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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced a provisional budget of $230 million to host the 2015 Caf U-23 Championship after the central African country was selected to organise the event. The sports ministry said about $200 million...

SuperSport United coach Cavin Johnson has not ruled out catching log-leading Kaizer Chiefs before the end of the season, despite trailing Amakhosi by 11 points midway though the season. Johnson's team climbed up to third in the Premiership on Wednesday...

Brendan Rodgers says Liverpool "may be the chihuahuas that run in between the horses' legs" in the title race. The manager's quip was a reference to Jose Mourinho's depictions of his Chelsea side as a "little horse" and Manchester City...

An explosion targeting a bus full of Pakistani policemen killed 11 and injured 33 near the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, officials said, in the latest incident of violence while the government and the Taliban are engaged...

Russia denounced on Wednesday a Western-Arab draft U.N. Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid access in Syria as a bid to lay the groundwork for military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government. Russia announced it would veto the current...

The Afghan government released 65 detainees on Thursday who the United States has warned pose a serious security threat, a move that further strains already tense U.S.-Afghan ties as the international mission in Afghanistan winds down. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman...

Britain warned Scotland on Thursday it would lose the pound if Scots vote for independence, the most aggressive attempt yet to scuttle a nationalist bid to break the 307-year-old union with England. In the latest salvo of a choreographed British...

World shares stepped back from three-week highs on Thursday, as a five-day run of gains fuelled by assurances from major central banks about their supportive policies came to a halt. In Europe, the fading momentum was compounded by fresh political...

Comcast Corp is buying Time Warner Cable Inc for $45.2 billion in an all-stock deal, combining the nation's two largest cable operators, according to people familiar with the matter. The friendly takeover comes as a surprise after months of public...

Nestle (NESN.VX) will disclose details of a planned share buyback when the sale of an 8 percent share in L'Oreal (OREP.PA) closes, its chief financial officer told investors on Thursday. Nestle said on Tuesday it was reducing its stake in...