THEWILL_

Cuiaba stadium, one of six World Cup arenas still to be completed, will be tested in the "second half of February" as organisers race to get the playing surface and seating finished. The Cuiaba ground, which should have been completed...

Blue Eagles moved up from seventh to third on the Malawi TNM Super League chart after easing to a 2-0 win over relegation threatened Mponela United on Thursday afternoon at Nankhaka Stadium, Lilongwe. Midfielder Phillip Masiye's bullet put the cops...

ASHLEY WILLIAMS   Swansea City are through to the last 32 of the Europa League despite producing a lacklustre performance in losing 1-0 to St Gallen in Switzerland on Thursday. The Welsh side knew that a point in would secure their qualification...

Wigan failed to progress to the knockout stage of the Europa League as Uwe Rosler's first game in charge of the Latics ended in defeat at Maribor. A win would have sent Wigan through and they led through Jordi Gomez's...

The Football Association will consult supporters during its consideration of Hull City's proposed name change. On Wednesday, City owner Assem Allam formally applied to the FA to change the club's name to Hull Tigers. "A consultation process will be undertaken with...

JANG SONG THAEK, WITH HIS HANDS TIED WITH A ROPE, IS DRAGGED INTO THE COURT BY UNIFORMED PERSONNEL   North Korea has executed the powerful uncle of young leader Kim Jong Un, state media said on Friday, the biggest upheaval in...

AKE SELLSTROM (L), HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, HANDS HIS REPORT OVER TO SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, BAN KI-MOON Chemical weapons were likely used...

At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his execution for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. The decision to hang...

CHIEF OF INDONESIA'S GOLKAR PARTY, ABURIZAL BAKRIE Indonesia's autocratic former President Suharto left office in disgrace, his political empire and the economy in ruin, but 15 years later, his old ruling party hopes nostalgia for his legacy will sweep it...

The leader of a protest group trying to overthrow Thailand's government and scrap planned elections said on Friday the prime minister should either step down or be forced out, and his movement would then need around a year to...