After the thrills of two narrow 1-0 victories for Arsenal and Liverpool against Spurs and Manchester United this past weekend, and the mayhem of transfer deadline day, a crucial international break awaits. With World Cup qualifying winding down, countries can punch their tickets to the FIFA World Cup, or fall out of the running as […]

FA Chairman Greg Dyke has set a performance goal for the England national team of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Dyke, who publicly shared his vision today, wants England to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and win the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. In my opinion, it's an empty speech. Dyke discussed […]

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri says he's interested in playing for a Major League Soccer team after he leaves Manchester City, and before he finishes his playing career at Olympique Marseille (OM), the club where he began his professional career. Quoted in L'Equipe newspaper, Nasri said: "Clearly, economic reality stops me from thinking about playing […]

It’s always a wonderful feeling when your team scores. But sometimes, when a certain player sticks one away, it just seems to mean that little bit more. As an Evertonian, when players like Duncan Ferguson or Tim Cahill netted important goals for the club, there was always a sense of something extra special in the […]

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: Premier League Manchester United inquest begins after David Moyes era opens in farce — The Guardian Will Ed Woodward become Old Trafford's Garry Cook after dismal transfer window for Man Utd? — Telegraph Marouane Fellaini gave up £4m in loyalty bonuses to save Man United move from collapse […]

As the clock struck 11pm in England on Monday, the summer transfer window and so-called silly season came to a close. A transfer window that had a lot of movement and broke several records culminating in the most money spent in one window, with a total of £630million. Teams smashed their own club records. Tottenham's moves […]

The opening three games of the 2013/14 Premier League season may have seen Southampton pick up four points, but the South coast side have struggled to find the back of the net so far this season. Southampton's first goal came in a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, whilst their second came in a 1-1 […]

Comedian, table tennis aficionado and soccer-loving '30 Rock' actor Judah Friedlander sat down in front of the camera this week to tell the true story of a coach's sneaky substitution. Friedlander goes back into the archives to remind us how coach (then New York Metrostars coach, now Egypt national team manager) Bob Bradley took advantage […]

Everton unveiled their third shirt for the 2013-14 season today. New Everton loan signing Gareth Barry is pictured in the new shirt alongside Everton manager Roberto Martinez. According to the Everton club website "the 2013/14 third shirt is a dazzling white pearl and dark navy combination and features a high v-neck collarless design. Similar to […]

Mesut Ozil has completed his first television interview as an Arsenal footballer. Arsenal's newest signing was interviewed by Sky Sports News in Germany, where Mesut Ozil described how he's looking forward to playing in the best soccer league in the world. Ozil even found a way to slot in a "Let's go Gunners" soundbite. Ozil […]

Promoted Villarreal are the surprise team in La Liga after three rounds of games, joining last season’s top three on maximum points after the weekend’s matches. Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona overcame Valencia 3-2, while Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-1 with an Isco double. Goals from Jeremy Perbet, Javier Aquino and Ikechukwu […]

There was a point during deadline day, at about 10pm local time, that things were looking pretty bleak for Everton Football Club. The Toffees were understandably lambasted by Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, with a £12million bid for James McCarthy – in which payments were staggered over four years – laughed off. Whelan subsequently claimed that […]

Manchester United have announced the signing of 17-year-old teenage right back Saidy Janko from FC Zurich today for an undisclosed fee, according to Manchester United's official club website. Janko had a trial spell with Manchester United recently, where he impressed the United coaches. Born in Switzerland, Saidy has a Gambian father and Swiss/Italian mother. The […]

Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaka returned to Italy yesterday after completing a free transfer from Real Madrid to AC Milan. On his return "home" to Italy, he was greeted with a hero's welcome from the AC Milan supporters who were jubilant. When Kaka played for AC Milan from 2003 to 2009, the player was a fan […]

After being the subject of a world-record transfer fee on Sunday between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale is with the Wales squad in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifier matches against Serbia and Macedonia. However, Wales manager Chris Coleman says that Bale is not fit enough to play 90 minutes against Serbia […]