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Manchester City will look to kill two birds with one stone this weekend by keeping the heat on Premier League leaders Chelsea and definitively dashing Arsenal’s title hopes. City’s 3-0 win at Manchester United on Tuesday took them to within three points…

Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor has won his appeal against his sending-off in Wednesday’s Premier League loss at West Ham. But Friday’s announcement is likely to be of little consolation to the Scotland international as he lies in a London hospital bed…

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel expressed disappointment on Wednesday after a goal that he thought he had scored was instead officially attributed to one of his team-mates. “What a shame,” Schmeichel wrote on Twitter. “All can see it was…

Jose Mourinho will blame referee Chris Foy if Chelsea narrowly miss out on the Premier League title this season. The Chelsea manager believes the performance of the match official contributed to his side’s recent shock 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa. Foy…

David Moyes, the embattled manager of Manchester United, remains defiant despite the prospect of public humiliation at the hands of a group of angry supporters. Hailed as the ‘Chosen One’ for being the hand-picked successor to former United boss Alex…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended his side following comments by former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes that the Gunners are a “million miles away” from competing for the Premier League title. Last week Wenger’s 1,000th game in charge…

Players from Championship club Leeds United on Friday agreed to defer part of their wages for March after the club failed to pay them on time. Non-playing staff have received their full salaries, but following a meeting with the club’s hierarchy and…

Arsenal remain in contention for this season’s Premier League title despite recent setbacks, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said Friday. Arsenal’s last two league matches have seen them thrashed 6-0 by leaders Chelsea and held to a 2-2 draw…

Fullback Jason Woodward scored a club record 27 points as the Melbourne Rebels upset Australian Super 15 conference leaders ACT Brumbies 32-24 on Friday. Woodward could do little wrong, amassing a try, two conversions and six penalties as the Rebels…

England exile Kevin Pietersen’s career as a freelance cricket for hire is set to take him to the West Indies after the star batsman announced Friday he’d entered the draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League. Despite being England’s leading run…

Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved legislation to impose up to four years in prison for fan violence at sporting events, days after football aficionados fought police at a game. Thursday’s bill calls for prison terms ranging between three months…

Mercedes underlined their superiority in the new Formula One season as first Lewis Hamilton and then Nico Rosberg led the timings in the Malaysian Grand Prix practice sessions on Friday. Hamilton topped the opening session with his team-mate third,…

Serena Williams extended her dominance of Maria Sharapova, defeating the Russian 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final of the Miami hardcourt tournament for the ninth time. World number one Williams will be seeking her second straight Miami crown when she takes…

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke on Thursday offered strong backing to corruption buster Michael Garcia, who is investigating alleged graft in the voting process which gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup. Removing Garcia would create “a terrible picture…

Bala Nikyu’s girls failed in their bid to grab a semi final place at the ongoing Fifa U17 Women’s World…

The Nigeria Football Federation’s tense working relationship with coach Stephen Keshi looks set to continue. The federation has asked Keshi…

With John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses struggling for game time at their respective clubs, how can Stephen Keshi arrange…

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel slammed the new sound of Formula One Thursday and said this season’s quiet, hybrid engines desperately needed a makeover to bring back some excitement. “It’s shit,” Vettel said immediately, when asked what he…

Defending champions West Indies and Australia face off in a do-or-die clash in Dhaka on Friday as action resumes in group two of the World Twenty20 Super-10s after a two-day break. India lead what is billed as the “group of death” with two consecutive…

The organisers of golf’s Royal Trophy slammed the new EurAsia Cup in acid terms Thursday, calling it an “an act of aggression” by the European and Asian Tours in a broadside that overshadowed the first day of play. In a dressing-down that was scathing…