Joachim Low fears Wayne Rooney could "explode" into form when Germany meet England in the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa.

Spain striker David Villa has escaped punishment for striking Honduras defender Emilio Izaguirre on Monday night.

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Several thousand Ghanaians fleeing ethnic strife in the country's north have crossed the border into Togo in recent days, the United Nations said.

The Togo squad returned home last night after opting to pull out of the African Nations Cup following Friday’s terrorist attack on the team bus which left three people dead.

The Togo squad flew home tonight although their African Nations Cup future remains shrouded in uncertainty after it emerged they have asked to return to Angola at a later date.

Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has told French radio his team will head home from the African Nations Cup this afternoon on the advice of the Togolese government.

THE lure of gold draws in tens of thousands of Ghanaians to artisan mining every year.

NIGERIANS are by far the single biggest national group arrested for trafficking cocaine into the country.

A SIZZLER of a Sunday in Munich, although that had more to do with the scorching weather than the fairly modest amount of heat generated by the boys from Brazil.

JOHN OBI MIKEL produced only flashes of the ability which has led to a spat between Chelsea and Man United as Nigeria pulled off an undeserved win over Senegal in the African Nations Cup.

President John Kufuor accepted his re-election as leader of Ghana today, congratulating citizens in Africa’s first independent nation on the largely peaceful balloting and calling the nation a “beacon of democracy”.

A US military team took a closer look at Liberia’s battered capital ahead of a decision on whether to send troops in a peacekeeping force.