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Lionel Messi will have to wait for his first start of 2014 after being named on the bench by Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino for Saturday's crunch top of the table clash away to Atletico Madrid. Brazilian forward Neymar is also...

Everton could be without rising midfield star Ross Barkley for several weeks due to a foot injury, manager Roberto Martinez revealed on Saturday. The 20-year-old England international sustained a suspected broken toe in last weekend's FA Cup win over Queens...

Mali started their 2014 African Nations Championship campaign on a winning note when they defeated West African rivals Nigeria 2-1 in their Group A encounter at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night. Abdoulaye Sissoko opened the scoring in the...

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea will attempt to increase the pressure on their Premier League title rivals by moving to the head of the table with victory at Hull City on Saturday. Three points at the KC Stadium will take the Blues...

Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United's fans to remain behind the team as they look to end a three-game losing streak against Swansea on Saturday. The Premier League champions lost to Tottenham Hotspur on New Year's Day and that...

Newly-crowned African Footballer of the Year for 2013, Yaya Toure has taken the time to praise the man he pipped to the accolade, John Obi Mikel. Toure said Mikel “deserves the award” as he described winning Africa’s individual top gong...

Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Footballer of the Year. It is a third straight title for Toure, who also won December's BBC African Footballer of the Year award. He...

Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant. The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio...

Former Ghana coach Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie has urged current head honcho Kwesi Appiah to keep Fatau Dauda as first choice goalie. Dauda has suffered a noticeable dip in form after opting to move South African giants Orlando Pirates last year,...

Heartland attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu nicknamed ‘Mosquito’ is a major doubt for the side in the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season. The playmaker has spent six seasons at the Naze Millionaires and contributed immensely to the side's back-to-back Federation Cup...