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Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao has dismissed questions over his long-term fitness but is still two weeks from a first-team comeback. The Colombian, 28, is yet to complete a full game since joining in September and will miss Saturday's trip...

Reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions Nigeria will not defend their title in Equatorial Guinea after failing to qualify from Group A. In Wednesday's final round of matches, Nigeria were held 2-2 by South Africa in Uyo, meaning they finished...

Roy Hodgson has warned his England players they will have to block out the partisan home crowd at Celtic Park if they are to defeat Scotland on Tuesday night. England recorded their fifth straight win on Saturday when they came...

The Super Eagles fine-tuned their game for Bafana Bafana away from prying eyes this afternoon. Unlike the huge crowd that turned out and were let in to cheer the team yesterday evening as they had their first feel of...

Japan banged in two goals in an eight-minute blitz to set-up a 2-1 win over Australia in a key Asian Cup warm-up in Osaka on Tuesday. The Australians created the better chances in a scoreless first half but were overrun...

Roger Federer handed his fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka a tough three-set loss in the semifinals of the World Tour Finals on Saturday. But it turns out the nearly three-hour epic also took something out of the 33-year-old. Federer pulled out...

Ex-captain Peter Shilton is "disturbed" by England's defence but hopes manager Roy Hodgson stays on beyond 2016. Hodgson, 67, who signed a four-year deal in 2012, has seen his team win all four Euro 2016 qualifying games so far. "We need...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 14, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their dogged and hard-fought victory over the Red Devils of Congo in Pointe Noire which, according to him, has revived Nigeria’s hopes...

Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has been cleared to feature in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Congo at the Stade Municipal in Pointe-Noire this Saturday. The midfielder was initially reported to be a doubt after being...

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil will not be fit until the new year at the earliest, he said on Thursday. The German international suffered a knee ligament injury early in October and had hoped to be back by Christmas. "I have already...