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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said on Monday that Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel deserved to be named Africa’s best player of 2013. Mikel is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) award with Ivorian stars Yaya Toure, of Manchester…

India’s growing importance to the English Premier League was emphasised when leading club Liverpool announced Monday their first marketing deal with an Indian company. The Reds have signed a three-year agreement with smart mobile firm XOLO which will…

  Sunderland manager Gus Poyet believes the draws for the fourth round of the FA Cup shouldn’t be held until all third round games have been completed. Poyet, whose side went into the next round with a 3-1 victory over Carlisle United at the…

  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims Ramires was rightly booked with a yellow card for his dive in the 2-0 win over Derby County, but he refused to accept that Chelsea was a club that promoted or thrived on simulations and diving antics to win…

Juventus romped to a 3-0 win over nine-man Roma on Sunday to end the visitors’ unbeaten run in the league this season and extend their lead in Serie A to eight points. High-flying Roma came to Turin confident of taking at least a share of the spoils…