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Football: Pele expected to join Cosmos for Cuba trip 29 May 2015 - 10:42 am

New York - Brazilian legend Pele is expected to join the New York Cosmos, his former club, in Havana for a match Tuesday,...

Football: Late goals take Namibia, Mozambique to final 29 May 2015 - 10:39 am

Johannesburg - Late goals on Thursday took pre-tournament outsiders Namibia and Mozambique to the Cosafa Cup final in north-west South Africa mining village...

Football: Leading Cosafa Cup scorers 29 May 2015 - 10:31 am

Johannesburg - Leading scorers in Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship after semi-finals in South Africa Thursday: 4: Shilongo (NAM) 3: Randriamanjaka, Vombola...

Football: Cosafa Cup fixtures 29 May 2015 - 10:28 am

Johannesburg - Remaining Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship fixtures this week (all times GMT): Friday At Rustenburg Plate final Malawi v Zambia...

Football: Cosafa Cup semi-finals results 29 May 2015 - 10:25 am

Johannesburg - Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship semi-finals results Thursday at Moruleng Stadium in north-west South Africa: Namibia 3 (Shilongo 18, 32,...

Djokovic, Nadal canter while Kokkinakis breaks through 29 May 2015 - 04:50 am

Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a French Open quarter-final yesterday as teenager Thanasi...

Cricket: McCullum vows to maintain aggressive style. 28 May 2015 - 08:57 pm

Leeds, United Kingdom - New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was adamant his side would stick with their attacking approach to Test cricket come...

Platini makes last gasp bid to make Blatter quit. 28 May 2015 - 08:31 pm

Zurich - European football Chief Michel Platini made a face-to-face call on FIFA president Sepp Blatter to stand down at a meeting of...

Football: Nadal calls for Blatter change. 28 May 2015 - 08:25 pm

Paris - Spanish tennis superstar and avid Real Madrid fan Rafael Nadal waded into the great football corruption scandal Thursday, suggesting the game...

Football: Swansea's Demetriou charged with betting breaches. 28 May 2015 - 07:59 pm

London - Swansea striker James Demetriou has been charged with alleged multiple breaches of betting rules, the Football Association revealed on Thursday. "Swansea...

Tennis: Djokovic survives injury scare at French Open. 28 May 2015 - 07:18 pm

Paris - Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a worrying injury scare to reach the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-1,...

Football: Suarez victim of FIFA 'corruption': union. 28 May 2015 - 07:14 pm

Montevideo - Luis Suarez was "a victim" of the alleged widespread corruption roiling FIFA so his international suspension for biting should be lifted,...

Football: Key points of Blatter speech. 28 May 2015 - 07:02 pm

Zurich - Key points from FIFA president Sepp Blatter's opening address to the 65th Congress in Zurich on Thursday: -- These are unprecedented...

Cycling: Gilbert wins Giro 18th stage, Contador retains lead. 28 May 2015 - 06:59 pm

Verbania, Italy - Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert of the BMC team won his second stage on the Giro d'Italia this year as he...

Tennis: Marathon woman Schiavone marches on in Paris. 28 May 2015 - 06:56 pm

Paris - Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova played the third longest women singles ever in the French Open on Thursday in a clash...

Cricket: Cook says he owes it all to Gooch. 28 May 2015 - 05:47 pm

Leeds, United Kingdom - England captain Alastair Cook may be on the verge of breaking Graham Gooch's England Test runs record but he...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter holds emergency meeting 28 May 2015 - 02:25 pm

ZURICH: Fifa president Sepp Blatter has chaired an emergency meeting, as the football world governing body is mired in crisis over a growing...

NHL: Stanley Cup playoff results 28 May 2015 - 01:00 pm

Washington--Result on Wednesday in the NHL Western Conference finals (series best-of-seven): Western Conference at Chicago Chicago 5 Anaheim 2 (Series tied 3-3) AFP