Football Briefs: Italian club AS Roma to auction shirts for Kerala flood relief

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: AS Roma players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters In......

African Nations Cup: Hosts denied opening day triumph

A late equaliser cost hosts Equatorial Guinea an opening win at the African Nations Cup finals as they drew 1-1 with Congo on Saturday before Gabon beat Burkina Faso 2-0 to top Group A. Congo's......

Sports Shorts: NBA suspends Hornets' Taylor for domestic violence

Jeffery Taylor of the Charlotte Bobcats reacts. Photograph: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor was suspended 24 games without pay by the NBA on Wednesday after......

Egypt, Cameroon in African Cup final

Holders Egypt and Cameroon will meet in Sunday's African Nations Cup final after two remarkable semi-finals on Thursday condemned hot favourites Ivory Coast and hosts Ghana to elimination.......

Nigeria advance, Mali bow out

Nigeria scraped into the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on goal difference after beating Benin 2-0 on Tuesday to set up an appetising clash with hosts and arch-rivals Ghana. The Super Eagles......