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…
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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…
Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested a Colombian man after he was found to be carrying a ham and cheese sandwich stuffed with over 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cocaine. The 29-year-old was detained at a bus station in the Mediterranean beach…
A Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria’s northeast, multiple sources said on Wednesday, as police offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. The latest insurgent attack…
The energy-rich Gulf states agreed Wednesday to resolve hurdles obstructing implementation of a long-delayed customs union, particularly revenue sharing, Kuwait’s finance minister said. Leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council have set January…
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…
Belgian authorities have released a prominent Burundian opposition leader who had been detained at the airport last week while he was on route to Italy. Alexis Sinduhije, a former journalist, activist and leader of the Movement for Solidarity and Development…
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…