We're big fans of John Oliver, the host of the HBO show "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver." The soccer-mad comedian and TV show host (who's a fanatical Liverpool FC supporter) has beautifully summed up FIFA and the World Cup, and the schizophrenic feelings that many soccer fans have about hating FIFA and loving the biggest […]

Aston Villa have unveiled their away shirt for the 2014/15 season, just one week after revealing the Aston Villa home kit for next season. According to the Villa club website, Villa worked closely with Macron, who are also partners with Napoli, Lazio and Monaco, to design a new away kit that complemented the longstanding traditions […]

Newcastle United have signed Sunderland's Jack Colback on a free transfer. The signing of Colback from derby rivals Sunderland is the second new player to join Newcastle United in just days. Late last week, Newcastle United signed Ayoze Perez, a striker from Tenerife. The red-haired player was toured around St James's Park today and had […]

The summer of 1966, soccer-mania gripped the world as it usually does for the World Cup, the difference this year: the beautiful game had returned home. The host nation, enjoying their best cup run in the tournament’s history, made it to the final at Wembley. The opposition, West Germany, had convincingly dispatched Switzerland, Spain, Uruguay […]

FROM BUENOS AIRES – Uruguay is looking forward to seeing how its squad will fare in the upcoming World Cup. There is a great deal of expectation on the shoulders of the men led by Oscar Washington Tabárez despite their squad being in one of, if not the most, complicated group in the tournament. In […]

"Not everything that shines is gold." El Tri is on the verge of playing their most important FIFA World Cup in years. The 2014 FIFA World Cup might be very significant as Mexico's roster is comprised by a balance between promising and experienced players. Moreover, out of the 23 players that will take on the tournament […]

Roy Hodgson's Three Lions side arrived in Brazil earlier today to begin final preparations for the opening match against Brazil. The England Manager addressed reporters in an upbeat mood ahead of the nation's opening match of the competition against Italy. "The first game in the World Cup is always the most exciting one. That's the […]

England drew Honduras 0-0 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on Saturday night in a performance that can be best summarized as pathetic. England manager Roy Hodgson didn't seem too bemused by the lack of effort or precision shown by his team. The focus is now on Rio. But before England puts the nil-nil draw […]

British investigator and FIFA's worst nightmare is back. Andrew Jennings, the famed author and TV journalist, is featured in a series of new videos on the eve of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The renowned author speaks candidly about his investigations into the alleged endemic corruption of the FIFA leadership and the high […]

We are less than one week away from the kickoff of the 2014 World Cup but the hype machine has been churning for the U.S. national team: “We are due for a win over Ghana, we should have won the match four years ago.” “Portugal is Ronaldo and a bunch of overrated players; if he […]

At some point, Jurgen Klinsmann made the decision that the formula that churned out the USA’s best ever year in 2013 wasn’t going to be good enough at the World Cup. When he named his 23-man squad, Klinsmann axed four of the players who started the crowning game of his tenure as manager, the 2-0 […]

The 2013/2014 season in Scotland was not only the first season of the re-named SPFL but it also employed a play-off system, in which 3rd and 4th place in the second-tier Championship play each other over two legs. This year was Falkirk and Queen Of The South, and whoever won would progress on to play […]

With the World Cup so close after such a long wait, now is the time for the release of numerous pieces, books, and articles about the participants, each one vying to be the authoritative source. Besides some of the more reputable sources (such as the World Soccer Talk previews) there are few established sources of […]

There has been a lot of talk lately about the lack of talent coming through in Irish soccer. People seem to look at the senior team and when they don’t see any players under the age of 23 like England's Ross Barkley, Luke Shaw and Raheem Sterling, the immediate reaction is that Ireland are very […]

Germany is going to be this year’s World Cup winner according to data collated and analysed by Ladbrokes. The data has been transformed into a tool which allows users to pit any two teams that have qualified for this year’s World Cup against each other to compare results in all previous meetings and even predict […]