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Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge has been named in England's starting XI to face Germany at Wembley on Tuesday. The 24-year-old had missed Friday's 2-0 defeat by Chile with a foot injury and withdrew early from training on Monday. "Sturridge is fine,"...

Shane Ferguson is the latest withdrawal from the Northern Ireland squad for Friday's friendly against Turkey. The Newcastle winger, currently on loan at Birmingham, did not travel to Turkey because of illness and his absence was confirmed on Wednesday afternoon. The...

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of Lionel Messi's first-team debut with Barcelona, when the Argentine came on as a 16-year-old substitute during a friendly against Porto in Portugal. "It was a very important moment in my career because I realised...

Cameroon and Tunisia will be hoping to qualify for the 2014 Fifa World Cup when they clash at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on Sunday, kick-off 16h0 (CAT, SA, GMT+2). The indomitable Lions head into the encounter with a...

The African champions, Nigeria, look close to reaching a fifth Fifa World Cup finals after winning the first leg of this playoff against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa by 2-1 in spite of concerns over weather. Nigeria's Super Eagles have...

Ghana has sent a four-man to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to get a fina security briefing ahead of next Tuesday’s Brazil 2014 World Cup playoff. The delegation - invited by FIFA for the security inspection, is led by Ghana FA...

Two of world football's biggest names will meet on Friday in the playoffs to determine Europe's final four World Cup qualifiers with Zlatan Ibrahimovic saying Sweden deserve to go to Brazil more than Portugal. Ever since last month's draw pitted...

In February of this year Stephen Keshi led the super eagles to reclaim the African cup of Nations after a 19 year gap. He achieved this by taking to the tournament one of the most inexperienced sides Nigeria has...

Roy Keane said the opportunity to work alongside Martin O'Neill was "too good to turn down" as he explained his decision to accept the Republic of Ireland's assistant manager's post. Keane, 42, said he had always regarded O'Neill as the...

Arsenal reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the 12th successive season as a 3-2 win at Glasgow City sealed a 6-2 aggregate victory. Suzanne Lappin headed in a second-minute corner for City before Arsenal's Rachel Yankey and Jordan Nobbs scored. City...