Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers remains confident he will be able to keep his players focused against Norwich City as they attempt to take another step towards the Premier League title. The Reds are currently top of the table and know that if they…
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Manchester United manager David Moyes will be under the spotlight when he returns to Everton on Sunday for the first time since he left the club for Old Trafford at the end of last season. Moyes was in charge at Goodison Park for 11 years before leaving…
Arsene Wenger insists his Arsenal side have made progress this season despite once again facing a battle to hold on to a top four spot. Wenger’s side travel to Hull on Sunday in the fourth and final Champions League place, a point clear of Everton who…
American Michelle Wie won her first LPGA title since 2010, firing five-under par 67 for a two-shot victory in the Lotte Championship. Wie had six birdies, and not even a three-putt bogey at the final hole at her home course, Ko Olina, could dim her…
The newspaper’s edition was set, ready to print, when the assailants came at 2 o’clock in the morning, Molotov cocktails in hand. “We heard someone beating violently against our windows. They ripped off the shutters and broke the glass. Then they took…
Leicester City moved within touching distance of securing the Championship title after David Nugent fired the leaders to a 1-0 win over 10-man QPR on Saturday. Nigel Pearson’s already-promoted side restored their seven-point lead over second-placed…
Aston Villa ended a difficult week with a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton on Saturday that inched them closer to safety in the Premier League. Villa suspended assistant manager Ian Culverhouse and head of football operations Gary Karsa earlier this…
Fulham squandered an opportunity to escape the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday after going down 3-1 at London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Felix Magath’s improving side had won their two previous games and they reacted impressively after falling…
Japan broke ground Saturday on a coastal surveillance unit near a string of islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with China, a report said. Radar equipment will be installed on Yonaguni island to monitor ships and aircraft in the East…
Sunderland condemned Chelsea to their first home Premier League defeat under Jose Mourinho with a stunning 2-1 victory on Saturday that took Liverpool a step closer to the title. Chelsea were bidding to take over from Liverpool at the summit, but their…
Two people were killed Saturday when their car exploded in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, although it was unclear whether the vehicle itself had been targeted. A third person was wounded in the blast and taken to hospital as…
Over 100 people have been killed in a cattle raid in South Sudan’s Warrap state, a local information minister told UN radio, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. “We lost about 28 civilians” in a remote cattle herders’ camp in the remote northern…
Tottenham Hotspur strengthened their push for a European place and kept Fulham trapped in the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-1 home victory on Saturday. Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell cancelled out Paulinho’s 35th-minute opener for Tottenham…
Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year were freed on Saturday after a 10-month ordeal in the world’s most dangerous country for the media. French President Francois Hollande announced the release of Edouard Elias, Didier Francois,…
Fulham squandered an opportunity to escape the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday after going down 3-1 to London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Felix Magath’s improving side had won their two previous games and they reacted impressively after falling…
A couple and a young boy were shot dead in an overnight attack near the eastern Belgian city of Liege, media reports said on Saturday. The woman was seriously wounded in the attack near the local sports ground in Vise, and died early Saturday of her…
Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino has admitted that he has been disappointed with his own performance in his debut season in charge of the Catalans as they look set to miss out on a major trophy for the first time in six years. Martino’s men were beaten…
Brazil international midfielder Sandro has lost his place in the Tottenham Hotspur squad because he is “not good enough” to get into the team, manager Tim Sherwood said on Saturday. “He’s not selected at the moment. I don’t think he’s good enough to…
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea late Saturday night, the US Geological Survey said, with a tsunami warning issued. The quake hit 75 kilometres (47 miles) south-west of the town of Panguna on Bougainville island…
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at least 75 people, in a video message obtained by AFP on Saturday. “We are the ones that carried out the attack in Abuja…