Costa will break down if pushed
LONDON, September 28- Jose Mourinho admits Diego Costa runs the risk of breaking down if the injury-plagued Chelsea striker is pushed too hard. Costa took his season’s tally to eight goals as Chelsea...
View ArticleWenger concedes Arsenal injury crisis
LONDON, September 28- Arsene Wenger has said his Arsenal side are in the middle of an injury crisis ahead of their Champions League group game with Galatasaray and the meeting with Premier League...
View ArticleVan Gaal unmoved by Rooney red mist
LONDON, September 28- Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal refused to discuss Wayne Rooney’s suitability to captain the team after the England forward was sent off against West Ham United. Just a...
View ArticleMessi hits 400, Neymar sinks hat-trick
Lionel Messi grabbed his 400th career goal while Neymar smashed a hat-trick as Barcelona stormed back to the top of La Liga with a 6-0 thrashing of Granada on Saturday. Champions Atletico Madrid moved...
View ArticleNow Jebet gets her gold reinstated
INCHEON, September 28 – Teenage steeplechaser Ruth Jebet had her Asian Games gold medal restored on appeal Sunday as dominant China passed 100 wins with a week’s competition still to go. Kenya-born...
View ArticleWelsh Warriors bag glory as home teams fall
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 29- Welsh Warriors recovered from three tries down to stun Argentina 24-17 to lift the Safaricom Safari 7s title at Kasarani Stadium as home teams failed to spark in the...
View ArticleEurope beats USA by 5 to retain Ryder Cup
GLENEAGLES, September 29-Europe’s finest golfers defeated the United States for the sixth time in seven tries Sunday to retain the Ryder Cup, delivering a resounding 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 beating to the...
View ArticleI deserved to be sent-off, admits Rooney
LONDON, September 29-Wayne Rooney admitted he deserved to be sent-off in Manchester United’s 2-1 win over West Ham as his sixth career red card again put his temperament under the spotlight. Rooney,...
View ArticleMan City on alert of rampant Roma
MANCHESTER, September 29- After late disappointment against Bayern Munich in their opening Champions League group game, Manchester City can ill afford another slip-up in Tuesday’s meeting with in-form...
View ArticlePacquiao to Mayweather: ‘Read the Bible’
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao Monday brushed off Floyd Mayweather’s latest taunts, saying he pitied his American rival as he urged him to read the Bible. Pacquiao also assured fans that he...
View ArticleSA camp for Kenya 7s ahead of Gold Coast
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 29 – After failing to impress at the 19th Safaricom Sevens over the weekend, the national 7s team will depart on Thursday for a five day camp in South Africa before connecting...
View ArticleDisquiet in Asian Games over ‘Africa’ gold rush
INCHEON, September 29- Discontent grew over African-born athletes at the Asian Games on Monday as two-time world champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal led another assault on the track and field medals....
View ArticleIbrahimovic out of Barca clash
PARIS, September 29- Paris Saint-Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Barcelona at the Parc des Princes due to a nagging heel problem, the French club have...
View ArticleLiverpool look for lift against Basel
LIVERPOOL, September 30- Liverpool are confident that they can put a frustrating run of domestic form behind them when they face FC Basel in Switzerland in Champions League Group B on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleRamsey out for a month
LONDON, September 30-Arsenal and Wales are expected to be without the services of Aaron Ramsey for the next month due to a hamstring injury suffered against Tottenham. The midfielder was forced off the...
View ArticleCole relishing Lampard re-union
MANCHESTER, September 30- Ashley Cole is relishing an unexpected opportunity to lock horns with former Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard when Roma take on Manchester City in the Champions League on...
View Article‘Frightening’ United lift Van Persie
MANCHESTER, September 30- Robin van Persie believes Manchester United’s expensively-assembled forward line have it in them to frighten their opponents. United manager Louis van Gaal has brought both...
View ArticleSteely ‘King Kimetto’ eyes decade on top
BERLIN, September 30- In the wake of his marathon world record* at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in Berlin on Sunday, Dennis Kimetto had some bad news for his rivals. The man who first burst on to the...
View ArticleTiote: No problem with 2 wives and a mistress
LONDON, September 30- A married Premier League footballer who has two wives and a mistress has defended his lifestyle by claiming it is ‘nothing unusual’. Cheick Tiote, who earns £45,000 (Ksh...
View ArticleHull skipper imposter fools model to get baby
LONDON, September 30 – Curtis Davies has been revealed as the unwitting subject of a bizarre deception after pregnant model Josie Cunningham admitted she was tricked for 18 months into believing the...
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