Paris (AFP) – French champions Paris Saint-Germain are near to reaching an agreement for Zinedine Zidane to replace Mauricio Pochettino as coach, French media reported on Friday. According to Europe 1 an agreement in principle is in place between the club and 49-year-old Zidane for the former Real Madrid boss ahead of the new season. […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Chelsea women's striker Sam Kerr both achieved a notable double on Thursday as they were named the player of the year by England's Professional Footballers Association after they each won corresponding awards from sportswriters. Salah topped a poll of his fellow players ahead of Belgian star Kevin […]

Lausanne (AFP) – UEFA apologised to spectators for the first time on Friday for their "frightening and distressing" experience ahead of the Champions League final, saying no football fan should go through such mayhem. Thousands of supporters were unable to access European club football's showpiece match between despite having genuine tickets, in chaotic scenes that […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – USA midfielder Brenden Aaronson believes playing Uruguay on Sunday will give Gregg Berhalter's squad the kind of serious test which will boost their preparations ahead of the World Cup, where the USA's first round opponents include England, Iran and either Ukraine or Wales. New Leeds United signing Aaronson, who scored the […]

Seoul (AFP) – Neymar scored two calmly taken penalties as Brazil fired a World Cup warning with a 5-1 thrashing of South Korea in Seoul on Thursday. The Paris Saint-Germain forward scored his 72nd and 73rd goals for his country to close on Pele's record of 77 for Brazil. Neymar also upstaged South Korean captain […]

Arsenal is set to debut a new away black shirt for the upcoming 2022/23 season this summer while on tour in the USA. Word on the street is the new design will be officially unveiled on Wednesday, July 20. Consequently, Arsenal is to debut the black away kit for the first time that night in […]

Paris (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti typically played down becoming the first manager to win four European Cups after Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris on Saturday saying luck had a part to play before acknowledging "I am a record man". Ancelotti now stands alone as the only manager to win four Champions League titles, […]

With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, European soccer teams are touring the USA for offseason training again in bulk. Last year, a handful of European clubs made the trip over to the United States. Notably, Everton won the Florida Cup against Colombian side Millionarios. Still, the majority of the major European clubs held off with limited […]

FOX Sports and fuboTV have announced their UEFA Nations League coverage details. As a consequence, there is good news and bad news about how to watch UEFA Nations League on US TV and streaming. First, the good news is that every game is available for viewing in English-language. Second, the bad news is that games […]

England's 2021/22 Premier League season was the second most-watched in US history, according to data provided by NBC Sports. The most-watched season was 2015-16 when Leicester City won the title. It's a season where the title race, European qualification and relegation battle were decided on the final day. From the top to the bottom of […]

The results are in for the Top 15 US TV markets for Premier League viewership. For the 2021/22 Premier League season, how did your city score in the TV ratings compared to the rest of the United States? It was a thrilling season with Manchester City winning the title. But it kept us hooked from […]

The Premier League underrated XI does not consist of players from Liverpool or Manchester City. Everyone watches those teams week-in and week-out with their wealth of talent. Star players on big teams tend to receive all of the attention from fans and pundits around the world. Plenty of the 'smaller' teams in the Premier League […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe has agreed in principle to turn down Real Madrid and stay at Paris Saint-Germain for another three years, AFP learned from a source close to the negotiations on Saturday. PSG hope to make an official announcement by the end of the day that the 23-year-old forward is staying at the […]

There's no doubt that we're living in a country with so many options for viewing soccer that it does get complicated. To make matters worse, those choices keep on changing as new streaming services are added, and as rights change hands. We understand that, which is why our team here at World Soccer Talk is […]

ESPN plans comprehensive Women’s Euro 2022 coverage across July, with the vast majority of games on TV, according to a World Soccer Talk source. Scheduled to begin July 6 live from Old Trafford in England, the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 schedule of games feature matches between many of the best teams in the world from […]