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 […]

FIFA 13 or PES 2013. Don’t know which to get? Let’s put these two games side by side and see how they compare. Licensing EA has almost every professional team in existence in the game. MLS fans can play it and now some of the Saudi fans can play their own leagues as well. While […]

Ok, let's try this again. After yesterday's farcical postponement of the Poland vs England game due to a waterlogged pitch inside a stadium that had a roof (that wasn't used because of the heavy rain), the rescheduled match will now kick off at 11am ET today (shown live on ESPN3.com for viewers in the United […]

After the disgraceful scenes in Serbia yesterday near the end of the u-21 match between Serbia and England, where England footballers were subjected to racial abuse, as well as being the target of stones being thrown by the crowd plus being confronted violently by Serbian players and coaches, the pressure is on UEFA to take […]

Ugly scenes occurred at the end of England's victory against Serbia in an under-21 match today. As England scored the winning goal with the last kick of the game, England footballers were on the receiving end of missiles thrown by the crowd. Plus, England midfielder Danny Rose inferred that he was a victim of racial […]