Aston Villa today unveiled the design of their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season, as well as their new home shirt. The new shirt, designed by Nike, is in stark contrast to previous designs of their away shirt. Last season's was white, but this new one appears to be blue with navy or black […]

Aston Villa today unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The new shirt is designed by Nike and sponsored by Acorns Children's Hospice and is, in fact, the same shirt design that Football Shirt Culture leaked on Friday. The new kit will be available for sale beginning July 24, and is currently available […]

Sometimes it's hard to believe because they monopolize the Premier League so much, but the Big Four in England have not always been the big four. Chelsea only joined the ranks in 2003. Prior to that, the league was topped by the Big Three or Big Two depending on Liverpool's inconsistent form. To understand how […]

A photograph of the new Blackburn Rovers away shirt for the 2008/2009 season has been leaked. Designed and manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Crown Paints, the new design is very unique by Rovers standards. The navy blue away shirt features the familiar blue and white colors of Blackburn's home kit that run down the […]

It's been years since I last watched a Wimbledon men's singles tennis final on TV. By luck, it was one of the most extraordinary finals ever as Rafael Nadal narrowly defeated Roger Federer in five sets. As a sports fan who spends the vast majority of his time watching soccer matches, there were a couple […]

Major League Soccer has provided us with little relief to the usual summer doldrums. As happens most MLS seasons the combination of high temperatures, half full stadiums and international call ups hurt the quality of football and make MLS in many ways a laughingstock of world football. MLS' midweek performances against USL sides have sent […]

The BBC, goal.com, The Guardian and other news sources are reporting that five players have been charged over alleged match-fixing of last season's Serie A fixtures between Atalanta and relegated Livorno. Atalanta's Gian Paolo Bellini and Livorno's former captain David Balleri have been charged with match-fixing. Brothers Emanuele and Antonio Filippini and team-mate Alessandro Grandoni […]

The home shirt is of course their historical black and white strip but with slightly bigger bands than last season. Detailing such as player name, number, and the nike logo are all in yellow. The shorts are white with yellow profiles, with the SWOOSH and the number in black on the left side and […]

Hull City today unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The Yorkshire club, who are in the Premier League for their first time, have gone back to their traditional black and amber stripes for their home shirt, designed by Umbro. Sponsored by Karoo, the new shirt goes on sale at their club shop […]

Photographs of Aston Villa's new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season have been leaked courtesy of Football Shirt Culture. The new shirt from Nike features the name of Acorns Children's Hospice as its chief sponsor. The home shirt is designed in the traditional claret and blue of Aston Villa and features the recently updated club […]

On behalf of EPL Talk, I'd like to wish our readers in America a happy independence day on this fourth of July. I hope you and your family have a safe and wonderful holiday.It's ironic when you think about it because sometimes we forget that when the United States celebrates its independence, it's celebrating its […]

After a long wait FC Barcelona have finally made official the signing of right-back Dani Alves from Sevilla. Alves, who can play on the right of defence or midfield, joined Sevilla from Bahia for less than one million euros in 2003 and was an outstanding player as they won back-to-back UEFA Cups in 2006 and […]

CSRN is planning unprecedented coverage of the 2008 Superliga. We aim to be your one stop English language stop for all things Superliga. Tomorrow, a special two hour Superliga preview will air on the network and will be downloadable via Itunes tomorrow afternoon. Every match of the tournament will be covered by our daily headline […]

Miguel Calero showing off the 2007 Superliga Champions Trophy/MEXSPORT Beginning next week we are planning unprecedented coverage of Superliga. Check back here as the tournament approaches for more updates.

Eloping Camel asked 1. Open Cup – I love your thoughts on expanding the Open Cup so that the “fringe” teams in the nation get more of a chance in earlier rounds, and then get the non-playoff MLS teams in the second round. How does one go about suggesting that to the powers that be? […]