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Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has been charged by the Football Association over comments he made about Jewish and Chinese people in an interview. Whelan, 77, has apologised for the comments and has until 18:00 GMT on 5 December to respond...

Former Watford boss Billy McKinlay has been named David Moyes's assistant at Real Sociedad. McKinlay, 45, lasted just eight days as Hornets manager after being appointed in September, to be replaced by ex-Chelsea midfielder Slavisa Jokanovic. The former Scotland international was...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes his team's "perfect" performance in the 5-0 Champions League win at Schalke is one of the club's finest away performances. The Blues thrashed ex-boss Roberto Di Matteo's side to qualify for the last 16 with...

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany says team-mate Sergio Aguero is a "special" player who can make the impossible possible. Aguero, 26, scored a hat-trick to secure a 3-2 win over 10-man Bayern Munich on Tuesday to boost City's hopes of...

Stephen Keshi will stay put as Nigeria head coach despite being out of contract and failing to guide the Super Eagles to the 2015 Afcon in Equatorial Guinea. Administrative sources in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) told supersport.com that Keshi...

Ghana will present four teams for African club competitions next year, the football association has said. There had been fears that only two clubs would be in position to represent the nation in Caf events, but Ibrahim Sannie Daara has...

Egypt Football Association board member, Mahmoud El Shamy, has announced that the Pharaohs head coach, Shawky Gharib, will not have his contract renewed. Gharib has now left his post after failing to lead the Pharaohs to the 2015 Africa Cup...

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has "a lot of similarities" to former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, according to Ryan Giggs. Van Gaal replaced David Moyes as manager in the summer, a year after Sir Alex's 26-year stay at the...

Liverpool squandered an early lead and lost 3-1 at Crystal Palace while Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to beat Hull City 2-1 as two of the Premier League's big boys experienced contrasting fortunes against the lesser lights on Sunday. Spurs...

Roger Federer produced a vintage performance to crush Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-2 6-2 and seal Switzerland's maiden Davis Cup title with a 3-1 win over hosts France on Sunday. The 17-times grand slam champion shook off back problems during the...