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Italy international forward Alessandro Diamanti has signed a deal to join Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande of China, bringing an end to his three-year stint at Serie A club Bologna. The three-year contract with the 30-year-old is worth 6.9 million euros...

Jose Mourinho insists Chelsea's Premier League title prospects rest in the hands of rivals Arsenal and Manchester City. Mourinho's side boosted their chances with Monday's impressive 1-0 victory over Manuel Pellegrini's City side at the Etihad Stadium. But the manager maintains...

Nigeria international defender, Kenneth Omeruo finally made his debut for Championship side, Middlesbrough at the weekend in the 0-0 draw against Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium. Omeruo played the entire game as Boro claimed a point that took them...

Barcelona and Real Madrid are on course for a King's Cup final showdown after Spain's two dominant teams recorded convincing home wins in their semifinal first legs on Wednesday. Real thumped holders Atletico Madrid 3-0 at the Bernabeu, gaining a...

League leaders Arsenal face the first major obstacle of their tough February assault course when they travel to Anfield on Saturday for the first of two meetings with Liverpool over successive weekends. The chances of Arsene Wenger's side ending their...

David Beckham has been told he faces "the biggest challenge in sports" in trying to resurrect a football team in Miami – from the manager of the club that folded. Ray Hudson was in charge of the Miami Fusion, which...

Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi, has refused to accept an offer of a foreign assistant ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil this June. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had met with the current African Coach of the...

Joe Kinnear has resigned as Newcastle's director of football after less than eight months in the role. The 67-year-old, who was above manager Alan Pardew in the club's management structure, claimed to be overseeing player recruitment. However, the Magpies failed to...

World champion Marc Marquez recorded the fastest time on day one of the 2014 season's first test session in Sepang. The Repsol Honda rider finished ahead of Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, with Marquez's team-mate Dani Pedrosa third. Great Britain's Bradley Smith was...

Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe is being treated for depression after being found by Australian police behaving oddly near a car in Sydney. "The owner of the car basically called the police and the police came," said the swimmer's manager,...