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Bayern Munich hope Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will start against Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday as the holders warm-up for next week's Champions League clash at Arsenal. The 29-year-old made his comeback after three months out with an ankle...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari is livid with the reports going on that the NFF are planning to impose a foreign assistant on Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi. It has been widely disseminated that...

Former Brazil and Inter Milan forward Adriano played his first match for nearly two years when he made a late cameo appearance in Atletico Paranaense's 1-0 win over The Strongest in the Libertadores Cup. Adriano barely had time to get...

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas says he was "flattered" by Manchester United's interest last summer. The 26-year-old was the subject of two close-season bids from Old Trafford but chose to stay at the Nou Camp. "I do follow the Premier League a...

China's Foreign Ministry pushed back against U.S. pressure on North Korea and the disputed South China Sea on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Beijing for high-level meetings. Speaking in Seoul before leaving for Beijing, Kerry...

Eleven people were killed when attackers mounted a bomb, grenade and gun assault on the main prison in Yemen's capital on Thursday to free inmates, security sources and witnesses said. Explosions and gunfire could be heard several kilometers away from...

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that President Barack Obama has asked for possible new policy options on Syria given the worsening humanitarian situation there. "He has asked all of us to think about various options that may...

China has rebuffed a request by Taiwan for Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to meet at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing, saying it was "inappropriate", a Taiwan official said on Friday. China and...

Wells Fargo & Co, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is tiptoeing back into subprime home loans again. The bank is looking for opportunities to stem its revenue decline as overall mortgage lending volume plunges. It believes it has worked through...

Economic growth in Germany and France, the euro zone's two largest economies, marginally exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter and offered hope of a more robust 2014. The euro zone number is due at 5000 AM (1000 GMT) and forecast...