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Goalkeeper Stephen Adams was the only local-based player named in Ghana’s provisional 26-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup…

Aston Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner intends to sell the club, he said Monday. Lerner took control of the English Premier League side in 2006 after a £62.6m takeover ($105.7 million) that saw him buy out the Birmingham team’s longstanding former…

Everton breakthrough star Ross Barkley, 20, was named in a youthful England World Cup squad on Monday, but Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick only made the standby list. Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole announced his international retirement…

Rwanda was held to a goalless draw at home by Gabon in the 2015 Orange CAF U-20 Championship qualifier played…

Now a veteran of the Côte d’Ivoire national team at 28 years of age, Salomon Kalou is coming off another…

CAF President Issa Hayatou has expressed deep sorrow at the tragic death of at least 15 football fans who were…

Eyeing a place in the final group phase of qualifiers and a long awaited return to the Nations Cup finals…

West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy, who retired from Test cricket last week after being sacked as captain, said Monday he was left with no choice after realising he was no longer needed. Sammy, 30, Test captain since October 2010, retired from the…

The lack of English players in Manchester City’s first-choice team is “pretty depressing”, according to Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. “It’s been a great league this year. I think the Premier League has been brilliant,” Dyke told several British…

Manchester City will not rest on their laurels after finishing on top of the Premier League table for the second time in three years, manager Manuel Pellegrini said. Sunday’s 2-0 victory over West Ham United ensured City finished two points clear of…

Manchester United’s dramatic disintegration during the 2013-14 Premier League season created a power vacuum that produced one of the most fascinating English title races in recent memory. While United toiled under Alex Ferguson’s ill-fated successor…

Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he is looking forward to a break after a marathon season. The Hoops ended another successful Scottish Premiership campaign on a winning note on Sunday with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Scottish Cup finalists Dundee…

Ryan Giggs claims not to have thought about his Manchester United future yet, but he concedes that will have to change quickly when his club hire their new manager. Having taken charge of United as interim boss for four games, Giggs has developed a…

Arsenal warmed up for next weekend’s FA Cup final with a 2-0 victory at Norwich City on Sunday, a result that finally confirmed the hosts’ relegation from the Premier League. Aaron Ramsey and Carl Jenkinson were the scorers on a final day of the Premier…

Fulham bid farewell to the Premier League in some style courtesy of Chris David’s stunning injury-time strike that secured a 2-2 draw at home to Crystal Palace. With Fulham already relegated and Palace long since safe from the drop, there was little…

15:06 GMT – 49 mins – Carnival atmosphere at the Etihad as Kompany doubles City’s advantage. West Ham fail to clear a corner and Dzeko knocks the ball into the path of the Belgium defender who swivels past his marker to smash the ball into the roof…

Daniel Agger and Jordan Henderson returned to Liverpool’s starting line-up against Newcastle on Sunday as the Reds prepared for their final chance to snatch the Premier League title. Danish centre-back Agger, making his first start since a win over…

English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore apologised Sunday for e-mails in which he made “inappropriate” jokes about women. The e-mails were published by Britain’s Sunday Mirror after being leaked to the tabloid by Scudamore’s former…

Fans hurled bananas at AC Milan’s Guinean defender Kevin Constant on Sunday as his side’s Europa League bid suffered a huge knock in a 2-1 defeat to Atalanta. The racist insult was the latest to hit a top European football league after a banana was…

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero returned to the starting XI for his side’s Premier League title decider at home to West Ham United on Sunday. The Argentine, who scored the stoppage-time goal against Queens Park Rangers that won City the title…