Chelsea are confident veteran defender John Terry will “amicably” agree a new contract in the near future, assistant coach Steve Holland said Friday. Former England centre-back Terry has reportedly been offered a new contract by the west London club…
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Manuel Pellegrini said Friday he’d no reason to fear for his future as Manchester City manager despite recent results all but scuppering the club’s Premier League title hopes this season. Wednesday’s 2-2 home draw with struggling Sunderland, which just…
David Moyes, the Manchester United manager, is poised to make a flying start to his major rebuilding job for the fallen champions after the end of this season. Moyes revealed Friday he was already “well into my planning” regarding new recruits as he…
Luis Suarez was one of three Liverpool players nominated Friday for England’s Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year award. The Uruguayan, the leading scorer in the Premier League so far this season, was joined on the shortlist Friday…
England are to name their new head coach at a Lord’s press conference on Saturday. A brief statement issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday said that manging director Paul Downton and Test skipper Alastair Cook would hold a media conference…
Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki announced on Friday his decision to voluntarily take a two-thirds pay cut as the government grapples with a financial situation it has described as “critical.” “We are facing a financial and economic crisis. The state…
The world’s first museum dedicated to the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown wants to convince Chinese visitors to fight for democracy when it opens in Hong Kong next week, almost 25 years on, organisers said Friday. The permanent exhibition, which is…
About 100 Malaysian Muslim activists protested Friday outside the US embassy against the coming visit by President Barack Obama, denouncing him as an enemy of Islam. The demonstration underscored the delicate nature of Obama’s trip to Muslim-majority…
The Nigerian military on Friday admitted that most of the 129 girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists from their school in the country’s restive northeast remained missing. The military had claimed on Wednesday that all but eight of the 129 girls snatched…
Kiev’s interim government must leave power before pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine will abide by an international deal to vacate seized government buildings, a separatist leader said Friday. “We agree that the buildings should be vacated, but…
Lewis Hamilton battled back Friday to set the fastest time in second practice for the Chinese Grand Prix after suspension problems with his Mercedes earlier in the day. Fernando Alonso brought some welcome cheer to Ferrari after a troubled week, by…
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate got to grips with Australia’s beach and bush lifestyles on Friday, watching a life-saving display and a sheep-shearing demonstration as part of their tour Down Under with baby son George. The young royals have…
Fernando Alonso brought some welcome cheer to Ferrari after a troubled week by setting the fastest time in first practice for the Chinese grand prix on Friday. However it was a mixed morning for the Italian giants and their new team principal Marco…
The mini-sub searching for missing flight MH370 has reached record depths well beyond its normal operating limits, officials said Friday as it dived on its fifth seabed mission. With no results to show since the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared…
At least six Nepalese climbing guides have been killed and six others are missing after an avalanche struck Mount Everest early Friday in one of the deadliest accidents on the world’s highest peak, officials said. “Rescuers have already retrieved four…
Bubba Watson was the man to catch on Saturday for the 50 other golfers who made it through to Masters weekend at Augusta National. The 35-year-old champion from two years ago blasted clear of the field on Friday with a five-in-a-row, back nine birdie…
Italy has rescued 896 migrants crossing the Mediterranean by boat overnight, the navy said on Friday, after the government warned of an “emergency” caused by a surge in new arrivals. Three navy warships and two coast guard patrol boats took on the migrants…
Thai security forces shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills after a firefight in the Golden Triangle border region, an official said Saturday. The clash broke out late Friday in the mountains…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed 19 people, including six college teachers, in three separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state, residents and travellers said. The killings took place on Thursday and Friday in Dikwa, Kala…
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers will meet in Brussels for two days from June 4, the European Council said Friday, after the meeting was moved from Russia due to the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting had been due to take place in the Russian…