England's Football Association has welcomed a $500,000 grant from FIFA towards its new national football centre as evidence of a major step forward in an often icy relationship with the world governin

Lionel Messi continued his prodigious goal scoring form with a brace as Barcelona qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Spartak Moscow who have been eliminated.

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Afghanistan on Wednesday executed six "criminals and terrorists", an official said, a day after eight other death row prisoners were hanged in rare mass executions in the war-wracked country.

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Former England Captain David Beckham believes he still has a lot left in the tank and that wherever he ends up playing next season it will be at a "high level".

"I still feel I have one more challeng

All-rounder Shane Watson is short of match fitness and will not be risked in the second Test against South Africa in Adelaide, Australian captain Michael Clarke said today.

Watson has been troubled b

The Brisbane International starting next month will feature the world's top three women players with confirmation on Wednesday that top-ranked Victoria Azarenka will take part.

Azarenka, of Belarus,

West Indian captain Darren Sammy took two wickets to reduce Bangladesh to 88-3 at lunch on the opening day of the second and final Test here on Wednesday.

The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated, a security official told AFP.

A Pakistan court on Tuesday threw out all charges against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that drew international condemnation, lawyers said.

Rimsha Masih spent three weeks on remand

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will leave Asia on Tuesday to visit Israel, Egypt and Ramallah, stepping up US efforts to avoid a worsening of the Gaza crisis, an official said.

Clinton will meet