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Sunderland completed their great escape from what had seemed certain relegation when a 2-0 win at home to West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday ensured they’d be playing Premier League football next season. First-half goals from Jack Colback and Fabio Borini…

Manchester City are within touching distance of the Premier League title after overwhelming Aston Villa 4-0 on Wednesday to close within a point of the championship. Villa resisted until the 64th minute at a sodden Etihad Stadium, but a quick-fire Edin…

Wayne Rooney has insisted after more than 40 years of hurt, England can defy the odds and win the World Cup. There are many pundits who think Roy Hodgson’s men will struggle to get out of a pool in Brazil that also includes Italy, Uruguay and Costa…

The owner of Spanish giants Atletico Madrid predicted exciting times for football in cricket-mad India Wednesday as he revealed one of the teams lining up in a controversial new league would be called Atletico Kolkata. The Spanish club, who are in the…

Indiana Pacers center Andrew Bynum will miss the remainder of the NBA playoffs for the Eastern Conference top seeds, the club announced Wednesday. Bynum, signed in February as a free agent, played only twice in March for the Pacers this season due to…

Malaga coach Bernd Schuster has thrown his hat into the ring to take over from Armin Veh as Eintracht Frankfurt coach. Schuster was quoted in daily newspaper Bild on Wednesday as saying he would like the job next season. “Yes, I’m attracted by Frankfurt…

Swansea have appointed Garry Monk as their new permanent manager on a three-year contract, the English Premier League club announced Wednesday. The former Swans defender had been in caretaker charge since the Welsh club sacked Denmark great Michael…

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie believes he has seen signs of Alex Ferguson’s management style during Ryan Giggs’s brief time in the Old Trafford hotseat. Giggs, English football’s most decorated player and a one-club man, was put in caretaker…

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has vowed the pain of seemingly throwing away the Premier League title will prove to be a valuable learning experience for his side. The Reds, last crowned champions of England in 1990, somehow squandered a 3-0 lead…

Kampala City Council Authority Football Club (KCCA) has successfully defended the FUFA Super league title following a 3-1 home win…

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has leapt to the defence of coach Pep Guardiola’s system, which has come in for much criticism since the holders’ elimination from the Champions League by Real Madrid last week. Bayern won the treble of Champions League…

Mamelodi Sundowns have clinched the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) title for the sixth time.With a game to spare,…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a 30-man provisional roster for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. The announcement…

CAF inspectors arrived in Algeria Tuesday and immediately commenced inspection of facilities the country has lined-up as it bids to…

Los Angeles Clippers President Andy Roeser, who has been with the NBA club since 1984, will take an indefinite leave of absence starting immediately, the league announced. The news came three days after the NBA announced that it would appoint a new…

Paris Saint-Germain come into Wednesday’s fixture at home to beaten cup finalists Rennes with one clear aim: sewing up the Ligue 1 title. The big-spending Parisians could have already snared a fourth Ligue 1 crown but a draw at Sochaux on April 27 saw…

Liverpool’s extraordinary 3-3 draw at Crystal Palace means that Manchester City can close to within touching distance of the Premier League title by beating Aston Villa on Wednesday. With the top two neck-and-neck on 80 points and with two games to…

Ryan Giggs says he is still to decide about his Manchester United future despite making what appeared to be a farewell appearance in a 3-1 win over Hull City. Giggs, the club’s current interim manager, sent himself on as a 70th-minute substitute in…

After the seventh home defeat of a wretched Premier League campaign against Sunderland on Saturday, Manchester United will be desperate to make amends when they host Hull City on Tuesday. United last lost seven times at home in the 1973-74 season, when…

Teenage debutant James Wilson scored twice as Manchester United rang out the old and ushered in the new in a 3-1 win at home to Hull City on Tuesday. While the 18-year-old Wilson introduced himself to Old Trafford, captain Nemanja Vidic made his last…