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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...

Egyptian authorities have added retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's all-time greatest athletes, to an official "terror list". Aboutrika, dubbed The Magician, is accused of funding the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt's government designated a "terrorist" organisation after the army removed democratically...

Soccer's governing body, FIFA, voted on Tuesday to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament and make it too big and unwieldy. FIFA president Gianni Infantino, fulfilling...

Riyad Mahrez has capped the most successful period of his career by winning the 2016 African player of the year award. The winger scored 17 Premier League goals as Leicester won the title under Claudio Ranieri, with the Algerian’s exploits earning him the PFA players’...

Now is the time for top clubs to prove that to be forewarned really is to be forearmed. Everyone knew that the Africa Cup of Nations was on the agenda for early 2017 and now, with 23 Premier League players among those heading off...

By:JIM WHITE Arise Sir Mo. How good that sounds. How right, how appropriate, how proper. And how timely. The knighthood bestowed in the New Year’s Honours list to Mo Farah is not simply a recognition of the fact that he is a multiple bullion-bedecked champion in...

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Police say five people survived the crash but the rest of those on board died. The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia,...

  Philippe Coutinho came close but the visitors disappointed as Liverpool were forced to settle for a point against a resolute United defence. Philippe Coutinho and Emre Can came closest for the hosts, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic headed wide with the Red Devils’ best chance. Liverpool Loris Karius: Never...

  Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool did not play ‘as well as they could have played’ as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Manchester United at Anfield. “I have mixed emotions,” said Klopp. “I’m not happy about the game – we didn’t play as well as...

By:Amanda Fisher Nairobi, Kenya - In a darkened hall deep inside a slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi, the air is filled with the scent of sweat, Olympic dreams and the thwack of flesh connecting with flesh. Kenya is known for its running talent, yet among the...