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…
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Yaya Toure’s future as a Manchester City player is in doubt after he appeared to endorse claims by his agent that he was unhappy with the Premier League champions. His agent, Dimitry Seluk, claimed that City had shown Toure a lack of respect by not…
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…
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…
Louis van Gaal promised to “make history” and return Manchester United to winning ways after being named Monday as manager of “the biggest club in the world”. One of the worst-kept secrets within football finally became public knowledge when the Netherlands…
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…