After the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was made several weeks ago, many pundits were discussing Arsenal's difficult task of being drawn in the same group as Napoli, Borussia Dortmund and Marseille, while Manchester United's group, Group A, was dismissed as another easy opening group for the Red Devils. However, […]

Having had to wait two weeks, supporters of Premier League clubs finally got to see some of their last-minute signings in action this weekend just gone. The capture of a new star stirs excitement amongst a fan base, but ahead of a big debut, nerves do remain prominent. Will the new signing adapt to English […]

Australia's soccer federation chairman wants his country to be compensated by FIFA if the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is moved from summer to winter. This follows on yesterday's story that FOX Sports in the United States is also opposed to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being moved. Plus, we already know that the […]

The referee for this Sunday's Manchester derby has been decided, and it's going to be Howard Webb. That means that neither Manchester City nor Manchester United supporters will be satisfied as they both will argue that Webb favors the other side. Hopefully Webb will be referee a good game so that the main talking points […]

Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey had a rollercoaster of a night for Swansea today in the entertaining 2-2 draw against Liverpool. After mis-hitting a shot and then quickly gaining control of the ball, Shelvey scored in under two minutes to put Swansea City one-nil ahead of his old club. But before Swansea had a chance to […]

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher returned to their regular slot on Monday Night Football on Sky Sports tonight. According to World Soccer Talk reader Pete Q, he describes tonight's episode as: "Again, MNF on Sky Sports is must see TV. They always end the show with questions from Twitter. A fan asked the question: Who […]

FOX Sports opposes FIFA's plan to move the 2022 World Cup from the summer to winter, according to a report in Bloomberg. In 2011, FOX agreed to pay FIFA $425 million for the US media rights to the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments with the understanding that the competitions would be played in […]

Swansea plays Liverpool today in the final game of the weekend. For viewers in the United States, the broadcast begins on NBCSN at 2:30pm ET, building up to the 3pm ET kick-off. This is an intriguing match to me. All of the pundits and bookmakers are predicting a Liverpool win tonight, so as a Swansea […]

In Ligue Un, it was a difficult turnaround for Laurent Blanc to face his former side Bordeaux, with whom he won the Ligue 1 title in 2009 with such a quick turnaround after much of his side featured on international duty. I know TV contracts dictate Friday night matches in France and Germany, but both […]

Watch out Fulham supporters. Martin Jol wants to pick a fight with you. Last week, Jol said that Fulham supporters needed to lower their expectations. And now, after Fulham let in a late equalizer against West Brom on Saturday, and where some fans were chanting "Jol Out," Jol has fired back at his critics — […]

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey was in direct contact by phone and text with Sir Alex Ferguson, according to the retired referee in his new book. Ferguson was reportedly on friendly terms with a number of Premier League referees including Halsey. The revelation casts a negative light on the PGMOL (Professional Game and Match […]

Manchester United defender Phil Jones has been ruled out of the UEFA Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. He suffered an ankle injury against Liverpool a few weeks ago, but hasn't recovered in time to help United in their opening European match. The absence of Jones is a blow to United manager David […]

Southampton hosts West Ham United today at St Mary's Stadium in the only Premier League match of the day. For viewers in the United States, the broadcast begins at 10:30am ET on NBCSN, while the match itself kicks off at 11am ET. For viewers in the United Kingdom, the match will be shown live on […]

Real Madrid have scheduled a press conference for today to announce that Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new contract. According to reports in Marca, Ronaldo will sign a new £14million-a-year contract that will keep him at Real Madrid until 2018. It's incredible to consider how far Ronaldo has come. When he arrived at Manchester United and […]

Emmanuel Adebayor has asked Tottenham to give him a £1million pay off to leave the club after being banished to the reserves, according to a report in Metro newspaper today. Adebayor is interested in leaving the club and joining Queens Park Rangers or a club in the Middle East as a free agent. But Tottenham would need […]