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Juventus have confirmed that defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus. The Serie A club announced they will implement the necessary isolation procedures. Individuals who have come into contact with the 25-year-old will also be checked, according to the Italian giants. Rugani becomes the first star from the Italian top flight to have contracted the virus. Juventus added that ...

Manchester City’s Premier League match with Arsenal on Wednesday has been postponed as a “precautionary measure” and several Gunners players are in self-isolation after Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis contracted coronavirus. Arsenal say Marinakis, 52, met a number of their players when the Gunners hosted the Greek side in a Europa League match two weeks ago. Marinakis – who also owns ...

Ghana coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor is set to drop some players invited for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations double header against Sudan due to the coronavirus scare. Most of these foreign-based players invited ply their trade in Europe which is currently hit by the virus with authorities forced to suspend games or played behind closed doors. According to health ...

Barely three weeks to his first game as Black Stars coach and Charles Kwablan Akonnor is yet to put pen to paper on a contract. The GFA after talks with the government settled on Akonnor as Stars coach following their decision not to renew of Kwasi Appiah’s contract. Expectations were that the government which adopted an uncompromising stance on their ...

Fans of Ebusua Dwarfs were stunned upon hearing that the woes of their beloved club in the ongoing Ghana Premier League stems from bickering over girlfriend snatching amongst the players. The Crabs are enduring one of their worst seasons in the Ghanaian top-flight after thirteen round of matches. The Cape Coast-based outfit are sitting 16th place on the league standings ...

Former Great Olympics coach Prince George Koffie has revealed he took the advice of his wife to resign after she had witnessed some irate fans of the club physically assaulted him. Koffie stepped down seven matches into the Ghana Premier League season. The club were struggling and lay in 14th with just seven points. “[After the 1-0 defeat to WAFA ...

Sudan head coach Hubert Velud has named a 26-man squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications doubleheader against Ghana. The Frenchman will be marking his debut as head coach of the Falcons of Jediane after replacing Zdravko Logarusic in January 2020. Velud handed a call-up to 15 players from the two biggest clubs in Sudan Al Hilal ...

Black Stars midfielder Alfred Duncan is in danger of missing Ghana’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan due to a lockdown in the European country. Duncan who plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A was last week named in C.K Akonnor’s 23 man squad for the doubleheader on March 27 and 30 but with Italy taking drastic ...

Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan has disclosed why he adores jersey number 3. Gyan has been wearing jersey number 3 jersey for the Black Stars for more than a decade, after taking over from his senior brother Baffour Gyan. The 34-year-old has worn jersey number 3 than any other number at club level as well. At a point when he even ...

Ahead of their Ghana Premier League week 15 tie, Accra Great Olympics have fired a salvo at rivals Accra Hearts of Oak. On Wednesday, the two foes will face each other in a tie dubbed the ‘Landlords versus the Tenants’. Olympics have over the years lay claim to being Accra’s only traditional club. Fans of Hearts of Oak have always ...