Ranieri wants Fulham to fight like pirates to stay up

By Reuters,

Claudio Ranieri told Fulham to forget about miracles and fight “like pirates” to stay in the Premier League as he held his first news conference a...

Claudio Ranieri , Fulham , Premier League , relegation

Sudanese-American Mohamed Seifeldein elected to US public office

By VOA,

The number of Sudanese-Americans holding elected public office in the United States has doubled – there are now two. Mohamed Seifeldein won a cit...

Can diversity in children’s books tackle prejudice?

By CNN,

Marley Dias says she was tired of reading books about "white boys and their dogs" in school. So at the age of 11, she launched the campaign #1000Bl...

#1000BlackGirlBooks , Ibi Zoboi , Kathleen Horning , Marley Dias , Toni Adeyemi

Dylan Kerr resigns as Gor Mahia coach

By Isaac Swila,

Briton Dylan Kerr has resigned as head coach of Gor Mahia throwing the Kenyan Premier League champions into a spin. The move has sent shock-waves ...

Briton , Dylan Kerr , GOR MAHIA , KPL Champions , part ways

Premier League to turn to VAR from next season

By Reuters,

Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce video assistant referees (VAR) from the start of next season. The top leagues in Spain, ...

Premier League , VAR

Referee after rock, paper, scissors blunder

By Reuters,

Referee David McNamara has been handed a three-week ban by the English FA for asking two captains to play rock, paper, scissors to decide the kick-off...

FA , referee

English Premier League gets first female chief

By CNN,

The Premier League has confirmed Susanna Dinnage will take over as the organization's chief executive. Richard Scudamore is set to leave his curren...

English Premier League , Richard Scudamore , Susanna Dinnage

UEFA says it could re-open financial investigations

By Reuters,

European soccer’s governing body UEFA says Financial Fair Play (FFP) investigations could be reopened after the publication of leaked documents abou...

Der Spiegel , Finaces , Financial Fair Play , Manchester United , PSG , UEFA

France squad ravaged by injuries

By Reuters,

France have suffered injury blows ahead of their matches against the Netherlands and Uruguay, with midfielder Paul Pogba, forwards Anthony Martial and...

Alexandre Lacazette , Anthony Martial , Benjamin Mendy , France , injury blows , Netherlands , Paul pogba , Uruguay

English FA to cut foreign players in Premier League

By Reuters,

In a bid to deal with Brexit and boost the number of homegrown players, the English Football Association (FA) is planning to reduce the number of over...

brexit , English FA , Foreign players , homegrown players , Premier League , rime Minister Theresa May

Liverpool’s Sturridge charged by FA for alleged betting breaches

By Reuters,

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of its betting rules, the English Football Associa...

betting , Daniel Sturridge , English Football Association , Liverpool striker

World leaders in Paris mark 100th anniversary of WW1 Armistice

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron will be joined by some 70 world leaders on Sunday to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that brought World Wa...

Arc de Triomphe , Elysee Palace , Emperor Napoleon , France , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , President Emmanuel Macron , Russian leader Vladimir Putin , U.S President Donald Trump , WW1

Cameroon Journalist Jailed in Anglophone Unrest

By Vincent Maruga,

A popular journalist from Cameroon's restive Anglophone region remains in jail after she was arrested and charged with propagating false information a...

Anglophone region , Boko Haram , Equinoxe broadcast , Libom Li Likeng , Mimi Mefo

Everton fined and banned from signing academy players

By Reuters,

Everton have been fined KSh67 million by the Premier League and banned from registering some academy players for two years after breaching young playe...

English Premier League , Everton FC

Former boyband star Oritsé Williams denies raping fan in 2006

By CNN,

Former JLS singer Oritsé Williams denied raping a fan after a 2016 concert during a court hearing on Thursday. Police charged the 31-year-old with...

Mourinho defends Juve taunts after ‘fantastic victory’

By Reuters,

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho defended his taunting of Juventus supporters after his side’s sensational late revival which saw them grab a 2-...

Jose Mourinho , Juventus , Manchester United , UEFA Champions League

Kidnapped children released in Cameroon, two teachers held

By Reuters,

All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men ...

Bamenda , Cameroon , Cameroon kidnapped children , Children released

79 students kidnapped from boarding school in Cameroon, official says

By CNN,

Armed men kidnapped 79 children from a boarding school in  Northwest region- Cameroon, a local government official told CNN Monday. Louis Marie ...

Bamenda , Cameroon President Paul Biya , Cameroon's Northwest government

In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky

By Reuters,

When Han Siyuan first decided to apply for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 female classmates in China on tests measuring everyt...

china , China pilots , Female pilots

Facebook removes more pages, as FBI warns Russia still targeting American voters

By CNN,

Facebook took down a network of Facebook pages and Instagram accounts Monday night after a tip from US law enforcement, just a few hours before polls ...

cybersecurity , facebook , FBI , instagram