Everton plays Newcastle United today at Goodison Park in a match where the Toffees are planning on having a tribute to the 96 people who died in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster. The plans include the mascots wearing both Everton and Liverpool kits. Plus the ball boys will have the number 96 on the back of […]

When Manchester City works with their footballers and staff to sign contracts, they don't do it on small-term agreements. Today, Manchester City announced that they've signed David Silva to a new five-year deal, which will keep him at City until 2017. Here are the day's Premier League news headlines: David Silva 'delighted' to sign five-year deal […]

Just as Tottenham's season is turning around after a convincing win today, the Lilywhites have been dealt a blow with the news that Benoît Assou-Ekotto is out injured for up to four weeks due to a knee injury. The footballer, who has grown in stature and importance at White Hart Lane, will assuredly be missed. […]

FOX makes history today by broadcasting the first-ever soccer documentary ever to be shown on free-to-air network television in the United States. That fact alone is another reason to recognize how soccer has grown in this country from a sport that was laughed at and denigrated in the eighties to what it has become today. […]

When you have seen a world class striker perform many times, either on television or in-person, you think you have seen that player do everything. Then they score an amazing highlight reel goal that makes you scratch your head and you remember their greatness. Thierry Henry is that player. In the mid-week early afternoon game […]

The Madejski Stadium hosts the only Premier League match today as Reading FC plays Tottenham Hotspur (live on FOX Soccer at 11am ET). This should be a quite open game since both teams have something to prove. Tottenham Hotspur has yet to pick up a win. Reading, too, needs a win — although they have […]

After an insufferable international break, the Premier League was back with some brilliant fixtures to sample Saturday. Here are some tactical thoughts on the two games I watched: Reasons to be positive for Liverpool: Liverpool were particularly unlucky not to come away from the Stadium of Light with all three points. The Reds were superior […]

Injuries, an international break, and a bevy of good matches gave MLS fans a number of games to watch Friday and Saturday. With the number of games to be played dwindling, every match-up takes on that much more importance, and this weekend the results shook up the Eastern Conference standings. On Friday, a back and […]

Manchester United supporters had an opportunity today to wipe the slate clean and to show what a model they are for football supporters across Great Britain. Instead, sections of the Old Trafford crowd today participated in despicable anti-Liverpool chanting in a week where their rivals finally got the truth they wanted to find. The Old […]

Sometimes you just want to see the highlights all over again. For others, you may have had a busy day and didn't get a chance to watch the Premier League matches. Whichever boat you're in, here are the match highlights from all eight Premier League matches on Saturday, September 15. Norwich City vs West Ham […]

Real Madrid has unveiled their new third shirt for the 2012-13 season. Designed by Adidas, the new Real Madrid third shirt is a dark green. Modeled by Xabi Alonso (see above photo), the Real Madrid third shirt will debuted today during Real Madrid's game against Sevilla. Plus, it'll be the Spanish club’s first choice away […]

Konami has released their TV commercial to promote its upcoming release of PES 2013, due out September 25, 2012 around the world. This one looks more like a Budweiser or Pepsi commercial than one for a video game. It's slick, well-shot, will translate well on to TV sets around the world, but is really, really […]

It's back! After a lengthy two week delay, the Premier League returns to rescue us from the boredom of international break. But alas, a lot of the focus today will be on the silly handshake between John Terry/Ashley Cole and Anton Ferdinand. Although Ferdinand is supposedly going to refuse the handshake, I wish Anton would […]

Full credit to Everton Football Club. The Merseyside neighbors to Liverpool are planning their own tribute to the 96 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster, which will be featured in Monday's home match at Goodison Park against Newcastle United. One word can describe Everton: class. Here are the rest of the Premier League news headlines: Everton […]

Now that the international break has ended, we've had some time to play catch-up and to calculate the number of points everyone has achieved during the first weeks of the Premier League season in EPL Talk's Beat The Manager game. We're entering gameweek 4 this weekend, so if you haven't made your predictions yet, make […]