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(Reuters) – Roger Federer showed no signs of rust in his first competitive match for six months when he outclassed Dan Evans 6-3 6-4 at Read more

(Reuters) – An injury to influential striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be disastrous for Manchester United, according to manager Jose Mourinho, who is willing to let Read more

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Former captain Ricky Ponting has become the third ex-international to take on an interim coaching role with the Australian Twenty20 team next Read more

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal restored experienced defender Cheikh Mbengue and striker Moussa Sow to their 23-man squad for this month’s African Nations Cup finals in Read more

Arsene Wenger admits a reunion with old rival Sam Allardyce could pose serious danger to Arsenal’s hopes of rekindling their title challenge when Crystal Palace Read more

By Dorcas Essien Saidu Ayorinde Adebanjo of Nigeria on Sunday emerged the 13th African Scrabble Champion winning 23 games of 32 in Tema, Ghana. Ayorinde, Read more

PARIS (Reuters) – South Africa back Johan Goosen has retired from rugby at the age of 24, his club Racing Metro said on Friday. Goosen Read more

LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea and Manchester City have been fined 100,000 pounds ($126,770) and 35,000 pounds respectively for failing to control their players during a Read more

(Reuters) – Liverpool’s growing injury list is becoming a concern for Juergen Klopp but the German manager has backed his academy players to make the Read more

LONDON: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure admitted on Tuesday to being over the legal limit following a drink-driving conviction but had no explanation for the Read more

By Julien Pretot | PARIS Cristiano Ronaldo capped a remarkable year by claiming a fourth Ballon d’Or award on Monday after leading Portugal to an Read more

Enugu Rangers have asked Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel to pay $500,000 for the transfer of star striker Chisom Egbuchulam. “Rangers have responded to an Read more

From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government blamed recession for its inability to pay match bonuses of the victorious Super Falcons Read more

By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last Read more

ZURICH (Reuters) – Global soccer body FIFA said on Thursday it had banned former South African soccer head Kirsten Nematandani and two other officials over Read more

By Richard Martin (Reuters) – Real Madrid are targetting a second Club World Cup triumph in three years to complete a sensational year of renewal Read more

By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Mamelodi Sundowns will raise their continent’s standard for the first time at the Club World Cup after becoming Read more

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia coach Michael Cheika will be looking for improvement from the Wallabies next year after losing nine of 15 tests in 2016 Read more

By Mitch Phillips MONACO (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana were crowned as the IAAF’s athletes of the year on Read more

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charity set up by Ivorian football star Didier Drogba to help children in West Africa has Read more

ZURICH Dec 2 (Reuters) – Frenchman Antoine Griezmann joined regulars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the shortlist for FIFA’s Player of the Year award Read more

ZURICH (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will discover on Monday whether he has won his appeal against a six-year ban from football imposed Read more

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has neither confirmed nor denied reports linking the club with Nigerian international Wilfred Ndidi from Belgian club KRC Genk. It has Read more

(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has signed a new contract that runs until 2022, the Premier League club said on their website on Read more

LONDON (Reuters) – McLaren have lost another long-term partner to Formula One rivals Red Bull with oil giant ExxonMobil following the example of Tag Heuer. Read more

LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One team bosses have voted Lewis Hamilton the sport’s best driver, despite the Briton losing his title to Mercedes team mate Read more

LONDON (Reuters) – West Ham United will be without Diafra Sakho for Wednesday’s League Cup quarter-final at Manchester United after he injured his hamstring in Read more

By Amlan Chakraborty MOHALI, India (Reuters) – Ravindra Jadeja led India’s strong lower-order batting display with a career-best 90 before spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin wrecked Read more

(Reuters) – Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has decided to switch his international allegiance to Ivory Coast from England. The 24-year-old was able to make Read more

Lewis Hamilton was never going to go down without a fight in his world title duel with Nico Rosberg. He had two choices going into Read more