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David Luiz said Friday he was happy to start a new phase of his career at Paris Saint-Germain, after they reached a deal to buy the Brazilian defender from Chelsea. “I made a point of wrapping everything up before coming to train with the national team…

France international defender Bacary Sagna confirmed on Friday that he is leaving English Premier League side Arsenal after seven years in north London. His contract expires next month and despite Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s bid to keep him at the…

Southampton great Matthew Le Tissier has told the south coast club’s fans not to be unduly pessimistic about the prospect of striker Rickie Lambert joining Liverpool. “Let’s not panic about possible exits until you see how the funds are reinvested in…

Iran will start the World Cup as rank outsiders but their players have vowed to make life tough for their fancied opponents in Brazil. “No game is going to be easy for us,” midfielder Andranik Teymourian said at a training camp in eastern Austria. “…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has agreed a three-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2017, it was announced Friday. “Arsenal Holdings plc confirms that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has signed a new three-year extension to his current…

Scottish champions Celtic have confirmed Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane is a candidate to become their new boss in succession to Neil Lennon. Ireland manager Martin O’Neill, himself once in charge of the Glasgow giants, confirmed on…

Former England striker Teddy Sheringham has joined West Ham United in the role of attack coach as the Premier League club bid to improve their forward play. The 48-year-old, who scored 147 Premier League goals, played for West Ham during the course…

He was the mainstay of Uganda’s ‘golden’ generation of the seventies; he also captained the Cranes at the 1978 Africa…

Liverpool are close to signing England striker Rickie Lambert from Southampton, according to reports on Thursday. Reds manager Brendan Rodgers is said to have made an offer of £4 million ($6.6 million, 4.9 million euros) plus add-ons for Lambert and…

Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez learned the hard way that his team is not ready for the World Cup in a 2-0 loss to Turkey in a friendly Thursday. And the hard truth is there’s not a lot of time for “Los Catrachos” to improve before they open play…

This weekend is laden with high level matches in the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015 first round second…

Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane has held talks with Scottish champions Celtic over their vacant manager’s job. Ireland manager Martin O’Neill confirmed on Thursday that former Manchester United and Celtic midfielder Keane had discussions…

Sunderland signed Spanish midfielder Jordi Gomez from Wigan on a free transfer on Thursday. Gomez agreed a three-year contract and became the Premier League club’s second new recruit in two days after defender Billy Jones joined the Black Cats from…

Liberia left the country on Wednesday, for Lesotho where they will engage their counterparts, Lesotho Crocodiles, in the first round,…

Tanzania’s Taifa Stars might have scrapped through with a solitary John Bocco goal against Zimbabwe Warriors a fortnight ago in…

The last time Kenya competed at the Africa Cup of Nations finals 22 years ago, their present captain Victor Wanyama…

Mbeya City (1) Vs AFC Leopards (2) AFC Leopards of Kenya beat Mbeya City of Tanzania Mainland 2-1 on…

Likuena captain, Moitheri Ntobo, is confident Lesotho will bounce back from their 1-0 loss suffered against Liberia in the first…

Tiger Woods will miss his second major championship of 2014 as he struggles to return to top form following back surgery earlier this year. The 14-time major winner announced on his website Wednesday that he is skipping next month’s US Open while he…

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi launched a furious defence of his players following Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Scotland in a match whose build-up had been disrupted over a matchfixing investigation being launched. Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994…