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Arsene Wenger acknowledged he is facing mounting midfield problems as Arsenal enter a decisive stage in the campaign. French midfielder Mathieu Flamini will be suspended for at least three matches, ruling him out of Sunday's meeting with Crystal Palace and...

Pre-tournament favourites Nigeria will lock horns with West African counterparts Ghana for a place in the 2014 African Nations Championship final at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 8:30pm. Despite not boasting high-profile foreign-based players due...

Foreign clubs are still showing an insatiable appetite for Brazilian players while Argentines appear to be going out of fashion, according to a Fifa report on the global transfer market published on Wednesday. The report said that of 12 309...

English clubs led the way as worldwide spending on international transfers shot up by 41 percent last year to reach $3.7 billion, Fifa said in a report published on Wednesday. English clubs spent $913 million on international transfers in 2013,...

Zimbabwe’s playmaker at the CHAN 2014 tournament, Kuda Mahachi, says that he would like the chance to play in South Africa’s PSL. Mahachi put in a Man of the Match display as Zimbabwe surprised everyone by knocking Mali out in...

Lionel Messi has set the bar so high for himself that even a brief dip in scoring form immediately raises eyebrows but it also allows other aspects of his game to be recognised. The Argentina forward's incredible goals tally in...

Barcelona stayed top of La Liga on goal difference with a 3-0 win over Malaga as Atletico Madrid won 4-2 at Rayo Vallecano to stay hot on their heels. Bayern Munich returned from the Bundesliga winter break to beat Borussia...

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien is looking forward to starting his new career at AC Milan despite earlier reports in the Italian media that he had failed his medical at the Italian giants. The two clubs agreed a deal for the...

AC Milan's crisis eased when they scored twice in the last five minutes to win 2-1 at Cagliari on Sunday, but Inter's deepened when they were held to a goalless draw at home to bottom club Catania at a...

Nigeria came back from three goals down to defeat Morocco 4-3 after extra time in a thrilling CAF African Nations Championship quarterfinal at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday evening. Trailing 3-0 at halftime after suffering at the hands of the...