One of the traditions of every World Cup is when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) releases its new advert, commercial or video for soccer's biggest tournament. This time around, BBC Sport has done not one but two World Cup promos with parts I and II following the adventures of Flick Football figures traveling to Brazil […]

The US TV viewing numbers are in for the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The match was televised live on FOX, the free over-the-air network, and was watched by an average of 1.9 million people. This compares to the 1.4 million people who watched the 2013 Champions League final, […]

Someone once said that “the great thing about Miami is that it's so close to the United States.” While that can be taken to mean a number of things, it is clear that Miami is a different sort of place. Anyone who has strolled Coconut Grove’s salsa and perfume-laced sidewalks on a Friday night, felt the […]

For soccer fans in Canada, here's the TV and Internet schedule for World Cup 2014: All times posted below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST). All matches are exclusively on CBC. All matches will be streamed online and available on-demand and via the CBC Sports app in English. Saturday, June 28 (Round of 16) Brazil […]

England cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory against Peru on Friday night, in their final send-off match at Wembley before The Three Lions head to the United States for training and two additional World Cup matches. While England started off slowly, the team quickly got into gear particularly in the second half with two of […]

The International Champions Cup match between AS Roma and UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid will take place in Dallas, Texas on July 29 in the Cotton Bowl. This will be the team’s second match each of the tournament with Roma having played Manchester United and Real Madrid playing Inter Milan three days before. The […]

Nearly a year once Portuguese international Deco announced his retirement from soccer, he's back in the spotlight with a vengeance. The former playmaker was cleared on Thursday by the Brazilian Court for Arbitration of Sport but he is now considering taking legal action against the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, as well as Brazilian-based Ladetec. "I […]

England kicks off its next match in a series of three World Cup warmup games. Today's game against Peru will be England's last match before heading to Miami, where they'll play two friendlies next week — one against Ecuador and the other against Honduras. Peru should present a suitable opponent for England who will be […]

FIFA have been notified by the governing body’s internal security representatives that the World Cup is under threat from match fixers, according to a report in The Daily Mail newspaper. Ralf Mutschke, FIFA’s head of security and a former Interpol Executive, is prepared for the potential of fixing attempts. In a recent interview, he said: […]

No. 13: Luis Suarez Becomes The Scourge Of Africa (South Africa, 2010) Soccer is a game that pits players with various moral dilemmas. Should you dive to win your team a penalty? Should you move the ball forward those extra few yards when the referee has his back turned? Should you waste time when your team is […]

Even before Jürgen Klinsmann made the shocking decision to leave Landon Donovan out of the final 23 players that will play in Brazil, this U.S. Men’s National Team was heading to Brazil as one of the least experienced US teams in a very long time. This is USMNT's first World Cup since 1990 where a single […]

West Ham United have hired Teddy Sheringham as attacking coach to work on Sam Allardyce's coaching staff at the Boleyn Ground in east London. The hiring of Sheringham serves two purposes. First, it placates the West Ham United supporters who have grown tired of Allardyce's style of football, which they consider not the "West Ham […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has agreed to sign an extension to his contract, which will keep the French manager at the Emirates Stadium until 2017. Wenger is the longest serving current manager in the Premier League, having joined the club in 1996. Today's news regarding his extension will be a relief for many Arsenal supporters. […]

Got your wall chart pinned up? Sticker book nearly finished? Sweepstake sorted? The start of the 2014 World Cup is creeping ever closer. So if you've yet to sort out any of the aforementioned pre-World Cup rituals, here at World Soccer Talk we've made things a little easier for you, by providing a full schedule […]

To say that the USA and Ghana are unlikely rivals would be an understatement. One nation is a global superpower at the center of almost every international engagement, and the other is a sovereign West African nation that has made great strides in their region over the years – not that many outside of that […]