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Sunderland clinched a fourth straight win over fierce rivals Newcastle as Adam Johnson's last-gasp strike at St James' Park sealed a 1-0 victory. Johnson rounded off a fine Sunderland counter-attack, which he had initiated himself, following a Newcastle corner in...

Dundee United ended Celtic's eight-match winning run with a 2-1 victory over the Scottish Premiership leaders at Tannadice. Nadir Ciftci and Stuart Armstrong put United two goals ahead before Celtic substitute Leigh Griffiths netted in the dying minutes, although the...

England's failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup "was by far the strongest contender", FIFA official Harold Mayne-Nicholls was quoted as saying on Sunday. "How could England have only got two votes? It was a big surprise," Mayne-Nicholls was...

Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for incoming passengers from the Gaza Strip for the first time in almost two months, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said. Rafah is the only major crossing between impoverished Gaza, home to 1.8...

U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism. Washington's long-standing dispute...

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would not cut output to prop up oil markets even if non-OPEC nations did so, in one of the toughest signals yet that the world's top petroleum exporter plans to ride out the...

The responsibility of the Vice President is to be ready at a moment's notice to accept the Presidency if the President is unable to perform his duties for any objective reason, and Namadi Sambo, certainly can fulfill this responsibility,...

Economic prosperity is a relative term. To some, it means that overall, the economy is doing well and most people have sufficient income for essentials and perhaps a little extra. To others it means that businesses are hiring and...

No Israeli government has shattered Israel’s international image more than the Netanyahu government has over the past six years. Not only have Netanyahu and his cohorts systematically been engaged in rancorous public narratives against the Palestinians, but they have...

You must give it to Asiwaju Tinubu. He knows where his bread is buttered. While others are thinking about 2015, he has moved to 2019 and that is where he has set his visions. Before others get there he...