A host of Premier League managers have criticised Manchester United’s decision to sack David Moyes this week, just 10 months after he replaced Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, now the longest-serving manager in the Premier League…
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A stunning individual effort from Miralem Pjanic and a second-half tap-in from Gervinho secured a 2-0 home win for Roma against Milan and dented the Rossoneri’s bid for a Europa League place next season. Roma’s 26th win of the campaign reduced the gap…
The release of the Nigerian civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun”, which had been set to open in cinemas nationwide on Friday, has been delayed by the country’s censorship board. The film based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi…
Bayern Munich must repeat the passion they showed at Real Madrid for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, second-leg, to keep alive hopes of defending their European title, coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday. Bayern host Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga…
Jose Mourinho has said his Chelsea team deserve more “respect” from the rest of English football following fears his line-up at Liverpool on Sunday compromise the integrity of the Premier League title race. Mourinho’s side face Atletico Madrid on Wednesday…
Ryan Giggs on Friday described his appointment as Manchester United’s temporary manager as probably the proudest moment of an illustrious career spent at Old Trafford. Giggs will take charge of United’s remaining four games of the season as the club…
Syria has nearly completed surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday, as UN Security Council members called for a fresh probe into alleged gas attacks. “Today’s operation brings the total…
Shareholders of state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland will not get to vote on allowing its bankers to earn an EU bonus cap of twice their salary, the government said Friday. UKFI, the body that manages the government’s 81-percent stake in the lender,…
Trading in shares in French engineering group Alstom was suspended on Friday, a day after the shares surged on rumours of a bid by US giant General Electric. “The shares are suspended as required by the AMF (financial market authority) until further…
Malaysia’s premier pledged to release a report on flight MH370’s disappearance as passengers’ families protested Friday outside the country’s embassy in Beijing, venting anger at the agonising information vacuum surrounding the plane. Prime Minister…
For Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, starring in a film about Nigeria’s civil war was “incredibly personal”, as the conflict both affected close relatives and determined the country where he was born. His own grandfather had lived through…
Russia ordered new military exercises on the border of Ukraine Thursday and warned of “consequences” after Kiev launched a deadly assault against pro-Kremlin rebels occupying the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, in an escalation of the crisis. But Ukraine…
We last covered My.com back in November 2013. The website, a product from Russian Internet company Mail.ru, is meant to be a sort of do-all homepage. You can check your myMail, play myGames and have discussions in myChat. And now the company is making…
The safe release of scores of school girls abducted by militants last week topped the agenda of a meeting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan held Thursday with political and military chiefs, a governor said. “The meeting clearly agreed that the issue…
A mafia gangster is basing his appeal against a conviction for murdering a fellow mobster on photographs which show his associate was with Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho at the time. Cesare Pagano was convicted to life in prison for shooting…
The last visible evidence of David Moyes’ miserable reign at Manchester United was removed on Thursday as the infamous ‘The Chosen One’ banner was taken down from the Stretford End at Old Trafford. Moyes was sacked on Tuesday after just 10 months in…
Samsung hasn’t exactly been pushing their new Galaxy Tab 4 lineup quite as hard this year, even going so far as to quietly announce the new family of tablets under the radar on April 1st, like some sort of shy April Fool’s joke. But it looks like…
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany on Thursday, denying charges of bribery that threaten to land the British billionaire in jail. Ecclestone, 83, is accused of paying a German banker tens of millions of dollars to ensure…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard about how the British government had to sign a deal with Microsoft to extend support for Windows XP for another year while organizations throughout the UK switched to newer operating systems. The US Government…
Mamelodi Sundowns are two victories away from a first South African Premiership title in seven years after closest rivals Kaizer Chiefs and Wits University drew 0-0 Wednesday. “Pitso Mosimane (Sundowns coach) should send me a good bottle of wine,” joked…