In a landmark decision, a US district court has ruled in favor of YouTube in a copyright infringement case where the Premier League sued YouTube in 2007. The court case dragged on for three years. In it, the New York district judge ruled that "YouTube was protected by US legislation which says a service provider […]

It's not uncommon for Premier League clubs to radically change the design of their away jerseys from season to season, but this upcoming's Sunderland shirt is absolutely a big departure from their current design. According to Umbro, "The shirt is stone with a burgundy trim and a crew neck, and is built in the unique […]

Blackburn Rovers and Umbro have unveiled their new home shirt for the 2010-11 season. As is common with Umbro designs recently, the new Blackburn Rovers home shirt is cleanly designed with a less is more approach. While not a drastic change from last season, the biggest difference is the new traditional collar. Featuring Rovers’ traditional […]

Franz Beckenbauer, who is an absolute legend in Germany after lifting the World Cup as a player and as a manager, is also quite infamous for his public commentary all things football. Recently, he infuriated Fabio Capello and the English public when he said that England had 'taken a step backwards' under the guidance of […]

It's seldom that a highlights video is laugh-out-loud funny, but this compilation video showing Fabio Capello and his reaction to England's performance against Slovenia in the World Cup made me guffaw several times. The best moments include Stuart Pearce. So much for Pearce's "Psycho" nickname.

If you're a US soccer fan, the above video is required viewing. It shows how much Landon Donovan's winning goal meant to the United States, soccer fans and the American people. So much emotion outpouring from people around the world as they celebrated the United States's victory against Algeria. In the past week, I've been […]

Group stage is over, with the final four survivors identified. Brazil and Spain are through, both as group winners, joined from their respective groups by Portugal and Chile. On this edition of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna join me to talk about that as well as the two Round of […]

Group stage is over, with the final four survivors identified. Brazil and Spain are through, both as group winners, joined from their respective groups by Portugal and Chile. On this edition of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna join me to talk about that as well as the two Round of […]

The conclusion of the group stage this afternoon pushes the tournament into the win or go home stage. No longer can games be capped at 90 minutes and a tie. Now they can go a full 120 minutes with out a single goal before it is extended into the delicious realm of penalties. Dreaded by […]

In what is becoming one of my most favorite series of viral videos this World Cup, here's the next installment of Lego Football which features the highlights of England against Slovenia in beautiful stop-motion Lego graphics. And how good is it to see John Terry's salmon-like dive across the box as performed by a Lego […]

In this weekend's tastiest World Cup fixture, long time rivals Germany and England will meet in a head on battle with dramatic implications and a quarter final birth on the line. Will the English get their chance to conquer their demons during a dramatic penalty shootout, or will the young and organized Germans overrun the tired looking […]

Germany's Michael Ballack has completed his move to Bayer Leverkusen, after Chelsea refused to renew his contract just weeks ago. The ex-captain of Germany has chosen a move back to his old club, where he played from 1999-2002. Despite offers from other premier league clubs and an offer from Steve McLaren's Wolfsburg, Ballack decided to […]

Leave it up to the world's largest online video portal to come up with some pretty hilarious stuff, from idiots dancing in front of a camera to people falling flat on their faces while attempting some ridiculous stunt, YouTube has now added a Vuvuzela button featured on some soccer related videos. Seriously. On select videos, some football […]

It's another massive weekend of soccer for all of us around the world. On Saturday, the United States plays Ghana (2:30pm ET) while on Sunday, England takes on Germany (10am ET). Plus, in addition to that, there's the mouthwatering clash between Argentina and Mexico (Sunday, 2:30pm ET) and last, but not least, Uruguay versus South […]

ESPN's coverage of the 2010 World Cup has been spectacular. But if I must be honest, some of the commentators are beginning to get on my nerves. It's normal, I guess – especially after you consider how many hours we've spent listening to these commentators since the tournament began on June 11. Based on what […]