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Diogo Jota: Liverpool interested in signing Wolves forward

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 4 0

Liverpool are interested in signing Wolves forward Diogo Jota as they look to bolster their attacking options. Any potential agreement for Jota could be made easier with Liverpool defender Ki-Jana Hoever set to join Wolves in a deal worth £10m, plus add-ons. Jota left Molineux before kick-off against Stoke in the Carabao Cup on Thursday and was […]Continue Reading

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Liverpool sign Thiago Alcantara from Bayern

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 4 0

Liverpool have signed Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich in a deal that could rise to £25m. Liverpool will pay £20m for the Spain international, with the potential for a further £5m in add-ons, and the midfielder will wear the No 6 jersey. Thiago arrived in the UK on Friday morning, flying in to Manchester from […]Continue Reading

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Support Ayew as Black Stars captain – Malik Jabir

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 9 0

Retired Ghanaian football Striker, Malik Jabir has called on Ghanaians to support the decision of Coach C.K Akonnor to maintain Andre Dede Ayew as Captain of the Black Stars, Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey as the vice-captain and Maritzburg goalkeeper Richard Ofori as the second vice-captain. “Let’s leave it this way and support the official’s […]Continue Reading

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Put together a solid team for CAF Champions League – Jabir to Kotoko coach

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 9 0

Ex-Ghana footballer, Malik Jabir has admonished Head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Maxwell Konadu to put together a formidable team for their upcoming CAF Champions League campaign, which starts this November. He urged the team to “train assiduously to surmount the task ahead of them”. Malik Jabir made this call in an interview with Class […]Continue Reading

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Bale set for Tottenham loan move, to fly in on Friday

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 9 0

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale is set to fly to England on Friday to complete his return to Tottenham Hotspur. A deal for Wales international Bale, 31, to rejoin Spurs on loan from Real Madrid is still being negotiated. Talks between the clubs are progressing positively and as long as they are concluded in the […]Continue Reading

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Messi wins nine-year fight to trademark his surname

By Admin Editor September 18, 2020 10 0

Footballer Lionel Messi can register his name as a trademark after a nine-year legal battle, the EU’s top court has ruled. The European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal from Spanish cycling company Massi and the EU’s intellectual property office, EUIPO. The Barcelona footballer first applied to trademark his surname as a sportswear brand in […]Continue Reading

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Black Stars still 46th in latest FIFA rankings

By Admin Editor September 17, 2020 9 0

The Black Stars remain 46th on the world front with 1439 points and 6th on the African continent in the latest FIFA Coca Cola ranking for the month of September. This was announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020, by the World Football governing body. The senior national team have been inactive on the international front […]Continue Reading

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Liverpool close to Thiago deal

By Admin Editor September 17, 2020 10 0

Liverpool are close to agreeing a deal with Bayern Munich for Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara. The initial fee is around the £22m mark for a player who has a year left on his contract. It had initially looked like any deal would be dependent on the future of Gini Wijnaldum, who is also in the […]Continue Reading

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Health important but we need our economic lives back – Dreams FC dep coach

By Admin Editor September 17, 2020 14 0

The assistant head coach of Dreams FC, Winfred Dormon, has appealed to the government and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to find a way to bring football back. His comment follows the government’s restrictions on contact sports, as football fans eagerly anticipate the lifting of the ban on sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. In […]Continue Reading

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Only three clubs can compete in the GPL if club licensing is implemented – Dr Baah-Nuakoh

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 8 0

Ghana Football Association Club Licensing Manager, Dr Kwame Baah-Nuakoh, has disclosed that it will be extremely difficult to implement the club licensing regulations to its fullest considering the state of the clubs at the moment. The Club Licensing Board is the body mandated by the GFA to ensure clubs are managed and administered professionally in the […]Continue Reading

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Lamine Diack: Former head of IAAF jailed for corruption

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 10 0

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two years in jail. Diack, 87, was found guilty of accepting bribes from athletes suspected of doping, to cover up test results and let them continue […]Continue Reading

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Barca made Auba offer before new Arsenal deal

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 17 0

Barcelona made a concrete offer to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the transfer window before the striker signed a contract extension at Arsenal. The north London side confirmed their captain had signed a new three-year deal to remain at the club on Tuesday after months of speculation over his future. Barcelona were heavily linked to Aubameyang last season […]Continue Reading

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Spurs close in on Gareth Bale

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 17 0

Gareth Bale’s agent has told Sky Sports News the forward is as close as he has ever been to leaving Real Madrid since his then world-record transfer in 2013, with Tottenham edging closer to reaching an agreement. Bale’s advisors are talking to Spurs about a potential loan move from Real. It is understood Bale would like to […]Continue Reading

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Odartey Lamptey backs C.K Akonnor’s choice for Black Stars captaincy

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 8 0

Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey has commended coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor on his choice for leadership of the Black Stars.  C.K Akonnor retained Andre Ayew as captain of the Black Stars, with Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey and goalkeeper Richard Ofori appointed as his deputies. Public opinion has been divided especially with his selection of his […]Continue Reading

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Ghana chasing Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 13 0

Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council member George Amoakoh has revealed the football’s governing body is holding talks with Brighton and Hove Albion defender Tariq Lamptey about a possible switch of international allegiance. Born to Ghanaian parents in London, the 19-year-old has caught the attention of Ghana football officials with a streak of fine Continue Reading

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Nordsjaelland manager confident Essien’s addition to coaching staff will help improve players

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 16 0

FC Nordsjaelland head coach Flemming Steen Pedersen says he is confident the addition of Michael Essien to the coaching staff of the club will help improve the players. Last week, the Danish Superliga outfit confirmed that the Chelsea legend has joined their coaching staff for the 2020/2021 football season. Speaking on the arrival of the Ghana great […]Continue Reading

