England received some good news ahead of their troubled tour of New Zealand when full-back Mike Brown declared himself fit for the first Test against the world champion All Blacks on June 7. With fly-half George Ford set to miss the tour because of…
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Injured captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are set to join Germany’s pre-World Cup training camp on Friday — sooner than expected, according to assistant coach Hansi Flick. The German Football Association’s (DFB) medical staff are working…
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is set to undergo surgery on an injured knee Thursday just 21 days before the start of the World Cup, reports said. Liverpool’s Premier League Player of the Year injured his knee in training on Wednesday giving his side a…
Tony Parker finished with 22 points and Danny Green made seven-of-10 from three-point range as San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 112-107 to take a 2-0 lead in their playoff series. Tim Duncan tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds and Manu Ginobili came off…
Having won the last three major international tournaments, it is worth wondering if reigning champions Spain might finally come a cropper at this World Cup. Their remarkable run of success simply has to come to an end eventually, and there are concerns…
Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky will miss Wednesday’s friendly against Finland in Helsinki because of an illness, the Czech Football Association said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Arsenal midfielder “felt sick and had a fever during the night, so…
Crystal Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak was Wednesday named captain of Australia’s World Cup squad following the axing of Lucas Neill. He will be backed by vice-captains Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano. “It is a privileged position and an accolade he richly…
Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government’s internationally-backed security crackdown. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan swiftly condemned the…
Manchester City’s holding company, City Football Group (CFG), will become a minority shareholder in Yokohama F. Marinos in the first significant foreign investment in a J-League club, officials said Tuesday. Nissan Motor Co., the main shareholder, said…
Manchester United’s new coach Louis van Gaal insisted Tuesday that he has “no fear” of living in the shadow of emblematic former manager Alex Ferguson. Van Gaal, 62, will take over as the new manager of the English Premier League giants after the Dutch…
Vodafone’s annual net profit rocketed to £59.25 billion, boosted by the enormous sale of its stake in US joint-venture Verizon Wireless, the British mobile phone giant said on Tuesday. Earnings after taxation surged to the equivalent of $100 billion…
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde branded Boko Haram, the Nigerian insurgents who kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, “despicable” on Monday. “In a deep sense, the actions of Boko Haram represent the complete antithesis of the values…
Trying to figure out the future of Google’s line of smartphones and tablets is becoming something of an industry in and of itself. It’s impossible to know for sure what’s going to happen, but that doesn’t stop every tech writer and blogger from…
A South African judge on Tuesday ordered Oscar Pistorius to undergo up to 30 days of psychiatric tests to establish if he is “criminally responsible” for killing his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013. Thokozile Masipa said the Paralympian sprinter…
China kept world champion Lin Dan on the sidelines as they cruised into the quarter-finals of the men’s Thomas Cup in New Delhi on Monday, soon after the women had made the grade in the Uber Cup. The Chinese men, aiming for a record sixth successive…
Former England defender Ashley Cole announced Tuesday that he will leave Chelsea when his contract ends in a few weeks. Cole, 33, said in a Twitter statement that he is looking for “another journey” after a season in which he has become a fringe player…
The declaration of ‘war’ on Boko Haram extremists by African leaders at a security summit in Paris is a major step to tackle the regional threat posed by the group as well as help end the insurgency if properly implemented, analysts say. “It’s a good…
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak insists the Premier League champions will still be major players in the transfer market despite UEFA’s recent sanctions. City face a spending cap after European football’s governing body limited the club’…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to military exercises in regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday, while also calling on Kiev to immediately withdraw troops from east Ukraine. “Due to the end of the planned spring training…
Nigerian Ikechukwu Uche and Ghanaian Richmond Boakye were among the scorers on the final weekend of the Spanish La Liga season. Uche raised his season goal tally to 14 by striking midway through the second half for Villareal in a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad…