Following an independent regulatory commission hearing today, Southampton’s Dani Osvaldo has been handed a three-match ban with immediate effect and a £40,000 fine for misconduct related to the end of match brawl at St James' Park against Newcastle United on December 14. Osvaldo was charged with violent conduct, and the council found this to be […]

The Football Association has charged Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers with bringing the game into disrepute after his comments he made after the Manchester City-Liverpool match. In the game between Manchester City and Liverpool, the match officials made mistakes on two clear-cut decisions. The first was the offside decision in the first half where the assistant […]

"Arsenal will keep falling away in the title race" seems to be the familiar refrain from so many pundits. Yet as we enter the second half of the season, the Gunners top the table ahead of more fancied and highly touted sides. What exactly has Arsene Wenger done this season so well? From the looks […]

The United States now has a favorite team in Norway to root for. Former USMNT coach Bob Bradley was today unveiled as the new manager of Stabaek, a Norwegian team in the country's top flight division. By taking the job in Norway, Bradley now has the distinction of being the first American to manage a […]

Italy and AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, who was linked to a move to Manchester United during the summer, has joked that he's lucky he didn't move to United otherwise he would have committed suicide by now. Respected Italian journalist Tancredi Palmeri noted De Rossi's exact comment, which was: De Rossi on Manchester United: "Luckily […]

Southampton have made an official complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg, accusing him of verbally abusing club captain Adam Lallana during the match against Everton last weekend. Lallana claims that the abuse from Clattenburg was of a personal nature. The complaint was filed with PGMOL — the referee body for the Premier League — on New Year's Eve. […]

Arsenal are interested in signing Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa, and the £32million buy-out clause placed on his head won't prevent Arsene Wenger from making an offer for the future Spain striker, according to a report tonight in the British media. Last night, the same tabloid ran a story that Dimitar Berbatov was being tipped […]

Tonight, host Nick Geber is joined by co-host Danny Page as they look at the big January questions – who needs what players and how badly? Plus Ole Gunnar joins team Mad Vinny and Nick explains why throwing stones at buses is a waste of energy. Watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or […]

Since 2006, sports fan and map connoisseur Bill Turianski has been creating custom soccer maps and posting them to his website to share with fellow sports fans who are enamored with the history, tradition and — most importantly — the location of soccer clubs. Every year, Bill's website Billsportsmaps.com posts maps galore for many major sports, […]

Aston Villa have suffered a blow as striker Libor Kozak has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken leg. The Czech striker broke his leg during training today. In December, Kozak made five appearances for the Villans, scoring twice. So far this season, he had scored four goals in 14 appearances. […]

Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov posted a "come and get me" plea to Arsenal on his Facebook page today, after a British tabloid reported last night that Arsenal are interested in signing Berbatov, the highly talented Bulgarian footballer. The photograph, which is on Dimitar Berbatov's official Facebook page, was posted to his timeline with the words […]

The third round of the FA Cup, the oldest soccer competition in the world, kicks off this weekend featuring several Premier League and Football League teams, with several of the key matches scheduled to be aired live on US television and/or Internet. Founded in 1871, the FA Cup will be beamed around the world. For […]

In August, several pundits (myself included) felt that Jose Mourinho had to integrate Juan Mata into Chelsea and build around the talented Spaniard to have any chance of success. The decision to freeze Mata out of the preferred starting XI led to numerous newspaper and blog columns slating the decision, which added to some very […]

From the Premier League matches on New Year's Day, we saw that referee Howard Webb had a poor game in Manchester Utd’s fourth home defeat of the season, but it couldn't mask the huge problems the Champions have. Manchester United slumped to defeat at the hands of Tottenham, who look rejuvenated under Tim Sherwood, now […]

We’ve spent a great deal of time the past few weeks on this site discussing the eccentric behavior of Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan. It seems Tan, having railroaded the well-respected Malky Mackay, needed to buy some credibility. He seems to have temporarily done so with the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the once great […]