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Newcastle have agreed a fee, believed to be about £12m, to sign Tottenham's England winger Andros Townsend. The 24-year-old has made just three substitute appearances in the Premier League this season. Townsend - who has played 10 times for England -...

Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova for the 18th time in a row to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. The defending champion, seeded number one and chasing a 22nd Grand Slam title, saw off fifth seed Sharapova 6-4 6-1 at Melbourne...

Chelsea's Ramires is close to a £25m move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning. The 28-year-old Brazil midfielder, signed from Benfica for about £17m in 2010, agreed a new four-year deal in October but has only started seven Premier League games...

Petr Cech believes Arsenal can make up for their defeat to Chelsea in forthcoming Premier League games against Southampton and Leicester. Arsene Wenger's team lost ground on new leaders Leicester as they dropped from first to third in the table...

Fulham are moving closer to signing Austrian defender Michael Madl from Sturm Graz. The 27-year-old centre-back is travelling to London on Monday to undergo a medical. Sturm Graz general manager Gerhard Goldbrich said on his club's official website: "We have agreed...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he has not lived up to expectations after his side were booed by fans after losing to Southampton. United supporters were mutinous after Saturday's 1-0 loss at Old Trafford. "They have - or they...

Didier Drogba is to remain with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact, ending speculation the striker could return to former club Chelsea. Montreal announced that Drogba would join their pre-season training camp. And the 37-year-old tweeted: "On way to Qatar to...

Ten-man Arsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as Diego Costa's winner gave Chelsea victory at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners never fully recovered from defender Per Mertesacker's 18th-minute red card, awarded by referee Mark Clattenburg...

JBEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) –  Jose Mourinho has firmly denied claims that the former Chelsea manager wrote a six-page letter to Manchester United stating his case to become the club's next manager. There were reports on Sunday that the...

Sunday Oliseh has spoken about his displeasure with the outcome of Friday’s 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) between Nigeria and Tunisia. The game finished 1-1 with Ahmed Akaichi cancelling out Chisom Chikatara’s opener in the Group C game. Nigeria’s national team...