England manager Roy Hodgson challenged Wayne Rooney to emulate Bobby Charlton’s World Cup-winning exploits after he broke the 77-year-old’s scoring...
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Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Monday over how the referendum he has called on...
Argentine centre-back Ramiro Funes Mori has joined Everton from River Plate for a fee of o9.5 million ($14.6 million, 12.9 million euros), the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.The 24-year-old defender, capped once by Argentina, has signed a five-year contract.“When I heard about Everton’s interest, I didn’t think twice,” Funes told the Everton website. “My agent told me about this opportunity and Everton did everything to bring me over and I wanted to come.“I feel happy because the people here...
West Ham United’s Senegalese striker Diafra Sakho could play against Leicester City this weekend despite having been arrested on suspicion of assault, manager Slaven Bilic said on Thursday.Sakho, 25, is thought to have been arrested last week on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend in east London. But he played in the team that won 2-0 at Arsenal in West Ham’s opening Premier League fixture last weekend and Bilic suggested he would keep his place against Leicester on Saturday.“Well, he’s training,”...
Britain’s government has begun selling its majority stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to reduce state debt and kick-start the lender’s full return to the private sector, the Treasury said Tuesday.The government has sold 5.4 percent of RBS for £2.1 billion ($3.3 billion, 3.0 billion euros), a statement said. Royal Bank of Scotland was rescued with £45.5 billion of public money in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis.The world’s biggest bank bailout handed Britain’s government...
Premier League champions Chelsea face FA Cup winners Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday. Here AFP Sports looks at five questions to ponder in the traditional curtain raiser to the English season:Is Costa fit for purpose?Although the Spain striker played a huge role in Chelsea’s title triumph with 20 goals in 26 appearances, Diego Costa’s debut season with the Blues was marred by the recurring hamstring injury that forced him to the sidelines on several occasions.The 26-year-old still hasn’t...
A fossil sea turtle from Colombia that is at least 120 million years old is the world’s oldest, scientists have...
Australia’s veteran all-rounder Shane Watson announced on Sunday his retirement from Test cricket.The last of the 34-year-old’s 10-year Test career...
Emboldened by back-to-back victories, Liverpool visit longstanding rivals Arsenal on Monday looking to score points in the early-season battle for position in the Premier League.Liverpool lost 4-1 on their last trip to the Emirates Stadium in April as their challenge for a Champions League place faded, with Brendan Rodgers’s side taking just eight points from a possible 27 in the run-in.But having beaten Stoke City and Bournemouth, and with Arsenal having lost 2-0 at home to West Ham United on...
British farmers declared a “crisis” Monday after days of protests over falling prices that saw milk removed from shop shelves and cows walked up supermarkets aisles. Farmers’ unions held an emergency summit on Monday over low milk and meat prices, in a bid to ease the plight of producers as global good prices drop.“Obviously the industry is in crisis. There’s despair within our members,” said Meurig Raymond, president of the National Farmers’ Union.“I’ve been farming for 45 years and this...
Wayne Rooney admitted it felt “weird” putting on the blue shirt of his boyhood club Everton once again in a testimonial match for Goodison Park cult hero Duncan Ferguson on Sunday.Rooney, who started out with the Toffees before being sold to Manchester United in 2004, came off the bench to a standing ovation for the final 15 minutes of the match against Villarreal which the Spanish side won 2-1 before a crowd of almost 35,000.United manager Louis van Gaal will...
Manchester United on Sunday confirmed the signing of Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero on a three-year deal.The 28-year-old will replace Victor Valdes, who was shown the door at Old Trafford after apparently refusing to play for United’s second team.“To play for the biggest club in the world is a dream come true for me,” said Romero in a statement on the club’s website.“Louis van Gaal is a fantastic manager and I cannot wait to get started on this new and exciting...
