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  LONDON--English Football League tables after Friday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): League One Swindon 25 15 6 4...

    Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea---Five facts for the Africa Cup of Nations Group B match between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia Sunday in...

Bata, Equatorial Guinea - African football chiefs voiced confidence in anti-Ebola measures which hosts Equatorial Guinea have put in place on the eve...

Manchester City's Samir Nasri out for eight weeks with injured knee Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the...

Cobham, United Kingdom - Jose Mourinho promised to exert greater 'self-control' on Friday after accepting referees were under pressure in his first public...

Sao Paulo - Former Bayern Munich defender Breno has indicated he was drunk the night his apartment caught fire, an incident which would...

London - England striker Jermain Defoe is to return to the Premier League after signing for Sunderland from FC Toronto, with Jozy Altidore...

Bode Miller     Wengen, Switzerland---Former Olympic and world champion Bode Miller says he is yet to fully recover from his back operation and has...

David Ginola   London---David Ginola announced Friday he will seek to challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, football's global governing body, in...

UAE’s Ali Mabkhout celebrates after scoring a goal against Bahrain during an Asian Cup Group C match at the Canberra Stadium yesterday. RIGHT:...

Felipe Anderson MILAN--Lazio's on-form attacking midfielder Felipe Anderson has been sidelined for at least three weeks with knee ligament damage, the Serie A...

Xherdan Shaqiri   Milan--Xherdan Shaqiri claimed his unhappiness at warming the substitutes' bench at Bayern Munich, and Roberto Mancini's vision for Inter Milan, prompted...

Paris: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hotly-contested second-half goal gave holders Paris Saint Germain (PSG) a place in the last four of the League Cup after...

Saudi Arabia’s Naif Hazazi in action against North Korea during a Group B Asian Cup match in Melbourne yesterday. RIGHT: China’s Sun Ke...

Qatari coach Djamel Belmadi (second from right) gives instructions to his players during a training session in Sydney yesterday. Sydney: Coach Djamel Belmadi...

Sydney: Coach Djamel Belmadi deflected questioning about his future with trigger-happy Qatar yesterday as he faced a must-win Group C game against heavyweights...

Madrid: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is insisting a future without star player Lionel Messi has never been considered as speculation over the Argentine’s...

Barca coach MADRID--Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is insisting a future without star player Lionel Messi has never been considered as speculation over the...