Category Archives: World Cup

Now that Everton’s deal for FC Twente striker Leroy Fer has fallen through due to medical issues, Everton are on the verge of signing Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo from Sevilla. If the Toffees will be able to secure his signature, … Continue reading →

Good news for Arsenal fans tonight as a deal to sign Theo Walcott to a new contract appears to be imminent, perhaps as early as next week. Here are tonight’s Premier League news headlines: Theo Walcott edging towards new £25m … Continue reading →

Arsenal suffered another injury this season after defender Laurent Koscielny was taken off early in the match against Everton with a groin injury. The defender will be out until Christmas. Koscielny joins several other injured Arsenal players including Abou Diaby, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Let’s start with a clear statement. I don’t really like international football and I hate international breaks. I didn’t used to have this feeling, but I do now. I should also add that while I live in the United States, … Continue reading →

FOX Sports has recently made moves to build its’ coverage to a world-class level in preparation for its FIFA World Cup broadcasts beginning in 2015 with the FIFA Women’s World Cup through FIFA World Cup tournaments in 2018 and 2022. … Continue reading →

Now that Euro 2012 is almost wrapped up, the next major international soccer tournament we have to look forward to is World Cup 2014, which will be held across Brazil. Previous World Cup tournaments have been relatively favorable to US … Continue reading →

In the build-up to the 1998 World Cup held in France, a company named Merlin launched the Official England 1998 World Cup sticker collection. The quality of the stickers was equal to that of Panini, and Merlin issued quite a … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of looking through my box of English football collectibles that I found in my garage. I have one or two more items I’ll be sharing with you in the next 48 hours, but in the meantime, … Continue reading →

FOX has won the English-language TV rights in the United States for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments, says several sources. UPDATE: FOX and Telemundo, combined, paid more than a staggering $1 billion for rights to the 2018 and … Continue reading →

2010 was a bad year for Italian football. I tried to think of the positives, but very few came to mind. A disastrous World Cup in South Africa, a bad showing in the Europa League, and only a Champions League … Continue reading →

Enzo Bearzot, a legend of Italian coaching, died today. While I can’t say much about what I remember of him, I can say that he is certainly one of the greatest influences on Italian football. Although many coaches focus on … Continue reading →

Italy boss Cesare Prandelli announced his 23 man squad for the friendly against the Ivory Coast which will take place on Tuesday in England. Many of the names chosen by Marcello Lippi were dropped. Prandelli made some expected changes following … Continue reading →

The one thing that the preseason friendlies have revealed to me thus far is the enormous drop off in talent between the commentary teams that we were spoilt with during the World Cup to the B-level of talent we witnessed … Continue reading →