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La Liga Season Returns This Weekend: Strike Called Off

The news that we've all been waiting to hear has come through. In Spain, the La Liga strike has been called off and the 2011-12 La Liga season will return this weekend. Today, talks between the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) and Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) finally reached a resolution. "The committee of the […]

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Premier League News: Aug. 25, 2011

Nearly a year gone from the site, EPL Talk's 'Premier League News, Daily Ticker' feature is back. As many days per week as possible, I will bring you the day’s primary news, making this blog a one-stop destination for all things Premier League. The Daily Ticker will include top stories, links to the day’s top […]

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Premier League Midweek Review Show (EPL Talk Podcast)

In this week's episode of the Premier League Midweek Review Show on EPL Talk, Laurence and Kartik discuss Manchester United's win against Tottenham Hotspur as well as transfer news including Joe Cole, Samir Nasri, Luka Modric, Juan Mata, Joey Barton and more. Also discussed are Arsenal's mid-week triumph over Udinese plus the Carling Cup matches. […]

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Arsenal Qualify for Champions League In Entertaining Game Against Udinese

What an enjoyable experience it was watching Udinese against Arsenal in the Champions League Qualification match Wednesday night. If only most Champions League group round matches could be as open and attacking as that one. I was particularly impressed by Arsenal's display both home and against Udinese. On the Champions League Qualification stage, they look […]

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FOX to Broadcast Premier League Live On Free-to-air TV in US: Exclusive

Chelsea vs Man Utd Live On Super Bowl Sunday Plus 3 Premier League Matches on Tape-Delay During NFL Season FOX Broadcasting Company (NASDAQ:NWS), the national broadcasting network, will televise the first ever Premier League match on free-to-air television in the United States on Sunday, February 5, 2012, according to a source. The clash between Chelsea and Manchester […]

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Seattle Sounders and Colorado Rapids Help MLS Stay Undefeated in Champions League

Has hell frozen over all of a sudden? What magic and mystery has happened down in Mexico. Last week we saw FC Dallas achieve history with the first ever MLS victory on Mexican soil against UNAM Pumas. The big question that came out of this was whether the Seattle Sounders would have that same magic […]

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MLS Talk Podcast : This Week In US Soccer, August 24, 2011

On the latest edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast : This Week in US Soccer ... your hosts Chris Webb and Chris Riordan bring you a view of the beautiful game from an American and regional perspective. As always of late, it's another jam – packed show ... after running through a relatively […]

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Samir Nasri Arrives At Manchester City to Agree £180,000-a-week Deal (Video)

Watch the above video to see Samir Nasri arriving at Manchester City's offices to sign his new contract which is believed to be as much as £180,000-a-week, according to newspaper reports. The fascinating thing about the above video is that it looks like it could be a normal first day on the job for most […]

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FOX Soccer Acquires Europa League US TV and Internet Rights For 2012-15

FOX Soccer today announced that it has acquired the TV and Internet rights in the United States for coverage of UEFA's Europa League from 2012 to 2015. FOX Soccer will kick off its Europa League coverage beginning with the 2012-2013 season next summer. Next season FOX Soccer plans to air 205 Europa League matches and […]

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PES 2012 PC Demo Now Available: Beware of Man United Zombies

Today marks the launch of the PES 2012 demo for PC. While we're excited about the launch of the demo, we did want to draw your attention to these screenshots of Manchester United players in the game who look more like zombies than poster boys Dimitar Berbatov, David De Gea and Nemanja Vidic. Here's what […]

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Four Game Review: How Has Your Team Started The Season?

So we are now four games into the season and true to Championship traditions the early form shows an unexpected set of teams making the running and some of those fancied by the bookmakers making sluggish starts. At the top a revitalised Derby side share a 100% record with newly promoted Southampton with both making […]

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5 Players That Arsenal Should Sign

As of late, it seems that Arsene Wenger and Arsenal can’t catch a lucky break. Top guys leaving, young stars hurt, every match so far includes a red card, the media’s hammering Wenger, even Alex Ferguson is giving interviews in which he’s metaphorically breaking up the massive beating and saying “Lay off – Wenger’s had […]

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Tottenham Hotspur On Verge Of Signing Adebayor On Loan

Daniel Levy and Harry Redknapp are on the verge of finally completing a new signing (omitting the free transfer of Brad Friedel) for Tottenham. Granted it's only a loan signing but at least it represents some movement by the club to bring in new talent. During the summer all the attention focused on clubs like […]

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Alternative Premier League, Gameweek 2

Two weeks down and it seems as if the Premier League was never away, or at least that’s how Manchester City must be feeling. After taking apart new boys Swansea at home, City followed that game up with an impressive and hard fought win over last week’s big winners Bolton. A persistent Bolton side kept […]

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Why MLS TV Coverage Relegated To NBC Is A Promotion To Me

So this is what it means to get relegated from a soccer channel to a nationally televised channel along with their soon to be re-named sports network? So this is how it feels when one of the three national broadcasters in the United States decides to promote our country's first division league during an NFL […]