Liverpool are close to signing England striker Rickie Lambert from Southampton, according to reports on Thursday. Reds manager Brendan Rodgers is said to have made an offer of £4 million ($6.6 million, 4.9 million euros) plus add-ons for Lambert and…
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Sunderland signed Spanish midfielder Jordi Gomez from Wigan on a free transfer on Thursday. Gomez agreed a three-year contract and became the Premier League club’s second new recruit in two days after defender Billy Jones joined the Black Cats from…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi launched a furious defence of his players following Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Scotland in a match whose build-up had been disrupted over a matchfixing investigation being launched. Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994…
Victor Moses is targeting a World Cup semi-final spot ahead of Nigeria’s international friendly with Scotland in London on Wednesday. Moses and his team-mates will step up their preparations for Brazil against Gordon Strachan’s improving side at Craven…
Former Chelsea, Barcelona and Porto midfielder Deco was on Tuesday cleared of doping and had a one year ban lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Deco’s decorated career ended under a cloud last September when he was found guilty of taking…
Singapore has postponed a highly anticipated football match against arch-rivals Malaysia over concerns that its state-of-the-art new sports complex is not ready to host the fixture. Officials said there was no new date yet for the game, which was planned…
Japan’s World Cup preparations were given a timely shot in the arm after their female counterparts captured the Asian Cup on a day of triple celebration for the country. With the Brave Blossoms booking their place at next year’s rugby World Cup and…
At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities said. The blast came just days after a twin car bomb attack ripped…
The Korea Football Association denied Friday that it had given defender Yun Suk-Young permission to play in English side Queens Park Rangers’ money-spinning Championship play-off final against Derby County, Yonhap reported. Yun’s availability for Saturday…
Injured captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are set to join Germany’s pre-World Cup training camp on Friday — sooner than expected, according to assistant coach Hansi Flick. The German Football Association’s (DFB) medical staff are working…
Having won the last three major international tournaments, it is worth wondering if reigning champions Spain might finally come a cropper at this World Cup. Their remarkable run of success simply has to come to an end eventually, and there are concerns…
Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky will miss Wednesday’s friendly against Finland in Helsinki because of an illness, the Czech Football Association said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Arsenal midfielder “felt sick and had a fever during the night, so…
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…
Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o has had another dig at his manager, Jose Mourinho, calling him a “puppet” in a Confederation of African Football (CAF) website interview on Tuesday. Mourinho suggested in a private conversation last March that the 33-year…
With the Premier League season done and dusted, it is time for the inaugural Miller Premier League Awards to be handed out, with all the stars of the league coming to a big gala event hosted by Dacey’s Pub, the European Football capital of the tri…
The 2014 FA Cup final headed into extra-time after Premier League rivals Arsenal and Hull City finished all square at 2-2 after 90 minutes at Wembley on Saturday. Underdogs Hull, in the first FA Cup final in the club’s 110-year history, put themselves…
The winning captain in Saturday’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Hull City at Wembley Stadium will be presented with a brand new trophy, the Football Association revealed on Friday. A new version of the famous trophy, awarded to the winners of the…
The lack of English players in Manchester City’s first-choice team is “pretty depressing”, according to Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. “It’s been a great league this year. I think the Premier League has been brilliant,” Dyke told several British…
Michael Sam made history as the St. Louis Rams made him the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League. Sam had an agonizingly long wait for the milestone moment, which came as the seventh and final round of the three-day…
England’s Football Association said on Thursday that it wants to limit the number of non-European Union players in Premier League teams to two in a bid to bolster home-grown talent. A report produced by a commission set up by FA chairman Greg Dyke also…