After days of giving the team stick, Argentina’s media were impressed after a Lionel Messi-inspired win over Costa Rica ensured qualification for the Copa America quarter-finals.

The continental competition means many South American stars have yet to sort out where they will be playing next season – and that’s blocking movement in Spain, Italy and England

One of the areas Has san al Thawadi refused to discuss during my Newsnight interview with him was the amount of money Qatar spent on its successful World Cup bid. Despite repeatedly asking him to reveal the bid’s budget the former chief executive, now overseeing preparations for the tournament 11 years from now, wouldn’t budge. […]

Black Meteors Coach, Kwesi Apiiah was beaming with smiles weekend after his Ghanaian wards qualified for the football event of the All Africa Games holding this September in Maputo, Mozambique

IN retrospect, I now understand why Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as Senate President viciously tackled famed maverick, Senator Arthur Nzeribe in 2002. A 41-year old greenhorn cutting his teeth in politics, Anyim devised the first notable political scheme to outwit Senator Nzeribe.

English Premier League side Stoke City have agreed a fee with relegated West Ham for striker Carlton Cole it was announced Tuesday.

Nigeria under-23 team slayer Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has dedicated his classy opener in the 2-0 victory over Nigeria in the All Africa Games qualifiers to injured Chelsea star Michael Essien.

EVERYBODY is talking about security. The concerns appear to end with the talks. As bombs go off as routine in Maiduguri, Bauchi, Kaduna, Abuja and other targets that the criminals may choose, too much attention is paid to chasing the criminals after the crime. Why the sudden rise in insecurity?

While the global community awaits anxiously for winners of the 2011 edition of world’s premier student technology competition, the software giant, Microsoft has disclosed that the Imagine Cup world festival and awards ceremony will be on webcast live tomorrow, July 13, 2011 from the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln center in New York.

Flooding is a global phenomenon that has continued to constitute a major threat to cities and indeed nations across the world. At present, over 7500 people have been displaced by flooding in China while cities such as California, Mississippi, Sydney, Ibadan, to mention just a few, have at different times, faced the menace of flooding .

(AFP) – Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has insisted that the Spanish giants’ new director of football Zinedine Zidane “has a lot to offer, but still has a lot to learn”.

Eagles coach Samson Siasia has told twitter happy Osaze Peter Odemwingie to show more respect to team-mates and officials on and off the pitch.

Italian champions AC Milan have tried to reassure their fans that the club would not be affected by the massive fine imposed on their owners Fininvest, the company of club president and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, in connection with a bribery case.

Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems as the theme of the 2011 edition of Imagine Cup holding for the first time in the United States of America, the special advisor to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) Dr. Jeffrey Sachs has told the participating college high school students that they have a home to do in the Millennium Development Goals using Information technology as a tool.

The Governor of the Central Bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,Tuesday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that it was bereft of the powers to reverse his policy directive that limited daily cash withdrawals in the country to N150, 000, for individuals and N1million for corporate entities.