Ah yes. The double holding midfield pair. How I love to watch them. The joy of viewing a perfectly weighted backwards pass, the ambition and invention of a lateral pass, and the beauty of a tactical foul. You can’t help but admire their fire-fighting skills. Think of the names. Lucas Leiva. Scott Parker. Sandro. Steven […]

New photos of Newcastle United's home shirt for the 2013-14 season have been leaked on the Internet. The new home shirt for Newcastle United confirms the previously leaked image of Newcastle's home kit. Designed by Puma, Newcastle's shirt features the famous black and white vertical stripes. But this time, there are some distinct changes. READ […]

ONE World Sports, a new international sports channel that's available on select TV providers in the United States, has secured season-long rights to present soccer matches — along with extensive player and manager interviews — from Arsenal TV, Chelsea TV and Bayern Munich in Germany’s Bundesliga. ONE World Sports has acquired all North American rights to the […]

AC Milan soccer player Kevin Constant walked off the pitch during a pre-season friendly yesterday after allegedly being racially abused. Milan was playing Sassuolo. Constant, who plays in midfield for the Serie A club, walked over to take a throw-in, but was on the receiving end of abuse from spectators in the crowd. He then stormed […]

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has arrived in Italy today to finalize his transfer to Napoli in a deal rumored to be £31.8million on a five-year contract worth £140,000 a week. Higuain was mobbed at the airport by enthusiastic Napoli supporters. The Argentine striker has been one of the hottest transfer targets this summer with […]

At one of the world's most famous sporting stadiums today, Liverpool Football Club played in front of a sold-out crowd of 95,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) where practically every single supporter sang Liverpool's famous anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone." With scarves held high and a sea of red shirts encircling the entire pitch, the […]

Tottenham Hotspur could be tempted by a £80million offer from Real Madrid for Gareth Bale. That's according to a seemingly incredulous article in The Sun newspaper tonight. Believe it not or believe it maybe. Up until this point today, I've purposely steered away from the speculation in the Spanish media this morning that Marca had reported that Real Madrid […]

Amidst concerns about security after violent fights erupted inside the ground in the last US men's national team game, CONCACAF has another PR nightmare on their hands. This time it's the playing surface for Wednesday night's Gold Cup semi-final between USA and Honduras at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas that can be best described in […]

Arsenal have triggered a clause in Luis Suarez's contract to enter transfer talks with the striker after bidding £40million plus £1 for the footballer, according to The Guardian newspaper. Under the terms of Suarez's contract with Liverpool, the club must alert Suarez if any club bids above £40million for the player. And now that Arsenal […]

At the end of the 2009-2010 Ligue 1 season, Olympique de Marseille (OM) was sitting pretty. They had won the Ligue 1 title as well as captured the Coupe de la Ligue. And with the coming season, new players entering the fold made it look like OM could be successful for the long haul. But […]

Great news for RCN customers. The cable TV company, who offers service in the northeastern United States and Chicago, has now added access to NBC Sports Live Extra, the TV Anywhere app from NBC Sports that allows sports fans to watch live games on the web, smart phone and tabloid devices. RCN joins the growing […]

With Alvaro Negredo completing his move to Manchester City last week, the Spaniard is finally getting a shot at the big time, a chance he thoroughly deserves. Since he moved to Sevilla, Negredo has fired in 70 goals in 139 games, which is an outstanding record at any level. There is no doubt in Negredo's […]

Some of Europe’s top teams have one thing in common — a lot of talented midfield players who will not get the playing time they deserve. Bayern Munich, for example, have 13 midfielders to choose from in their first team squad yet they only have two forwards. Even if they play a 4-2-3-1 system, it's […]

Tottenham Hotspur may miss out on signing Valencia striker Roberto Soldado if they're unwilling to increase their bid for the Spanish footballer. According to reports in Spanish media, Tottenham Hotspur offered £22million for the 28-year-old striker, but Valencia are demanding £25million. The transfer talks appear to be at a stalemate unless Spurs are willing to […]

Video footage has been posted on the Internet that shows shocking footage of fights that happened during the USA against El Salvador match in the CONCACAF Gold Cup match that was played in Baltimore on Sunday night. World Soccer Talk's Morgan Green reported yesterday that there were a multitude of fights both inside and outside […]