Nigeria needs foreign help to defeat Boko Haram, a senior intelligence source told AFP on Friday, as the country’s top Muslim leader broke his silence to demand action to defeat the militants. The security source, who agreed to an interview on condition…
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Chelsea assistant manager Rui Faria had his stadium ban reduced by two matches after his appeal against the six-game suspension was partly upheld on Friday. Faria, who was sent off during Chelsea’s stormy Premier League defeat against Sunderland, will…
Mali was in crisis Thursday after admitting it had lost the flashpoint town of Kidal to Tuareg separatists in a humiliating defeat forcing the government to call for an “immediate ceasefire”. Ministers have not revealed how many lives have been lost…
Britain said Nigeria’s deadliest ever bomb attack, which killed at least 118 people, would strengthen the international community’s resolve to defeat terror in Africa’s most populous nation. Islamist militant group Boko Haram was blamed for two car…
Oscar Tabarez enters his third and probably final World Cup finals as Uruguay coach hoping his players can go one better than four years ago and reach the final. However, he is adamant that emulating the remarkable defeat of Brazil by their forebears…
Fans hurled bananas at AC Milan’s Guinean defender Kevin Constant on Sunday as his side’s Europa League bid suffered a huge knock in a 2-1 defeat to Atalanta. The racist insult was the latest to hit a top European football league after a banana was…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was fined £10,000 ($16,944, 12,221 euros) on Thursday after his sarcastic comments about the match officials following a shock defeat against Sunderland. Mourinho made a series of pointed remarks about referee Mike Dean…
After the seventh home defeat of a wretched Premier League campaign against Sunderland on Saturday, Manchester United will be desperate to make amends when they host Hull City on Tuesday. United last lost seven times at home in the 1973-74 season, when…
Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described his side’s relegation from the Premier League as the bleakest day of his illustrious career. Solskjaer saw Cardiff drop back into the Championship on Saturday as their fate was sealed by a 3-0 defeat at…
Aston Villa inflicted a 3-1 defeat on FA Cup finalists Hull at Villa Park on Saturday to give Paul Lambert’s side a massive boost in their fight to stay in the Premier League. After taking only one point from the last 18 available, this was a hugely…
Fulham and Cardiff City were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after defeats in their penultimate games of the season left them unable to reach safety. Fulham’s 13-year run in the English top flight was ended by a 4-1 defeat at Stoke City…
Liverpol manager Brendan Rodgers has backed skipper Steven Gerrard to recover from the potentially title-deciding mistake he made during last week’s defeat by Chelsea. The England midfielder’s slip allowed Demba Ba with a clear run on goal at the end…
Pep Guardiola has been left picking up the pieces amidst the fall-out from Bayern Munich’s historic 4-0 hammering at home to Real Madrid which dethroned the Champions League holders. Bayern suffered their heaviest home defeat in European competition…
Birmingham City stand on the brink of relegation to the third tier of English football after a 1-0 defeat at home to Wigan Athletic on Tuesday. An early goal by Callum McManaman was enough for Wigan to take all three points at St Andrew’s and confirm…
Roberto Martinez has insisted Everton can still secure a top four finish and a place in next season’s Champions League despite a potentially damaging defeat at Southampton. The 2-0 loss at St Mary’s left Everton in fifth place, a point behind Arsenal…
Barnsley were relegated from the Championship in agonising fashion after conceding two stoppage-time goals in a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Danny Wilson’s side had to win to avoid joining bottom club Yeovil Town, who were relegated on Friday…
Everton damaged their own prospects of a top four finish and a place in next season’s Champions League when first half own-goals from Antolin Alcaraz and Seamus Coleman gifted Southampton a 2-0 victory at St Mary’s on Saturday. Defeat meant Roberto…
Everton suffered a huge blow in their quest for Champions League football after a pair of own-goals saw them lose 2-0 to Southampton at St Mary’s on Saturday. Defeat meant Everton remained a point behind Arsenal, who currently occupy the fourth and…
Senegal’s former president Abdoulaye Wade returned home on Friday after two years abroad following his election defeat, his party told AFP, with his son facing jail for corruption. Wade’s airplane touched down in Dakar after being grounded in Morocco…
Yeovil’s brief stay in the Championship came to an end on Friday when they were relegated from the second tier after a 2-0 defeat at Brighton. Gary Johnson’s team had travelled to the Amex Stadium already resigned to their fate as they needed to win…