Roma boss troubled as Barca clash looms
Roma’s midfielder from Bosnia-Herzegovina Miralem Pjanic kicks and scores a penalty during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen on November 4, 2015 at the Olympic...
View ArticleKlopp rules out Gerrard Liverpool return
ATHLETES management firms ROSA, Volare still suspended. OLYMPIC marathon Trials set for February 14. PISTORIUS set to be released next week. PHOTO/AFP UNITED KINGDOM, November 5 – Liverpool coach...
View ArticleCAF lifts ban on Kenya’s men U-17 team
CAF LOGO/FILE NAIROBI, November 5 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has lifted a two-year ban imposed on Kenya’s men Under-17 football team for withdrawing from the 2015 African...
View ArticleBenzema ‘admits involvement’ in blackmail case
France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema during a past international match. PHOTO/FILE VERSAILLES, November 5 – Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has admitted involvement in an alleged extortion...
View ArticleBayern rout exposes Arsenal’s limitations
Hector Bellerin (left) was one of 10 Arsenal players missing through injury for the match against Bayern Munich LONDON, November 5 – Arsenal’s 5-1 thrashing by Bayern Munich reflected the extent of...
View ArticleBenzema, Valbuena left out of France squad
Mathieu Valbuena (and) and Karim Benzema have been excluded from the France squad for two internationals this month (AFP Photo/Franck Fife) PARIS, November 5 – A sex tape blackmail scandal involving...
View ArticleCoe promises doping crackdown
Lord Coe is the new president of the International Association of Athletics Federations LONDON, November 5 – World athletics chief Sebastian Coe has promised to do “everything in my power” to ensure...
View ArticleSpurs’ Dier gets first England call-up
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier (right) in Premier League action against Manchester United on August 8, 2015 (AFP Photo/Oli Scarff) LONDON, November 5 -Tottenham Hotspur’s 21-year-old midfielder...
View ArticleTroubled Benzema to miss Madrid’s Seville clash
Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema. PHOTO/File MADRID, November 6 – Real Madrid are expected to be without striker Karim Benzema for their tricky trip to Sevilla on Sunday after he was charged in an...
View ArticleArsenal out to recover, Mourinho boosted
AFP/File / by Steven Griffiths | Arsenal’s Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech thanks the fans after the UEFA Champions League Group F second-leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Arsenal FC in...
View ArticlePrince Charles delights All Blacks with Aussie jibe
AFP | New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team captain Richie McCaw (R) holds the Webb Ellis Cup as he stands with Britain’s Prince Charles (C) and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall inWellington on...
View ArticleNkata set to replace Kimanzi at Tusker
Muhoroni Youth head coach Paul Nkata with his players during their SportPesa Premier League match against Tusker FC on October 2. PHOTO/Raymond Makhaya. NAIROBI, November 6 – Muhoroni Youth head coach,...
View ArticleCosta recalled by Spain for England clash
Chelsea striker, Diego Costa in action for Spain. PHOTO/FILE MADRID, November 6 – Chelsea’s Diego Costa was recalled to Vicente del Bosque’s 24-man Spain squad on Friday for upcoming friendlies against...
View ArticleVan Gaal tells fans to jeer him, not team
Frustrated at missing out on several of his top targets, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has been left with an unbalanced group heavy on midfielders, but short on quality support for star...
View ArticleRonaldo rested for Portugal friendlies
Cristiano Ronaldo out of Portugal’s friendly against Italy. PHOTO/FILE LISBON, November 6 – Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Portugal’s 23-man squad for the friendlies...
View ArticleAbsent Mourinho vows to be ‘responsible’
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho during training. PHOTO/FILE COBHAM, November 6 – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will miss the trip to Stoke City on Saturday but has still promised to take “responsibility”...
View ArticleSony out to deny ‘unbwogable’ K’Ogalo
Khalid Aucho (foreground) training with Gor Mahia in a past training. FILE PHOTO PHOTO/Raymond Makhaya NAIROBI, November 6 – Sony Sugar will be out to deny SportPesa Premier League champions, Gor...
View ArticleDjokovic, Murray into semis, Nadal out
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych during their quarter final tennis match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 indoor tennis tournament in Paris on November 6,...
View ArticleFormer Chelsea manager Campbell dies at 78
Bobby Campbell pictured during his time as Chelsea manager in 1990. LONDON, November 7 – Former Chelsea manager Bobby Campbell has died at the age of 78, the Premier League club announced on Saturday....
View ArticleQuietly confident Keitany looks to Rio
Mary Keitany celebrating after defending her New York Marathon on November 1. NAIROBI, November 7 – Less than 24 hours after dispatching her rivals with almost embarrassing ease to win the New York...
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