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…
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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…
Hackers have stolen the personal data of 1.3 million customers of French telephone company Orange, in the second major breach of its kind in a matter of months. In the latest incident, which was detected on April 18, the hackers acquired names, email…
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…
Sitting in a Mexican bar in the US capital, Maria complains that “using lemon instead of lime in a margarita is like using onions instead of garlic.” But lemon margaritas just might be coming to a cantina near you, thanks to the skyrocketing price of…
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by…
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…
US President Barack Obama described the kidnapping of more than 220 schoolgirls by Islamists in Nigeria as “heartbreaking” and “outrageous” as Washington deployed military experts in the hunt for the children. Obama urged global action against Boko…
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…