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Jose Mourinho says he has confidence in back-up goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to perform at Manchester City on Sunday and denied suggestions that Chelsea will miss Petr Cech. The 33-year-old Czech Republic international left Stamford Bridge after 11 years during the...

Barcelona's bid to emulate their record-breaking year of 2009 suffered a blow on the eve of their UEFA Super Cup clash against Sevilla with the loss of Neymar to illness. The Brazil superstar has been struck down with the mumps...

A man who opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death was critically wounded when the officers shot back, St. Louis County's police chief said early Monday. Chief Jon Belmar said at a...

Olympic great Michael Phelps swam a third 2015 world-best time in as many days in the 200m individual medley at the USA National Championships. The 30-year-old, excluded from the World Championships by USA Swimming after a drink-drive conviction, won in...

A wave of violent attacks hit Turkey on Monday, with five members of the security forces killed in the south-east and a bomb blast in Istanbul. Separately, two assailants opened fire outside the US consulate in Istanbul, but no-one was...

A deepening slowdown in demand in China took center-stage on Monday, boosting some stock markets on hopes of more policy stimulus even as it knocked commodity prices. China's stock markets bucked broad cautiousness in Asian equities with major indices up...

Nokia NOK1V.HE is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners as it plots its return to the mobile phone and consumer tech arena it abandoned with the sale of its handset business. Once the world's biggest maker...

Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar facilitated President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, The Nation learnt yesterday. Thursday night’s meeting at the Villa was at the instance of the 2015 Elections Peace Committee, following complaints...

It is not by force of arms but by force of example that you demonstrate the superiority of any ideology- Mikhail Gorbachev I was very delighted when I read that President Buhari had directed that preparations for the clean-up of...

On July 25, Nigeria celebrated a milestone in our country's health sector: an entire year without any reported case of polio. The World Health Organisation defines poliomyelitis (polio) as a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children....