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Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has defended his decision to omit English players from his line-up for the Community Shield defeat by Arsenal. Four English players made the City bench at Wembley on Sunday but an all-foreign starting XI reflected...

Tiger Woods, who quit a recent PGA Tour event because of back spasms, withdrew Wednesday from consideration for the United States Ryder Cup team, the golfer announced on his website. "I've been told by my doctors and trainer that my...

A Jennifer Cudjoe winner four minutes from fulltime narrowly failed to earn Ghana last-eight qualification, and left an unlucky Finland without a point in the competition. The two sides exchanged second-half goals via Juliette Kemppi and Sherifatu Sumaila, but despite...

Metz have accused West Ham United of a ‘lack of respect’ regarding the Premier League club’s interest in striker Diafra Sakho. Ligue 2 champions Metz left Sakho out of Saturday’s 0-0 draw away to Lille in their first game back...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid claimed the first European silverware of the season with a 2-0 Super Cup win over Sevilla in Cardiff. Ronaldo, starting alongside new recruits James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos, tapped in a cross from...

Liverpool have agreed a £12m fee with Sevilla for left-back Alberto Moreno. The 22-year-old Spain international was withdrawn from Tuesday's Uefa Super Cup defeat by Real Madrid and is expected on Merseyside for a medical later in the week. Martin Kelly...

Manchester United have named Wayne Rooney as their new captain. The England international, 28, replaces Nemanja Vidic, who has left the club for Inter Milan , while Darren Fletcher has been named as vice-captain. Rooney will skipper United in the Premier...

Germany striker Miroslav Klose, who capped a record-breaking career with the national team by winning the World Cup last month, has retired from international football. Poland-born Klose, who scored twice in the tournament in Brazil to become the competition's record...

Venus Williams rolled back the clock at the Rogers Cup in Montreal Saturday to claim victory over her younger sister and World No 1. Serena Williams for the first time in five years. The unseeded Venus lost the first set...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his club have moved on from the exit of Frank Lampard by signing Cesc Fabregas. Lampard, 36, left in the summer at the end of his contract before the Blues signed midfielder Fabregas, 27, from...