New Chelsea boss confirms veteran striker as assistant coach

New Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has confirmed the reports that veteran striker Didier Drogba will be his assistant coach.

French minister questions ban on would-be chief Platini

"I regret this because Michel Platini is in a sense being hounded. Was he able to defend himself under fair conditions? I'm not convinced."


France's sports minister questioned the legitimacy of FIFA'sEthics Committee on Tuesday after it imposed an eight-year ban that appears to have ended his compatriot Michel Platini's chances of becoming head of the world soccer body.

Real Madrid star gives a tour of his £4.8m mansion in new video

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo allowed a video crew into his £4.8m plush Madrid mansion.
Unscriptd Sport cameramen entered the seven room mansion with Ronaldo describing everything to them.

Photos: Buhari arrives Nigeria from India, makes stopover in Sudan

Photos: Buhari arrives Nigeria from India, makes stopover in Sudan

President Buhari arrived Nigeria last night after his four day visit to India. On his way back home, he made a

Oil thieves jailed for 84 yrs

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted seven men to 84 years imprisonment for illegal and unlawful dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of petrol. The court sentenced each of

Russian plane with 224 passengers onboard crashes over Sinai, Egypt

 

A Kogalymavia passenger plane carrying 224 people has crashed in Egypt's Sinai penunsula. The airliner

Yola mosque blast: 27 killed, 90 wounded

A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 Muslim worshippers and injured about 90 at a mosque in Jambutu, Yola, Adamawa state.

Nollywood Actress Mina Horsfall Is A Beauty In New Photos As She Turns 30

 

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Texas couple reunited with son switched at birth in El Salvador hospital

A Texas couple was reunited with their biological son late Monday after DNA tests confirmed that the child had been switched with another baby soon after he was born in an El Salvador hospital.

Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas feared their child could have been sold to human traffickers after they realized that the child they had been given to bring home to Dallas had darker skin.

Obama wins critical backing on Iran deal, virtually ensuring survival in Congress

The Obama administration now appears to have enough support in Congress to stave off Republican efforts to reject the president's controversial Iran nuclear deal, after a retiring Maryland Democratic senator came out Wednesday morning in favor of the pact.