In retrospect, it was obvious. Houston is so good playing with an aggregate lead in the playoffs and with DC missing Chris Pontius and a fully healthy Dwayne De Rosario, the task really was impossible. But it didn't feel that way at RFK Stadium Sunday afternoon, as a crowd of over 20,000 (including 350 standing […]

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Today, Nintendo launches Wii U, a brand-new video game console that is the successor to the popular Wii video game system. There's a lot of positive buzz regarding the release of Wii U so far. But, for us soccer fans, the most important news is that FIFA 13 is immediately available to Wii U users. […]

If you have any small children or pets at home, today is probably a good day to move them away from the television set. What they are about to see today could be damaging to their eyes. I kid, of course. Sunderland's lack of goalscoring could make them a painful side to watch today, but […]

Big Sam is open to bringing Nicolas Anelka under his wing. The West Ham United manager gave Anelka a new lease of life when he managed the mercurial striker at Bolton Wanderers. I don't know about you, but I'd love to see Anelka playing in the Premier League again as long as he wasn't on […]

Here are the Premier League news headlines tonight: Sir Alex Ferguson claims Liverpool halted Michael Owen's potential — The Mail Mark Hughes insists he has no intention of resigning as QPR boss — BBC Sport Hillsborough police accused of sexually harassing survivor — The Guardian Everton's Phil Neville will be missing for up to 2 months […]

There are several must-see matches to watch today beginning with the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. In previous seasons, the derby has been an explosive match that has often weeble-woobled back and forth throughout the 90 minutes. If those matches are anything to go by, this could be an instant classic. Arsenal […]

Cardiff City are the current favourites to get promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season but Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Hull and Leicester all stand a great chance of pulling off promotion into the big time.

Bayern Munich are the overwhelming favourites to win the Bundesliga this season with current champions Borussia Dortmund way back in the betting market for the league title.

Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Mohamed Al Fayed ready to sue Premier League over fair play plan — The Mail Tottenham and Arsenal now battling mediocrity as well as each other — The Guardian Mark Hughes goes into 'El Sackico' praying for Queen's Park Rangers to click — The Independent Lucas Leiva is back […]

When Brendan Rodgers got the Liverpool job, he brought in a very Spanish-Dutch style of play. Possession is everything. All offensive and defensive work starts with the ball. When you are without the ball you need to win it back as quickly as possible. Rodgers has already spoken about his desire to see Liverpool play […]

The list of players that Arsene Wenger had a chance to sign over the years has included Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba, as well as many more. But another footballer that Arsenal had a chance to sign was a 16-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic who left the club because the Swede refused to play in a trial. […]

There are some massive Premier League matches in store this weekend with a lot on the line, but there's also the opportunity for one lucky EPL Talk reader to win an Apple iPad. EPL Talk reader Greg Pierko won the Apple iPad for having the top score from gameweek 1-6. Now the race is on […]

The English Football Association has released a very unique set of highlights for the Sweden versus England match, which feature match highlights filmed by a pitchside camera. The unusual effect harkens back to football film highlights from the early 1900's (such as this one) — when any footage recorded was from pitchside. Watch all four of […]

A big blow for Tottenham Hotspur this week after Mousa Dembele has been ruled out of this Saturday's massive North London derby. Instead of receiving surgery to fix his hip injury, Tottenham Hotspur resorted to alternative options, but it's not working out as well as anticipated. Dembele is the sort of player who makes a […]