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Denmark coach Morten Olsen has recalled troubled striker Nicklas Bendtner ahead of their home World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Malta. Bendtner, who recently returned to Arsenal's first team in a League Cup game against West Bromwich Albion, has not...

Manchester United's poor start to the season has left the club reeling and new boss David Moyes under scrutiny but Ryan Giggs will offer a reassuring presence when he reports for Champions League duty in Ukraine this week. The 39-year-old...

Roberto Mancini has been named as the new manager of Turkish champions Galatasaray on a three-year contract. The Istanbul club confirmed on Sunday that Mancini had met club directors, posting a photo of the 48-year-old with chief executive Lutfi Aribogan. The...

Russia expressed doubt on Tuesday that Western nations can persuade Syrian opposition representatives to take part in an international peace conference in time for it to take place in mid-November. The doubts of Damascus's most important ally followed remarks in...

The Vatican bank, dogged for decades by scandals and opaque dealings, published the first annual report in its 125-year history on Tuesday. The report covered 2012, a tumultuous year that saw its former president ousted in a boardroom battle and...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation, and urged his compatriots to unite against extremism to avoid the fate of Syria. Jonathan struck a sombre...

South Korea showed off on Tuesday new missiles designed to target North Korea's artillery and long-range missiles and vowed to boost deterrence against its unpredictable neighbor. The ballistic Hyeonmu-2, with a range of 300 km (190 miles), and the Hyeonmu-3,...

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday unsealed a warrant for the arrest of Charles Ble Goude who is accused of working with former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to orchestrate a wave of post-election violence. He is the third...

Reebok is turning to sponsorship deals with prominent fitness groups to try to revive a venerable name that has faded since it became part of Germany's Adidas (ADSGn.DE) sportswear group eight years ago. The sports shoe and clothing brand is...

German unemployment rose unexpectedly in September on a seasonally adjusted basis but remained close to its lowest level since reunification more than two decades ago. The Labour Office said on Tuesday the increase - to the highest level since May...