Juan Antonio Pizzi named a strong 17-man squad, including the Arsenal and Bayern Munich stars, ahead of the tournament in Russia Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal headline a star-studded Chile squad...
The former striker expressed admiration for the supporters who chose not to attend the Gunners' second-last home game of the 2017-18 season Arsenal legend Ian Wright has backed Gunners fans for...
US defence chief James Mattis delivered a sombre caution on North Korea saying any military attempts to resolve the crisis would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale". Mattis was speaking on Friday to...
Italy has recorded nearly three times as many measles cases so far this year than for all of 2016 The government in Italy has ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common illnesses before...
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and Mike Adenuga, both Nigerians, are individually richer than American president and businessman Donald Trump. According to the 2017 Forbes rich list, Mr Dangote...
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill is in line to succeed John Terry as captain of the Premier League champions next season, manager Antonio Conte said on Friday. Cahill, 31, has led Chelsea for the...
Assange spoke on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy: "Seven years of detention without charge" Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will not forgive and forget attempts to arrest him over...
Neymar and several other top Brazilian players have been left out of the national squad for friendlies next month against Argentina and Australia, coach Tite said on Friday, giving them a long summer...
Zinedine Zidane has followed up an amazing playing career with what has the makings of being an equally impressive run as a manager. His first season in charge of Real Madrid produced a UEFA...
US President Donald Trump told Russian officials that firing FBI director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, US media report. Citing a document summarising the meeting, the New York Times...
Brazilian President Michel Temer has taken millions of dollars in bribes since 2010, according to testimony released by the Supreme Court. The plea-bargain testimony came from bosses of a giant...
The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany's top flight for 2017-18. Steinhaus - the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb -...
The wealth of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote and four other Nigerians is enough to end poverty in Africa’s most populous nation, according to a research published by the charity group,...
Despite a recent rebuttal by President Robert Mugabe that his country was not economically fragile, the British government seems to have a contrary view. A recent foreign travel advice on Zimbabwe...
Ethiopia says it has earned over $165m in revenue for sale of electric power over the last 10 months. Out of the amount, $49m was from supply to neighbouring Sudan and Djibouti. The state-affiliated...
The Japanese government has approved a one-off bill that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in what would be the first such abdication in two centuries. Prime...
Richard Rojas was arrested after ramming his car into pedestrians, one of whom died A man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in New York's Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring 22...
Two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 jets have conducted an "unprofessional" intercept of a US aircraft, the US military said. The US WC-135 plane was on a mission to detect radiation in international airspace...
The Catalan coach has failed to pick up silverware in his first season at the helm, but he is considered to be building towards a bright future Vincent Kompany says the Manchester City squad are...
A transfer fee of around £10-15m should be enough for other Premier League clubs to secure the services of the Australian playmaker Manchester City will sell Socceroos midfielder Aaron Mooy for...
