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General captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan says Ghana is ready for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Egypt despite not recording a win in their pre-AFCON training matches in Dubai. The Black Stars lost to Namibia by a lone goal in their first friendly game which saw Ghana Coach Kwasi Appiah name his final ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed as misleading, statements at the weekend by former Minister of Youth and Sports,  Solomon Dalung that the federation omitted the budget for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations from its 2019 programmes sent to the Ministry. “There is no truth to the claim that the NFF omitted the AFCON from its budget,” NFF Executive ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has reportedly rejected a €170m switch to Juventus – but could revisit the situation next summer. According to The Mirror, which runs the story as an exclusive, Juve and Real Madrid were preparing £150m (€170m) bids for Salah. The newspaper assures the Egyptian will stay as ‘the timing is wrong’ for a departure now but warns he ...

The Glazershave stepped into Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba’s transfer plans to Real Madrid. Marca says United owners, the Glazer family, have informed agent Mino Raiola that Pogba is not for sale following reports that the French man is ready to force an exit by embarking on strike. Pogba has been heavily linked with moves to former club Juventus and ...

Novak Djokovic leads the men’s ATP tennis rankings released Monday ahead of French Open champion Rafael Nadal and former world number one Roger Federer. The top of the rankings remains unchanged a week after Nadal claimed the Roland Garros title with victory over Dominic Thiem in the final. Federer lost to Nadal in the semis in his first appearance in ...

Hearts of Oak striker Aboubakar Traore has been exposed for using black magic ‘juju’ during the Tier I Special Competition defeat to rivals Asante Kotoko. The Burkinabe was exposed while he prostrated in reaction to his side’s penalty shootout defeat and that exposed what he had around his waist to be a charm or talisman which was expected to help ...

Finalist of the Normalization Committee Tier 1 competition Karela United are set to open transfer negotiations with Dreams FC over their star striker Diawisie Taylor. This was revealed by the club’s Communications Director Eric Alagidede in an interview with Ultimate 106.9FM in Kumasi where he indicated the club’s readiness to do business with any club that meets the demands of ...

Barely one week to the kick off of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are going grey over how to raise funds for Super Eagles successful participation at this edition of Africa’s football showpiece. AFCON 2019 is scheduled to begin next Friday with Super Eagles opening their campaign against Burundi the ...

Australia battled back from 2-0 down to beat Brazil 3-2 in an extraordinary five-goal thriller and inflicted a first group-stage defeat on the South Americans in 24 years. The Matildas suffered a surprise loss to Italy in their opening game and their campaign looked in serious trouble when they trailed to a Marta penalty and Cristiane’s fourth strike in two ...

Thousands of fans stormed the streets of Toronto early Friday in a rowdy celebration of their hometown team’s first ever NBA championship. The Toronto Raptors clinched the win over Golden State Warriors 114-110 shortly before midnight local time, taking the best-of-seven series 4-2 and becoming the first team outside the United States to win the world’s premier basketball competition. Thousands of supporters ...