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Jose Mourinho's Chelsea will attempt to increase the pressure on their Premier League title rivals by moving to the head of the table with victory at Hull City on Saturday. Three points at the KC Stadium will take the Blues...

Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United's fans to remain behind the team as they look to end a three-game losing streak against Swansea on Saturday. The Premier League champions lost to Tottenham Hotspur on New Year's Day and that...

Newly-crowned African Footballer of the Year for 2013, Yaya Toure has taken the time to praise the man he pipped to the accolade, John Obi Mikel. Toure said Mikel “deserves the award” as he described winning Africa’s individual top gong...

Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Footballer of the Year. It is a third straight title for Toure, who also won December's BBC African Footballer of the Year award. He...

Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant. The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio...

Former Ghana coach Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie has urged current head honcho Kwesi Appiah to keep Fatau Dauda as first choice goalie. Dauda has suffered a noticeable dip in form after opting to move South African giants Orlando Pirates last year,...

Heartland attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu nicknamed ‘Mosquito’ is a major doubt for the side in the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season. The playmaker has spent six seasons at the Naze Millionaires and contributed immensely to the side's back-to-back Federation Cup...

Manchester United have to play the officials as well as the opposition, manager David Moyes complained after his side were beaten 2-1 by Sunderland in the League Cup semifinal first leg on Tuesday. Moyes, under pressure after losing his third...

Valencia forward Helder Postiga headed an equaliser in the final minute of added time to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to King's Cup holders Atletico Madrid in an intense and entertaining last 16, first leg tie on Tuesday. After...

The more seriously we take competition on the African continent, the greater the likelihood of success, says Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund. “Over the years, the Champions League hasn't been taken that seriously before,” Igesund said in Cape Town where...