FC Barcelona has emphatically denied reports that its former president, Sandro Rosell, illegally bought a liver for the French defender Éric Abidal six years ago. On Wednesday the online Spanish newspaper El Confidencial claimed that phone calls int...
Iran’s female football supporters have made history in Tehran – for the first time in 37 years they were able to attend a sporting event in the Azadi stadium in the city. The usually strict ban on women attending sports stadiums was relaxed for a sc...
Ugandan officials have begun segregating refugees after a rise in ethnic tensions led to the deaths of four South Sudanese, including a teenager. Security agencies have been heavily deployed in northern Uganda’s refugee settlements, home to more tha...
British police are working with the Football Association to investigate a video that has surfaced online apparently showing England fans at the World Cup in Russia performing Nazi salutes. The video shows two fans performing a Nazi salute and singin...
On Tuesday as Moscow was bathed in warm sunshine, the streets around Red Square gave a hint as to what is in store over the next few weeks as the World Cup comes to town. A dozen flag-waving Moroccans walked through the cavernous interiors of the GU...
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South Los Angeles is a 51 sq m grille of concrete and asphalt, spread flat below the sparkle of Hollywood and the towers of downtown. Early city leaders wrote racist covenants forcing black people and Latino immigrants into the blocks of south LA –...
With two weeks to go until the World Cup kicks off in Russia, death squads are targeting undesirables in the street. In what local authorities describe as an attempt to make Russia more media- and visitor-friendly, horrifying executions are taking p...
A disputed goal at the end of a match in the Greek Superleague between Paok Salonika and AEK Athens has led to a pitch invasion by one of the team owners, who appeared to be carrying a gun. Fernando Varela scored with a header in the 90th minute, p...
396 Shares Derek Carr would make a convincing Twilight stunt double.Picture: Kelechi Osemele/Twitter By Jacob Lauing2017-02-08 23:38:28 UTC The Oakland Raiders' storybook season led to devastating fashion final month, however based mostly on t...
219 Shares Stone chilly trolling.Picture: robert alford/getty & twitterBy Jacob Lauing2017-02-08 20:20:08 UTC Oh, the agony of watching an enormous lead slip proper by way of your fingers on the most important stage. The Golden State Warr...
562 Shares Picture: screengrab: faa/youtubeBy Nicole Gallucci2017-02-03 16:05:07 UTC Hey soccer followers, should you're heading to Houston’s NRG Stadium this weekend, depart your drones at residence. Yep, you will need to kiss your goals of r...
[embedded content] 9 puppies, two bowls of meals, just one winner. Jimmy Fallon honored the beloved custom of getting puppies predict the winner of Tremendous Bowl LI on The Tonight Present Thursday night time. 9 squirmy little puppies, together w...
299 Shares Picture: mashable composite, getty photographs; max knoblauchBy Max Knoblauch2017-02-03 15:04:23 UTC Invoice Belichick, heading into his seventh Tremendous Bowl as a head coach, is undoubtedly among the best play-callers within the...
For a moment, the Raiders had it all. Their best record in 16 years, a ticket to the postseason, a homegrown quarterback having an MVP-calibre season. Oakland's 2016 season was surreal for a franchise that had only seen one Super Bowl in the past thr...