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The former Reds centre-back admitted that he would place his bets on the Barcelona forward lifting the award for a sixth time over the Dutchman Jamie Carragher feels that Lionel Messi is in pole position to win the 2019 Ballon d’Or despite pressure from Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk couldn’t help Netherlands to silverware on Sunday as they ...

The Portuguese star asked the defender if he would join his side from Ajax after Portugal’s Nations League win Ajax and Netherlands star Matthijs de Ligt revealed Cristiano Ronaldo asked him if he would join Juventus next season following Portugal‘s Nations League victory over the defender’s Dutch side. De Ligt, 19, is expected to make a big-money move from Ajax in the close season, with Paris Saint-Germain or Barcelona reportedly ...

Cantonments based Prison’s Interdenominational Church showed class to win the 2019 edition of the Starr Church Olympics at the El-Wak Sports stadium in Accra on Saturday, June 8. They defeated Dansoman based Prayer Embassy Church 4-3 on penalties after the game had ended goalless in regulation time. Over 20 Churches battled for honours in football, volleyball, basketball, lime and spoon, ...

The Belgium international will swap Stamford Bridge for Santiago Bernabeu after a deal was finally struck between the two clubs Chelsea have accepted a bid of €100 million (£88m/$112m) for forward Eden Hazard from Real Madrid, though the total cost could rise to €140m (£124m/$146m) with add-ons. Goal can confirm the two clubs have come to a compromise on Hazard’s ...

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad, was arrested on Thursday morning in a Paris hotel by French police. According to French tabloid Jeune Afrique, Ahmad’s arrest is linked to the contract unilaterally broken by CAF with the German equipment manufacturer Puma to engage with the company Technical Steel, based in La Seyne-sur-Mer. The signing of ...

Mexican hero Andy Ruiz Jr is demanding £40 million to meet Anthony Joshua in a UK rematch. The 19st Snickers loving 25-1 underdog sent Joshua’s US debut up in smoke as the Brit hero was stopped in seven rounds at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. AJ was on his hands and knees four times before the fight was halted and ...

Switzerland based Ghanaian defender, Nuhu Musah, has been granted permission to travel back to Switzerland at the request of his club, St. Gallen. Musah sustained an injury during Black Stars training last Wednesday. After an initial medical examination by the Black Stars medical team, Nuhu has been permitted to return to his club for further assessment. Nuhu, will be accompanied ...

The Paris Saint-Germain forward suffered the problem early on in the friendly win over Qatar, with the 27-year-old leaving the pitch in tears Neymar will miss Copa America after he suffered an ankle injury in Brazil‘s friendly meeting with Qatar. The forward will miss Brazil’s Copa America campaign due to a ligament rupture in his right ankle in a huge ...

The Portugal international has been promised a starting berth at the Wanda Metropolitano, something the Blaugrana cannot guarantee The transfer saga involving Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Nelson Semedo has taken another turn, with the full-back pleading with Barca to consider the Rojiblancos’ offer of €25 million (£22m/$28m) for his services. Goal published recently that the Blaugrana had no interest in ...

Top seed Novak Djokovic created a piece of French Open history by becoming the first man to reach a 10th consecutive quarter-final after a routine win over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff. The 32-year-old Serb, aiming to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour 33 minutes. Djokovic, who has not dropped a set ...