adminCardiff City hire former Manchester United striker as boss
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been confirmed as Cardiff City’s new manager. The 40-year-old former Manchester United striker met his new squad at the club’s training ground on Thursday.
Fifa president wants time penalty for diving in football
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has proposed the use of a time penalty as a deterrent to diving in football. Blatter feels players who get treatment but are not badly injured…
2014 sport’s most important dates
TODAY marks the first Saturday of the 2014 sporting year, a year that will see the most prestigious football tournament in the world take place in Brazil in five months’…
Last year’s big soccer retirements
Goalkeepers FORMER Bordeaux goalkeeper Ulrich Rame, 41, opted to hang up his gloves after previously racking up 525 appearances for Les Girondins and 12 caps for France. Newly retired Osasuna…
‘Corporate support key to sport’s success’
Ricky Zililo Sports Reporter EVERY New Year marks the start of new things with people setting their resolutions which they manage to achieve or falter along the year.
South Sudan rivals open ceasefire talks
South Sudan’s warring parties are holding preliminary meetings ahead of the official start of negotiations in a bid to end nearly three weeks of raging conflict which has left thousands…
South Korea dismisses Pyongyang’s peace call
South Korea has dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for improved ties, urging his government to take nuclear disarmament steps first.
Kenya drive-by bombing wounds 10
Mombasa — At least 10 people were wounded on Thursday in a grenade attack at a restaurant south of Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, the latest attack in the East…
Iraqi jets target armed groups in Anbar
Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen fought al-Qaeda-linked gunmen who, in a coordinated surge, ran rampant in two of the country’s main Sunni cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, emboldened by mounting…
Ex-Madagascar finance minster wins presidential run-off
Madagascar’s former Finance Minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina won the presidential run-off to replace his backer Andry Rajoelina, who came to power in a coup almost five years ago that crippled the…