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Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been granted compassionate leave for the second time this season, but his Spurs future remains uncertain. The Togo international, 31, has written about his family issues on Facebook and said he had considered suicide. He will...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he does not want goalkeeper Petr Cech to leave the Premier League champions. The 32-year-old has only made 16 appearances this season, with Belgian Thibaut Courtois now first choice. Cech's agent recently said the Czech Republic...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been named Barclays Premier League manager of the season for the third time. In his second spell at the club, the Portuguese, 52, guided Chelsea to their first Premier League title in five years and...

Liberia have been told by the Confederation of African Football they can play home matches following the end of the Ebola epidemic in the country. Caf banned them from hosting matches in July last year and the country stopped sport...

Luis Figo has joined Michael van Praag in withdrawing from the Fifa presidential election on 29 May. Ex-Portugal midfielder Figo, 42, pulled out on the same day as Van Praag, 67, to leave Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan as...

Aberdeen midfielder Ryan Jack has signed a new contract with the club. The 23-year-old has signed a one-year extension which ties him to the club until the summer of 2017. The deal should see Jack stay at Pittodrie for at least...

Louis van Gaal stole the show at Manchester United’s player of the year awards last night with a remarkable seven-minute speech and an encore in which he demanded the audience applaud a female saxophonist. Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville described...

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has been included in the provisional England squad for the 2015 European Under-21 Championship. West Brom striker Saido Berahino and Burnley forward Danny Ings are also named in the squad, but Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw...

Liverpool's Raheem Sterling has been named as the club's Young Player of the Year, but was booed by a small number of fans as he collected his award. The 20-year-old forward received the accolade 24 hours after it emerged that...

Spain's biggest selling sports daily Marca summed it up in Monday's headline after Barcelona wrapped up a fifth La Liga title in seven years and their 23rd overall on Sunday: "Messi's League". The Argentina forward scored a typically brilliant goal...