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Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will be out of action for five weeks, manager Carlo Ancelotti confirmed on Friday. Spain international Ramos, 28, suffered a torn hamstring in Wednesday's 2-1 La Liga win over Sevilla and limped off after just...

The Equatorial Guinea football federation has been fined £65,500 by the Confederation of African Football following the crowd trouble which overshadowed the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana on Thursday. The host nation’s governing body has...

Steven Gerrard will be out to make a mark in his last Merseyside derby, says Jamie Carragher. The Liverpool midfielder is set to feature in his 33rd – and final – clash with Everton on Saturday Night Football, ahead of...

Ivory Coast reached their third Africa Cup of Nations final in nine years after proving too strong for DR Congo. Yaya Toure put them ahead with a ferocious 20-yard shot but soon after Dieumerci Mbokani levelled with a penalty after...

Tunisia face being banned from the next Africa Cup of Nations after refusing to apologise for accusing the Confederation of African Football (Caf) of cheating. They made the allegations after conceding a controversial stoppage-time penalty in a 2-1 defeat by...

Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin has hit out at the media's labelling of his team's playing style as violent ahead of the crunch Madrid derby on Saturday. Diego Simeone's side have kept in touch with the top two in Spain...

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has been ruled out of Saturday's game against Tottenham. Arsene Wenger will go into the north London derby at White Hart Lane without his side's top scorer, who is not fully recovered from a hamstring problem. "Alexis...

St Mirren have signed Republic of Ireland U21 international Kieran Sadlier on a short-term contract. The wide midfielder joins until the end of the season after leaving West Ham, where he was a regular in the the club's U21 side. St...

Dani Alves' agent has claimed his client is set to leave Barcelona this summer with the Brazil right back yet to be offered a new contract by the Catalan giants. The 31-year-old's current deal expires at the end of the...

Africa Cup of Nations referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn has been banned for six months for his performance in Equatorial Guinea’s controversial 2-1 win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals. Seechurn, from Mauritius, awarded hosts Equatorial Guinea a penalty in the last minute...