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Rafa Benitez has been confirmed as the new coach of Real Madrid on a three-year contract and will be introduced to the media at midday today. The 55-year-old Spaniard takes over from Carlo Ancelotti, who departed the Bernabeu last week...

Carlo Ancelotti has turned down the chance to return to AC Milan. Ancelotti, 55, sacked by Real Madrid last week, held talks with Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani about a potential return to the club where he won two Champions...

Authorities in the Indian capital have banned sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days after high levels of lead were found in batches tested in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The government has also ordered a country-wide testing of samples amid...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will step down as head of world soccer's governing body but only after the organization's executive committee organizes a fresh vote "for the election of my successor," he said Tuesday. Blatter did not say when the...

South Africa has denied paying a $10m bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup, in the wake of a US inquiry into corruption at world football body Fifa. Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said the money in question was above board...

South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the president's office said, developed under a new agreement with the United States that lets Seoul extend the weapon's range to up to...

More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Speaking after the...

The European Central Bank is set to raise its inflation forecast on Wednesday, saying that its trillion-euro-plus asset buying program is already paying off, and may urge Greece to accept a new deal from its creditors to access fresh...

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) will launch three innovation labs this year, partnering with big development firms to speed creation of financial technology for its own uses and will spend up to 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion) on digital development in...

OPEC is set to carry on pumping oil nearly flat-out for months more, content that last year's shock market therapy has revived demand and knocked back growing competition. With oil prices having stabilized, at around $65 a barrel, some $20...