Chelsea has officially unveiled their away shirt for the 2012-13 season. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, Chelsea has gone French. The white kit with blue diagonal stripe is reminiscent of Marseille. According to the club website, "The strip is a modern design with a classic twist, featuring a light aqua diagonal flash across the main […]

We're just one day away from Euro 2012. I don't know about you, but I can't wait! Here's the latest Euro 2012 headlines of the day: England's Jermain Defoe returns home after death of father — The Guardian UEFA says players will be yellow carded if they walk off the pitch after being racially abused — Sky […]

Another tournament is about to begin in a far off land. While we may feel that we're almost there thanks to the wonder of television and wall-to-wall coverage, there remains the issue of trying to figure out how to squeeze Euro 2012 matches into our busy lives. European soccer, after all, is a priority for […]

The end of another competitive season of European club football signals the beginning of the premier European Championship for nations. Since its inception in 1960, the UEFA European Football Championship has — every 4 years — been one of the most highly anticipated and watched tournaments on the globe. This year promises to be as exciting and entertaining […]

The marketing battle between FIFA 13 and PES 2013 for the hearts and minds of soccer fans worldwide has been in high gear this week, due to their appearances at the E3 show in Los Angeles, California. Both EA Sports and Konami have made announcements this week regarding their upcoming release of their respective soccer […]

In the last decade, the philosophy known as ‘Moneyball’ has revolutionised the way baseball teams evaluate players. Based on the field of ‘sabermetrics’, the approach is designed to reveal players’ ‘true’ value by judging them solely on their performance-related statistics. Given its remarkable success in baseball, how long will it be before Moneyball becomes common […]

Aston Villa has given us a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of their new home and away shirts for the 2012-13 season. The new kit manufacturer for Aston Villa is Macron, the Italian company who has taken over from Villa's previous kit manufacturer, Nike. While the videos above and below don't reveal what the Aston […]

For the second time in the three seasons that Hans Backe has been in charge of the Red Bulls, he had to make a trip to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to reach the Quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Standing in his way once again was the City Islanders of USL Pro. For the second […]

An industry source has informed me that Shaw Media issued layoff notices on Tuesday June 5 to the entire production staff associated with FOX Soccer Report based at 201 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, effective August 31, 2012. The new nightly international soccer newscast to be produced by Rogers Media in Toronto, Ontario, Canada […]

Here is a look at one young player from each of the 4 Group C teams. These players are most likely to make an impact for their respective country at the Euro 2012. Group C Croatia Ivan Perisic PLAYER INFORMATION Date of Birth 2 Feb, 1989 (age 23) Club Borussia Dortmund Position Left midfielder International Caps 8 […]

Prisoners of the world, unite. Fulham FC has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2012-13 season, and it looks like an orange prison jumpsuit. Thankfully, Fulham and Kappa decided that the shorts will be white. Orange shorts would have been the cherry on top. Fulham's new away shirt is orange, presumably as a tribute to […]

Cardiff City has released a photograph of their new home and away shirts for the 2012-13 season. Controversially, Cardiff has decided to change the color of its home shirt from blue to red — even though the club has worn blue as their home color since 1908, and even though the club's nickname is the Bluebirds. […]

Two days to go until Euro 2012 kicks off, and there's a ton of news to report this morning: John Terry misses training in race to be fit for England's opener against France — The Telegraph Ukraine struggle after 10 players are hit by stomach bug — The Guardian A close-up look at Panini's Euro […]

I used to love compiling mix-tapes especially in the days of cassette tapes. I'd buy a pack of Maxell cassettes and then literally spend hours of lazy Sunday afternoons sorting through my record collection to find the right tracks, in the right order, for the right kind of mood I was in. And then came […]

Konami has just released a new and official trailer for PES 2013. The 2-minute video is the most comprehensive thus far in terms of showing some of the new features and gameplay of PES 2013. Also, if you look closely, you'll see the licenses for UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Copa Libertadores and La Liga […]