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Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi, has refused to accept an offer of a foreign assistant ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil this June. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had met with the current African Coach of the...

Joe Kinnear has resigned as Newcastle's director of football after less than eight months in the role. The 67-year-old, who was above manager Alan Pardew in the club's management structure, claimed to be overseeing player recruitment. However, the Magpies failed to...

World champion Marc Marquez recorded the fastest time on day one of the 2014 season's first test session in Sepang. The Repsol Honda rider finished ahead of Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, with Marquez's team-mate Dani Pedrosa third. Great Britain's Bradley Smith was...

Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe is being treated for depression after being found by Australian police behaving oddly near a car in Sydney. "The owner of the car basically called the police and the police came," said the swimmer's manager,...

Despite sitting top of the Premiership standings with a comfortable 10-point lead, Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter says his team are a long way off claiming a second successive league title. "To say that the 10 point gap means we're...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho described his side as "the little horse" in the Premier League title race despite their impressive success over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Chelsea travelled to Manchester on Monday knowing that defeat would leave them...

The French comedian at the centre of the Nicolas Anelka racism row has been banned from entering the UK, the Home Office has said. Dieudonne M'bala M'bala had said he would visit the West Bromwich Albion striker, who faces a...

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti accused Athletic Bilbao's Carlos Gurpegi of exaggerated theatrics in the action that led to Cristiano Ronaldo's sending off in a 1-1 draw on Sunday. The recently crowned Ballon d'Or winner was given his marching orders...

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice as Arsenal recorded a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Sunday that took them back to the top of the Premier League table. Making his first league start since the season's opening day, Oxlade-Chamberlain scored...

Chelsea are close to completing a £12m move for 19-year-old St Etienne defender Kurt Zouma. Blues boss Jose Mourinho sees the France Under-20 international as one of the Europe's brightest young prospects. But rather than ask Zouma to move to London...