LONDON, — Reading sent Liverpool crashing out of the FA Cup when they came from behind for a 2-1 win after extra time in their third-round replay at Anfield yesterday.
The Championship (second division) strugglers were losing 1-0 with 30 seconds remaining before equalising with a penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson four minutes into stoppage time.
Shane Long [...]
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy, – Michael Schumacher could rue his departure from Ferrari because Fernando Alonso is perfectly placed to beat the German to the world title again, team boss Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday.
Seven-times Formula One world champion Schumacher, 41, will come out of retirement this season to race for the new Mercedes team [...]
BENGUELA (Angola), — Holders Egypt, seeking an unprecedented third successive African Nations Cup title, made a convincing start by defeating Nigeria 3-1 yesterday.
Benin and Mozambique both failed in their bid to win a first-ever Nations Cup match when they played out a 2-2 draw in yesterday’s second Group C encounter.
Benin have their first-ever Nations Cup [...]
The bookies have him third-favourite for the World Championship behind Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso and the great man himself is starting to talk the talk as he builds up to one of the biggest comebacks Formula One — and sport — has seen.
Michael Schumacher used to love the pre-season, checking up with Ferrari how [...]
Manchester United confirmed this morning that it was seeking to raise £500 million via a bond issue to restructure its debts after paying out £41.9 million in interest over the past financial year.
United has also announced pre-tax profits of £48.2 million and turnover of £278.5 million for the year ending June 30, in which it [...]
LONDON, Jan 9 — Manchester City have completed the signing of French midfielder Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan on a six-month contract with an option for a further year, the Premier League club said yesterday.
The former Arsenal player, 33, is Roberto Mancini’s first signing since taking over as coach at City last month.
“Patrick is a [...]
LUANDA, — Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Togo’s national football squad to the top African tournament in Angola yesterday, killing the driver and wounding nine others, including two players, a Togo team official said.
The bus had just entered the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, where separatists have waged a three-decade long war, when it [...]
Doubts remain over Gary Neville’s future at Manchester United. The right back is out of contract at the end of the season and unlike fellow seasoned veteran Ryan Giggs he has yet to be offered a new one.
The England defender, who has 85 caps, has been a tremendous servant at Old Trafford, and has played [...]
Manchester City are on the verge of a deal to sign Cristian Ansaldi, 23, for £4 million from Rubin Kazan. The Argentina left back has helped his team to win consecutive Russian titles since moving from Newell’s Old Boys two years ago and played in the 2-1 victory away to Barcelona in the Champions League [...]
World number one Roger Federer made light of the chilly conditions to ease into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with a 6-2 6-4 win over Russian Evgeny Korolev yesterday.
“I was hitting the ball hard because the weather was quite chilly. Evgeny is a promising player, so I didn’t want to take chances,” said Federer.
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