Just two days away from the big EPL restart, Sir Alex claims that there are more than four teams in the title race, Manchester City may have lost their new signing, and the North London clubs are hopeful to pick up their first wins of the season. Today’s “Daily Ticker” also features surprising comments from […]

After the international break Manchester City fans will surely be counting down the days until they can watch their team compete in the Champions League for the first time. The Eastlands outfit have been drawn in 'the group of death', with Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli, who are ready to ignore the multi-millions spent by […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tJZZLys8I Former FC Dallas forward Bobby Rhine died Monday of an apparent heart attack. Rhine, aged 35, made 212 league appearances for FC Dallas, where he later became a club ambassador for the MLS side after retiring from his playing career. Rhine was also a commentator for the team's television broadcasts. As you can see […]

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli paid a visit to a prison in Italy yesterday along with his fellow Italian team members. And without a doubt, Mario made the biggest impression on the gathering audience of criminals, mobbing him, singing songs and giving him hugs. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqt-VoOSiA

The football gods are finally smiling on the calcio faithful. We have made our way through a player strike and a whirlwind transfer window to finally get to the start of actual football matches. Serie A begins Friday, and normalcy will at last return...well, as much as we can ever consider Serie A to be […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLZKQQPjQJA If you're like me, and countless others, you probably missed yesterday's game between Belgium and the United States because you set the game to record on your DVR, but ESPN – in their infinite wisdom – decided to move the game at the last minute from ESPN to ESPN2. If you did miss the […]

Euro 2012: England/Wales Yesterday’s Euro 2012 qualifying matches saw plenty of Premier League players in action, mainly in a less than impressive England squad that defeated Wales. Today’s “Daily Ticker” will cover the England vs. Wales match, wrap-up the international break, and much more. England 1-0 Wales: Match Report The Three Lions now top their […]

The Onion is renowned for always looking at the bright side of life. And in comical fashion, they've now put together a video that spoofs ESPN SportsCenter's coverage of Major League Soccer. It wouldn't be funny if some of it wasn't true! In case you missed it, last summer The Onion produced a "news" segment […]

I hope all the readers of EPL Talk had a great Labor Day weekend! Now that we are all back to the grind (even I’m back to school), it is time to get to business. The England vs. Wales match at Wembley today should be a exciting fixture, as the passion of the fans for […]

Some people would pay to see Barcelona’s Gerard Pique suffer an agonizing injury just as payback for being so lucky to date Shakira. Or you can instead choose to watch the new FIFA 12 gameplay trailer for free, to see Pique try to take Kaka out of the game, and then watch how the Barcelona […]

Euro 2012 Qualifying Group G, England v. Wales, Wembley Stadium, ITV1/Fox Soccer (19:45 BST/2:45 EST/11:45 PST) Today, the Welsh can either win at Wembley or wait for 2014 World Cup Qualifying to play their next meaningful game. Gary Speed’s changes did England a favour with their 2-1 win over Montenegro in Cardiff on Friday but can cancel […]

Engineers build things, economists study efficiency, and kids who live above pubs learn a lot about soccer. These three backgrounds are the source of Arsene Wenger’s managerial success at Arsenal. He builds clubs, finds players from every corner of the world in a cost-effective manner, and teaches them the art of soccer. After the sales […]

Arsenal suffered a devastating blow today after a British tabloid newspaper revealed that central defender Thomas Vermaelen is injured and will be out for two months. The Daily Mirror reported that Vermaelen underwent surgery Monday on his left Achilles. As you may recall, Vermaelen was injured for most of last season, and his presence in […]

Owen Hargreaves to Manchester City. How on earth has that come about?! Having been released by Manchester United this summer, Hargreaves must have felt that his chance at the very top of English football had gone for good. Rumors of talks with West Brom and even ex-England boss Sven Goran Eriksson taking Hargreaves to big spending […]

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day Weekend even though we have no Premier League football. In America, we had the start of the college football season, but it just does not compare to the excitement of the EPL. With the England vs. Wales match upon us and the league back in just 5 days (we can […]