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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has visited a renowned surgeon in the United States as he looks to determine whether or not surgery is required to cure his hip injury. Sturridge has endured an injury-plagued 2014/15 season in which he has featured in just 18 of Liverpool’s 54 matches this term. The striker’s injury woes began in September when he suffered ...

Power Dynamos have revealed that their striker Jimmy Ndhlovu is ineligible to play in Sunday’s Kitwe derby against Nkana. Ndhlovu, who leads the 2015 Faz Super League season top scorers charts with four goals after six rounds of games played, is currently on an extended loan deal from Nkana. “Yes he will not play. Nkana FC revised the terms of ...

Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens has died of heart failure, three days after collapsing during a match. The 24-year-old Lokeren player was treated on the pitch during the first half of Monday’s reserve-team game with Genk but did not recover after time in hospital on a life-support machine. A club statement said: “The medical staff have done everything to save Gregory, ...

Zambia national football team coach Honor Janza has named a 26-man squad ahead of the international friendly match against Malawi on May 10. Janza has included several new names on his list including Power Dynamos goalkeeper Joel Kanyeba, Andrew Kwiliko of Zanaco, Jack Chirwa of Green Buffaloes, Lameck Silwaba of Mufulira Wanderers as well as Webster Mulenga of Nakambala Leopards. ...

Chelsea came from behind to beat Leicester City 3-1 on Wednesday and move to within one win of clinching the Premier League title for the first time in five years. Chelsea were labelled as “boring” by Arsenal fans during the 0-0 London derby on Sunday and they were below par against a Leicester side chasing a fifth successive league win ...

The season-opening Australian Grand Prix has been pushed back two weeks in 2016, organisers have announced. The race on 3 April will mean the latest start to a Formula 1 season since 1988, when the Brazilian GP was held on the same date. Organisers of the race in Melbourne’s Albert Park said the event would have an earlier start time ...

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique admitted the return of club legend Pep Guardiola to the Camp Nou when Bayern Munich face the Catalans in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal will be an emotional occasion for all involved. Enrique and Guardiola played together in the Barca midfield during the 1990s and Enrique then succeeded Guardiola as Barca B team ...

Michael Dawson, the Hull City captain, scored a goal that secured a 1-0 home win over Liverpool and had a significant impact on both ends of the Premier League table on Tuesday. This was Liverpool’s game in hand over Manchester United and their failure to win it leaves Brendan Rodgers’s team seven points adrift of the Old Trafford club with ...

Sporting Lokeren are “hoping for a miracle” after Belgian defender Gregory Mertens collapsed on the pitch with a heart-related illness. He is in a critical condition after being given CPR in the first half of Monday’s reserve-team game with Genk. The 24-year-old is in an induced coma in a Genk hospital on a life support machine. “Sporting Lokeren sympathises with ...

Daniel Sturridge could miss the rest of the Premier League season due to injury, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said on Monday. Sturridge, 25, has been plagued by a variety of fitness problems this season and the England striker has missed Liverpool’s last three matches with a hip problem that is set to see him left out of the Reds’ squad ...