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Asamoah Gyan unperturbed by Black Stars captaincy shakeup

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 10 0

Asamoah Gyan’s business manager Samuel Anim Addo has stated the striker is not disturbed by his snub from the national team’s new captaincy ranks. On advice of new Black Stars coach CK Akonnor, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced a three-man leadership team to steer the affairs of the four-time African champions on Sunday. Swansea […]Continue Reading

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My son will be a good assistant to Andre Ayew – Partey’s father

By Admin Editor September 16, 2020 10 0

Jacob Partey, father of Thomas Teye Partey is confident that the Atletico Madrid star will be a good assistant to Black Stars captain Andre Dede Ayew. Partey and goalkeeper Richard Ofori have been appointed as assistant captains by head coach Charles Akonnor. Partey, 27, has been in the Black Stars for four years and his new role confirms his importance to the […]Continue Reading

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Andre Ayew maintains Black Stars captaincy, Partey, Ofori to assist

By Admin Editor September 15, 2020 8 0

The technical team of the senior national team, the Black Stars, upon a broad consultation, has maintained Andre Ayew as Captain of the side. The Swansea City attacker, who led Ghana to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, maintains his position as leader of the team despite changes at the technical realm of […]Continue Reading

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Neymar sent off injury-time brawl as Marseille beat PSG in Paris

By Admin Editor September 15, 2020 9 0

Neymar was one of five players sent off after an injury-time brawl as Marseille beat Paris St-Germain in Ligue 1. As he left the pitch, PSG’s Brazil forward told the fourth official he had heard a racist comment. Florian Thauvin scored the only goal as PSG lost their opening two league games for the first […]Continue Reading

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Specific sports centres will serve Ghanaians better – Yamin

By Admin Editor September 15, 2020 13 0

A former Deputy Sports Minister, Mr Joseph Yamin, has said that the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) manifesto promise of developing specific Sports Centres of Excellence in the three geographical zones of Ghana, will serve Ghanaians better than the ongoing Youth and Sports Centres being constructed by the government. With the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government […]Continue Reading

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UNODC, FIFA partner to kick out corruption; foster youth dev’t through football

By Admin Editor September 15, 2020 13 0

The UN’s leading anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the world football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to step up their joint cooperation to address threats posed by crime to sport. The MoU, which was signed at UNODC’s […]Continue Reading

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D.K. Poison tasted champagne for the first time as world champion

By Admin Editor September 14, 2020 15 0

The most fulfilling aspects of being a champion athlete are the privileges that come with the space and Ghana’s first boxing world champion, D.K. Poison who assumed iconic status in 1975 for winning the WBC featherweight title. D.K. Poison was served his first glass of champagne by then Head of State of Ghana, Gen I.K. […]Continue Reading

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Ghanaian Chelsea superfan Jacob Adams’ incredible loyalty story

By Admin Editor September 14, 2020 10 0

Football goes beyond borders and exceeds limits. The English adage of ‘support your local’, meaning football fans should only support teams in their proximity has never had any hold in the footballing community. The English Premier League has grown to be the most popular league in the world with the clubs especially the big ones, […]Continue Reading

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US Open 2020 – Dominic Thiem fights back to beat Alexander Zverev

By Admin Editor September 14, 2020 14 0

Austria’s Dominic Thiem clinched his first Grand Slam title after a gritty fightback from two sets down stunned Alexander Zverev in the US Open final. Second seed Thiem, 27, had lost his previous three major finals and looked destined for another agonising defeat. But 23-year-old Zverev, playing in his first Slam final, became edgy at […]Continue Reading

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Mo Salah hat trick sinks Leeds in seven-goal Premier League thriller

By Admin Editor September 13, 2020 12 0

Mo Salah scored a hat trick to secure a 4-3 victory for English Premier League champion Liverpool in a breathtaking opening day match with Marcelo Bielsa’s swashbuckling Leeds United side at Anfield on Saturday. The away side came from behind three times and looked set to be earning a precious point until Salah converted an […]Continue Reading

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Pogba – Man Utd midfielder returns to training but doubtful for Crystal Palace

By Admin Editor September 12, 2020 21 0

Midfielder Paul Pogba is a doubt for Manchester United’s first Premier League game of the new season against Crystal Palace on 19 September. Pogba missed France’s Nations League double-header last week after testing positive for coronavirus. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Pogba has returned to training but is not certain to feature against Palace. Continue Reading

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Klopp surprised by Premier League substitution move

By Admin Editor September 12, 2020 19 0

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he was “surprised” by the decision to revert to three substitutes when the Premier League starts this weekend. Premier League managers were allowed to name 20 players and make five substitutions when the 2019-20 season resumed from its coronavirus shutdown. But unlike other leagues in Europe, the Premier League will […]Continue Reading

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Morocco to host 2021 CAF elections as calendar changes

By Admin Editor September 11, 2020 34 0

The Moroccan capital Rabat will host next year’s highly-anticipated Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidential elections. In a video press conference on Thursday, current president Ahmad once again refused to be drawn on whether he will run for a second term. “I am finalising with my team,” said the Malagasy. “Such a position in society in a […]Continue Reading

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FIFA 21 ratings: Salisu and Ayew brothers miss out on top 5 highest rated Ghanaian players

By Admin Editor September 11, 2020 64 0

It’s that time of the year when EA Sports unveil the ratings of over 17,000 footballers in a new FIFA game. That large group of players involves Ghanaian players but more surprisingly, none of them made the top 100 rated players in the game. Even more surprising, is the fact that Southampton’s Mohamed Salisu, Crystal Palace’s Jordan […]Continue Reading