Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in an ill-tempered match Saturday to provisionally move to the top of the Premier League. Players from both teams had to be separated in the tunnel at halftime after Liverpool's Luis Suarez refused to shake the hand of United's Patrice Evra before kickoff.

South Sudan has been admitted as a member of the Confederation of African Football, becoming the world's newest footballing nation. Africa's football body accepted the application by the South Sudan Football Association to become its 54th member, meaning South Sudan is now recognized as an international team.

Zambia prepared for the African Cup final by traveling to an unattractive, rubbish-strewn beach on Thursday to sing songs and lay flowers in honor of the players who died in a plane crash nearly two decades ago. The current players, some without shoes, walked down the nondescript stretch of sand in Libreville not far from where a Zambian military plane crashed into the ocean soon after takeoff in...