Nike is in exclusive talks to replace Adidas as the official match ball supplier for UEFA competitions, potentially ending a 25-year Champions League partnership. Nike is in advanced and exclusive talks to become the official match ball supplier for UEFA’s … Read more →
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has brushed off reports he was involved in the attempted kidnapping of an acquaintance who owes him 50,000 euros. “This must stop,” Benzema said on his Twitter page Friday following a report by the Mediapart … Read more →
Former Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has cast doubt on Usain Bolt’s hopes of re-inventing himself as a football player and earning a professional A-League contract at the age of 32. The Olympic champion sprinter is undergoing trials at Central Coast … Read more →
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has blamed Sports Journalists in the country for his perceived rivalry with his deputy Andre Dede Ayew. According to Gyan, his friendship with Dede started when the U-20 World Cup winner joined the Black Stars in … Read more →
Collated Africa Cup of Nations matchday 4 qualifying results on Tuesday: Group A At Vontovorona, Madagascar Madagascar 1 (Rakotoharimalala 41) Equatorial Guinea 0 At Khartoum Sudan 0 Senegal 1 (Sarr 86) Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, … Read more →
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been charged over comments he made in Portuguese to a television camera after his side’s win over Newcastle. It is claimed Mourinho used “abusive, insulting or improper language” after the 3-2 comeback victory at … Read more →
The Minister for Youth and Sports Hon Isaac Kwame Asiamah (MP) has reiterated Government’s readiness to support the Normalization Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the later embarks on a process of restoring confidence and trust in … Read more →
Floyd Mayweather seems to have accepted the challenge thrown down by UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. After beating Conor McGregor at UFC 229 in Las Vegas this month, the 30-year-old Russian fighter addressed the retired boxer alongside the CEO of … Read more →
Dutch football legend Marco van Basten will leave his post as FIFA’s technical director after reaching a “mutual agreement”, world football’s ruling body announced Friday. Former Ajax and AC Milan striker Van Basten joined FIFA in 2016 but will quit … Read more →
Usain Bolt has scored his first goals for a professional football team, getting two on his maiden start for Central Coast Mariners in a friendly. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion scored the Mariners’ third and fourth goals in a 4-0 … Read more →
Documents concerning rape allegations made against Cristiano Ronaldo have been “completely fabricated”, according to the player’s lawyer. Ronaldo, 33, denies assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. Mayorga says she was attacked by the Portuguese footballer in … Read more →
Ghana’s Normalization Committee expects a refund from CAF to cover the cost of its preparations for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone after the continent’s ruling body cancelled the encounter on Tuesday. According to sources within … Read more →
The Confederation of African Football has called off Ghana’s AFCON 2019 Qualifier against Sierra Leone after Sierra Leone failed to meet FIFA’s October 9 deadline to re-instate the nation’s FA boss, Isha Johansen and general secretary, Chris Kamara. Sierra Leone … Read more →
World football governing body, FIFA, has warned Sierra Leone to fully resolve the current impasse between the country’s FA and government if they want the suspension lifted and be allowed to play their 2019 AFCON Qualifier against Ghana on October … Read more →
Lawyers are probing three more claims against Cristiano Ronaldo after a model accused the star of raping her in a hotel room in 2009, it has emerged. One woman claims she was raped after a party, one says she was … Read more →
Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United’s players to stand up and be counted, saying that manager Jose Mourinho is an easy target for the club’s troubles. United battled back from two goals down to beat Newcastle 3-2 at the … Read more →