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West Ham midfielder Joe Cole believes England can win the World Cup next year with a team that "excites" him. Cole, 31, has 56 England caps and says he has not given up hope of being in Roy Hodgson's 23-man...

Enyimba's central defender, Markson Ojobo, has expressed shock at his controversial dismissal during Wednesday's match day 37 clash at Sunshine Stars. Ojob was dimissed in the second half during an off-the-ball incident with an assistant referee. "I can't explain why the...

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke will not be satisfied until the Premier League club has ended a barren run dating back to 2005, reassuring fans on Thursday about his ambitions for the team. Some Arsenal supporters have accused American sports entrepreneur...

The Football Association has given its "full support" to Roy Hodgson after claims a team talk by the England manager caused offence. Hodgson was criticised for referring to a joke about a monkey and an astronaut at half-time in Tuesday's...

Everton midfielder Darron Gibson could return from a knee injury before the end of the season, manager Roberto Martinez has confirmed. The 25-year-old damaged his anterior cruciate ligament during the Republic of Ireland's 3-1 win over Kazakhstan. It was feared he...

Ghana took a huge step towards reaching their third straight World Cup finals by thrashing Egypt 6-1 in the first leg of their 2014 play-off. Asamoah Gyan thumped in the opener and it was 2-0 after Michael Essien's run led...

His arrival as new head coach of freshly-crowned Uefa Champions League winners Bayern Munich was one of world football's biggest summer stories and this Wednesday (2 October ), Pep Guardiola chalked up his 100th day in the job in...

Zambia has issued arrest warrants for three international players who missed the 2-0 friendly defeat by Brazil in China. DR Congo club TP Mazembe insisted Rainford Kalaba, Stoppila Sunzu and Nathan Sinkala were injured, leading to a dispute with the...

Having successfully steered England to next year's World Cup, one of manager Roy Hodgson's biggest tasks will be to manage expectations during the eight-month period until the tournament begins. As the country that gave birth to the modern game and...

Robbie Keane says the Republic of Ireland need a no-nonsense manager to help revive the country's international football fortunes. The FAI are not rushing into appointing a successor to Giovanni Trapattoni but Martin O'Neill, Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane are...