States. As we reported almost two weeks ago, FOX has wrestled the rights to the marque annual event in world club football away from ESPN. In the late 1990s, ESPN […]

ESPN's track record of trying to acquire soccer TV rights during the first quarter of 2009 has been abysmal. First, ESPN pulled out of the bidding at the last minute for the European TV rights to the Bundesliga. In February, ESPN lost the Premier League TV rights in the UK to Sky Sports and Setanta. […]

It was one of the industry's worst kept secrets, but now that the news has officially leaked that Fox Soccer Channel has acquired the US TV rights to the UEFA Champions League, what does Fox need to do between now and September to surpass the quality of the ESPN broadcasts that we've become accustomed to […]

With the breaking news that ESPN has conceded defeat to Fox Soccer Channel in the quest to acquire the TV rights in the United States to the UEFA Champions League, a big question on the minds of soccer fans will be what commentators Fox Soccer Channel will use for some of the biggest club matches […]

It's confirmed. Fox Soccer Channel has acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions League on U.S. TV beginning with the 2009-2010 season, according to the Associated Press. This confirms the news that EPL Talk reported on March 19 when ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports bid on the TV rights while at the SportelAmerica […]

So, the FA have finally come out and asked Arsenal to respond within 7 days to Hull City and their Assistant Manger, Brian Horton's, accusations that Cesc Fabregas spat at him in the tunnel. I'm amazed on several fronts, firstly the FA have managed to start an enquiry in the same month an actual incident […]