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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the country's senior players at the World Cup that the squad will be paid their bonus money. The president's guarantee comes a day after after the Super Eagles players boycotted training on Thursday. BBC Sport...

Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini says the four-month ban given to Luis Suarez for biting him is excessive. Suarez, 27, bit the Juventus player during Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy and has been banned from all football-related activity until the end...

Southampton and England defender Luke Shaw has signed for Manchester United for £27m, rising to £31m depending on success. United initially made a bid of £27m for the 18-year-old left-back in May, but the offer was rejected. Shaw told the Saints...

Thomas Muller once again made the difference as Germany qualified as winners of Group G with victory over the United States, who also reached the last 16 at the World Cup. The Bayern Munich forward scored his ninth World Cup...

Iraqi helicopters fired on a university campus in Tikrit on Friday to dislodge insurgents who overran the city in an onslaught that has given them control of most majority Sunni regions and brought them close to Baghdad. Tikrit, the hometown...

A Chinese court has sentenced 25 members of a banned religious group to prison terms of up to eight years, state media said on Friday, the largest in a series of prosecutions against a group that China calls an...

A joint venture of General Motors Co (GM.N) in China will recall 194,107 locally made Buick vehicles due to Chinese consumer complaints about the cars' headlights, the country's quality watchdog said on Friday. Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd, the joint...

Stock futures fell on Friday, with major indexes largely on track to close out a week of modest losses as investors grew cautious over the state of economic growth. * While the S&P 500 remains 0.3 percent away from a...

CBA.AX), with the bank accused of covering up misconduct that left thousands of its customers without their savings. The inquiry, which may take the form of a royal commission or independent judicial inquiry, is likely to pave the way for...

… As NSA Hires PR Firm For $3m P/A BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 26, (THEWILL) - The President Goodluck Jonathan administration has hired a Washington DC based public relations and lobbying firm to help launder the nation’s image following the unending...