Cameroon division 1 football coach kidna...

YAOUNDE, March 19 (Xinhua) -- "Unidentified gunmen" kidnapped Emmanuel Ndoumbe Bosso, head coach of division 1 football club Young Sports Academy (YOSA) early Tuesday in Bamenda, chief town of Northw

History-making Gor put Kenyan football o...

NAIROBI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Having defied all odds to make the CAF Confederations Cup quarterfinals, Kenyan club Gor Mahia FC can dare to dream of adding a second African club football trophy to th

Zidane gears up for second spell with Re...

In Spain, Zinedine Zidane is gearing up to make his second stint in the dugout with Real Madrid after returning to the club this week. The 46-year-old guided Los Blancos to three consecutive UEFA Cha

Key Real Madrid players said to oppose M...

Real Madrid's 4-1 victory against Real Valladolid on Saturday did not stop the club's internal problems from spilling out into the public. Four of the club's senior players– Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale

Aussie soccer club where sprint supersta...

SYDNEY, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Australian soccer club Central Coast Mariners, which had offered Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt a chance to become a professional player, has sacked head coach Mike M

Kenya volleyball champs to miss top play...

NAIROBI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Former African club champions Kenya Pipeline will miss star players Mercy Moim and Jane Wacu during this year's volleyball competition set for Cairo, Egypt from March 16-

Shandong Luneng secure draw, Guangzhou E...

Italy international Graziano Pelle scored a pair of goals Tuesday to give Chinese club Shandong Luneng to a 2-2 draw at South Korean team Gyeongnam in the opening round of the Asian Champions League.

Chelsea appeal against transfer ban

LONDON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Premier League club Chelsea have appealed against the transfer ban which they were recently handed by FIFA following an investigation into the signing of foreign players f

Barca end contract of midfielder Sergi S...

MADRID, March 4 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona and midfielder Sergi Samper on Monday announced they had reached an agreement to rescind the 24-year-old's contract with the club, four months before it was d

Feature: Afghan girls eager to practise ...

by Abdul HaleemKABUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Nearly three dozen Afghan girls have joined a boxing club in the relatively secure Afghan capital Kabul after an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing