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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has previously said the club will not overpay for players but the Sporting chief is adamant Bruno will command a high price Bruno Fernandes will certainly cost more than €62 million (£56m/$70m), Sporting C.P. president Frederico Varandas has insisted, amid reports of interest from Manchester United. The Red Devils have been linked with the Portugal international for ...

The former Atletico Madrid forward was presented on July 14 but the Blaugrana club captain is yet to speak to him Antoine Griezmann says he is yet to hear from Lionel Messi after joining Barcelona, but has received a message from Luis Suarez to welcome him to Catalunya. After paying €120 million (£107m/$134m) to activate the release clause in Griezmann’s ...

Ramon Calderon feels the Wales forward’s position at Santiago Bernabeu is “unsustainable”, with the current Blancos boss keen to offload the winger Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane “wanted to keep Cristiano Ronaldo and sell Gareth Bale” during his first spell in charge, according to former club president Ramon Calderon. Zidane announced after the 3-1 International Champions Cup defeat to Bayern ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is looking for a new leader after the departure of Antonio Valencia, and the goalkeeper sees himself as a candidate for the job David de Gea says he would be “really happy” to be named Manchester United captain and insists he is ready to fight for trophies at Old Trafford as he closes in on a new ...

FIFA’s plan to take over the running of African football is set to face a possible roadblock, with an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) saying he will challenge the decision in court. Hasan Bility, who is from Liberia and a CAF executive committee member for last two years, said he will ask the Swiss-based Court ...

Black Stars head coach, James Kwasi Appiah, has submitted his technical report to the Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). According to Graphic Sports Online investigations, the Stars coach submitted a copy to the GFA last week. However, because the president of the NC, Dr Kofi Amoah, and the acting General Secretary of the GFA, Alex Asante, were ...

Nigerians who are waiting for the exit of Franco-German Gernot Rohr from the Super Eagles job may heave sigh of relief soon as four African countries want to hire him. Rohr, 66, led Super Eagles to the semi final of the just concluded 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and won the bronze with a 1-0 defeat of Tunisia ...

Manny Pacquiao has become the WBA Super champion at the age of 40 – outpointing previously undefeated welterweight Keith Thurman in a split decision in Las Vegas. Thurman was knocked down in the first round but a thrilling fight went the full distance. The American, 30, had been looking for his 30th straight win. Two judges scored it 115-112 to ...

Ghanaians will know perhaps know at first hand for the first time, what went wrong and importantly, how much was spend on Ghana’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign with the Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah set to appear before Parliament either on Tuesday or Wednesday. Hon Asiamah has been invited by Parliament to answer questions ...

Goalkeeper, Fatau Dauda, has told Citi Sports that he still dreams of a call up to the senior national team, the Black Stars. The Enyimba FC shot stopper has not featured for the Black Stars since AFCON 2017. Now 34, Dauda, who won the Nigerian Premier League with Enyimba last year, says a return to the national team is still ...