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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba said the racist abuse he has suffered will only make him stronger and the Frenchman vowed to fight the problem for the sake of the next generation. Pogba was the target of online abuse after missing a penalty in their 1-1 Premier League draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, prompting Manchester to issue a strong ...

Former finalist Kevin Anderson has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to a knee injury, tournament organisers have disclosed. The South African, who reached the 2017 final in New York where he lost to Rafa Nadal, has not competed since he lost in the third round at Wimbledon last month. Anderson, who was the 16th seed at the year’s final ...

PSG star Neymar may choose a move to Real Madrid to avoid being in Lionel Messi’s shadow at the Nou Camp, according to former Spanish footballer Alvaro Benito. Neymar is keen to leave the Parc des Princes behind and is attracting interest from both Barcelona and Real Madrid. Reports have suggested the Brazil international’s preference would be to return to ...

Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel admits the club must look to resolve the issue around Neymar’s transfer after playing another game without the Brazilian on Sunday. Neymar is set to leave the French Ligue 1 champions this summer with his former club, Barcelona and Real Madrid circling around. With Neymar again absent from PSG’s 4-0 win over Toulouse on Sunday, ...

Asante Kotoko’s reward for reaching the final qualifying round of the 2019/20 CAF Champions League is a date with Tunisian giants Etoile du Sahel next month. The Porcupine Warriors eliminated Nigerian side Kano Pillars 4-3 on aggregate after a 2-0 home win on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium. The first leg will be in Kumasi on the weekend of ...

Ex-Ghana striker and 2008 Africa Cup of Nations poster boy Junior Agogo is reported dead at age 40, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. The leading football website can confirm that the former Zamalek player passed in London on Thursday morning. Agogo was hospitalized in 2015 after suffering stroke which debilitated him. He was remembered for his eye-catching performances for the Black ...

One of Ghana’s professionally managed division two side, Asekem Football Club, have two of their young talents currently in the UAE for trials in the person of Samuel Asiedu and Abraham Owusu. The Kumasi based club formed this year are making progressive strides after just eight months on the Ghana Football scene. With extraordinary talents in their domain, the young ...

Twitter has reacted to calls for more to be done in preventing racist abuse of footballers on social media platforms by agreeing to meet with representatives of Manchester United they announced on Wednesday. United executives were keen for a meeting with Twitter after their French World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba was the victim of abuse following his penalty miss in ...

The Bureau of the FIFA Council have appointed a five-member normalisation committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) on Tuesday. The decision comes after the resignation of former EFA President Hany Abou-Rida and the entire EFA board following Egypt’s disappointing 2019 AFCON campaign. The normalisation committee will be composed of five members, with former Zamalek board member Amr Youssef Hassan ...

The former Red Devils defender believes the right approach has been taken at Old Trafford in favouring young, hungry, British additions Rio Ferdinand is “happy” that Paulo Dybala did not join Manchester United, with the Juventus forward’s apparent reluctance to take on a challenge suggesting that he does not have “the right minerals” for the Red Devils. A move to ...