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Arsene Wenger   London--Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed cautious optimism over his side's move for Villarreal's Brazilian centre-back Gabriel Paulista on Thursday, describing the...

Bata, Equatorial Guinea - The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations at a glance after hosts Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso drew 0-0 Wednesday...

Krystian Bielik   London--Arsenal on Wednesday confirmed the signing of teenage midfielder Krystian Bielik from Polish side Legia Warsaw. The transfer of the promising...

Gervinho   Malabo--Ivory Coast star Gervinho has apologised after being sent off in his side's 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations draw with Guinea in...

Juan Cuadrado MILAN--Chelsea are preparing a bid for Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado although La Viola would not sell the Colombian for less than...

Iraq’s Salam Shakir is lifted by team-mates at the end of their Asian Cup Group D match against Palestine in Canberra, yesterday. RIGHT:...

The Late Malanda BRUSSELS--Both the Belgium and VfL Wolfsburg squads gathered in Brussels on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Belgian Under-21 international...

  SYDNEY--Quarter-final line-ups at the Asian Cup after the last matches of the group stage on Tuesday: Thursday, January 22 South Korea v Uzbekistan...

  SYDNEY--Asian Cup results and group tables after Tuesday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for/against, goal difference, points; Q denotes qualified for quarter-finals):...

  NICOSIA--The Cyprus Football Association said Tuesday that it was postponing all matches under its jurisdiction for one week after referees came out on...

Japanese players in celebration SYDNEY--Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa scored for Japan as the defending champions reached the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a...

  MELBOURNE--Result of the Asian Cup Group D match between Japan and Jordan in Melbourne on Tuesday: Japan 2 (Honda 24, Kagawa 82) Jordan...

  CANBERRA--Result from the Asian Cup Group D match between Iraq and Palestine in Canberra on Tuesday: Iraq 2 (Mahmoud 48, Yaseen 88) Palestine...

Russia's head coach Fabio Capello follows the action during a friendly match Moscow - European football chief Michel Platini on Tuesday urged Russia's...

Bahrain’s Sayed Dhiya (left) congratulates his team-mate Sayed Ahmed after the latter scored a goal against Qatar during an Asian Cup Group C...

Yaya Toure in action MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA--Ivory Coast captain Yaya Toure, the reigning African footballer of the year, admits he is enjoying the...

  BERLIN--Hamburg were on Monday fined 55,000 euros ($58,000) by the German Football Association (DFB) after a fan insulted Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery on...

Hasebe MELBOURNE--Japan captain Makoto Hasebe on Monday stood by team-mate Keisuke Honda after the AC Milan midfielder was fined for criticising the standard...