One of the pre-tournament favourites Senegal finished a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign without a point after they lost 2-1 to Libya in their final Group A match. The …
Eden Hazard is likely to leave French champion Lille this summer and sign with an English club. “I’ll head to England because I think the style of football fits me …
Zambia have beaten already-qualified Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in the African Cup of Nations to secure first place in Group A and join the co-host in the quarter-finals. Christopher Katongo scored …
Panathinaikos have kept their five-point lead over Olympiakos at the top of the Greek league with a 1-0 win over last-placed Drama. Toche scored a close-range goal in the 58th …
Ihaab Boussefi’s two goals weren’t enough to send Libya through to the quarter-finals at the African Cup of Nations despite the 2-1 win over Senegal. Boussefi struck in the fifth …
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has called on the Football Association to investigate Robin van Persie’s elbow on Carlos Cuellar during his side’s FA Cup fourth round defeat on Sunday. …
Celtic were made to work hard for their place in the League Cup final as they edged out First Division Falkirk 3-1 in an entertaining semi-final at Hampden on Sunday. …
Borussia Moenchengladbach have kept in touch with the Bundesliga’s leading trio with a handsome 3-0 win at VfB Stuttgart. Mike Hanke in the 31st minute and Marco Reus and Igor …
Luuk de Jong scored three goals as FC Twente beat FC Groningen 4-1 to move second in the Dutch league. De Jong put Steve McClaren’s Twente ahead in the 14th, …
Arsenal scored three times in eight second-half minutes to recover a 2-0 deficit and reach the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa. Villa …
Ten-man Ajaccio have moved out of the relegation zone by defeating Valenciennes 2-1 for their fourth straight victory in the French league. Substitute Christian Kinkela scored the winner in stoppage …
Arsenal have kept their attempt to end a seven-year trophy drought on track, scoring three times in eight second-half minutes to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and reach the fifth round …
Ian Thorpe has set the quickest time of his comeback to finish sixth in the 100m freestyle final at a low-key event in Luxembourg in 50.76 seconds. Thorpe, who qualified …
David Zurutuza lasted only five minutes, but it was long enough to score a double in Real Sociedad’s 5-1 rout of visiting Sporting Gijon in the Spanish league on Sunday. …
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal took pleasure from the pain as they expanded the boundaries of men’s tennis and sporting endurance with their epic Australian Open final. The pair took …
Freiburg had a player sent off after four minutes as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Mainz on Sunday to stay bottom of the Bundesliga. Mainz scored all their …
Crawley Town, the lowest-ranked side left in this season’s FA Cup, has been handed a fifth-round match against English Premier League club Stoke. While third-tier side Stevenage will host eight-time …
Inter Milan’s seven-match winning streak in the Italian league has been broken with a 1-0 loss at Lecce, which also allowed Lazio to jump ahead of the Nerazzurri into fourth …
