With Manchester City missing out on the Premier League title this season, expect a boatload of transfer rumors between now and the end of the transfer window with the club being linked with several major players worldwide. Manchester City to sign Eriksen and Cavani — The Guardian While there's no doubt that City need to strengthen their […]

Luis Suarez has been banned for 10 games by The FA for biting Branislav Ivanovic in the match between Liverpool and Chelsea last Sunday. "Luis Suarez has been suspended for a total of ten matches after an Independent Regulatory Commission today ruled on a charge of violent conduct," said a statement by The FA. "A three-person […]

What would the Premier League table look like if the first goal scored in the 2012-13 season matches settled the outcome of the games? Thanks to Opta, they've created the alternative league table below, which reveals some interesting observations: Chelsea would be top of the table if the first goal in their matches settled the […]

Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United right back Gary Neville has helped pay part of the wages for the footballers of Bury Football Club. The League One club are in a massive financial crisis, and are on the brink of collapse unless someone comes in to save the club. Neville has a lot of […]

Like many other Americans who follow the Premier League closely, I've been reading the news about NBC's plans for their coverage next season with great interest. For the most part, it sounds like a great improvement over what FOX Soccer has been bringing us. But there's one aspect from their recent press releases I want […]

Manchester United veteran defender Rio Ferdinand has resisted offers from the US and China to sign a new one-year contract at Old Trafford. The Guardian newspaper reports that Ferdinand received serious offers from the US and China, but decided to stay with United because of his young family as well as extending his career with the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Andres Cantor, one of the most recognizable soccer commentators on US television, will be the lead commentator for Telemundo's coverage of the English Premier League beginning with the 2013-14 season. Cantor is best known for his signature "GOOOOLLLLLLLL" call. The commentator, who began his career in 1979, will commentate many of the top Premier […]

Watch match highlights of Bayern Munich against Barcelona from the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between the champions of Germany against the current leaders in Spain. The first leg was played in Munich with goals-a-plenty scored. One leg down, one to go in order to decide who will play in the UEFA […]

As the sun sets on another enthralling Premier League season, Arsenal are once again vying for Champions League football. Is this a surprise? No. Is this unacceptable? Yes. Clearly, investment is a word often associated with Arsenal, but for many wrong reasons. Losing their best and only world class player to the eventual champions was […]

Today kicks off the first semi-final in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League season with a classic match-up between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, scheduled to kick off at 2:45pm ET, live from Munich. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on FOX Soccer (with pre-game coverage beginning at 2pm ET). With […]

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has accepted The FA's charge of violent conduct after Luis Suarez bit Branislav Ivanovic in a game at Anfield this past Sunday. According to a statement by The FA, Suarez accepted the charge but "Suarez has denied The FA’s claim that the standard punishment of three matches is clearly insufficient for […]

Individual tickets for Chelsea's friendly against Manchester City at Yankee Stadium, scheduled for May 25, will go on sale beginning this Thursday (April 25, 2013). Previously, tickets were available as a package along with tickets to the Spain-Ireland friendly. But now, according to the Chelsea club website, "Tickets for the match will now be sold […]

In the past several months, many of the readers to EPL Talk have posted many detailed questions about all of the ins- and -outs of NBC's coverage plans for the Premier League, which will begin on August 17, 2013 when the new Premier League season begins. I've answered all of your questions below (plus many […]

In order to make sure that you have access to 100% of the live Premier League matches that NBC Sports will show next season, it's time to take action right now! The days of soccer fans having to pay for online streaming products such as FOX Soccer 2Go are almost over. Beginning this August, soccer fans […]

The vast majority of soccer fans in the United States are excited about NBC Sports taking over the US media rights to the Premier League beginning this summer, but there are several misconceptions that are being bandied around on the Internet that I want to address, so that everyone has the information they need to […]