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  Disappointment and frustration swept over Brazilians who gathered at public squares, bars and parks across Latin America’s biggest country to watch their national team end up with a 1-1 tie in its opening World Cup match. In Rio de Janeiro, thousands jammed the downtown Maua Square to watch Brazil’s game...

Egyptian police took 37 soccer fans into custody overnight in Cairo after arresting 80 others the previous day on suspicion they had planned to stage a protest on the anniversary of a deadly 2012 soccer riot, a lawyer said Thursday. According to the attorney, Mokhtar Mounir, it wasn’t immediately clear why...

Oscar Pistorius is a “broken” man whose mental state has deteriorated and he should be hospitalized and not jailed, a psychologist called by his defense testified at the start of a new sentencing hearing Monday. Prosecutors, seeking a long jail term for the double-amputee Olympic runner after his...

Ahmed Musa (TEAMtalk) Cape Town – CSKA Moscow winger Ahmed Musa’s future at the club seems to be in doubt amidst rumours of a possible move to English Premier League Champions Leicester City. The newly crowned Russian League Champions’ director general, Roman Babayev, has admitted The Armymen...

(Photosliberia) Monrovia – Former international football star George Weah on Thursday said he would be a candidate in next year’s presidential elections in Liberia — his second bid for the post. “I want to tell all CDCians to be hopeful. This is our time,” he said, referring to the...

(AFP) London – Footballer Didier Drogba said on Thursday he would take legal action against Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper after it published allegations that most of the money raised by his charity in Britain was not going to good causes. The newspaper reported that less than one percent of over £1.7...

Divock Origi (sports24) Liverpool  - Divock Origi came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool beat Stoke City 4-1 at Anfield on Sunday for their biggest home win this season. Victory saw the Reds leapfrog the Potters into eighth place in the Premier League table. Origi had been on the pitch less than five...

(sports24) Cape Town – Jurgen Klopp’s gamble to start Divock Origi upon his return to Dortmund paid off as the 20-year old scored a vital first-leg away goal in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at the Signal Iduna Park. The home side surprisingly started the tie with some patient build-up play while Jurgen Klopp upon...

(EN.AS) Cash-strapped Chad were fined $20,000 on Sunday for pulling out of the Africa Cup of Nations on the grounds they could not afford the trip to play a qualifying game. Cash-strapped Chad were fined $20,000 on Sunday for pulling out of the Africa Cup of Nations on the grounds they could not afford the trip to...