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Barcelona sign Brazil legend Ronaldinho as club ambassador

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho is returning to former club Barcelona to take up a role as an ambassador. Ronaldinho, who enjoyed five supremely successful seasons at the Nou Camp between 2003 and 2008, will act as a non-playing recruitment as Barcelona re-sign one of the club’s most famous...

TRANSFER UPDATE: Nabil Fekir move to LFC is ’99 per cent complete’

Nabil Fekir's move to Liverpool is reportedly close to completion as Jurgen Klopp eyes his first signing of the transfer window. The Lyon midfielder is '99 per cent' certain to move to Anfield, according to reports in France. He was first linked with the Champions League...

Arsenal fans arrested in Uganda after celebrating Manchester United victory

JACOBS ODONGO SEAMAN Image caption, One fan was carrying a symbolic trophy which they had bought at a store
By Jacobs Odongo Seaman, BBC WORLD At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the English Premier League. The...

Kenyan-born defender called up to Somali national team

Abdi Salim at Syracuse Orange Image: HANDOUT
By:TheStar Kenyan-born defender Abdi Muya Salim who plays for Orlando City in the US Major Soccer League has been called up to the Somali national team for the coming World Cup qualifiers. Salim...

Mo Farah: I dream of making Britain my home again – but only after I’ve had one last shot at the marathon

By James Gill Sir Mo Farah is homesick after years spent training abroad – but even with President Trump in the White House, Team GB's hero is staying in the US for the sake of his running career Mo Farah training in Dubai, where he has...

Farah brings track career to end with dramatic victory in Zurich

ZURICH - Somali-born Mo Farah brought his track career to an end in the most fitting fashion, producing a dramatic 5 000m victory at the Weltklasse Zurich on Thursday, the first of two 2017 IAAF Diamond League finals. It was classic Farah and couldn’t have...

Did BBC radio presenter go too far with ‘racist’ Somali Olympic sailing team joke?

Horndiplomat-A BBC radio presenter has made reference to Somalian pirates while discussing the Somali Olympic team's results at a sailing event in Rio . The joke was made on BBC Cumbria's late show with Ian Timms on Tuesday, August 9. But now it's being questioned whether...

London Anniversary Games: Mo Farah storms to victory in men’s 5,000m

Horndiplomat-Mo Farah ran the fastest 5,000m of 2016 to storm to victory in his last race before the Rio Olympics at the Anniversary Games in London. The 33-year-old totally dominated on the same track where he won 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic gold in 2012, crossing...

Mo Farah: the Olympic icon on sacrifices, scandals and shaving his head

By Nick Curtis Horndiplomat-He’s one of Britain’s greatest-ever athletes — but Mo Farah’s career almost didn’t happen. As he gears up for the Rio Olympics, he talks sacrifices, scandals and shaving his head with Nick Curtis We know from watching him surge through the finish line...

Sports: South Sudan goal spree dumps out Djibouti, Uganda returns June

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Sudan thrashed Djibouti 6-0 in Juba on Tuesday to reach the group stage of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg last Wednesday, the South Sudanese led after 12 minutes of the return...