Here are tonight's main Premier League news headlines: Hillsborough: police chief 'boasted' of role in smearing fans — The Guardian Anger at Terry's lenient ban led to Kick It Out T-shirt protest — The Guardian Rio Ferdinand leads breakaway by black players — The Daily Mail John Terry to wear anti-racism armband if he captains […]

By this Friday, several media corporations will have submitted their final bids for the US media rights to the 2013-16 Premier League seasons. To many, it may seem just like any other TV rights auction, but this one could have a major impact not only on the growth of the Premier League but also the […]

Will he or won't he? Manchester City midfield maestro David Silva was originally ruled out of Wednesday night's Champions League match against Ajax. But now the Manchester Evening News is reporting that he could indeed return from injury. It's going to be one of those stories where we won't know for sure until the team […]

As the seconds in stoppage time ticked away, the stands shook at RFK Stadium like they had on the old days. As the chants from both sides of the pitch reverberated and DC tried to keep the ball away from an arsenal of Crew attackers, you could be forgiven for squinting a little and thinking […]

After an entertaining Saturday yesterday, today's two matches are of upmost importance. First up is the Tyne-Wear derby between Sunderland and Newcastle United. It's been yonks since Sunderland have beaten the Geordies, so the pressure is on the Black Cats to record a rare victory against a Newcastle team that has had a so-so season […]

On a cool and clear evening in the Northeast, the two most talented sides in the Eastern Conference were facing each other. One was trying to climb the standings, while the other wanting to clinch home field advantage throughout the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Tonight was the final regular season home match for the New York […]

EPL Talk is proud to announce that the winner of a brand-new Apple iPad, for scoring the most number of points in the Beat The Manager game, is ... ... Greg Pierko! Greg came in first place by scoring the most number of points in the game based on correctly predicting the starting lineups, selecting […]

IT IS BACK! After a long and agonizing two weeks of soccer hell, Premier League football has returned. That two week spell was, for me, excruciating painful. Very few quality matches were on offer. There were far too many storylines that revolved around issues that had nothing to do with football on the pitch. But […]

Sky Sports were hounding Chelsea FC and its manager Roberto Di Matteo in yesterday's press conference, asking the pointed question whether John Terry would remain Chelsea captain. Not satisfied with the answer, Sky Sports continued to barrage Di Matteo, who remained resilient. Now, talkSPORT exclusively revealed this morning that John Terry will remain as Chelsea […]

Despite contrary reports, Rio Ferdinand will wear a Kick It Out campaign T-shirt in the pre-match warm-up this weekend for Manchester United, says Sir Alex Ferguson during today's United press conference. There were reports that Jason Roberts, Anton Ferdinand and Rio Ferdinand would not wear the shirts in protest, but Rio will wear the shirt. And […]

The auction for the US media rights to the English Premier League has moved into an additional round of bidding. The new deadline is now Friday, October 26, according to MultiChannel News. The publication says that sources close to the negotiations have confirmed that the bidders for the 2013-2016 Premier League seasons on US media […]

You have to see this video to believe it. Unbelievably, the Serbian FA has released what appears to be a doctored video showing how wonderfully well behaved their supporters were during the mid-week Serbia against England u21 match. They've carefully crafted a highlight reel, which completely avoids all of the post final whistle monkey chanting […]

1. How do you think PES 2013 differentiates from FIFA 13, which is quite a competitor to come up against? "We differentiate the same way we have throughout our long time rivalry – the gameplay. Our fans have always appreciated PES due to its ability to rely first on the game play to ensure fans […]

After one year of trials and tribulation, we can finally put the John Terry racist allegations story to bed after the Chelsea captain today decided not to appeal against the racial abuse judgement. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: John Terry to miss next 4 matches after deciding not to appeal against racial abuse […]