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Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder has been ruled out of next week's international friendly with England at Wembley because of a hamstring injury. The Galatasaray star suffered the injury in the first half of Friday night's 3-2 defeat to France in...

Luis Suarez scored on his Uruguay return as Brazil threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 in their World Cup qualifier and increase the pressure on coach Dunga. Douglas Costa opened the scoring inside a minute and when Renato...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal suffered a surprise home defeat by Bulgaria as their Euro 2016 preparations took a dent. Marcelinho's 19th-minute effort settled the match as the visitors ran out 1-0 winners, before Ronaldo saw a penalty saved by Vladislav...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL) – CSKA Moscow star, Ahmed Musa, on Thursday, has announced Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, as the new captain of the Super Eagles. Speaking at the pre-match press conference, for the AFCON qualifier against Egypt,...

Johan Cruyff, one of soccer's greatest players and most influential and visionary coaches, died aged 68 on Thursday after a five-month battle with lung cancer. His death was announced on his website and soon after by the De Telegraaf newspaper,...

Luis Suarez says he has been working on controlling his "anxiety and nerves" as he prepares for his first competitive Uruguay game since biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. Suarez was given a nine-game ban from competitive internationals, as...

Juan Mata says he would welcome the arrival of Paris St-Germain forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Manchester United. With his contract set to expire in the summer, speculation has continued to mount over Ibrahimovic's future, with United among a number of...

Werder Bremen defender Papy Djilobodji has been banned for three games after making a throat-slitting gesture during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Mainz. Referee Manuel Graefe missed the incident, but German football officials reviewed the matter. Senegal international Djilobodji, on loan from...

Assistant coach of Egypt’s national team, Osama Nabih has identified three factors that could derail his side’s chances of positing creditable results against Nigeria in this month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying matches. Three-time champions, Nigeria will face...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, (THEWILL) – Arsenal youngster, Alex Iwobi, has recovered from a food poisoning scare and has returned to the Super Eagles training camp ahead of the double-header Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. Iwobi was hospitalised briefly in...