FIFA WC: Serious Saudi extend Renard's stay by 5yrs

IMAGE: Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard during training. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters Patience has rarely been a characteristic associated with football in Saudi Arabia, where 18 coaches from......

FIFA: Saudi captain Al-Faraj out of WC with injury

IMAGE: Saudi Arabia's Salman Al-Faraj walks off the pitch at halftime. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Injured Saudi Arabia captain Salman Al-Faraj is out of the World Cup after coach Herve......

FIFA WC: Who was behind the Saudi half-time resurgence?

IMAGE: Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard instructed his team well. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Saudi Arabia fans will long celebrate their team's stunning victory over Argentina at the World......

Memory of dead players steers Zambia to victory

The memory of 18 players killed in an air crash almost 20 years ago carried Zambia's current generation to their extraordinary African Nations Cup triumph, the team said on Monday. -Zambia beat......

African Nations Cup: Under-rated Zambia reach final

Zambia, a team currently without a national stadium, have emerged from the shadows at the African Nations Cup to grab an unexpected place in Sunday's final against the Ivory Coast. "We have been......