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Mario Balotelli has enraged Liverpool fans after he congratulated former team-mate Raheem Sterling for scoring on his Manchester City debut. Sterling finally completed an acrimonious £49m move to City last week but took less than three minutes to find the...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he plans to use Wayne Rooney as a central striker next season. Rooney, 29, was used in midfield for much of last year. "I have listened to you," Van Gaal told journalists. "You have...

African footballers as young as 14 are being trafficked to Asia and forced to sign contracts, the BBC has learnt. Six minors are still with top Laos side Champasak United, after it imported 23 under-age players from West Africa to...

Greece should wrap up bailout talks with international lenders by August 20, once parliament approves the second package of measures demanded by creditors on Wednesday, the government's spokeswoman said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has faced a revolt in the ruling...

President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that improving security cooperation and trade links between Kenya and the United States will top the agenda when U.S. President Barack Obama visits the east African nation this weekend. A key Western ally in...

A policeman and an opposition official died in violence marring the start of Burundi's presidential election on Tuesday, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott. Blasts and gunfire echoed...

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday ahead of a raft of earnings from technology giants, including Apple, and as the dollar continued to trade at a three-month high. * The dollar index was down marginally at $97.88,...

U.S. fund giant BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) has won a special new licence that will allow it to raise funds in China directly for the first time, a senior executive told Reuters, paving the way for the world's largest money...

Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG.N) on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly net profit as the strong U.S. dollar hurt international sales while the company's foreign competitors cut prices. The company beat analysts' expectations by reporting a net income of $299.8 million or...

Verizon Communications Inc reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit as more users signed up for its postpaid wireless services and subscriber defections fell to a three-year low. The biggest U.S. wireless service provider added 1.1 million wireless retail postpaid...