Following the launch of the official World Cup ball for FIFA World Cup 2014, adidas has released a video featuring the brazuca ball. The video includes plenty of stars from Argentina, Brazil, and Germany, backed by the brilliant song by The Kinks entitled All Day And All Of The Night. I particularly love the camera […]

There’s been a lot said lately about MLS expansion, but on a recent edition of ESPNFC, analysts Taylor Twellman and Steve Nicol had a fiery exchange that distilled the MLS expansion debate right down to its essence. Lincoln v. Douglas-esque in its gravity, the showdown also evoked Kennedy v. Nixon in its stark visual contrast […]

In the last couple of weeks, referees have been under a substantial amount of media pressure after Andre Marriner's penalty decision at Stamford Bridge and Wes Brown's red card at Stoke. It was therefore important that the referees had a good weekend, to rebuild some confidence heading into the busy christmas period. Starting at White […]

adidas has officially launched the 2014 FIFA World Cup match ball. The ball, named brazuca, was named back in September 2012 following a public vote in Brazil involving 1 million football fans; the name “brazuca” is an informal local term which means “Brazilian”, or to describe the Brazilian way of life. The colors and ribbon […]

Now that the World Cup pots have been confirmed, countries around the globe will be tuned in Friday for the official draw. Managers will now have to quell nerves and focus on preparing their staffs for the task of scouting their future opponents. With a six month preparation window, final roster tweaks and lots of […]

Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis has indicated that his goal for the Eagles is to get two wins between now and the end of the year. Today's match against West Ham United at Selhurst Park is as good a chance as any to pick up three valuable points. Here are the starting line-ups: Crystal Palace: Speroni, […]

ESPN has announced the first five analysts for its coverage of the 2014 World Cup. ESPN has selected Michael Ballack, Steve McManaman, Alexi Lalas, Taylor Twellman and Santiago Solari. Ballack, Lalas, McManaman and Solari will appear on pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, SportsCenter, ESPN FC and FIFA World Cup-themed news and information programs. Twellman will […]

Here’s the line-up of commentators for gameweek 14 of Premier League matches on US television across the NBC Sports Group networks this week: Tuesday, December 3: Crystal Palace vs West Ham, 3pm, NBCSN; Jon Champion & Mark Bright Wednesday, December 4: Man United vs Everton, 2:45pm, NBCSN and Mun2; Arlo White & Lee Dixon Arsenal […]

Let me start on a personal note. I have received intense criticism from some in the local southeast Florida community about my column written last week about a possible disaster scenario for local soccer if David Beckham mishandles his MLS team launch. I certainly wish the team and those supporting the team the best of […]

FIFA today confirmed the pots for Friday's World Cup Draw. The soccer organizing committee decided to put all nine European teams as unseeded countries (rather than ranked according to their FIFA ranking) into Pot 4, with one Pot 4 team will be drawn into Pot 2. The United States is placed in Pot 3. They […]

Spanish media is reporting that Arsenal have agreed a deal with Real Madrid to bring highly-rated 21-year-old striker Alvaro Morata to the Emirates Stadium in a six-month loan deal. As with any reports coming out of Spain, it's always difficult to know whether it's just tabloid rumors, or if there is truth to the story. […]

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NBC Sports Premier League host Rebecca Lowe has been named as host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games that will be held in Russia early next year, according to a report by Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated. Since August, Lowe has hit the ground running hosting NBC's Premier League coverage that has generated record high […]

The deadline to submit bids and final presentations is tomorrow for US media rights to the next round of UEFA Champions League coverage, which will span the 2015-16 to 2017-18 seasons. Current rights holder FOX Sports is expected to try to hold on to the rights, but faces fierce competition from a couple of new […]

West Ham Manager Sam Allardyce has told talkSport that he felt Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas acted "immaturely" in his post match comments toward reporter Neil Ashton of The Daily Mail newspaper. Allardyce said: "You have to use the criticism as a motivational drive to show these people that they are wrong. You've got to take it on […]