Sports

New Year’s Day always provides a complete programme of fixtures in the Barclays English Premier League (BPL) in England. Nigerians usually have a say in matters decided on the pitch in the most exciting football league in the world and...

Lionel Messi will be "like a bull" when he returns after almost two months out with a thigh injury, his Barcelona teammate Cesc Fabregas predicted ahead of Sunday's La Liga match at home to Elche. Messi flew back to the...

The transfer market has officially opened for South African clubs but in practice, no new signings can be affected until the Premier Soccer League reopens for business on Monday, January 6. With all Premier Soccer League teams due to return...

Returning striker Emmanuel Adebayor was 'almost unstoppable' after the Togolese scored the opening goal in a 2-1 win at Manchester United to continue Tottenham Hotspur's recent revival, manager Tim Sherwood said. Adebayor has flourished under Sherwood since his appointment in...

The Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has banned from football Silver Strikers and Mighty Wanderers for eight and five months respectively after finding them guilty of causing violence in last Saturday’s aborted TNM Super League decisive match at Balaka...

Two goals in the last three minutes kept Arsenal top of the Premier League and condemned Cardiff to defeat in front of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is tipped to take over as their new boss. Nicklas Bendtner fired in the...

Tottenham recorded their second consecutive win at Old Trafford as victory over Manchester United lifted them to sixth in the Premier League. United began briskly but Emmanuel Adebayor guided in a header from Christian Eriksen's cross for Spurs. Eriksen doubled the...

Mourinho reintroduced Juan Mata into Chelsea's line-up - but it was fellow countryman Torres who posed all the early threat to Southampton. Torres caused problems with his pace and was almost on target early on only for Jose Fonte to...

Chelsea made a £49.4million loss in the last financial year, the English Premier League club announced on Wednesday. Turnover for the year ending June 30, 2013 was a record £255.8m, but the club's early Champions League exit contributed to the...

The 2013 calendar finally stopped counting but is not one Ugandan football can be proud of. We have had some measurably decent tales in some corners, highly hilarious in others, and downright unfathomable in cases where leaders have demonstrated incomprehensible...