Author: Adewale A.

Bolton Wanderers revealed the cost that comes with being relegated from the English Premier League as they announced their financial figures for the year to June 2013. In a statement on their official website, the club’s parent company Burnden Leisure…

Like the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening, the feud between Apple and Samsung seemed like it would be with us until the end of time, an evergreen source of tech news fun. But a post on Neowin today points the way back to a report…

Struggling US computer giant Hewlett-Packard plans to slash 5,000 more jobs than previously announced because of a difficult business environment, a regulatory filing shows. HP will eliminate 34,000 positions by the end of its fiscal year next October…

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says his only fear for the 2014 World Cup is players gloating over past victories and failing to be humble in the face of the great challenge ahead in Brazil. “We have to forget the past and not gloat over what we have…

Manchester United manager David Moyes will make a late decision on Wayne Rooney’s fitness ahead of Wednesday’s match against Tottenham. England striker Rooney missed the 1-0 win at Norwich on Saturday due to a groin injury but remains doubtful for the…

Mauritania is to set up a special tribunal to prosecute suspects accused of involvement in slavery, state media said on Tuesday, in a bid to eradicate the trade in the west African state. A judicial committee chaired by President Mohamed Ould Abdel…

A pastor whose supporters have claimed a wave of attacks across DR Congo is “on the run” and outside the country, government spokesman Lambert Mende said Tuesday, adding that the death toll from the violence had risen to over 100. Pastor Joseph Mukungubila…

Myanmar on Tuesday announced there were “no more political prisoners” after issuing a sweeping amnesty order aimed at fulfilling a presidential pledge to free all dissidents by the end of the year. The country has released scores of prisoners of conscience…

Islamic police in Indonesia’s sharia stronghold seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets after the city administration banned New Year’s Eve celebrations for the first time, an official said Tuesday. The Monday night raid on street stalls…

Much-travelled French striker Djibril Cisse is set to return to France after agreeing an 18-month deal with Corsican side Bastia, a source close to the club confirmed on Monday. The 32-year-old international forward has been playing at Kuban Krasnodar…

Production at two oilfields in southern Libya has restarted after it was suspended for several months, a national oil company official said on Monday. Mohamed al-Harairi of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) told AFP the Sarir and Msala oilfields…

Ray Wilkins has been appointed as the new assistant head coach of Premier League strugglers Fulham, the club announced on Monday. The 57-year-old returns for a second stint at Craven Cottage having managed the then-Second Division club between 1997…

Stoke City forward Jon Walters has criticised the Premier League’s jam-packed year-end fixture schedule after his side had to play two away games in four days. Matches come thick and fast in England during the festive period, but whereas some clubs…

Public Safety Canada December 30, 2013 16:12 ET OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 30, 2013) – The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today announced that the Government of Canada has listed Boko Haram…

The United States is still investigating last year’s attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi but has no evidence that “core Al-Qaeda” leaders directed the assault in which four Americans died, a US official said Monday. State Department spokeswoman…

Prosecutors in Paris on Monday launched a probe into whether a French comedian was guilty of inciting racial hatred by joking about “gas chambers” while talking about a Jewish journalist. Dieudonne, who has drawn controversy over an increasingly copied…

The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday. A Pew Research Center survey found 73 percent of Americans over age 18 on the Internet use…

  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists Luis Suarez should have been booked for the penalty claim at Stamford Bridge during his sides 2-1 win against Liverpool on Sunday. Mourinho believes the match referee should have booked the Uruguayan striker…

  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims he is relieved to return to the top of the Premier League table. With a 1-0 win at St. James’ Park against Newcastle United, Arsenal acquired the necessary three points required to go back on top of the…

Sunderland have agreed a deal to sign Fiorentina defender Marcos Alonso on loan for the rest of the season. Alonso, who had a previous spell in the Premier League with Bolton, completed a medical with Sunderland on Monday and will officially join up…