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Athletic Bilbao won a first trophy in 31 years as a 1-1 draw with Barcelona at the Nou Camp secured the Spanish Super Cup with a 5-1 aggregate victory. Bilbao won the first leg 4-0 but Barcelona threatened a comeback with Lionel Messi’s close-range finish. Barca defender Gerard Pique was sent-off after the break and Aritz Aduriz struck late on ...

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos insisted he wasn’t motivated by money after ending speculation surrounding his future by signing a new five-year deal with the club on Monday. Ramos had been courted by Manchester United during a standoff in negotiations between his representatives and Madrid president Florentino Perez over the Spanish international’s salary with his previous deal set to expire ...

Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho scored as Manchester City crushed Chelsea 3-0 on Sunday to establish a five-point advantage over the champions in the fledgling Premier League table. After going close several times, Aguero celebrated his return to the starting XI by wriggling through Chelsea’s defence to score a 31st-minute opener before Kompany and Fernandinho made the game safe ...

Arsenal recovered from their opening-day defeat by West Ham to record a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace. Alexis Sanchez had three shots blocked as the Gunners began aggressively before Olivier Giroud got the opener. The Frenchman’s superb scissor kick put away a Mesut Ozil cross but the lead lasted 12 minutes until Joel Ward’s driven shot drew Palace level. Connor ...

US PGA Championship, second-round leaderboard -11 M Jones (Aus); -9 J Day (Aus); -8 J Rose (Eng); -7 D Lingmerth (Swe), T Finau (US), A Lahiri (Ind); Selected others: -6 J Spieth (US); -5 D Johnson (US); -4 P Casey (Eng) -2 R McIlroy (NI) Matt Jones led the US PGA Championship from fellow Australian Jason Day after the second ...

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Disciplinary Committee which sat today, Friday, 14th August,2015 has fined Mufulira Wanderers Football Club K5,000 and ordered the club to play their next six home matches 60 Kilometers away from Shinde Stadium. This follows the violent conduct of their fans during an abandoned week 19 match against ZESCO United sparked by 30th minute goal ...

Nkana’s preparations for Saturday’s big Copperbelt derby date away to Zesco United have been hit after two new signings were visited by immigration officials in Kitwe. Zambian immigration officials raided Nkana Stadium on Wednesday afternoon to check on the validity of striker Fred Tshimanga and midfielders Diego Apanane’s work permits. The DR Congo-born duo were barred from training on Thursday ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Jack Wilshere is due to return from an ankle injury in two weeks. Wilshere, 23, suffered a hairline fracture to his right ankle in training on 1 August and it was thought he could miss up to two months. But Wenger said the England midfielder’s expected recovery time was four weeks and he is “on ...

The Football Association of Zambia says interim Zambia coach George Lwandamina will remain on the bench after a substantive trainer is named soon. Lwandmina has been caretaker coach for the last three months since Honour Janza was fired on June 8. An expatriate coach is expected to be named soon when all the contractual formalities are completed by Faz and ...

Zambia has secured an international friendly match with Gabon on Tuesday, September 8, two days after playing the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya. Announcing the development to fazfootball.com on Wednesday, Football Association of Zambia Communications Manager Nkweto Tembwe said the match has been scheduled for the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. “The Football Association of Zambia remains ...